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Originally posted by Onen
But...they can. Zoe Saldana was accused of black face and it WAS black face. Zoe is light skin and painted herself darker (mainly under the direction of the directors) so that she could match the skin tone of Nina Simone...when the directors could have gotten someone darker with the same criteria to do it.
Colorisim is a thing you know, within the black community and black face isn't exclusive to white people
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Right. I knew this example was coming. And I'm glad now that I can draw a hard line.
Here, in Zoe's case, we see blackface implemented as it originally was conceived. To disproportionality displace actors of color.
That and what Beyoncé did as a nod to African tribal culture and face paint practices are very different. Reinforcing that Beyoncé did not do "black face".
