The good old days

Yeah, you don’t get it. Your argument is pretty much part of the effects of colorism, but that requires you understand the nuances of it and how it interacts with racism in general. It’s not simple and you thinking that it is is hilariously sad and white of you. Get it together.

Being light skinned doesn’t actually mean she’s not Black enough, which is what you’re missing. Race does not equal skin color. Similarly, one having light skin privilege does not mean they aren’t Black enough. Nina Simone’s looks SPECIFICALLY are important. If this was not a biopic about, say, Lena Horne, who was…

All of this.

I mean, apparently not. They wouldn’t had to have darkened her skin and made her wear prosthetics if that was the case. If she was as “transcendent” as they claimed, her performance should’ve spoken for itself, right? Guess not.

Nina Simone’s daughter isn’t all black people and for those of us fighting colorism... this casting choice sets us the fuck back.

What about us folks who thought Saldana was overexposed, overrated, and incredibly lacking in talent long before this Nina Simone thing started up?

Fuck you.

That isn’t the fucking issue. Just fuck off.

I agree, I don’t think she gets a break and written off as “poor Zoe,” which is infantilizing. It assumes this intelligent grown-ass woman could not have looked in the makeup mirror while they were putting the blackface on and thought “Huh, this is not a good idea. I should not do this.”

I think what bothers people most right now, is Zoe’s flippant attitude. All she had to say was, “I thought I could do it as a tribute. I understand why people are upset, but it’s too late/costly for me to pull out now.” Instead we get a lot of, frankly, impertinent remarks about how she feels she’s in the right so…

AND, by taking this role, Zoe is contributing to the problem by occupying one of the few leading roles available for dark-skinned Black women!

Speaking of coffee, if some of these commenters ordered an espresso and got a latte instead, they’d be upset because the flavor would be differnt though it’s still a coffee-based drink. Saldana is a latte pretending to be espresso.

People who grow up in homogenous environments learn about others through media sources. That’s how many learn stereotypes, as early as childhood.

O.My.Fucking.Goodness.

Girl, I read her comment, literally screamed “what?!” at my computer, and sat up to respond. And then I saw that you did it for me. These mofo’s, I swear

United not divided = stay silent about colorism.

Is she a victim of colorism in the same way Nina was? Survey says, no she’s not. Are you really gonna pretend that lighter skinned women don’t have certain privileges? Nina being a very dark skinned Black American woman in a very racist society is integral to her story. If it wasn’t, they wouldn’t have needed to…

$10 says that Saldana never even heard of Simone until the script came out.

I disagree. There is no moving of the goalposts. She’s Black. Some people will try to say otherwise and they’d be wrong. She’s AfroLatina. She’s Black. Both of her parents are Black. She codes as Black. She’s Black.