“I’m sorry I was born white and privileged. It disgusts me. And I feel so much shame,” the actress wrote on Wednesday, unsurprisingly prompting swift backlash.

One conservative black woman even tweeted what appeared to be a video response, though she did not directly name Arquette when she asked: "Who don’t wanna be white? What’s wrong with being white? What is wrong with these folks...these folks apologizing for their skin color, something you can’t change, baby; you can’t change your skin color.”