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@BLACKFEMININITYTV4 жыл бұрын
I’m just here to remind you guys that Bob Johnson is the same guy that told Big Lez back in the 90s that she’s not what men want to see on TV.
@Iwant2BYRLova4 жыл бұрын
WTF
@kaylao.33264 жыл бұрын
BLACK FEMININITY TV He was just mad cause she wouldn’t fuck him
@vezzttine70754 жыл бұрын
She's not. sorry
@Vanessa-xx3yz4 жыл бұрын
@@vezzttine7075 I think the bigger point here is that while male actors of the 90s were considered by their appeal to all audiences, women were still only considered for the way they'd be viewed by men. Not considering the fact that not all people are straight or have other interests in people's talent other than "I would bang her".
@bbrown3334 жыл бұрын
Great videos, but 'Cast-ed' is NOT a word. The simple past participle is "cast", i.e. she was CAST in the role. Please, please stop saying 'casted' it does not sound good.
@checkmateforever4 жыл бұрын
The fact that Hollywood preferred to place Zoe in blackface with a fake nose rather than cast a talented darker skinned actress more suited for the historic role is another thing that makes me not respect Hollywood and take it seriously.
@sassygreen50244 жыл бұрын
U never supposed to respect, nor trust hollyweired.
@tdunn19074 жыл бұрын
Or the fact that someone like Tyler Perry has to put on fake women body parts and act feminine instead of finding a talented real life black woman to play the role of Madea. Yeah I get what you're saying. Hollyweird is sad.
@nora49814 жыл бұрын
Honey you’re a fool for even “respecting” Hollywood in the first place 😂clown
@arizonaFIREent4 жыл бұрын
@@tdunn1907 so I guess we should have Shamed Eddie Murphy for playing the whole family in "Nutty Professor" since by your logic he should of casted some fat sistah to play his mom
@escarlit4 жыл бұрын
it’s absolutely absurd. it’s like they took a page from the 1950s.
@HERSHISKISS4 жыл бұрын
Zoe Saldana thought this would win her an Oscar. This was not it and will never be it.
@Waifu_Domo4 жыл бұрын
But she claimed the Oscars didn't matter tho...😒
@TSR2284 жыл бұрын
Yuppppp
@bossytweed66644 жыл бұрын
I said the same shit when this all hit the fan years ago and people argued me down saying, "but shes been in huge blockbuster films, she didn't need this role". Lets be real, Zoe Saldana is still not a huge Hollywood name and I bet she's not getting paid anywhere near as much as her more established costars therefore getting those awards would in fact place her in better standing despite claiming she doesn't care. Bet the year she finally gets nominated she gon be up their weeping and crying accepting the award like everyone else.
@PharaohGoddess14 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@shahrzad49754 жыл бұрын
HERSHISKISS ,, because they don’t see darker skin women as attractive or human, I’ve been through the same thing.
@Jade-kz3jb3 жыл бұрын
If she “doesn’t see color” why did she let them paint her face black....? She would’ve did herself a favor if she just kept quiet lol
@mrsx79443 жыл бұрын
Exactly. That whole interview was cringe cringe cringey! 😣
@pn65283 жыл бұрын
Basically..🤫🤫🤫
@al-hocprojects26552 жыл бұрын
once you sign a contract you have to do everything they say... I can say that in her favor.
@gemstar72862 жыл бұрын
It's really cringe , she should never have accepted this role .
@melissaaltidor5147 Жыл бұрын
Like I said in the previous comment if y'all want to get mad over so we saw Donna and let's give the Jennifer Love cousin anybody that played on authorized biopics of singers or historical figures the same treatment like I'm getting real sick and tired of having these conversations
@sasakiacharo29893 жыл бұрын
Zoe’s views on race AND her phenotype make her unfit for the role. Nina was a civil rights activist, her blackness controlled the way she moved through this world, it coated her songs and made them the blues. Zoe’s “i dont see race” rhetoric does not properly represent Nina at all
@seaserenity5971 Жыл бұрын
💯
@toastEDmrshmello09 Жыл бұрын
@@wisethabrain1100 ... ok so... In order to embody the actress she is playing she needs somewhere to draw from and she doesn’t have it. That was the point of the comment.
@cl5470 Жыл бұрын
Even her example made no sense. "My mother only describes the person as gay if it's relevant to the story" Um, Nina's dark skin WAS relevant to her story. I get the impression Zoe isn't very bright.
@cl5470 Жыл бұрын
@Wise Tha Brain so you'd be fine watching Lindsay Lohan play Gandalf then? Please spare me the lie that you would be.
@wisethabrain1100 Жыл бұрын
@@cl5470 Ofcourse she isn’t bright that’s why she is a successful millionaire
@shanecalvintv98244 жыл бұрын
But India Arie is EVERYTHING for speaking out against this
@butnowamfound4 жыл бұрын
And didn't mince words either. I loved her response.
@vhunter500ify4 жыл бұрын
She would have been the best Nina Simone for the biopic
@jasbourne944 жыл бұрын
Veronica 425 I agree
@user-rb4gq2rx8n4 жыл бұрын
India arie would’ve been perfect
@Grannysbaby814 жыл бұрын
Queen
@kina72714 жыл бұрын
They literally put blackface on this woman when they simply could have gotten a dark skin actress. This is just disrespectful.
@aliveandconnected4 жыл бұрын
Saldana was executive producer on the movie. She black-faced herself. She didn't getting the true dragging she deserved. Her co-star was executive producer as well. smh
@darkcontinentschild29624 жыл бұрын
Kina • Viola Davis would have been the obvious choice. She would done the role justice.
@Dimechanel4 жыл бұрын
Kina • I just said the same thing like wtf she’s cool & all, but like dawg ya coulda had me do it tf😭
@latoyagriffin14104 жыл бұрын
Exactly! Even with the Black Face, her features were not a match for Nina Simone, who had beautiful full facial features!
@pjhutchersonpoliticsads78594 жыл бұрын
Really!! NONE of these Talented Women are 'Darkskinned'. None of them!! PERIOD.
@yy-hj4br3 жыл бұрын
"I don't see color." "I'm not Black, I'm OJ" ok
@ashburnconnecttv78603 жыл бұрын
lol
@annierobin20923 жыл бұрын
OKAY
@femf8tal3 жыл бұрын
👊👊🏻👊🏼👊🏽👊🏾👊🏿👌
@kianaw.80963 жыл бұрын
jay z
@sayitloudblcknproud2 жыл бұрын
She said she was Black though.
@cmays32203 жыл бұрын
I need a REAL biopic of Miss Simone. She deserves better. She deserves the best. ❤
@kimcham99493 жыл бұрын
👍 Yet, we see no black people using THEIR money to make any. We've had ample time to make SEVERAL... Where we at???... Seriously... Where are we? When are we going to show up? We can make trash like Coming 2 America, though. Somehow, we have money for that. 😔 Then we can't figure out why we're never taken seriously.
@carolinesimeon43614 жыл бұрын
honestly I’m very tired of this “I don’t see color” narrative.
@luvburden57434 жыл бұрын
Right like is she blind? Is cataracts the new fashion trend?
@nowthatsacookie4 жыл бұрын
RIGHT!!!
@trexgravyM914 жыл бұрын
@dfre$h177 nina simone was all about promoting the beauty of dark skin women. are you slow?
@actionscott80334 жыл бұрын
caroline simeon word
@tangemclemore84864 жыл бұрын
it's an excuse for self hate and racism....Period
@hayleymadisonllc21804 жыл бұрын
They could have found someone who is darker toned not blacker ... those directors have some nerve
@cherrymisha47974 жыл бұрын
Right❤🙏
@hayleymadisonllc21804 жыл бұрын
Adia Darling Wow 🤦🏾♀️ and she showed up .... damn shame!
@sinickasdavis96194 жыл бұрын
Yes Hayley exactly
@cordelwhite17494 жыл бұрын
Blacker/Darker more melenated! They know better lol
@karenearle55073 жыл бұрын
The actresses put on the spot about Zoe playing Nina, answered very eloquently.
@brownskinproud2b5483 жыл бұрын
Flex playing Michael Jackson lmao I laughed so hard- forgot about that one
@jeannetteduette67043 жыл бұрын
She took the role for the money only and admitted that much in print and to the media. This is the fallout she has to live with. She should stayed in her lane where she was doing quite well.
@_Lunanella_4 жыл бұрын
Who else was like "wtf is she talking about?" during her Sway interview?
@breaellis58274 жыл бұрын
Keyoka 😭😭
@MsT-xm8xz4 жыл бұрын
🙋 meeeeee 😂😂😂
@vanitygirl804 жыл бұрын
...and cringing😫
@JoyLynn824 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@luvburden57434 жыл бұрын
She was all over the place .. Then she started talking about fat high school kids and highlights.. Tf?
@ubercutegurl124 жыл бұрын
I think India Arie would've been great as Nina.
@isaiahwinbrone4 жыл бұрын
You damn right
@___zeke___75814 жыл бұрын
I didn’t know she could act too, that would’ve been crazy
@tylerhackner97314 жыл бұрын
Agreed yesss
@NaturalEmpress_Love4 жыл бұрын
Amazing ♥️
@nharris29384 жыл бұрын
Anika nonie rose would be good as well
@1999BRIA3 жыл бұрын
Michaela Coel could have easily played her and so many more actresses. I get SO disappointed every time people poorly cast actors specifically in a biopic
@lourdesgyan11 ай бұрын
The first day I saw her Michaela I was like This is Miss Simone!
@1999BRIA11 ай бұрын
Exactly! When I saw her on Chewing Gum that's when I knew she gave Nina Simone.@@lourdesgyan
@LilaD23043 жыл бұрын
as a light skin person, I feel deeply sorry this kind of this situation make us light skin people look arrogant and ignorant. Most of us just want to blend in the back community, because we identify with it, and cherish black culture as every proud black person do. I hope more dark skin actresses and actors will get more roles and not only based on their skin color but also on their ability and talent. I hope one day all black and brown people can all unite to be stronger and go forward
@aunaturale18053 жыл бұрын
The reaction is more about how much of a stretch this was for Zoe to play this role. It is an automatic disconnect for Nina fans. It's like Missy Elliott playing Vanessa Williams. Actors playing life roles are celebrated a lot more when the viewers can connect with the players. It's so exciting to anticipate the players. A biographical real writer and conscious actress would respect and understand how to make the connection .That just did not happen here.
@LilaD23043 жыл бұрын
@@aunaturale1805 she made herself look ignorant because of this stretch you are talking about
@faith2xxx2 жыл бұрын
@@aunaturale1805 Speaking of Missy Elliott, that trash Aaliyah movie had a light skinned, thin actress portraying her. That was some Wendy Williams mess.
@larenzohunt4 жыл бұрын
I don't appreciate Zoe Saldana in her interview pretending like she doesn't understand colorism. In Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, she is considered dark skinned, and she is fully aware of this. They too suffer colorism. In the US, and within the African American community she is considered of lighter complection; she knows this as well. The fact that she pretends to be aloof around this topic is the exact reason she should not play Nina Simone. How can you honor, let alone relate to Nina when you publicly pretend that this injustice doesn't exist?
@macummings78184 жыл бұрын
Well said Thank you
@myyoniverseworld69584 жыл бұрын
Well said!!!!! I STAN THIS !
@jamiew.66064 жыл бұрын
AMEN 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
@Mookaron4 жыл бұрын
She can play dumb all she wants. She'll never be excepted as a white person!
@soulvoices16274 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Caroline60814 жыл бұрын
Cast a dark woman that resembles the original artist; why is that so hard to do? 🤦🏻♀️
@RealiTeaV4 жыл бұрын
Because ppl are stupid girl. They have shitty standards and treatment towards dark skinned women
@truelove23344 жыл бұрын
Yeah. What happened to the days of, "You're not right for the part"?
@msnewsenior4 жыл бұрын
If color didn’t matter, why did they have to darken her up for the role?
@tapped5644 жыл бұрын
I did not like that they had to black face her. We need more dark skinned women to play more roles. Tired of all these model like women too.
@hexmaniacgabby51604 жыл бұрын
They rather cast someone lighter and darken them with MAKEUP than cast an actual dark skinned woman...that's sad.
@faithkwaku3 жыл бұрын
She is the type of girl who will be the next Stacey Dash. FAB
@FlyGirlTee1233 жыл бұрын
“so if you have weak comprehension this video is not for you” I love it
@lisasaytee75574 жыл бұрын
But when you 're making movies about slavery you knew where the dark skin actors were
@juneroberts79353 жыл бұрын
THISSSSS. Your comment deserve millions of likes!
@megaoldskool763 жыл бұрын
Agree, agree, AGREE!!! Well said
@ericapalmore62663 жыл бұрын
BOOM!!!!
@ericatheempress66983 жыл бұрын
Or any undesirable stereotypes like crackheads, prostitutes, or thieves
@khalil77083 жыл бұрын
Come on👍🏾
@shanecalvintv98244 жыл бұрын
I hate how black celebrities arent straight forward about these issues... The industry is really sad
@kenneyp.94564 жыл бұрын
It’s because it could affect there careers if they speak up.there already black in “white Hollywood” you think they’ll be casted for movies,shows, and events if they start speaking about there issues. It’s all about money
@kikinyte68064 жыл бұрын
Right ..... how come they stuttering so bad....sad....that says enough....it's in the what they ain't or are afraid to say....and I'm from THE UK 🇬🇧 I have never seen it but the make up alone is traumatizing me from this video alone....I will must up the strength during the covid to watch it
@BlackGirlLovesAnime64 жыл бұрын
They're ok with bein token black people
@nicoleraheem11954 жыл бұрын
If they do, they'll lose their endorsements only to not be financially supported by certain types of black who never helped them get to the top from the gate. Long story short- why risk losing your income over politics for people who won't help you pay your bills because you're already rich? Not them.
@Chitownhomestead4 жыл бұрын
Gurlllll.. pathetic..
