During a row about racial diversity at the Oscars, what’s the one error you shouldn’t make?

Normal Bates. Updated February 29th, 2016

Yep, Total Beauty has mistaken Whoopi Goldberg for Oprah Winfrey in this howler of a tweet:

And if there’s one thing you shouldn’t do during a row about the lack of black representation at the Oscars is mix up one black person with another as, if we have to spell it out, it’s strongly suggestive of the old racist trope, “they all look the same.”

Twitter was, of course, quick to mock and here’s the three tweets you need to read.

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@TotalBeauty that's not Oprah, that's Meryl.

— Jenny Reiswig (@jenfoolery) February 29, 2016

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We had no idea Gwyneth Paltrow was #tatted, and we love it! pic.twitter.com/YLSUtxi3xh

— David Jackmanson (@djackmanson) February 29, 2016

During a row about racial diversity at the Oscars, what’s the one error you shouldn’t make?

Yep, Total Beauty has mistaken Whoopi Goldberg for Oprah Winfrey in this howler of a tweet:

Twitter was, of course, quick to mock and here’s the three tweets you need to read.

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And we’ll leave this final comment just here: