Zoe Saldana Getting Clowned For Trying To Play Nina Simone

[Yehuda]

quiet as kept lol

first husband was a cac, second husband was lightskinned or biracial

apparently was an abusive mother also

Y'all mentioning her cac and her light-skinned husband, plus you know how she struggled her whole life with her appearance... that goes to show you how affected that broad's psyche was. She might have put up a front and played it like she was proud of her features but you can see deep down inside she was actually trying to run away from them.

 

[Thabo]

A person with 3 sub Saharan black grandparents and one non black grandparent isn't "pure black" tho. In your example above, how pure are the grandparents anyway? The average black person in Amerikkka is at least 25% mixed. So if a person has 3 grandparents who are 75% sub Saharan black and one grandparent who's white, are they still black to you? They're certainly not "pure black".

Lies, that's because biracials skew the percentage. Let me give you an example, 2 people are compared one is 50% black while the other is 100% black. The data would say their 25% black which is simply not true. Averages fail to take these differences into account which is why you shouldn't put much stock in them. You have to be majority black in your bloodline to be considered black.

 

[Thabo]

"mongrels"

you cacs really suck at pretending to be Black online

The Cac get out of jail card. Every time you're losing an argument, shyt works every time. And frankly its unbecoming of a man and pathetic.

 

[Thabo]

None of these Zulus look like Nina

I never said they looked like her retard. I was showing Gravity an example of what a black person looks like.

 

[Birdie]

Not really seeing the "Eurocentric" features in Zoe Saldana. The only problem with casting her as Nina Simone is the fact she isn't a great actor or a singer and there are better choices for the role. Painting her face Black and using a prosthetic nose was not necessary, she's dark enough and she has Black features if she could at least sing it wouldn't really be an issue.

 

[broller]

Lies, that's because biracials skew the percentage. Let me give you an example, 2 people are compared one is 50% black while the other is 100% black. The data would say their 25% black which is simply not true. Averages fail to take these differences into account which is why you shouldn't put much stock in them. You have to be majority black in your bloodline to be considered black.

you mean 25% white?

not gonna read the whole thread but i hafta say will smith wasn't dark enough to play bennett omalu in concussion.

 

[Box Cutta]

my bad if this has been posted, but this is the most article ive seen on this issue, it explains a whole lot

Meet the Team Behind Nina

Just as expected.

And sadly, this is how MOST of the media marketed towards us is put together.

And that explains everything.

 

[Foxy Brown]

Some people was trolling like a fukk in this thread. I swear some people don't know what the fukk their stance on colorism are. nikkas and bytches really fishing for daps, really have nothing better to do than to try to logically prove their dumb ass points. People be crying about not having the same experience as those who are lighter of the same sex, not liking light skin women to represent them, but now this whole Zoe shyt is okay bytches be confused

 

[Poitier]

People be crying about not having the same experience as those who are lighter of the same sex, not liking light skin women to represent them, but now this whole Zoe shyt is okay

Thats not the issue at all and you know it.

 

[Foxy Brown]

Thats not the issue at all and you know it.

You don't know what I'm referring to obviously and I don't expect you to know. End of this. Anytime nikkas or bytches bytch about shyt like I mention above, it's hypocritical to be okay with Zoe playing Nina. After all, not every light skin person get special treatment because of their skin, and not every light skin person has European features so why complain, then turn around and ok this

 

[Poitier]

it's hypocritical to be okay with Zoe playing Nina.

Everyone said she was miscast. Its not a big issue because Hollywood is anti-Black and this single movie means nothing in the grand scheme.

I find it funny people think Zoe is light skin btw or think that tons of indigenous Africans don't have 'European features.'

 

[Foxy Brown]

Everyone said she was miscast. Its not a big issue because Hollywood is anti-Black and this single movie means nothing in the grand scheme.

I find it funny people think Zoe is light skin btw or think that tons of indigenous Africans don't have 'European features.'

My post was referencing a post I've seen from someone else, that's what I was trying to explain in the prior post- their hypocrisy that I don't understand.

By the way: some people consider Zoe light skin, I'm her complexion or a tad darker, and people consider me lightskin. People have different perceptions as to what applies as being light skin

 

[Thabo]

My post was referencing a post I've seen from someone else, that's what I was trying to explain in the prior post- their hypocrisy that I don't understand.

By the way: some people consider Zoe light skin, I'm her complexion or a tad darker, and people consider me lightskin. People have different perceptions as to what applies as being light skin

She's half white playing a black women. Mixed shouldn't represent real blacks period.

 

[Box Cutta]

Releasing (limited) on April 22nd....

Nina

shyts bombing thus far....

 

[The Gentleman]

This basically ruined her career less for her comic book movie roles.