@breathnstop3 жыл бұрын
You make a great point. It's not about Zoe and not about her color. It's about authentically telling Nina Simone's story.
@canineuniversity10152 жыл бұрын
As a libertarian white man, I greatly enjoy the comment section of this channel. Love to hear all these brand new perspectives I never even could have imagined existed. God bless and good luck to everyone!
@ertfgghhhh4 жыл бұрын
So she is of african descent and plays black women in movies but doesnt want to be called black and then tried to play a black american historical figure who was proud to be black............chiiiile
@justchecking20464 жыл бұрын
gospelevans 😂😂 the jokes write themselves
@ertfgghhhh4 жыл бұрын
*And i want to say that the controversy started cause zoe said at one time that she was def not black. She fixed it awhile later cause of backlash **and no. This video is not about if zoe says she is black or not
@ertfgghhhh4 жыл бұрын
@@justchecking2046 ikr
@HollywoodCharityAuctioncom4 жыл бұрын
Exactly.
@15daboss4 жыл бұрын
Right! Makes zero sense.
@butnowamfound4 жыл бұрын
Riddle me this: If skin color and physical features aren't the issue, then why was Zoe Saldana painted in make up 10 SHADES darker than her skin color, given a trash wig, given an even more trash prosthetic nose, and those bewildering buck and ugly teeth? If Nina's physical features weren't that big of a deal, then why were they slapped on Zoe with absolutely zero care? Let me help you. Y'all made Nina Simone's legacy of fighting for dark skin black women to have a seat at the buffet table of American Beauty a minstrel show. It was cringe city from start to finish. Of course a caucasian woman would be completely deaf to the tone and nuances of the black experience among dark skinned women. Of course any black woman who rarely identifies as black and is constantly celebrating the fact that she grew up identifying and continues to identify as Latina would be completely, utterly, and voluntarily blind to the devastating effects of colorism on dark skinned black women. These effects were the very issues Nina Simone dedicated much of her life to challenging and removing for African Americans. What a powerful legacy that Hollywood tried to take and make in its image. But that's all they did: tried it.
@liveyourbestsoftlife57054 жыл бұрын
Bingo
@milliec12084 жыл бұрын
YESSSSSSS.... and yes!!!
@ToryCheww4 жыл бұрын
K Wharton exactly and to piggy back on this comment years ago if I’m not mistaken when avatar came out I remember seeing her in an interview and the interviewer referred to her as African American and she corrected the interviewer by stating I’m not African American I’m Dominican! Also aside from the black community racism pertaining to dark and light skin exist heavily within the Hispanic community! I’m in the metro area and have witnessed and experience the racism! Also for her to compare “hanging out with my gay friend as opposed to her getting heat for basically wearing black face” makes no sense! The person who is gay is not pretending unlike her, who was pretending to be a dark skinned woman and the color in the movie was still lighter than Nina’s complexion!
@butnowamfound4 жыл бұрын
@@ToryCheww Could you be more spot on, sis?! This right here. The whole movie demonstrated that everyone involved were just fans of Simone's music but couldn't care less about her life, legacy or all she endured for the greater good. I actually was a fan of Saldana's before she did this. Any artist willing to join hands with a Hollywood pimp slap of this magnitude to the face of an African American icon can't be out here collecting my coin. Period.
@DrGaslight1874 жыл бұрын
It was a slap in the face to the American Black experience.
@odalis1893 Жыл бұрын
I believe Nina’s family should’ve taken a part of the casting process. They knew Nina the best. They know what features she had that made her special and her aura.
@tragedyturnedtriumph41803 жыл бұрын
She "doesn't see color" yet had to shade her skin darker to play a role, i can see why people would have a problem with this. This is more of Hollywood's fault.
@BeautyViaJaleah4 жыл бұрын
it's so crazy that they just *blatantly* disrespected Nina Simone, her story, and black women like this. and did not care. wow.
@babycupid7614 жыл бұрын
Right. They're literally treating her like the Alien Zoe is known for playing! Disgrace 😖😩
@darnellmajor90162 жыл бұрын
The problem with Zoe Saldana is that she hasn't done anything of substance that would even justify in casting her as Simone. Most of her stuff is grounded in shallow Forever 21 type stuff like literally 😆
@jessel4life4 жыл бұрын
Hearing her interview with Sway made me lose the last bit of respect I had for her. Her "I dont see color," all lives matter attitude shows EXACTLY how privileged she is as a Latina, ethnically ambiguous, light skinned, "exotic," woman. As a dark skinned woman, I don't have the luxury of talking about how I "don't see color." I'm reminded of my color daily. She should have turned that role down, and she knows it.
@Shottamanrambo4 жыл бұрын
Preach
@alexandria_aesthetic4 жыл бұрын
Yup
@chocolatediamonds57604 жыл бұрын
Ahkilalah 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 facts!!!
@pisceanchaniece50664 жыл бұрын
You make a point but to me Zoe isn't light skin not saying she's dark but I don't see light skin. Hell for her to be Brown skin she's hella ignorant now I see that statement coming from Rosario Dawson or Lala Anthony but I was very disappointed with Zoe Saldana as a woman who is the same skin tone as her.
@FaithPeach4 жыл бұрын
🙏🏾
@chellierenae3 жыл бұрын
The fact that she doesn't see color then she couldn't have possibly gotten to the core of who nina was
@mrsx79443 жыл бұрын
Exactly. That's such a silly and oblivious stance to take. How could you NOT consider color when portraying a woman who's fought hard for racial justice?? She's a whole fool.
@someperson51993 жыл бұрын
Only a light skin black woman would say she didn’t grow up thinking about light, dark, lighter etc. dark skin black women don’t have the privilege.
@blessingduru80184 жыл бұрын
how can the same person who finds “talking about ethnicity uncomfortable” play NINA SIMONE😭i just can’t
@senoracheapee18644 жыл бұрын
blessing duru and in blackface with a prosthetic nose😂
@martymarl46024 жыл бұрын
Exactly...Just listening to her explain her views on race showed why she was manifestly unfit for role....she grew up largely protected from the effects of being black, while Nina was abused and ostracized because of it...clearly Zoe is sensible enough to recognize that..........Zoe is no fool...there are darker forces at work here
@anaityketihw4 жыл бұрын
@es johnson The issue is that Zoe is the producer. Not only did she help create the movie, she cast herself in the movie and chose to play a person who was all about black beauty and pride. Why the hell should someone who hates being black play her?
@theBSisreal4 жыл бұрын
@@WomenLoveBusiness That would also be true about the production they don't understand it so it doesn't mean anything to them.
@tarabryant21414 жыл бұрын
@blessing duru whhewwwwww.... one mo time for the folks who came in late
@lazaruserect92764 жыл бұрын
When people say "they don't see color", that only means they are in a position to not have to. Where as sister like Nina had to see it because, she was reminded of it daily. She didn't have, nor did she want the privilege, to run from the conversation. Zoe does not share Nina's values, because she seems to want her European culture to shine.
@michelejean22244 жыл бұрын
Well said, Zoe did not share Nina's values.
