Nina Mae McKinney - it be your own people! The SIN of envy!

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  • Nina Mae McKinney - it be your own people! The SIN of envy!
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  • @KarineAlourde
    @KarineAlourde  28 дней назад +383

    “You just tell me one Negro girl who's made movies who didn't play a maid or a whore. I don't know any.” - Nina Mae M.

    • @user-if1uu9pg6z
      @user-if1uu9pg6z 28 дней назад +40

      SHE WAS THE EPITOME OF SELF CONFIDENCE! I'VE SEEN PICTURES OF HER AND NEVER HEARD OF HER. I'M IN AWE AND KINDA CHOKING UP. I GOTTA GET A POSTER IN A FRAME OF HER.

    • @KarineAlourde
      @KarineAlourde  28 дней назад +34

      @@user-if1uu9pg6zyes!! She was so elegant and graceful 😍😍

    • @juliegreenhalgh8321
      @juliegreenhalgh8321 28 дней назад +9

      And you tell me a white actor who has played, Nelson Mandella , ETA James ect , ect 🤔 😂

    • @juliegreenhalgh8321
      @juliegreenhalgh8321 28 дней назад +17

      Just watched a Netflix t.v series about the postal service in them days what her farther must have gone through was horrendous 😢

    • @juliegreenhalgh8321
      @juliegreenhalgh8321 28 дней назад +18

      Josephine Baker was never excepted in her own country , she wasn't light skined & was small not as pretty as some . She was out of this world talented & the rest of the world 🌎 loved her 😍 🥰 ❤️

  • @adenaregeorges1908
    @adenaregeorges1908 27 дней назад +226

    People will be jealous of you for everything, your success, your dreams, trying to accomplish something for yourself, you name it!

    • @theprofessor8589
      @theprofessor8589 25 дней назад +9

      I'm a visual artist, and it is that way in that genre also. Here where I live in Baltimore, very much so,

    • @perfectpitchmeow7470
      @perfectpitchmeow7470 23 дня назад +3

      @@theprofessor8589As a music teacher, I agree ☝🏾!

    • @oliviastar3812
      @oliviastar3812 20 дней назад +2

      @@theprofessor8589 everywhere pretty much so

    • @JoyFay
      @JoyFay 10 дней назад +5

      Even just for breathing and existing

    • @valeriereaves4096
      @valeriereaves4096 5 дней назад

      Don't forget,, just because other people like you, they won't like you

  • @lettiegrant9447
    @lettiegrant9447 26 дней назад +112

    Pretty women will always go through this. And it’s usually from not so pretty women. Jealousy.

  • @mexton
    @mexton 26 дней назад +70

    Even today we are our own worst enemy 😢

    • @mrsfweni2011
      @mrsfweni2011 4 дня назад

      That’s the right word WE. The blame doesn’t go to our people alone. A lot of the palm colored people do the devil work All praises to the most high God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the seed of Seth.

  • @ladylips6250
    @ladylips6250 27 дней назад +146

    Sometimes jealousy and envy can be your worst enemy. It’s sad that we have been/are being pitted against each other. We need to be happy to see success in our community.

  • @stephanierandall1170
    @stephanierandall1170 28 дней назад +244

    I been learned that your own people is your worst enemy since I was 8 years old back in 1995.

    • @libertina11
      @libertina11 27 дней назад +18

      Sis…I felt that

    • @clementine4133
      @clementine4133 27 дней назад +21

      Sorry. We need to continue building ourselves and others in Love and Peace. Let's sow good seeds and reap them. ❤

    • @tammi67able
      @tammi67able 27 дней назад +2

      Danggggg

    • @tostlygandy2512
      @tostlygandy2512 27 дней назад

      This is what the white man Taught us . To hate each other fight in kill our own . But my people we don’t have to keep doing their evil 👿 we are a gift from God ok 👌

    • @kimben3493
      @kimben3493 27 дней назад +7

      Girl same here

  • @sereion
    @sereion 28 дней назад +103

    She was gorgeous.

  • @user-ld1jb2fy8p
    @user-ld1jb2fy8p 28 дней назад +107

    You can walk for other women to run and they will be ungrateful towards you.

  • @NovemberReigne
    @NovemberReigne 17 дней назад +19

    It's a shame how Hollywood used and discarded Ms. Nina Mae McKinney. She was beautiful and talented, she deserved better.🌹🌹

  • @jacquelinerussell8530
    @jacquelinerussell8530 28 дней назад +135

    THE RIGHT GIRL AT THE WRONG TIME😌

    • @goldenlady1213
      @goldenlady1213 25 дней назад +11

      I Absolutely agree !
      The right girl, the wrong time and the wrong set of people..... both black and white .

    • @mel2000
      @mel2000 20 дней назад +3

      @@goldenlady1213 : Keep in mind that all the talk about McKinney facing hate and jealousy is from the narrator's mouth. No proof at all.

  • @infinitedreaming222
    @infinitedreaming222 28 дней назад +177

    I believe Nina. The same loud complaining gossipy nature that is dragging the communitah today… was obviously dragging the community decades ago.

