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A black actress is apologizing for playing a black lady because she isn't black enough?

Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:43 pm
Posted by crap4brain
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2004
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Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:43 pm
I'm so confused.
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quote:

She deserved better': Tearful Zoe Saldana APOLOGIZES for playing Nina Simone in 2016 biopic in which she darkened her skin and wore a prosthetic nose



Is she not black? Wikipedia says her dad was Haitian and Dominican and her mother was Puerto Rican and Lebanese.

quote:

With regard to her racial identity, Saldana stated, "There's no one way to be black. I'm black the way I know how to be."
Posted by LNCHBOX
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Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:44 pm to
Insufferable
Posted by Hobnailboot
Minneapolis
Member since Sep 2012
6094 posts
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:44 pm to
What the actual frick is going on on this planet??
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
65999 posts
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:44 pm to
IWHI
Posted by JetsetNuggs
Member since Jun 2014
13929 posts
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:45 pm to
frick this earth, man
Posted by keakar
Member since Jan 2017
30031 posts
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:45 pm to
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With regard to her racial identity, Saldana stated, "There's no one way to be black. I'm black the way I know how to be."


they why the frick are you apologizing bitch
Posted by jlovel7
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
21319 posts
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:46 pm to
Stop giving this attention and stop blowing up a couple retweets to act like each individual tweet reflects hundreds of millions of people’s opinions.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:46 pm to
This is where we're at ladies and gentlemen. This is what happens when a country is so successful that its rich and truly privileged citizens manufacture bullshite emotions to fill their time with.
Posted by ehidal1
Chief Boot Knocka
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:47 pm to
People are ss fricking stupid

Virtue signaling is out of control
Posted by lsu13lsu
Member since Jan 2008
11484 posts
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:47 pm to
quote:

This is what happens when a country is so successful that its rich and truly privileged citizens manufacture bullshite emotions


So much truth.
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Tittleman's Crest
Member since Feb 2009
52706 posts
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:47 pm to
HOW DARE HER FOR BEING ONE TINT LIGHTER AND HAVING A DIFFERENT SHAPED NOSE THAN NINA SIMONE!!


This post was edited on 8/6/20 at 2:49 pm
Posted by Ol boy
Member since Oct 2018
2932 posts
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:47 pm to
1/32nd is the law. So she can take that apology back.
Posted by woff32
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2004
762 posts
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:47 pm to
Shouldn’t she apologize for wearing green face in Guardians of the Galaxy?
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
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Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:48 pm to

The only thing you can do at this point is laugh at this bullshite.
Posted by bad93ex
Member since Sep 2018
27238 posts
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:49 pm to
This feels like peak 2020 but I know we haven't hit that point yet
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
124275 posts
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:49 pm to
She looks like someone put a spell on her



I guess she’s not Feelin good
Posted by GoCrazyAuburn
Member since Feb 2010
34885 posts
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:50 pm to
Wait, so then it is okay to want James Bond to be a white actor now?
Posted by solus
Member since Dec 2019
3292 posts
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:50 pm to
quote:

A black actress is apologizing for playing a black lady because she isn't black enough? by crap4brain



Colorism is a thing in mainstream media. Especially for dark skinned people.
Posted by Lawyered
The Sip
Member since Oct 2016
29316 posts
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:50 pm to
quote:

I'm black the way I know how to be."


I’m white the way I know how to be .

So quit vilifying me and others like me for no damn reason
Posted by Carson123987
Middle Court at the Rec
Member since Jul 2011
66432 posts
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:51 pm to
i literally saw dudes on reddit saying she was wearing blackface and that her nose wasnt wide enough . it's absurd. the studio has 2 options:

- Find an actor who "is the right color" and cripple themselves

- Use prosthetics and makeup on a well-known, established actress

they will never go with the first option

this is like when people got mad at Bryan Cranston for playing a dude in a wheelchair because he doesn't live in a wheelchair IRL. GFY bruh

Cranston and Zaldana put asses in seats, not some unknown jabronis that look exactly like the historical figures
This post was edited on 8/6/20 at 2:53 pm
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