@skywalker66484 жыл бұрын
Well, that position does have a "short" shelf life. Lol, missed adding that word in!
@awba234 жыл бұрын
I very much agree with you with her color blindness speaks loud for light skin position, but what European culture does she have? She was born in New Jersey and her parents are Puerto Rican and Dominican, none of them are European
@lazaruserect92764 жыл бұрын
@@awba23 Hi Andre's. When I used the word "Culture". I don't just mean the ones we are born into, but, also the ones we embrace by choice. I don't see color to me is, 'I don't want to see MY color". The thing is every body else does. This is not unusual among our black queens. There were black female actors in the who would only work with white leading men. Black men are just a guilty. I only date these people. As a man or woman thinks in their heart. Blessings..
@lazaruserect92764 жыл бұрын
Hi Andre's. When I use the word "Culture", It doesn't always mean the one you are born into ,but, rather, the one you choose to embrace by choice. Female actors who only want to work with white leading men. Rich ball player who only want white women, after leaving the black girlfriend before being a draft pick. We want to be what we want to be. Born that or not...as a man or woman believes, they are. Blessings.
@DeCurtaRican3 жыл бұрын
Dania Gurira (All Eyez on Me (2Pac’s Mother, Afeni), Black Panther, Avengers, etc.) would have been a great choice, too. Why doesn’t anyone mention her?
@herenow45503 жыл бұрын
I'm a mixed race woman (not black) who grew up in America and the obsession and entitlement of people asking me my ethnic background has been one of the most frustrating and objectifying things I've been through. So I understand Zoe's frustration. However, along with people trying to fit us into boxes and the confusion we face not knowing what box we belong in, on the other side of that does come privilege. Now I understand that I do not have to succumb to any stereotypes people try to put on me. I make the choice now not to fit in a box. I have cultivated my own identity because it was never handed to me. But this is exactly what separates me and anyone who is not an African American woman with African features from the experience, art and activism of Nina Simone. Especially at her time and still very much today, people are limited to a certain existence based on their physical features, skin tone and race. Zoe's privilege has robbed her of her empathy towards a reality that she has never and can never understand. And it's this exact experience that should be honored by an actress who resembles Nina Simone. And I agree with India Arie. Zoe looked weird and ugly in blackface. Such a wonderful opportunity was missed for a more fitting actress and for everyone who loves Nina and has yet to hear her story.
@almostclintnewton84783 жыл бұрын
I wish someone had said exactly that to her
@lourdesgyan11 ай бұрын
"empathy" that's what she lacks. She doesn't even understand "why Oscars so black". I'm actually shocked to know her views. She doesn't understand the struggles of dark ppl, and colorism. She chooses to refuse to learn and be aware.
@kaylahgoodwin87944 жыл бұрын
I HATEEEEE when people say "I don't see color" 😷😷😷😷😷 girl stay far away from me
@liveyourbestsoftlife57054 жыл бұрын
Exactly..6ft away like you have corona
@macbaeboi4 жыл бұрын
@@liveyourbestsoftlife5705 *26 feet
@iy51584 жыл бұрын
Omg i thought I was the only one who hated people who say that. Like you’re really not being true to yourself if you say you don’t see color and anyways that’s a white persons favorite go to phrase.
@divestednoir864 жыл бұрын
@@iy5158 Nope I'm sick of it
@delsgurl41334 жыл бұрын
@kaylah goodwin me too, it's the same as when white people say "I'm not racist, I have several black friends". 🙄🙄🙄🙄
@blazebaby894 жыл бұрын
She says she doesn't benefit from being light skin? Girl...
@pisceanchaniece50664 жыл бұрын
She doesn't. She's not lighter than a Brown paper bag. To white society she isn't light if this were the 1920s she wouldn't be dancing in the Cotton Club.
@cannadybell82194 жыл бұрын
She's racially ambiguous so she definitely benefits
@sinickasdavis96194 жыл бұрын
I love Zoe she's a good actress, however they could of picked another black woman for the role, no hate on Zoe either, I'm just saying
@thandisilec8354 жыл бұрын
Monica Logan Agree Zoe is not light skinned in Black American or Black Latina community. Shes someone id describe as light brown or caramel and I also don't think she has particularly Eurocentric features considering that she has a slightly broad nose. I think what she has is a mixed person look, that does give her privilege of society's palatable washed down Blackness. She's dishonest if she doesn't acknowledge that her black is washed down Black that white ppl who control capital for production of movies& whole film industry, find acceptable. All ambiguous Black identifying ppl should be honest as this is nit something we created but we are in it now & need to know how to not cause more harm as we navigate the world. She was wrong for taking on the role, wearing all that Black face when so many deep brown and dark skin unambiguous Black looking women who could had have portrayed Nina exist. India Arie needs to take on this role on all our lifetime
@Chitownhomestead4 жыл бұрын
She sounded dumb af....
@williebrooks73843 жыл бұрын
There are so many Hollywood actors and rappers that I would NEVER dignify. Never in life ever again. They are mere people.
@LAWoman3232132 жыл бұрын
I can’t stand Zoe Saldana. Never liked her, never will. Her response about this issue solidifies my complete distaste for her.
@kenneyp.94564 жыл бұрын
She is Dominican and Puerto Rican and these countries have looked down on their dark skinned people for a long time. Mainly “Dominicans”
@itsnotmeitsyou7174 жыл бұрын
Which baffles me that she acts like she doesnt know anything involving race discussions and colorism. She would have had family/relatives and even friends that shared colorist and antiblack sentiments. Idk if she grew up in any of those countries but if she did or even if she grew up in america alone and race wasnt spoken in the home, she'd definitely see it in school. She just wanted the role and found a way to play ignorant.
@santanaduncan90474 жыл бұрын
Yet she acts like she doesn't KNOW this!
@slchld.4 жыл бұрын
@@itsnotmeitsyou717 That's how Dominican culture is though. Even the Dominicans that look Haitian don't like to be referred to anything else outside of Dominican. Same with a lot of Puerto Ricans.
@DavidPerez-dh8xx4 жыл бұрын
@@slchld. y tu q eres para saber tanto de dominicano y puertorriqueño?
@yolir.u94524 жыл бұрын
David Perez se sabe hasta yo lo sé
@feebaby4 жыл бұрын
The fact that Zoe took the role says a lot about her. Even if she’s “color blind” 😒 she knows how hard it is for dark skinned actresses with Afro features. The fact that she decided to do it, shows that she uses her privilege! So just like she doesn’t see color, we didn’t see the movie!
@tanishakennedy46164 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂👏👏👏👏👏
@shoshannaabraham5014 жыл бұрын
Lol!
@tlunceford774 жыл бұрын
I remember them talking about it. Didnt know they actaully release that mess
@sinickasdavis96194 жыл бұрын
Oops lol 😂😅
@JaSam4EverAlways4 жыл бұрын
And don't plan on seeing it, either.
@abeltesfaye_3 жыл бұрын
I'm half black/half white BUT I recognize my privileges. I will never stop working to educate myself on issues I can never truly know because of my privileges. Zoe is embarrassing and the fact that she engaged in blackface is pitiful.