  • @crystalanderson6345
    @crystalanderson6345 26 дней назад +18

    She was hot stuff. This woman was gorgeous, and a triple threat. Our own people can so easily hate on you, especially when you beautiful. 🙄

  • @Ezarhia
    @Ezarhia 28 дней назад +178

    She's absolutely gorgeous. Thank you for the documentary Karine

    • @KarineAlourde
      @KarineAlourde  28 дней назад +17

      Yes she is!! Thank you for watching ❤❤

  • @user-ed3wq6rh6m
    @user-ed3wq6rh6m 27 дней назад +38

    African Americans are so talented...it is just amazing to watch.

    • @yosquidd242
      @yosquidd242 20 дней назад +1

      The Black Americans even more so. There is a difference and not everyone likes the fact.

  • @ezpic2
    @ezpic2 28 дней назад +46

    In some of these images she reminds me of Debbie Allen.

  • @Blugraffiti5
    @Blugraffiti5 28 дней назад +62

    There has been a division in the black community for centuries, Field ninja vs House Ninja. Light skin vs dark skin smh. My mother was dark skinned but her sisters brother and mother were extremely light skinned and she always felt less than. Smh 😢 She was indeed beautiful❤❤❤

    • @KhalessTheTherapist
      @KhalessTheTherapist 25 дней назад +11

      It’s the opposite for me..all my siblings are brown and darkskin and I’m light..I always felt odd..just wish we stop with who was hurt the most with colorism..

  • @spiritualistdestiny76
    @spiritualistdestiny76 28 дней назад +38

    I never heard of her but she looks like Betty boop

    • @jacquelinerussell8530
      @jacquelinerussell8530 25 дней назад +5

      Yes, I agree she does resemble Betty Boop. Just think there was no plastic surgery back then. All naturale

    • @honeychick4ever280
      @honeychick4ever280 25 дней назад +4

      Yeah she sure do look like Betty Boo.

    • @greenbyrd3665
      @greenbyrd3665 24 дня назад +11

      Yes, she does. Not surprising since Betty Boop was based upon a black woman.

    • @rgrifferon
      @rgrifferon 3 дня назад

      Betty Boop was based on a black female.

  • @WapajeaWalksOnWater
    @WapajeaWalksOnWater 28 дней назад +63

    Zoea Neal Hurston also left New York, moved back to Florida, and was living in a rooming house when she passed. When they cleaned out her room, they started burning her belongings, bc most people in her new environment had no idea of her monumental literary genius.

    • @RichmondStar510
      @RichmondStar510 26 дней назад +11

      Thanks for sharing, never knew this and so heartbreaking to hear

    • @paulasuniverse5029
      @paulasuniverse5029 21 день назад +12

      Also, it was some of the ‘Harlem Renaissance’ writers who negatively criticized Zora Neale Hurston for the non-sophisticated language that she used for her characters. This, again, could be placed in the ‘It be your own people” file.

    • @WapajeaWalksOnWater
      @WapajeaWalksOnWater 18 дней назад

      @@paulasuniverse5029 But her main enemy was her rich sponcer, who wanted her to stop talking about lynching. She refused, so the put out a lie, saying she had sex with a 14 year old boy, like they fid Michael. But she was there for the fukery. When she realized this was their M.O. to make her behave, she showed them her azz to kiss, and left without so much as an Eff You.

  • @cinnamongirl5410
    @cinnamongirl5410 28 дней назад +123

    Tina Turner had a lot to say about the way she was treated. Not good. - Nina was gorgeous. That always inspires envy :(

    • @anthonygriffin1958
      @anthonygriffin1958 28 дней назад +16

      @cinnamongirl5410, I believe the late Ms. Tina Turner did experience a turn for the better while becoming "The Queen of Rock & Roll" during her crossover from Rhythm & Blues/Soul music to Rock & Roll & Pop music starting back in the 1980's.

    • @ivycarrano8207
      @ivycarrano8207 26 дней назад +6

      Ike beat her and mind controlled Tina from a young age.

    • @bobbyschannel349
      @bobbyschannel349 23 дня назад +2

      ​@@ivycarrano8207Ike Turner did not meet her when she was a little girl, stop getting your information from the movies because the movie had it all wrong.
      As a matter of fact Tina Turner actually had a relationship with one of Ike band members and had a baby by him she was a full grown woman before she was with Ike

  • @michelle_fl_life
    @michelle_fl_life 28 дней назад +78

    Envy/jealousy will always look the same no matter when or where and it’s so sad, especially as women that women find it so hard to offer support to other women. I don’t know when we’re gonna get it right….. 💔

    • @tantig5923
      @tantig5923 24 дня назад +2

      ❤️‍🩹 I am here with you.
      Somewhere and somehow we allow ourselves to feel and live in this energy.

    • @robyndismon394
      @robyndismon394 22 дня назад

      Well, Lena Horne did not play either a maid or a . . . . , Ruby Dee, Dorothy Dandridge, to name a few.

    • @elizabethdasilva971
      @elizabethdasilva971 21 день назад +2

      Melan colity

  • @kimberlybates6261
    @kimberlybates6261 26 дней назад +25

    Another great story. I have biracial children, mixed racial, actually. I told my daughter to watch your channel. You share so much history people have no idea about. I appreciate what you do.

