Kelly Marie Tran is speaking out for the first time since abruptly leaving social media following racist and sexist comments over her role as Rose Tico in "Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi."In an open letter published in The New York Times Tuesday, Tran, who became the first Asian-American actress to have a leading role in a "Star Wars" film in 2017, says the bullying led her to actually start believing what the trolls were saying was true. 맥스카지노�Their words seemed to confirm what growing up as a woman and a person of color already taught me: that I belonged in margins and spaces, valid only as a minor character in their lives and stories,맥스카지노� she writes.In June, Tran quietly deleted all her Instagram posts without an explanation, but her co-stars John Boyega, Mark Hamill and director Rian Johnson were quick to come to her defense. At the time, Tran also received support from other celebrities, including Kumail Nanjiani, Elijah Wood, Josh Gad and Margaret Cho.Tran맥스카지노�s other co-star, Daisy Ridley, deleted her Instagram account in 2016 after facing criticism over comments she made about gun control in the United States. While some fans were in support of her words, others called her out for starring in a movie franchise that often includes scenes of violence with guns and weapons. 맥스카지노�It맥스카지노�s not good for me, personally,맥스카지노� Ridley told Glamour in December 2017. 맥스카지노�I맥스카지노�m just not equipped for it. I맥스카지노�m super sensitive 맥스카지노� not too sensitive 맥스카지노� but I really feel things.맥스카지노�In her letter, Tran says the online harassment 맥스카지노�reinforced a narrative맥스카지노� she had heard her whole life: of not belonging and not being 맥스카지노�good enough맥스카지노� because she was different. 맥스카지노�And that feeling, I realize now, was, and is, shame, a shame for the things that made me different, a shame for the culture from which I came from,맥스카지노� she writes. 맥스카지노�And to me, the most disappointing thing was that I felt it at all.맥스카지노�Tran recognizes that she is 맥스카지노�not the first person to have grown up this way,맥스카지노� and is already looking ahead to a world 맥스카지노�where children of color don맥스카지노�t spend their entire adolescence wishing to be white.맥스카지노� She continues, 맥스카지노�I want to live in a world where women are not subjected to scrutiny for their appearance, or their actions, or their general existence. I want to live in a world where people of all races, religions, socioeconomic classes, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities are seen as what they have always been: human beings.맥스카지노�Tran is slated to reprise her role as Rose in the upcoming J.J. Abrams-directed "Star Wars: Episode IX," out in 2019. Read her full letter here.