@seneca24032 жыл бұрын
Zoe Saldana didn't see color; she saw dollar signs.
@bubblybubbles40234 жыл бұрын
She should have been logical and respectful enough to turn down the Nina Simone role.
@liveyourbestsoftlife57054 жыл бұрын
She wanted that check at all cost
@Chitownhomestead4 жыл бұрын
Too easy... she's cancelled
@taz92344 жыл бұрын
Exactly turn the role down and educate the director. I now cannot stand Zoey.
@miguelcervantes10944 жыл бұрын
They could've got Leslie Jones or Viola Davis to play as Nina Simone
@phillinsogood4 жыл бұрын
Miguel Cervantes yes those would’ve been perfect choices
@MZPOETSKYLOVEBLACK4 жыл бұрын
💯❗
@Babyshoes7774 жыл бұрын
That actress who wrote and starred in bubblegum on Netflix. She would be perfect
@GladToBeNatural4 жыл бұрын
Shit my Girl from Chewing Gum!!!
@GladToBeNatural4 жыл бұрын
@@Babyshoes777 yasss!
@tinjazv87433 жыл бұрын
WOW Zoe is so privileged and she proved it with her statements. “I don’t see color...” “Run away from the word ethnic..” “Identity...” Everything she says reeks of PRIVILEGE! I bet if she didn’t look the way she did and wasn’t getting roles, she would be singing a different tune. Color exists and we have to acknowledged it first!
@mrsx79443 жыл бұрын
I agree w Zoe's statement about always acting like white ppl are the "cool kids in school" who we want to hang out with. We need to stop having them think they're the standard we aspire to. I'm done begging for a seat at their table.
@joshtondurrah80485 ай бұрын
Bro, she lays up with White men, though 😂 if we want to stop allowing them to think they are so cool, then we need to stop all avenues of it, not just one.
@mariancounsellor4 жыл бұрын
Why did she think it was ok to black up her skin like that and put in false teeth and fake nose? She made a mockery out of Nina Simone.
@chasep13104 жыл бұрын
And that is not on at all. One Nina song alone will out way all this nonsense
@syber78244 жыл бұрын
this is wild
@jimcampbell95664 жыл бұрын
Didn't Will Smith wear a fake nose for his role as Muhammad Ali - that didn't seem disrespectful ?
@Madame_Alexis4 жыл бұрын
Because she is not black American and can never understand our plight. Horribly casted movie
@ctucker70024 жыл бұрын
@@Madame_Alexis Oh Boy!
@karenmassey83544 жыл бұрын
If Zoe feels that color doesn’t matter why star in a movie about Nina whose music was about her very experience of being a dark skinned black woman with African features in America. So much cognitive dissonance.
@TheCarnivoreSoprano4 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Nina was proud of our identity as dark women.
@Theodore_ML4 жыл бұрын
Money
@Comeonyoutubeseriously4 жыл бұрын
Exactly! And especially after listening to those songs, wouldn’t you then feel uncomfortable to lay such a role?!
@b.mckaybyam17944 жыл бұрын
It’s called acting.....you don’t need to play a role that you literally are in real life....ACTING
@inactiveandsavedforarchive93124 жыл бұрын
@@b.mckaybyam1794 that makes no sense.
@cmays32203 жыл бұрын
Flex 😭 I'll never understand why he did that. Why he thought that was a good idea.
@Roman-kl3wk3 жыл бұрын
The real scandal here is that she played in Avatar when she’s not even blue.
@pigeon513 жыл бұрын
Exactly! It's ridiculous 🤣
@duanerichardsii93073 жыл бұрын
Bruh 🤣🤣🤣
@imakitty-cattrustme16172 жыл бұрын
yep blue face
@rachelramsey17324 жыл бұрын
India Arie should have played Nina Simone hands down.
@yagirlkayy50604 жыл бұрын
rachel ramsey Periodt! And if India didn’t want to do it, then they should’ve gone for Viola just like that actress stated. India would’ve been perfect though!
@nicholeallen36054 жыл бұрын
HANDS DOWN!!!
@beatsdontstop3054 жыл бұрын
Or Regina King. I love Regina King. She's amazing too
@tfarley34able4 жыл бұрын
She would’ve been a perfect 👌🏾 fit🥰
@jenng73894 жыл бұрын
precisely
@PaisleyMoon20224 жыл бұрын
She said she doesn't "believe in people of color" then in the next breath "I'm okay with my blackness"...how does that work? 🤔
@N11-xr9pi14 жыл бұрын
Right, also do folks that are just fine with being black need to even make it known that they are okay with their blackness, like it's a scar and not a source of pride...
@phi4liphe9444 жыл бұрын
@@N11-xr9pi1 When other people tend to assume that other people aren't comfortable with it. YOu think she would be in interviews just off the cuff making those kind of statements had it not been something mentioned by others? I am just curious...do you people even think before you get to typing some of these comments...lol
@phi4liphe9444 жыл бұрын
I am pretty sure thats not what she said...but feel free to drop the time stamp for me so I can be convinced.
@vohnmartez98204 жыл бұрын
I know what she meant. Maybe just maybe..she doesn't believe in color but she knows everyone else does.
@prettypetals52014 жыл бұрын
Stacy dash got a new best friend
@dta13293 жыл бұрын
The shade of using a picture of Robert Johnson with cheeto while you were essentially reading him for filth 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@robyngemelle51603 жыл бұрын
I LOVE Amandala. She was offered the role of Shuri initially and turned it down because she recognized her own light-skinned privilege. Shuri is NOT light skinned. Storm is NOT light skinned. I was so happy when she did that.
@SyvesterMaliАй бұрын
Me too
@carmendelgado1054 жыл бұрын
I don’t agree with people who say “I don’t see color.” We all do but what makes a difference is how we treat one another.
@KTY-zh2xt4 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@kevinodom29183 жыл бұрын
it doesn't mean they literally don't see color. Its a mindset.
@ursula83903 жыл бұрын
@@kevinodom2918 Brotha, that mindset is flawed...we are so pressured into the illusion of inclusion, that we believe the farce. Our Father sees the difference in us from others.
@DeedeePurpose3 жыл бұрын
Bingo
@deadchannel36103 жыл бұрын
everyone is different and we shouldnt need to be the same to treat each other with respect and like normal human beings.
@Nihilistic_Narcissist4 жыл бұрын
She pretends that she can profit of her black heritage while dismissing it like a white person. At the end of the day, when she was cool with blackface, that was all that need to be said
@ashleyvazquez94024 жыл бұрын
Daaaamn 👌
@the_emmasculator4 жыл бұрын
BIG FACTS 💯
@nicole47793 жыл бұрын
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE INTRO!! 💕 it gives me all the nostalgia feels!! 🥰🥰🥰
@nicholasdasilva343 жыл бұрын
As a white amab, I PROMISE YOU, from my privelaged perspective, colorism is ABSOLUTELY a factor in so many ways people are seen as persons or not.