  • @chrystallee5528
    @chrystallee5528 28 дней назад +75

    I just want to share that: In the 1980s BET used to have an afternoon program that showcased only Black produced films from Ninas era. All Black productions and entire black casts. These films were produced by Black people, for Black Audience's, and were exhibited in Black Theaters. Until then I never knew that, there ever was a Black Film Industry. My parents never talked about its existence and of course we never learned about it in school when covering Black History. I don't know what happened but, at some point that industry died but, can you imagine if it had survived and grown? The world wide image of Black people in America today would certainly be very different.

    • @ln9939
      @ln9939 27 дней назад +6

      Well said…

    • @misslady5029
      @misslady5029 27 дней назад +5

      They were called 'race films' that the studios made in the 30's and 40's. By the 70's Hollywood was on the verge of collapse, introducing the 'Black explosion films'. They documentaries that cover the topic, and some of them are on Utube. 😊

    • @chrystallee5528
      @chrystallee5528 26 дней назад +1

      @@misslady5029 you mean "Blaxploitation" films? Like Superfly, Shaft, Coffee, Watermelon Man, and Cotton Comes to Harlem? 😄

    • @misslady5029
      @misslady5029 26 дней назад +1

      @@chrystallee5528 😅 That's what I meant! Thanks for the correction on the spelling of the term🙂....

    • @jeanettesdaughter
      @jeanettesdaughter 4 дня назад +1

      Oscar Michaux. Groundbreaking.

  • @hotmomma1552
    @hotmomma1552 27 дней назад +52

    Wow hoop earrings been around forever. I love them 💥💕

    • @kayshawnsimmons5585
      @kayshawnsimmons5585 27 дней назад +10

      Since the Bible days

    • @user-wi6cz4hh5b
      @user-wi6cz4hh5b 19 дней назад +1

      ​@kayshawnsimmons558what I thought they came about in the 80s and 90s. Saying their crica biblical is quite a statement.

    • @kayshawnsimmons5585
      @kayshawnsimmons5585 19 дней назад

      @@user-wi6cz4hh5bMy statement It's true tho 💯

    • @cynthiamitchell5748
      @cynthiamitchell5748 11 дней назад +1

      Wings, makeup and eyelashes too. I love it.

  • @ktmpl
    @ktmpl 28 дней назад +95

    That’s real beauty..unlike the fake esthetic that’s being shoved in our faces now

    • @cynthiamitchell5748
      @cynthiamitchell5748 11 дней назад +1

      What is the real beauty? European features. How many dark skinned women that you can say back then were considered real beauty.

  • @Greatful0374
    @Greatful0374 28 дней назад +54

    They probably didn’t know what ‘social anxiety’ or introvert personality was back then generally.🤷🏽‍♀️

  • @ninawestlake5005
    @ninawestlake5005 28 дней назад +51

    I don't think the industry 'loves or likes' any of these celebs. They are just infatuated with the high of newness. Most people are that way.May she rest in peace.

    • @sjg5994
      @sjg5994 28 дней назад

      That's what I'm thinking. The white women celebs back then were used and abused too.

    • @lamonthamilton667
      @lamonthamilton667 13 дней назад +1

      That So True especially with Money 40K huh?? 400K Welcome Friend come on In.

  • @GabriellahItaly
    @GabriellahItaly 28 дней назад +117

    To be compared to the great Greta Garbo says a lot. Nina was so beautiful and I love her singing.

  • @heidibee501
    @heidibee501 28 дней назад +50

    She was a lovely woman. Truthfully l had never heard of her. It seems to me she did not pull away from her community. Her commiunity pulled away from her. The most beautiful black woman l have ever seen was Lena Horne. I would love to hear more about her.

    • @Likelyfairy
      @Likelyfairy 28 дней назад +9

      She already made a video about her

  • @minagarcia5418
    @minagarcia5418 28 дней назад +234

    She’s way prettier than Greta Garbo imo.

  • @ronjones8981
    @ronjones8981 27 дней назад +15

    Another heartbreaking story of a very beautiful and talented lady who didn’t get the chances she deserved just because of the shade of her skin.

  • @bosnose
    @bosnose 26 дней назад +13

    I love this story !!!!! What a life??? We should not call a Dark Skin Women Difficult and we should not call Light Skin Women Snobs especially when they are not. Again Karin Alourde good job on a legend's story almost never told!!

  • @hersheythebody
    @hersheythebody 28 дней назад +38

    It's really sad, but we still have the same exact issues...Till this day!

    • @kayshawnsimmons5585
      @kayshawnsimmons5585 27 дней назад +5

      Yes! very true

    • @goldenlady1213
      @goldenlady1213 25 дней назад +7

      It still upsets me when I see the scene where NINA / Rozellia was slapped by the cop in Pinky.
      Nina was highly underrated for absolutely no reason at all. Shame on Ebony and Jet for not recognizing her greatness!!!! She was from S.C. hard to believe that she doesn't have any relatives available to acknowledge her. May this Queen rest in peace.

