The Fair-Skinned Black Actress Who Refused to 'Pass' in 1930s Hollywood

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bet money it was druggs*

Had to be breh

 

[Threnody]

"And while other actresses of Hollywood’s Golden Age like Merle Oberon (who was Anglo-Indian) and Rita Hayworth (who was Spanish-American) hid their features as the price of admission to white Hollywood"


Just checked up on rita hayworth and she was actually from Spain. The white European country lol what features was she hiding

Non Anglo-Saxon features

Certain Europeans weren't considered 'white' back then 'Irish' 'Spanish' 'Italians' ect.

Race is really just a bullshyt social construct so the definition has changed many times over the years

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Bruh you aint lying. I was so disgusted when that bytch had the nerve to show up crying at her mama funeral after all the shyt she put her through

nikka.. I’m looking at the tv as youngin like.

 

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Just like 2030s p*ssy will ... well at the rate we going ....

that’s a lie. They was eating different back then. p*ssy had to be fatter and wetter . shyt was probably hairy as a mafukka too, they ain’t shave back then.

 

[newworldafro]

that’s a lie. They was eating different back then. p*ssy had to be fatter and wetter . shyt was probably hairy as a mafukka too, they ain’t shave back then.

They aint really start shaving till the early 90s. Check out them 80s porn...they was really in The Bushes.

 

[old boy]

Let the coli tell it, she wouldn't of been black enough to speak on black issues and how dare she claim she's black.

well there's a problem that your contingent refuses to acknowledge. the fredi washingtons are as black as earth kitt, diana ross, cicely tyson & diahann carroll until the black male judges crown fredi the winner of the african female beauty contest. lmao now all of a sudden them nikkas are some self hating c00ns for giving her translucent ass the tiara and roses instead of the brown to dark who actually use the comb

i speak on this all the time with my homegirls, especially last year with this meghan markle nonsense talmbout some she black. wait, what now? meghan black as hell until a nikka says "you know who represents the ideal black woman to me yall? meghan markle man. now THAT'S a fine sista right there, word up." mmm-hmm watch 'em squirm son lol. yet replace the name meghan markle with naturi naughton, kelly rowland or taraji p henson and there is absolutely no controversy. why? because meghan ain't black and the same goes for fredi washington, lena horne, mariah carey & amber rose

now are they related to us? of course, they're cousins, some more distant than others. but to sit here and call fredi part of the nuclear family like regina king is beyond ridiculous. i commend her for her bravery as it pertain to identity politics, she's a real one. but a black woman? c'mon now

 

[seabreeze80]

Well you're not a black american so your opinion here is irrelevant.

You do not descend from the ethicinity this term was applied to.

Are these men black?

 

[Swagnificent]

Are these men black?

After being made aware of who their fathers is then yes.

Race is a social construct. And in America anybody with any known or visible black ancestry is considered black.

 

[Cadillac]

respect to her

 

[Cuban Pete]

Passing was pretty dangerous, you were lynched once the whites found out. Most assumed new identities and moved to different cities abandoning their black family while they “passed” as white some place new.

Anthony hopkins did a movie about this but thats a cacish ass choice, they should get dude from prisom break to remake it tho

 

[Thurgood Thurston III]

Creoles and mulattos gotta move mountains to be accepted by either side it just is what it is

No, they don't. In fact, we're constantly accused of giving them special treatment because of their skin color.

A small minority of dudes on The Coli not finding Doja Cat attractive =/= Mixed people getting tormented by black people.

 

[GreenGhxst]

that’s a lie. They was eating different back then. p*ssy had to be fatter and wetter . shyt was probably hairy as a mafukka too, they ain’t shave back then.

That bony hairy great depression p*ssy probably was trash tho

 

[Cuban Pete]

No, they don't. In fact, we're constantly accused of giving them special treatment because of their skin color.

A small minority of dudes on The Coli not finding Doja Cat attractive =/= Mixed people getting tormented by black people.

Black people are unequivocally more accepting of mixed people than Whites are, not just in America but globally. Yet mixed people are sometimes still viewed with mistrust and apprehension by alot of ignorant people is what I was trying to point out. Lol at the Doja Cat analogy tho, shes bad to me

 

[fscballin]

My people come in many different shades. I'm Louisiana creole.....so yes this woman would be considered a black woman to me as we have many black women who could pass

White people started that one drop rule sh*t that got n*ggaz catapulting mixes raced people at the top of the colorists hierarchy. What you and most of your A-alikes fail to understand is that you are the reason a lot of black people have such dee color issues and deep down want to be white-ish. You know damn well that mixed creole or however you choose to put it, people, are considered the cream of the crop (no pun intended) among blacks who look nothing like white people.

 

[JQ Legend]

Thisnis a black woman to u?

Have u even done 1% of what she's done for black folk?

To me this aint a black woman, but i appreciate and respect ur belief

Who the fukk is you to determine what's black and what isn't?

Once again, wtf have u done for black people that even comes close to the stand she took during a time Black people were still assaulted or killed just for walking down the street?

The arrogance of random nobodies on the internet is appalling