@ashleetyler4294 жыл бұрын
Black actors need to STOP BEING SCARED and SPEAK OUT
@bri71934 жыл бұрын
Ashlee Tyler bruh they was dancing around the question I was like come on tf...
@DymondCityRydaz4 жыл бұрын
Go to your job and speak out against issues bothering you with either clients or management... see how long you last. Y do ppl say shit they know they wont do??
@AIONBERSERKER4 жыл бұрын
Are you gonna pay their mortgage when they get black listed?
@sugarpearl97814 жыл бұрын
Ashlee Tyler We can’t do that at our jobs without consequence, what makes you think they can? We’ve seen actors and actresses get black balled (Monique for example), so I’m not mad at black entertainers who want to keep it cute and professional in public.
@itsthehumor954 жыл бұрын
Period
@shaneecuevas79904 жыл бұрын
The fact that she doesn’t understand. And says “I’ve never benefited from being light skin”, she is so detached from a real Black woman’s reality. So how could she even relate to the character?
@Maki-004 жыл бұрын
She benefited, she just doesn't recognize it!
@Maki-004 жыл бұрын
She benefited, she just doesn't recognize it!
@justme-ew3ri4 жыл бұрын
Actually truly like to act you have to do your homework and when they are a real person that is work and work and more work so if she did any I’m like you would have come out of that with a new attitude towards being black
@sheenapark.3 жыл бұрын
And I will NEVER forgive flex for pulling that 😭😂
@chocolaterini172 жыл бұрын
Call the lawyers😭
@noturbiz28273 жыл бұрын
I think Lupita N'yongo, would have been amazing in this.
@Beelzebubbly4 жыл бұрын
The lead actress of Chewing Gum literally looks like Nina Simone reincarnated!! I liked Zoe Saldana but her attitude regarding the conversation makes me side eye her.
@mrsbigmamayas37654 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏Yes! You are correct!
@ilovechips13274 жыл бұрын
And she has an amazing voice as well.
@ReadyorNot8114 жыл бұрын
Facts..she does
@niiece22734 жыл бұрын
ummmm yeah its a no for me
@mamatosh054 жыл бұрын
I had to look the show up cause I never heard of it; & you are absolutely correct. The perfect image if Nina Simon. Michaela Coel
@ashleetyler4294 жыл бұрын
The fact that the other BLACK ACTRESSES were AFRAID to speak up about it and danced around the question speaks VOLUME
@roneishasanders77824 жыл бұрын
Yea they faces was like let me figure out how to say this the nicest I know how. They wanted to go off
@kiki15734 жыл бұрын
I think they kept it real.
4 жыл бұрын
Zoe has every right to play Nina Simone.. Blacks should play other blacks.. All these people are haters.
@tianafreeman93884 жыл бұрын
@ garbage commentary and complete and utter ignorance 🗑
@aprilh80224 жыл бұрын
@ That might be true if Nina Simone was a fictional person, but shes was not and if they thought Zoe was black enough to play the part why the hell did they need to put her in black face?
@Anonymousgirlie4803 жыл бұрын
You know who would be PERFECT for this role Michaela Coel from 'I May Destry You', I know she is British but damn those feauture from our ancestors are there.
@mxhughes3 жыл бұрын
Not them either foreign blacks are strangers to us they use opportunities black americans fought for and shit on us in the process and tried to hide under the we black banner
@Mimikinn2 жыл бұрын
Its easy not to see color when you’re already the right color.
@TshepoMohasoane4 жыл бұрын
I also hate it when people who obviously benefit from colourism sit there and tell us they do not benefit from it. They painted her dark , made her wear an afro & made her wear a prosthetic nose.
@mrsoshadabaadman3 жыл бұрын
@Brazilian Goddess White privilege is owning a smart phone and drinking coffee?? Shiiit then I'm half way there but I hate coffee.
@psomichelle27583 жыл бұрын
Cuz I don't. you don't know every light skinned life, how the fuck you gonna tell me about MY life? Gag. Kiki. Ya'll complain about colorist and be colorist against people who aren't dark, even going as far as to even say we aren't black. I didn't even agree with the mess zoe pulled but go awwwwf. Outside of Holloywood doing this shit right here, the only time I see pRivlIaGe, is in the dating world. The niggas that says only lighskinned women are cute, shouldn't even be on ANYONE's radar, I shot down a dude for clowning dark skinned women in front of me thinking I'd go for that, and he was dark his damn self. Attack people like Zoe who accepted the role, attack these "men" that perpetuate the problem. Light skinned people are here....and they aren't going anywhere so you gotta toughen up. Sorry, not sorry.
@diamondblack193 жыл бұрын
@@psomichelle2758 You really felt attacked huh? I highly doubt if she meant every light skinned person. There is light skinned privilege, and it's more of how the person responds to it. Like taking a role that you have to darken your skin to even play. You said you didn't agree with Zoe taking the role, and talked about how men perpetuate the problem, so obviously you're not part of the problem
@carlyletom3013 жыл бұрын
@@psomichelle2758 I appreciate your comment. People are complaining about Hollywood but still do not understand what the word means. Hollywood comes from the wood/stick from the Holly shrub. Magicians used this stick as a wand. Meaning that Hollywood creates magic on the screen. Alike, dressing up Zoe to become whatever they interpret. Hollywood passed over hundreds of choices, but the main issue, is that it was THEIR choice. Black people have do not have that power in Hollywood, hence the reason why Tyler Perry created his own. If "black" people have a problem with Hollywood, then boycott Hollywood. Create your own, or continue as a beggar to whites, complaining in the THEIR house.
@johnnydept40823 жыл бұрын
Dark women try to portray lightskin women everyday
@Nooooooooooooooooooooo79134 жыл бұрын
I felt like I was losing brain cells while listening to Zoe Saldana speak
@FUNNYMANERICWHITE4 жыл бұрын
lol 😂 same
@barryemanuel484 жыл бұрын
True, she made it worse. She shouldn't have taken the role.
@moeshamitchell1854 жыл бұрын
I fast forward after a while and was disappointed in Sway for not questioning her unauthentic statements.
@KeneishaFreckleton4 жыл бұрын
noooooooooooooooooo saaaaaaammmeee! I literally skipped her part .
@ericdanielsbenavidez58672 жыл бұрын
I heard Zoe say that word " I" alot and "how I was raised" and all that. But this ISN'T about You it's about representing someone accurately, it's about the all the people who are offended by it, and putting on blackface for a movie is a terrible reminder historically of unspeakable racism. That we still see signs of today still.
@darrenjames30653 жыл бұрын
India Arie was absolutely spot on in everything she said about this.
@CityBluee4 жыл бұрын
People forget shes also Dominican, a lot of dominicans have problems with their blackness
@ToryCheww4 жыл бұрын
CityBlue exactly which is why I’m confused about her statement pertaining to she don’t see color! Please she said in a interview years ago she’s not black she Dominican
@Kay-sc9se4 жыл бұрын
Because by the end of the day, Dominicans are hispanic/latina so ofc there not gonna say there black because we're not considered as black.(BTW not every Dominican is black...some are white Dominicans and mixed Dominicans and ofc some are black Dominicans).