  • @nancytipton7602
    @nancytipton7602 28 дней назад +162

    Nina Mae McKinney fully embodied Hollywood glamour, and was tragically RIPPED OFF of the accolades and stardom due her. This is still happening in 2024. My bio father was Indigenous American, so I'm half Indigenous half white. My heart felt literally ripped right out of my chest when Lily Gladstone was likewise RIPPED OFF of receiving her very well earned Oscar at the Academy Awards for her phenomenal performance in Killers Of The Flower Moon. PoC, be we Black, Indigenous, etc. deserve so much more positive recognition for the talent, energy, and beauty in every way, that our People bring to the Silver Screen.

    • @williamj.dovejr.8613
      @williamj.dovejr.8613 28 дней назад +26

      It's time for our own Hollywood and own Oscars.

    • @Majique7
      @Majique7 28 дней назад

      ​@@williamj.dovejr.8613long overdue! Why are we integrated?!

    • @PeukinsPoint
      @PeukinsPoint 28 дней назад +13

      especially for traumatic roles, such as lily played, that brought up a lot of trauma amidst the celebration of her accolades. she should've won.

    • @anthonygriffin1958
      @anthonygriffin1958 27 дней назад

      @@williamj.dovejr.8613 I believe the African-American community has been doing that with "The NAACP Image Awards" for several years now. While moving on to creating "The Grio Awards" that were recently created by billionaire Byron Allen, while recognizing people of color for their accomplishments in all walks of life.

    • @anthonygriffin1958
      @anthonygriffin1958 27 дней назад +12

      @nancytipton7602, I couldn't agree with you more regarding the other awards that were won by Lily Gladstone during the course of award season. I'm part Navajo myself & recently saw a media piece on how Native-Americans have been living without electricity in the state of Nevada over the years. While power lines run overhead to provide electricity to other homes in the process. It shows how people of color are really provided for during the country's 247 years of existence.

  • @adrielycassia
    @adrielycassia 28 дней назад +22

    I love when you bring people little known by the vast majority. At least for myself, it’s my first time that I come across her. ❤

  • @alexandrakennedy2000
    @alexandrakennedy2000 26 дней назад +12

    Can we just shout out Karine for how frequently she uploads, yet *never* sacrificing quality. Shes like my personal PBS station I swear! ❤️❤️🙏

  • @eleisatrujillo3398
    @eleisatrujillo3398 28 дней назад +68

    ❤ this is why I tell people about your videos. They are just so well done with class and care

    • @KarineAlourde
      @KarineAlourde  28 дней назад +16

      Thank you so much! It’s all God 🥺❤️❤️

    • @eleisatrujillo3398
      @eleisatrujillo3398 28 дней назад +6

      Yes🙏it is God's will through all of us. Thank you for what you do

  • @JuliaShalomJordan
    @JuliaShalomJordan 28 дней назад +60

    Nina was stunning. 💐🤍💐🤍💐

  • @maddie9185
    @maddie9185 28 дней назад +19

    Sometimes is your own people that try to keep you down.

    • @AusetPosey
      @AusetPosey 27 дней назад

      Black and whites are jealous of mixed ace people

  • @realaliciacinnamon
    @realaliciacinnamon 22 дня назад +3

    Exactly my life I'm a Caribbean artist from Toronto and it's NOTHING but hate. It's definitely a case of "why you" this video really resonated with me

  • @alisonclmbsw1942
    @alisonclmbsw1942 28 дней назад +18

    I've never heard of her but she was so beautiful and talented! Thank you for doing a segment on her. Nina Mae McKinney here are your flowers 🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @amb7412
    @amb7412 28 дней назад +18

    What a talented giant! She deserves recognition!

  • @wildwaning9427
    @wildwaning9427 28 дней назад +59

    KA you're absolutely correct...the BC did not play when it came to representation and imagery in those days. And the haters will always hate no matter the era and her skin was her sin times two: Blk and LS and it hasn't changed much today. J. Baker had so much hate from her own, it caused her to make the decision to move and work in Paris. Nina Mae and so many others of that time were definitely UNSUNG.

    • @annettewilcox5413
      @annettewilcox5413 27 дней назад +5

      It’s not hate to point out that all major black stars in that age were light skin.

    • @wildwaning9427
      @wildwaning9427 27 дней назад +5

      @@annettewilcox5413 I responded to KA. She mentioned the truth of the opposition these women faced. BUT absolutely *NOT* all...but by all means, present your list and guaranteed mine will prove at least equal to just the opposite. Keep in mind we're talking the 30's to post WW2 (45). Also, the question then as is today, *who owns the industry?* The vitriol s/b directed at the controllers not the talent who couldn't control their own DNA but despite it, held the door open for others to follow.

    • @Fatima-kp8hi
      @Fatima-kp8hi 26 дней назад +5

      @@wildwaning9427not all , but as Karine stated, it was in fact noted that the lighter the skin the better it was for them to push a starlet, let’s not change the narrative because it’s uncomfortable.

    • @wildwaning9427
      @wildwaning9427 26 дней назад +6

      ​@@Fatima-kp8hi The only ones changing the narrative were you and the other poster and trust, I am in no ways uncomfortable so let's first have a discord about my *original* post. Is that what you're responding to, or are you posting in defense of @annettewilcox? My *original* post *specifically* addressed what KA clearly stated about those LS actresses that received a great deal of hate. Are you pissed because I addressed that topic?
      She spoke on it and I spoke TO it. The person who responded to me, like yourself, mentioned something that was *unrelated* to my post. Now I'll repeat and clarify since you obviously also strayed from my specific points. Again, WHO owned/owns the studios? *To address YOUR point* whose decision was it to push the LS actresses? And again, why did the studios push them? And back to my point: did it and does it *justify* hating these women for what the studios did and/or their DNA? The anger and bitterness was and is *mis-directed.*
      If you wanna be pissed, put on your BIG britches and go after those who were/are in control...but that would take courage wouldn't it?

