Zoe Saldana Getting Clowned For Trying To Play Nina Simone

[CinnaSlim]

You posted high cheekbone chinky eyed Alex Wek as similar to Nina

What does that have to do with Miriam Mekaba? So is your issue with Nina Simone her cheekbones? Is she considered an outlier to you because she does not have high cheekbones?

 

[Blackout]

In skin tone yes, but Lauren Hill for example, who was posted, does not look closer

Only 1 of those women fit the bill

They have a couple in her pics that she posted that look closer to Nina than this:

 

[CinnaSlim]

In skin tone yes, but Lauren Hill for example, who was posted, does not look closer

Only 1 of those women fit the bill

Both have the full round nose with wider bridge and full wide lips.

 

[Barnett114]

Im not

That aint similar

While I haven't read the whole thread, people have said that Zoe shouldn't have been cast for the part



Poitier seems to be arguing with people who thoughts of what a real black person looks like

 

[Poitier]

What does that have to do with Miriam Mekaba? So is your issue with Nina Simone her cheekbones? Is she considered an outlier to you because she does not have high cheekbones?

No my issue is the idea Nina's look is "true Blackness"

Miriam is more African genetically than Nina and yet looks totally different

 

[Blackout]

While I haven't read the whole thread, people have said that Zoe shouldn't have been cast for the part



Poitier seems to be arguing with people who thoughts of what a real black person looks like

I told him that some of the women that Cinna posted look closer to Nina than Zoe and he disagreed.

 

[Barnett114]

Both have the full round nose with wider bridge and full wide lips.

Lots of black people do but that doesn't make them look similar

 

[Poitier]

Both have the full round nose with wider bridge and full wide lips.

So bone structure/head shape don't matter? And to keep it a stack Lauryn's lips/nose are much smaller.

 

[Poitier]

I told him that some of the women that Cinna posted look closer to Nina than Zoe and he disagreed.

They don't look like either one

 

[Blackout]

They don't look like either one

So your saying that out of those 10 pics Cinna posted Zoe looks more like Nina compared to all them?

What the

 

[CinnaSlim]

No my issue is the idea Nina's look is "true Blackness"

Miriam is more African genetically than Nina and yet looks totally different

African people are the most genetically diverse. Wasnt that your point that Africans do not have just one look?
I think you need to first define what is black. Which is where my video came into place. It showed how the term "black people" was coined and how it was defined by phenotype, thus creating a "black look" which was referred to as ugly and uncivilized. There was a racial hierarchy created with the looks. A white/nordic look being the most aesthetically pleasing to the person who came up with these terms and thus he concluded that they were the most advanced race.

 

[Poitier]

So your saying that out of those 10 pics Cinna posted Zoe looks more like Nina compared to all them?

They don't look like EITHER ONE

Which is where my video came into place. It showed how the term "black people" was coined and how it was defined by phenotype, thus creating a "black look" which was referred to as ugly and uncivilized.

False. Black as a racial term existed well before de jure slavery.

 

[CinnaSlim]

So bone structure/head shape don't matter? And to keep it a stack Lauryn's lips/nose are much smaller.

Poi, have you ever answered a question directly? So is size the reason why you consider Nina Simone an outlier? Also, do you know the difference between similar and congruent?

No, I did not factor in head shape because I focused on facial features. Any race can have different head shapes but the races were historically defined by features. Also, high cheekbones are historically considered beautiful and thusly were attributed towards a more white feature. Notice the models and famous people I posted tended to have high cheekbones.

 

[CinnaSlim]

They don't look like EITHER ONE



False. Black as a racial term existed well before de jure slavery.

Can you provide a source?

 

[Poitier]

Also, high cheekbones are historically considered beautiful and thusly were attributed towards a more white feature. Notice the models and famous people I posted tended to have high cheekbones.