@Lostinmyhead234 жыл бұрын
That’s still not an excuse it’s 2020 they need to get over the fact that they have black ancestry
@LaCrownedGamer4 жыл бұрын
Interesting, I actually have met 3 Dominicans, one in high school. College, and work. All three of them were of of deep dark completions. My skin tone is usually around a cinnamon color. They constantly told me how lucky I was for being so light and how I would have been a "house slave". When asked if they considered themselves black they all scoffed, saying how they speak Spanish, that they "are dark but are not black." And how it as even offensive to be considered black or afro decent. They considered themselves to be dark Spaniards which really baffles me to this day.
@capricornlife57784 жыл бұрын
Coraima's Vlogss every Dominican has african blood. Some are white skinned some are browned skinned. Still have African blood
@thisisatrium4 жыл бұрын
Indie Arie, Lauren Hill, or Viola Davis 100% should be the choices for a real movie about Ms. Simone.
@mrsx79443 жыл бұрын
*India
@MauricioSierraM.3 жыл бұрын
India.Arie was perfect
@seanmcquinn96033 жыл бұрын
Viola Davis would have been perfect
@travisallens2423 жыл бұрын
Black is black read that again ......The Bahamas loves all black people!!!!
@mrsx79443 жыл бұрын
@@seanmcquinn9603 too old
@ashac.44762 жыл бұрын
If her skin color and features didn’t matter, why did they give her a fake tan and a prosthetic nose??? It obviously mattered lol. You don’t see color, but you knew you needed a fake tan to play the role??? Baby, it’s not adding up😂
@jassygemini13 жыл бұрын
Her feigning of ignorance is what makes the role even worst. Sis really tried to compare her blackness to homosexuality. Sis really didn’t read the room and to act like that is to act European. It’s insensitive to the fact that Nina Simone was a story black ppl wanted its one some of still want done right. See all them damn movies Zoe done been in with green and blue skin and white ppl praising her that she didn’t even second guest telling a black story and not looking like the woman she was supposed to be playing. Nina was for the race so ppl of the race know her. Sis you was not playing an alien in another world.
@bigduckenergyb.d.e.27104 жыл бұрын
They are acting like casting an actor with Nina Simone’s skin complexion isn’t important but still put dark make up on Zoe Saldana face ⁉️😩
@macummings78184 жыл бұрын
Please say it LOUDERRR I'm like - um - I thought color didn't matter? 'n stuff?
@THEGREEDYCOUPLE4 жыл бұрын
EXACTLY!!!!
@mskeke63374 жыл бұрын
A complete contradiction
@glw51664 жыл бұрын
You better say it again!
@health_is_wealth3334 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@nunascc4 жыл бұрын
Viola Davis would have done an amazing job! They should of picked her! She’s my fav actress
@MariaFlores-ef1oz4 жыл бұрын
The fact that she's your favorite actress doesn't mean that she wouldn't done a good job she's not a good actress I honestly can't remember one of her jobs that's actually good
@Pink_pr1ncess4 жыл бұрын
Mari Flores Shut up and stop spamming. Since you love Zoe so much go watch the movie and support Hollyweird.
@ihateyouall70264 жыл бұрын
Mari Flores The Help.
@MariaFlores-ef1oz4 жыл бұрын
@@Pink_pr1ncess no I'm not gonna shut up I'm gonna defend her because all of you attacking her like that it's not fair
@MariaFlores-ef1oz4 жыл бұрын
@@ihateyouall7026 ok I give it to you that's a good movie
@gorliagirp72742 жыл бұрын
People gotta understand that Nina Simones whole message was about black women embracing their distinct features no matter what the societal standard for “beauty” is. This movie just ignores that completely and casted a women who did not have those features nor skin tone. This reinforces those beauty standards that hollywood perpetuates and basically belittles everything simone stood for.
@TheChamp1_13 жыл бұрын
This has definitely become one of my favorite KZfaq pages. Keep putting out this dope content!
@Atetrigrams4 жыл бұрын
The fact that she doesn’t know where she stands, means that she was never meant for the role..seeing as Nina stood for much more.
@mkingadiffernce3 жыл бұрын
@Brazilian Goddess I believe you are missing the point when it's a iconic figure like nina then it's more then just acting, if it was just about just acting when it comes to these iconic figure especially black figures like Mrs. Nina then ali played by will and ray play by jamie would not have won awards and impacted the world and been special. I do believe Zoe is a good actress and I like her alot but I DNT think she took this role serious and it was just what you said acting. I also don't think the director took this role serious either because if he did then he would have casted someone who looked the part with a iconic figure like Mrs lady nina simone. They have to remake this film and get her story and character right!!
@mkingadiffernce3 жыл бұрын
@Brazilian Goddess Lastly how can you compare making a killing movie to making a iconic figure movie like Mrs lady nina simone. That's like comparing scary movie to ali or ray. Terrible comparison.
@HuemorDGAP3 жыл бұрын
That part!! Oh, the irony!! Nina must have rolled over in her grave when she saw that make up job and then heard the actress playing herself, thee Nina Simone - the woman who wrote "Mississippi, Goddamn!!!" - say she runs from conversations about race...
@mkingadiffernce3 жыл бұрын
@@HuemorDGAP Right
@jessicarichards95404 жыл бұрын
Sheryl lee Ralph was soooo funny in her response. LMFAO
@niasimone17404 жыл бұрын
Jessica Richards lmaoooo
@hayleymadisonllc21804 жыл бұрын
Jessica Richards her facial expression had me busting our laughing
@tylerhackner97314 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@ShawtySoMajorrr4 жыл бұрын
I love how she didn’t dance around it either when she answered
@checkmateforever4 жыл бұрын
Yeah she had that “where should I start with this?” paused look on her face before she started talking.
@BlackPanaRican053 жыл бұрын
I've been binging these videos. I absolutely love the content!! My only critique is to make the intro shorter (it's very loud and 30-50secs long) and the logo a bit smaller in the corner
@phillipsanchez4192 Жыл бұрын
One has to wonder the inner struggle Saldana is going through as they put a prosthetic nose on her and then spray her with a darker tone in order to play a renowned black woman in US culture. She can't be so obtuse to that irony that she doesn't see that Avatar and Nina are different genres, right?
@mmca93234 жыл бұрын
She looked horrible as Nina so disrespectful to such a great legend
@parrishharris30084 жыл бұрын
That's the absolute truth
@N11-xr9pi14 жыл бұрын
did you see the lighter skin peeking out from underneath the blackface makeup though... around the eyes especially...
@millions2nette4 жыл бұрын
IKR! Looked like bad funeral makeup, or something. (Like, maybe the person was in a car-crash and had to be repaired). This is the first time I ever heard her say that she' black...Usually she plays up the "latina". I know Latino is not a race an that there are black latinas, but sometimes it hard to tell.
@MzTarshaB4 жыл бұрын
Mo's World Agreed.