  • @user-su6uh6vp9n
    @user-su6uh6vp9n 22 дня назад +4

    As a black woman who's 🐝 labeled snobbish and out of touch I've learned to not give a damn about what either side says people are impossible to please listening to them will drive you insane

  • @verawalston6974
    @verawalston6974 28 дней назад +62

    My mother's second cousin born in the dusty little rural village LANCASTER, SC. I heard about her all my life. She died in 1967..my uncle went to her funeral.
    Name is pronounced "NINE NAH"

    • @misslady5029
      @misslady5029 27 дней назад +1

      I know of Lancaster, SC. My neighbor is from there.

    • @angelaroberts7041
      @angelaroberts7041 27 дней назад +3

      That’s how my great aunt’s name was pronounced

    • @adriennep.5004
      @adriennep.5004 27 дней назад +1

      I live in Lancaster County and worked in Lancaster, it surely is a place that is behind.

    • @tyaajathailani
      @tyaajathailani 27 дней назад +3

      Thank you for correcting the pronunciation.

  • @jerusalema4eva434
    @jerusalema4eva434 28 дней назад +20

    Good on you for including this legend to your list of old hollywood

  • @rachaelalys
    @rachaelalys 27 дней назад +13

    Wow she is beautiful 😭

  • @chandrawills8177
    @chandrawills8177 20 дней назад +6

    Thank you for posting this. Hurts my heart how we treat each other!!

  • @liveyourlife7367
    @liveyourlife7367 28 дней назад +115

    Ninjas were just jealous, I went through the same thing, so I stopped giving ninjas a chance.SMH

    • @louniece1650
      @louniece1650 28 дней назад +10

      I feel you, big time.❤

    • @angelnava6217
      @angelnava6217 28 дней назад +15

      Your ignorance is showing

    • @LilithTheAquarian369
      @LilithTheAquarian369 28 дней назад +24

      ⁠@@angelnava6217were you the one who wasn’t given a chance jealous one?

    • @roshikay413
      @roshikay413 28 дней назад

      Your comment alone is racist low key calling black people the N-word

    • @tiffanykim2773
      @tiffanykim2773 28 дней назад +18

      ​@@angelnava6217It's not ignorance its just a fact.

  • @ljackson6706
    @ljackson6706 28 дней назад +19

    💐💐💐 Rest in power beautiful mother. May your reincarnation yield you more acknowledgements than your past one. 🎉

  • @CommonSense-iu6wz
    @CommonSense-iu6wz 28 дней назад +23

    You know? The way she signed her autographed photos says a lot about her true character. Beautiful

  • @mikoc7633
    @mikoc7633 28 дней назад +26

    Yes it's so true. Being that my mom's side of the family is Creole culture from New Orleans, and I know my dad has some type of European not sure, but I find myself kind of grew up dealing with the same issues that Nina dealt with. Not being accepted in some of my own circles, and thinking I thought I was better when that was far from the truth😢. I love being a black American, and I think due to some of our colorism issues, it causes this type of hate behavior from our own people, and it sad..

    • @tammi67able
      @tammi67able 27 дней назад +8

      Hi, I’m sorry you had to go through that stupid slave mentality colorism stuff. But when people say you think you are better, and that’s not how you are at all, then it’s really them who think you are better than them. So sad because black is black, rather light, dark and in between, hating someone because of their skin color is very ignorant not matter what the race is. ❤ God Bless u

    • @mikoc7633
      @mikoc7633 25 дней назад +1

      @@tammi67able So true, thanks so much for your kind words. It's very ignorant, the Lord created us all to have different beautiful shades, and it sad when we get that from anyone, let alone our own people. I will not make that change who I am and who got created me to, God bless you too! 🙏🏽💜

    • @tammi67able
      @tammi67able 25 дней назад +1

      @@mikoc7633 you’re welcome and amen to that . Beautiful as he made you and all of his creations. God bless you

    • @ChassityNOubre_88
      @ChassityNOubre_88 10 дней назад +1

      I have mixed feelings about your comments, considering my people on both side are Nola/Louisiana Creoles. Maybe it all depends on the different decades.

    • @mikoc7633
      @mikoc7633 9 дней назад

      @@ChassityNOubre_88 Yes I shared my experience (I'm 48 Gen X), I didn't say that was everybody's. I just simply was stating I relate to what happened to Nina is all. I am glad you did not have the same experiences and I didn't say it was all the time. I just have had instances where this happened to me, wasn't throughout my whole life experience, just some instances. 🙏🏽💜

  • @JanSHarrison
    @JanSHarrison 21 день назад +4

    Thank you for this recognition..

