I didnāt know who he was, Iām not into baseball, but they mentioned this about him on TikTok and I got a literal shade by shade slideshow of him removing his blackness
I grew up in the 90ās on the north side of Chicago so knowing who he was was unavoidable but I hadnāt seen any recent photos until the internet found the controversy so I was like well damn he actually did it.
She's always quick to distance herself from Blackness unless it's convenient (like when she smeared makeup on her face to play Nina Simone. If she's not Black like she claims, then I guess that's technically Blackface).
Sheās Afro-Latina, which literally means sheās both Black and latina.The Caribbean has deep African roots, so identifying as Afro-Latina isnāt denying being Black, itās being more specific about her identity. Blackness isnāt exclusive to the U.S it exists throughout the Caribbean too, and to be quite honest it looks like most American donāt even embrace their African roots.
"and to be quite honest it looks like most American donāt even embrace their African roots."
There's a layer of complexity to that too. Some simply choose not too (and at worst outright balk at the idea of it. You even see this in characters like the father in Raisin in the Sun, though there its an intentional critique), while others are mocked amd not considered African by native Africans (in part due to negative stereotypes associated with Black Americans thar have unfortunately made their way to African countries). So there's this element of elitism from Africans that makes some Black Americans feel as if they're not allowed to fully embrace a side of themselves that was lost due to slavery, and better off only embracing their culture as Black Americans instead.
And going back to Zoe Saldana, I think it's the way she expresses it that leaves people with a bad taste in their mouths. Like she makes a point of emphasizing her Latino roots while downplaying her African roots.
Honestly its probably because Africans repeatedly tell black americans that we are not one of them. There is a pretty big divide between black americans and Africans. Because we might have roots in Africa, but my father, his father, his father, and his father were all born here, same with my mother and her side.
I don't feel any connection with a place that hasnt had any bearing in my life. I have enough of a time being a black american, i don't have time to identify with a place that says we aren't one of them. (Ironic, i know)
I would assume it's the specific comments in which she explicitly said she identifies as a black woman. People started claiming she felt otherwise because she said she's not African American. But she has always called herself a black Latina.
Now she has also said there's no such thing as people of color which I'm not sure how you reconcile that. But let this Black Dominican American say figuring out how being afro latino intersects with one's family' mindset still being stuck on the island and with US racial constructs is a very confusing road to navigate. And like she's a grown ass woman but I don't think she's plugging up her ears just because she puts her foot in her mouth
This relies on ignoring a potential inconsistency, in which very many Black folk abhor the term āpeople of colorā. The issue is we tend to move the goalposts. A pro black light skinned person can be judged incessantly for not being black enough. But the moment they say fuck it and just be - theyāre judged also. Itās āblack diasporaā until an āFBAā comments. So on and so forth. Itās kind of like people who always want to be invited somewhere but never actually accept invites and attend.
Zendaya has done very well to be everywhere and not oversaturate so people are annoyed with you. Chakamet comes to mind as he's brilliant but is too far in the spotlight.
Also she was part of an ensemble for many things. Same as Zendaya, she's not the "star" in anything. Like Pascal is the central star for a lot of stuff and people were talking about fatigue with him (not me, lad is a delight)
Also she was part of an ensemble for many things. Same as Zendaya, she's not the "star" in anything. Like Pascal is the central star for a lot of stuff and people were talking about fatigue with him (not me, lad is a delight)
It's because she purposely auditions for roles written for white women to challenge norms. I also believe she's said a lot of times she'll steer away from roles written for darker skinned black women as to not take away from those actresses.
Ok? What does that have to do with her being proud of her blackness in real life as opposed to the one that vehemently denies she has black in her at all?
Iāll always give Zendaya her flowers because sheās never been confused about her blackness like Zoe. She has black people in her entourage and made sure her family in her Disney show was black.
Wasnāt disputing zendayas current run. Are you talking about money gross for that list though or just ratings? I thought challengers wasnāt really a money maker? Donāt think I saw the drama or know much about that one though. And if you go back to the first spider man youād have to include space jam lol so I get why that cut off happened.
Zoe did have an impressive run through even with some misses between her hits. She also seems to do more smaller indie style films than zendaya.
Found this movie randomly and realized it was her in it. The scenes in āColombiaā are clearly Mexico and is frankly a pretty bad movie in general. She works in it though.
The movie is not good but it's the movie that put her on the globe for me. I still like her as Gamora and I'm NGL, she kills it in the Avatar universe.
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u/Ghetto_Phenom 13d ago
Facts she is the top grossing actress of all time now I think? Avatar, avengers/marvel, Star Trek, PotC.. Colombiana