@ChiefJayBinns4 жыл бұрын
Did anyone see the movie? Exactly Malcom X's street name was literally big red and you ain't say shytt about Denzel chocolate azz playing a light brown man with reddish hair
@amiamii4234 жыл бұрын
They say "i dont see color" yet they painted her darkskin
@KimontheWeb4 жыл бұрын
Ami Amii I know right! If she doesn’t “see color” then she wouldn’t take a role that would require her to change her color.
@DwayneIsKing2 жыл бұрын
If you have to put on black face and a prosthetic nose, THEN YOU ARE NOT RIGHT FOR THE PART 🤦🏿♂️. I don't understand wht it was hard for them to understand. It's not about being her being black. It's about casting someone who looks like Nina and creating another chance for a dark skinned actress to play Nina since being dark skinned was a huge part of her legacy
@tiffanygutierrez45592 жыл бұрын
Reminds me a lot of the Celia Cruz biopic drama series. Same old story. They casted a Afro Latina actress with a thin nose and slim face features when Celia Cruz had a wide nose and was really curvy in her younger years and so forth.
@ms.a.r.m.30474 жыл бұрын
The fact that she doesn’t feel or see her privilege demonstrates why she couldn’t play the beautiful Nina Simone well. Discrimination was part of Nina’s pain how can you depict it if you never felt it. That pain is deep. I hope someone else decides to tell her story right.
@Mariah-tg8mp4 жыл бұрын
Yet a whole video discriminating against a single person because theyre not a certain color
@TheFreshgirl964 жыл бұрын
Mariah right!! They picking on her and dont even understand as a people were being racist to out own!
@TheFreshgirl964 жыл бұрын
Denzel play Malcom!! Thats all im saying!!
@hell0br00klyn4 жыл бұрын
I agree 100% ... no doubt. Shes a great actress tho, hell she played tf outta being a blue alien😂🤣 regardless of ALL THAT she was still a horrific choice. Which is why the movie flopped bc her appearance was so distracting it made viewers uncomfortable
@s_82614 жыл бұрын
Mariah if you were a tad bit attentive during the first few seconds of the video it said this video isn’t for people who aren’t good with comprehension. You’re “people”.
@samlsd97114 жыл бұрын
If she "Doesn't see colour" should've refused when they put dark colour on her skin.
@tangemclemore84864 жыл бұрын
that part!
@isisabdullah68144 жыл бұрын
yes
@tammygamble83134 жыл бұрын
Exactly!!!
@jasonflake80574 жыл бұрын
I know you ain't talking your Oliver ass.
@Catsgivemelife4 жыл бұрын
Jason Flake, ok but y r u mad?
@l333la3 жыл бұрын
GIRL I fell off the bed when I saw Zoe Saldana in black face. 🤯 After that, I didn’t want to hear anything else she had to say, especially that “Stop asking me about my race” clownery. I see her so differently now. I immediately thought about Viola Davis being perfect for this role. I just don’t understand.
@whitneymcclendon163 жыл бұрын
If her light skin wasn’t a problem with the director either in the role then they wouldn’t have to black face her and give her fake prosthetics. They weren’t doing Nina justice because they completely trampled over her legacy. It was a clear asf cash grab. Sad
@SurenaMonae4 жыл бұрын
Saying “I don’t see color" is like claiming you’re blind when you’re not.
@illwitness4 жыл бұрын
_QueenvCee lol.
@awakeneddrybones77774 жыл бұрын
Shes a 🍭 what else would you expect from her? 🤷🏾♂️
@jccusell4 жыл бұрын
Indeed. "Color blind" is the term we're looking for in that case.
@jccusell4 жыл бұрын
@Mrs. Arthur Morgan Don't forget about the blue experience. You know what I'm talking about
@enterprisingentrepreneur90814 жыл бұрын
...let's take a history of the men she has dated then we will see whether she truly see in color or not...How the eff as person of color one can truly say, "I don't see color" that probably mean that as a person of color one is not living in one's truth.
@SA-wg2mi4 жыл бұрын
My thing is they always know where to find darkskin actors when its a movie about slaves, being a drug addict, thug. Like why. Zoe Saldana should have known that she was taking an opportunity away from someone who deserved it, she honestly disappointed me
@rareonyxx20954 жыл бұрын
@Sasa Akin Your comment should have 10.5K next to it!!! Latinos I don't care what shade...have not experienced what it is like to be BLACK in America... they only pretend to identify, and relate to us out of convenience...How selfish and fake
@MsSasha05294 жыл бұрын
She disappointed me as well. She can't even say her struggle was the same or similar but then plays the role like it's something she can relate to. This is just sad. Her interview made me side eye her...and I like her as an actress but this role wasn't for her. The emotions isn't the same.
@15Jogador154 жыл бұрын
TRUTH!
@treneicewalker54344 жыл бұрын
you are all the way true. I said why darksin actors can't be like an leading character /just like jennifer lawrence was in hunger games. plus, I think they making to many slaves movies.- now zoe should'nt agreed to that role. period.
@itsmememe34894 жыл бұрын
Sasa Akin get over yourself ffs
@judysmith-randle1558 Жыл бұрын
The question to ask specifically is , who made the decision to cast Ms. Saldana?? What is the name /s of the person or group of people who made that decision??? Names..names,,names.... how do we acquire that information. Who took the power away from the writer to cast this role??
@anyaaa28012 жыл бұрын
The fact that she willingly did that and refuses to see anything wrong is so fucked up. My respect for her is in the gutter.
@Kristmaz8084 жыл бұрын
Yeah I haven’t liked zoe since the nina simone movie... she has identity issues yet tries to profit from blackness...
@hairpolitics48784 жыл бұрын
Kristmaz808 Facts
@demam46484 жыл бұрын
Well she cant play the role of a white women, she still looks non white
@shuifeng13334 жыл бұрын
Right
@DrGaslight1874 жыл бұрын
Shit makes me sick
@Keithistall214 жыл бұрын
facts
@gamissyjames97194 жыл бұрын
Zoe has this Stacy Dash thing going on, she apparently needs a script for life.
@Lisnist4 жыл бұрын
Definitely agree!!!!
@15daboss4 жыл бұрын
Lmaooo Stacy dash thing 😂😂😂😂😂
@tylerhackner97314 жыл бұрын
Clearly 😂😂😂
@queengreen44094 жыл бұрын
I like that! 💯
@mandyyve35664 жыл бұрын
That part I'm done😒.
@carolyndarley10453 жыл бұрын
@8:15 Saldana say's, "she doesn't understand, 'light, lighter, lightest' on the topic of intraracial colorism..Ur Dominican Zoe, u understand better than most! I'm Afro Latina, and I've been privy to many of their conversations and that topic comes up everywhere! In Africa, in Asia, the Caribbean, the Americas, and in peoples of the diaspora living in Europe!! *To Bleach or not to Bleach--THAT* is the question. So if it is a global conversation, how dafuq did you miss out? Were you walking around with Rose colored glasses, or did ur 'unseen light-skinned privilege cloud ur judgement? I find myself livid at her responses. She knew there was gonna be backlash. She could've at least rehearsed some woke shit as a rebuttal. You're an actress,,ACT!! She's officially uninvited to the Cookout!