  • @saxupyourlife8607
    @saxupyourlife8607 26 дней назад +9

    Sorry Nina Mae that we treated you so horribly. Sorry we did not support you and sorry that we were so jealous of you that we consistently tried to defame you.
    Thank you Karine Alourde for bringing this gifted artist to our attention. Like me, most of us never knew of her until now.
    You have done a marvellous job and I have subscribed to your channel for more ❤❤

  • @Venomous_471
    @Venomous_471 28 дней назад +23

    Wow I'm 50 years old and never heard of her, I love your channel

  • @tiffanykim2773
    @tiffanykim2773 28 дней назад +14

    The way I look at it is someone has to pave the way and she was one of the icons that did.

  • @RappMDTV
    @RappMDTV 28 дней назад +47

    Oh wow I’ve never heard of Nina Mae McKinney! Thank you again for yet another great video❤

  • @BudgieBardot...
    @BudgieBardot... 28 дней назад +25

    Thank you for creating this and honouring her memory. I had never heard of Nina Mae before, what a beautiful and talented lady.

  • @melolabean7656
    @melolabean7656 28 дней назад +21

    They accept her because of her features she has white features that’s why Rosa park was used for a political reasons because she was acceptable to whites lena horne and others where considered white passing back then if you where more closer looking to whites you where more acceptable which that is still today especially in Hollywood.

    • @ivycarrano8207
      @ivycarrano8207 26 дней назад

      They have fine features because their not from Africa.

  • @danavixen6274
    @danavixen6274 28 дней назад +59

    NICE! What a STUNNER! Thank you for enlightening us about this PIONEER! People should know more about the GREAT Nina Mae McKinney. ❤

    • @KarineAlourde
      @KarineAlourde  28 дней назад +7

      You are so welcome! Thank you for watching 🤍🤍

  • @leonardwalton6668
    @leonardwalton6668 26 дней назад +13

    She was born in South Carolina! I believe this is were SADE got her looks from!

    • @nicoleday2305
      @nicoleday2305 2 дня назад

      Sade is Africana.
      How do they compare?

    • @OctaviaDiza-ep8vf
      @OctaviaDiza-ep8vf 17 часов назад

      Sade is mix with white

    • @leonardwalton6668
      @leonardwalton6668 15 часов назад

      Hey ! I’m mixed with White from 10 countries! I’m a black Man okay!

  • @musicmakeuplover3025
    @musicmakeuplover3025 28 дней назад +18

    Man she was beautiful black beauty hit different back in the days wow❤❤❤❤

  • @loosegoose937
    @loosegoose937 28 дней назад +7

    Ppl should never count "your own ppl" as "your own ppl" unless you their on your team and you know them by name. Individuals are just that individuals.

  • @RW-yx2vi
    @RW-yx2vi 28 дней назад +17

    Yep it do be your own people! Girl I love your channel!❤

  • @divinej802
    @divinej802 28 дней назад +10

    Top three actresses who could’ve played an biopic on her, Ann Marie Johnson (I’m gonna get you sucka), Raven Simone, or Lisa Raye (if she had more acting classes)

  • @sarasullivan2027
    @sarasullivan2027 28 дней назад +12

    I remember watching Pinky years ago, she did a great job

    • @kayshawnsimmons5585
      @kayshawnsimmons5585 27 дней назад +1

      Yes! one of my favorite movies

    • @goldenlady1213
      @goldenlady1213 25 дней назад +1

      She should have been given the role of Pinky instead of Jean Crain.
      I visited Nina's hometown in S.C. and there is a murial of her on the side of a building ( painting has her name attached but doesn't look like her) and people still act like they don't know of her significance.

  • @winterbeaches
    @winterbeaches 28 дней назад +20

    Nina was wonderful!!! 💐🌸💮🏵🌹🥀🌺🌻🌼🌷She deserves all the flowers!

  • @annakozlowski4837
    @annakozlowski4837 28 дней назад +16

    Karine your work on these people are exemplary Thank You for your love of what you do. What I see is humanity thinking they are better than each other no matter what ethnicity. Cancel culture is nothing new its been with us since Creation. She was indeed a beautiful image bearer of God as we all are. It's really what the Lord thinks in the end not humanity. Keep these coming so appreciated❤

  • @moormagic1
    @moormagic1 28 дней назад +16

    What a beautiful woman, she has Bette Davis eyes.🌻🥀💮.

    • @yosquidd242
      @yosquidd242 20 дней назад

      I wonder if I know what you really mean.

    • @joanmatchett8100
      @joanmatchett8100 20 дней назад +1

      Yes , you're right, Bette Davis had beautiful eyes when she was younger.

    • @88bombshell1
      @88bombshell1 19 дней назад +2

      Now that's who she reminds me of...thank you.

  • @rlucy926
    @rlucy926 27 дней назад +9

    She is gorgeous. And I bet a great versatile actress if mainstream Hollywood gave her a chance.

  • @mizzjacquettaxx6974
    @mizzjacquettaxx6974 28 дней назад +14

    She is beautiful. She reminds me of Sade.

    • @ivycarrano8207
      @ivycarrano8207 26 дней назад

      No way Sade is way better looking to me. The woman is odd looking.

    • @yosquidd242
      @yosquidd242 20 дней назад

      Sade is /has a European heritage moreso than Black American.

