Actress Gina Carano is no longer a part of "The Mandalorian" cast after many online called for her firing over a social media post that likened the US political climate to the experience of Jews during the Holocaust.
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Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm with "no plans for her to be in the future," a spokesperson with the series' production company said in a statement on Wednesday.
"Her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable," the statement read.
Carano fell under heavy criticism after she posted that "Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors.... even by children."
"Because history is edited," she continued, "most people today don't realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?"
Carano, who played the recurring character Cara Dune on the Star Wars series, deleted the post, but it was widely shared online and spurred the #FireGinaCarano hashtag to trend.
Carano had previously been criticized for social media posts that mocked mask-wearing during the pandemic, alleged voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election, and mockery of gender pronouns.
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