Zoe Saldana Getting Clowned For Trying To Play Nina Simone

[Poitier]

Never said she had one. The key word is threshold and with her skin tone and hair texture, she passes.
I am not saying that a light skin black woman with a thin nose and 3a hair is less of a black woman than I am.

where did I say she was? stop making things up to fit your narrative.
I see your angle and even though you are trying to debunk white supremacist rhetoric, you as a black person deeming that phenotype unattractive is equally as dangerous. there are plenty of blacks that look like nina and should be celebrated. Not down played bc they don't represent 5% of black phenotypes.

Fair enough. You get it.

 

[Elle Driver]

Never said she had one. The key word is threshold and with her skin tone and hair texture, she passes.
I am not saying that a light skin black woman with a thin nose and 3a hair is less of a black woman than I am.

where did I say she was? stop making things up to fit your narrative.
I see your angle and even though you are trying to debunk white supremacist rhetoric, you as a black person deeming that phenotype unattractive is equally as dangerous. there are plenty of blacks that look like nina and should be celebrated. Not down played bc they don't represent 5% of black phenotypes.

There's people in this thread saying her nose isn't broad like Ninas which is why I brought that up. Zoe herself has thick ringlets of curls, she contours and does straightening treatments to get roles. I don't think she was right for the role, but this was a film produced by her.

 

[Forlife44]

iamjypsywhite@zoesaldanayou are a fukking Queen in this film and I salute you! #zoesaldana#ninasimone#nina

 

[Blackout]

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Look at all these Eurocentric indigenous Africans

Im wondering if more people look like Zoe or Nina in West Africa

 

[Poitier]

Im wondering if more people look like Zoe or Nina in West Africa

There isn't a monolithic look so its a dumb question Zoe could EASILY be Fula, Igbo or Yoruban and so could Nina

 

[Blackout]

There isn't a monolithic look so its a dumb question Zoe could EASILY be Fula, Igbo or Yoruban and so could Nina

Im talking about the common look.

So who does the majority look like in West Africa aka the place where most AAs originated form.

Nina or Zoe?

 

[Aceofspades404]

There's people in this thread saying her nose isn't broad like Ninas which is why I brought that up.

I think they were saying that in comparison to nina but I could be wrong.

Zoe herself has thick ringlets of curls, she contours and does straightening treatments to get roles.

This statement alone is down playing colorism and featurism. She ain't doing nothing different than a lot of black women do before a date.
She's not chemically altering her hair because she doesn't have to.
She ain't getting a nose job bc it's ok
and if we wanna get deeper, she doesn't have to worry about being passed up for roles bc she is dark skinned.

 

[Poitier]

Im talking about the common look.

You do realize there ares 100s of ethnic groups with various looks?

 

[Elle Driver]

I think they were saying that in comparison to nina but I could be wrong.

This statement alone is down playing colorism and featurism. She ain't doing nothing different than a lot of black women do before a date.
She's not chemically altering her hair because she doesn't have to.
She ain't getting a nose job bc it's ok
and if we wanna get deeper, she doesn't have to worry about being passed up for roles bc she is dark skinned.

It's not down playing it, besides her hair which she does chemically treat via a Brazilian treatment, and her lighter complexion she has to down play her "wide" and "broad" nose as well. In America yeah she most likely would get picked over a Danai Gurira, but Zoe ain't getting no roles in the Latin market.

 

[Colicat]

Nina doesn't fit in any standard of beauty. Zoe could blend in plenty of places in every region of Africa.

 

[Blackout]

You do realize there ares 100s of ethnic groups with various looks?

I also realize that most AAs come from certain areas.

Its just a question anyway.

so could Nina

You answered my original question here so thanks.

 

[Poitier]

I also realize that most AAs come from certain areas.

Its just a question anyway.

You answered it here so thanks.

Your dumbass is trying to imply Nina's look is the common look

Real spit.

 

[Blackout]

Your dumbass is trying to imply Nina's look is the common look

I was asking if it was.

Yo dumbass cant see it was a question.

 

[Colicat]

Your dumbass is trying to imply Nina's look is the common look



Real spit.

That's not real.... Evaluate your statement...

Why do you think Nina wouldn't fit ANY standard of beauty?

What is it about her that makes you say that?

 

[Colicat]

Your dumbass is trying to imply Nina's look is the common look



Real spit.

And what does Nina's look being common have to do with someone portraying HER look?