  • @beemee8898
    @beemee8898 28 дней назад +12

    🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 for Nina Mae Mckinney

  • @ahub87
    @ahub87 28 дней назад +16

    I am so happy you covered Nina. I loved the movie “Hallelujah” because of her

    • @N-Da-Bray
      @N-Da-Bray 27 дней назад +1

      ME TOO. I have it on VHS.

  • @tae_516
    @tae_516 28 дней назад +11

    Wow. Never heard of her but saw the video pop up on my timeline. She was definitely beautiful!! 🥹😍

  • @chickface8157
    @chickface8157 27 дней назад +5

    Same thing happening today 😢

  • @talkissues
    @talkissues 26 дней назад +5

    Thank you so much for highlighting this beautiful, talented, global, singer actress. I had no idea. You must have done deep research to find there wonderful photos and clips. Hats off to you and your educational enrichment. Keep on keeping on.

  • @beverleyseeto978
    @beverleyseeto978 28 дней назад +28

    I would just like to comment that you have realy given me an in sight into understanding the life of the more famous African Americans , you articulate yourself so well it is such joy to listen to your channel. Thankyou so much.
    Melbourne Australia

  • @mika9883
    @mika9883 27 дней назад +5

    Her look is a whole vibe 💛

  • @jillbravo5252
    @jillbravo5252 25 дней назад +3

    I grew up watching old movies- my parents were both late in life “surprise” babies, so my aunts, uncles, and grandparents were older than most of my peers. I remember seeing Nina Mae in those movies and thinking she was so beautiful- those eyes- but never knew her name. Thanks for sharing her story. It brought back lots of memories from my childhood. More importantly, it’s an impactful lesson regarding people and societal structure. I rarely comment, but I do very much enjoy your content.

  • @honeyvitagliano3227
    @honeyvitagliano3227 27 дней назад +6

    Def not my place to comment on your question but I'm glad she was able to open doors and represent the community in movies instead of it being wte ppl in caricature black face ...

  • @robinnewton1061
    @robinnewton1061 28 дней назад +9

    I have the movie Hallelujah…….on VHS….one of many classics of black movies. Green pastures,the girl from Chicago, etc…😊

  • @KayDejaVu
    @KayDejaVu 25 дней назад +2

    I was expecting more with this title (her own people?). I am happy for this actress that she was able to do what she could with her small time in the business. She died at a time when she was not remembered. This is how it is when you were not a big actress.

  • @louisestyles879
    @louisestyles879 24 дня назад +2

    I never ever heard of Nina Mae McKinney before. She was definitely a very beautiful and racially ambiguous looking and talented Black woman. Thank you for your presentation on her. It was fascinating and enjoyable to learn about her.

  • @iriswilliams2266
    @iriswilliams2266 26 дней назад +4

    WHAT AMAZES ME IS THAT NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, YOU ARE EITHER TRULY RESPECTED AND LOVED OR HATED. THERE IS NO IN BETWEEN.
    YOU HAVE TO REALIZE NO MATTER WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE PEOPLE SEEM TO WANT TO PUT YOU INTO A BOX. WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS.
    NONE OF US ARE PERFECT, AND WE CAN NOT LIVE OUR LIVES TRYING TO PLEASE. YOU HAVE TO BE TRUE TO YOUR BELIEFS. TRUST GOD
    AND DO THE BEST YOU CAN. NO MATTER HOW NICE YOU ARE ETC. OR HOW HARD YOU TRY TO TREAT EVERYONE NO MATTER WHO THEY
    ARE. SOMEBODY WILL ALWAYS LOOK FOR SOMETHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE CONCERNED.
    DO THE BEST YOU CAN. TREAT PEOPLE THE WAY THAT YOU WANT TO TREATED NO MATTER WHAT!!
    AND LEAVE THE REST TO GOD. YOU'RE NOT LIGHT ENOUGH!, YOU'RE NOT DARK ENOUGH !! YOU'RE TOO SHORT, YOU'RE TO TALL.
    YOU GAINED TOO MUCH WEIGHT. YOU'RE NOT BIG ENOUGH. YOU SPEAK TO POLITELY, YOUR VOICE IS TOO SWEET, OR TOO ROUGH!!
    " YOU'RE NOT BLACK ENOUGH'
    I AM 70YRS. OLD AND I STILL
    HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IN THE WORLD, THAT SILLY STATEMENT MEANS.
    HA!! HA!! I DO NOT CARE, ONCE YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE
    YOU COULD CARE LESS
    WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINKS ABOUT YOU, IT IS WHAT GOD THINKS ABOUT ME AND THIS IS ALL THAT MATTERS,
    TO ME AND THIS BRINGS ME PEACE...
    I LOVE ABBA GOD, JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
    I AM HIS CHILD THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.
    AGAIN, ONCE YOU REALLY KNOW WHO YOU ARE, WHEN YOUR OWN RACE, OR ANY OTHER RACE DISRESPECTS YOU FOR WHATEVER
    REASON, YOU SMILE
    AND SAY TO YOURSELF AT LEAST I CAN SLEEP PEACEFULLY
    KNOWING I AM ABBA FATHER'S CHILD
    THIS MAKES MY DAY EVERY DAY
    NO MATTER WHAT I AM GOING THOUGH. "PEACE"
    I LOVE PEOPLE, BUT THIS DO NOT MEAN
    EVERYONE WILL LOVE YOU, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO.

