Sally Field comes under fire for her white privilege speech

Movie actress Sally Field became the target of criticism after apologizing at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for how privileged she was to be born white. Even journalist and anchor Megyn Kelly spoke out about it and highlighted how "pathetic" the artist's speech was.

After Field received a lifetime achievement award, she stood up in front of her colleagues to point out how "lightweight" her struggle as an actress was compared to that of many other actors of color.

"I was a little white girl with a pug nose born in Pasadena, California. And when I look around this room tonight, I know my fight, as hard as it was, was lightweight compared to some of yours. I thank you. And I applaud you" said the 76-year-old actress.

Field's apology was not to the liking of many people. In fact, some users on social networks called her comments on race"ridiculous" and unnecessary.

"@sally_field Love ya but your speech that you had it easier then [sic] most is ridiculous. I see homeless white and black people out there and black people in great schools and big houses. We must stop categorizing people in little boxes based on race," read a comment shared by Fox News.

"There's no exclusivity on hard times for any one race. Have black people been oppressed in our country? Absolutely. Does that mean other races can't struggle or have it hard? Absolutely, not! Cut out the ‘woke’ race-baiting agendas," said another person.

Megyn Kelly joins critics

Journalist and TV host Megyn Kelly was also not far behind and expressed how pathetic she found the actress' words.

"News flash, White girls in America don’t have any troubles that are worth remembering when you’re in front of a group that has a lot of people of color," she said sarcastically. "It’s such baloney (...) It’s such pathetic, obvious virtue signaling," she added.

Kelly felt that the actress should have said something more true to her personality, highlighting the efforts she truly made to get to where she is today and how grateful she feels for the opportunities she had.

"She’s basically got to be like ‘I’m the little White girl from Pasadena and I basically suffered nothing like you people did here in this room.’ How does she know? It’s so diminishing to people of color who are in the room. She just assumes that they are all oppressed? Why should she assume that they’ve all had it so bad?," she questioned. The presenter ended by stressing that Field's comment was more divisive than unifying.