Meryl Streep defends her “we’re all Africans” blunder: “I was not minimizing difference”

Meryl Streep -- who faced criticism earlier this month for her "we're all Africans, really" comment during a press conference as president of the Berlin Film Festival -- penned an essay for The Huffington Post in an apparent effort to clear up any misconceptions as a result of "distorted reporting."Streep leads with a description of a number of diverse winners from the Festival, which took place this past weekend, including "stories of people from China, Somalia, Mali, Sudan, and Tunisia."S