  • @razzyp
    @razzyp 28 дней назад +9

    💐💐💐💐💐 Definitely deserving.
    Thank you Karine for all the light you shine on the ones who were eclipsed! ❤

  • @TheReneex
    @TheReneex 28 дней назад +9

    I remember seeing Nina in King Vidor's 1929 film, Halleluia. She was only 16 years old and portrayed one of the earliest Black vamps on the Silver Screen. For a while, it appeared that she was destined to maintain a foothold in the Golden Age of filmmaking as one of the first, glamorized black actresses but it was not to be. Like Lena, Eartha, and Dorothy Dandridge, she would soon find out that Hollywood during that era was not invested in enabling a beautiful black actress to upstage her White female counterparts. By 1949, she appeared in her last recorded film Pinky with Jean Crain, and lost her youthful looks. No longer was she the vivacious pixie as was displayed in her film debut, Halleluia.

  • @annabelleleigh-
    @annabelleleigh- 26 дней назад +5

    Wow she's beautiful ❤️

  • @GrumpyGrandma2423
    @GrumpyGrandma2423 27 дней назад +5

    She was very pretty

  • @glendabrown8674
    @glendabrown8674 28 дней назад +9

    She was very beautiful and talented flowers for her rest in peace

  • @countmackular4108
    @countmackular4108 28 дней назад +13

    Real Gemini ♊ Energy. 😋

    • @user-lk3pj9gi6o
      @user-lk3pj9gi6o 27 дней назад

      She's not a gemini she's an akbal it means night darkness and house and it's a water sign

  • @Blys6
    @Blys6 24 дня назад +2

    Thank you it’s great to know more about our people that made it but didn’t get the flowers they deserved. She would be proud of this deliverance ❤

  • @user-er6zk5mt6u
    @user-er6zk5mt6u 28 дней назад +18

    I think you’ll end up associating with people doing the same things you are. Also, people who can afford to go the places you can, buy the things you can. People who won’t begrudge your success, because they’re successful. Even though her crowd was mostly white, she was their equal.🌹🌸💐🌷🌻🥀

    • @MelanatednNature
      @MelanatednNature 22 дня назад +2

      Yep

    • @alnor1643
      @alnor1643 21 день назад +3

      That’s exactly what I thought too. As an artist myself you just associate with other artist or people who are involved with it as a community, nothing to do with anything else. You just have like minds and connect of that level.

    • @lamonthamilton667
      @lamonthamilton667 13 дней назад +2

      Equals accept your Status no matter what. Ask JZ. Wealthy people attract each the money follows them, it's the Mindset. Jealous Narcissist attracts the same it's a Mindset.

    • @user-er6zk5mt6u
      @user-er6zk5mt6u 13 дней назад +1

      @@alnor1643 Yes. Color probably wasn’t a consideration. They had things in common.

    • @lamonthamilton667
      @lamonthamilton667 13 дней назад

      Dave Ramsey among other financial personalities insist ; You are the sub total of the 5 people you are surrounded by at all Times. If they are failed people you too, fat lazy cheap proud?? Happy Diligent Caring Honest Rich Generous! Like the Super-Solider Serum it makes you More of what you ARE. Evil= WORSE Good= Better.

  • @tamiiagrisham6353
    @tamiiagrisham6353 21 день назад +2

    Thank you Karine, for bringing these wonderful actresses to light for us!!! Thank you so much!!!!❤❤❤❤

  • @radiantsmiler3689
    @radiantsmiler3689 26 дней назад +3

    With institutionalized racism at every level, which was blatant, and fewer job opportunities, I can’t put the blame only on those from ‘our community’, given the circumstances.

  • @Hillcountry_Catholic
    @Hillcountry_Catholic 26 дней назад +3

    Oh wow. She is absolutely stunning. Something about her eyes is mesmerizing. What a beautiful woman. Thanks for the video about her. I had never heard of her before.

  • @carmendaniel3734
    @carmendaniel3734 28 дней назад +12

    Beautiful lady.❤Thank you Karine for shining your spotlight on Nina.🌻

  • @colstonlchinese
    @colstonlchinese 24 дня назад +2

    💐 She was a dynamic and gorgeous actress. Bravo for her artistic legacy!

  • @joy4noyze
    @joy4noyze 24 дня назад +2

    Flowers 💐 flowers 🌸 🌺 flowers 🌸 to Ms Nina Mays McKinney 🌺💐🌸💕🙏🏽🌺 Rest in Peace Nina 🙏🏽💕💕

  • @yahainHotPink
    @yahainHotPink 28 дней назад +18

    Thank you Karine

    • @KarineAlourde
      @KarineAlourde  28 дней назад +6

      You are so welcome! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @lettiegrant9447
    @lettiegrant9447 26 дней назад +4

    It’s sad how all the talented black entertainers had to leave America to be treated like the stars they were. They were welcomed in other countries but not their own. That is really sad.

  • @susandevoe6002
    @susandevoe6002 28 дней назад +10

    Palladium...accent on the 2nd syllable, the "ay"