Love the steely way she stood up to this lady trying to push her around for a soundbite, hate that the BBC put "on... Justin Trudeau" in the title for clickbait even though the anchor failed to get any words out of her mouth on the matter. Words, by the way, that would inevitably cause at least online harassment for Lupita, but BBC/this lady is apparently far more concerned with exploiting her for those sweet sweet clicks than anything else.
Please provide an instance where she previously commented on blackface, individual behavior, or a politician at all. Talking about race and colorism shouldn't be political, that's just part of her life experience. Choosing not to specifically condemn a foreign prime minister doesn't mean she can't talk about her childhood or experiences as a black woman without being a hypocrite.
Its not that she don't feel Justin was a piece of shit to say that, but she is trying to protect her career. You could see the disgust on her face when that question posed. She is very wise.
I was bullied for my dark skin as a kid even by my own brothers. Lighter skin women were praised in my school and had all the guys drooling over them. Lighter skin women were also praised on tv while dark skin women were portrayed as ugly, ghetto , baby mamas , sassy side characters to the white characters, angry, and masculine. I was even told I was “too dark and needed to stay out the sun” by a white girl. I remember being told I was “ pretty for a dark skin girl “ by black men when I started dating.
Really not a white guy problem then, more a woman and black guy problem, besides it's has more to do with farmers back in the day having a tan, Lupita and others like her should ask themselves, why did nobility all over the World before racism was even a word paint their faces pale, it is because the darker you were the more likely you were a dirt poor farmer.
@rdokoye Japan, China, Indian subcontinent, the Middle East all had that custom. In Sub-Saharan Africa(especially in the Golden Horn) men and women would apply paste containing lye to their skin if they were of high birth in order to appear less suntanned. They did this long before they encountered any ships containing a bunch of Portuguese pirates. The parts of Afrca where people made their skin darker had no stratified society, it was basically just sunscreen.
@rdokoye A less stratified society in Europe as an example would be the Dark Age Norse, Germanic, Celtic and Slavic societies, in those societies being indoors was practically unheard of, everybody had to be outside and work to survive, which is why all these societies valued people with a healthy complexion and applied different kinds of materials to make themselves seem darker, usually charcoal.
Dav Gar she very much should be educated on african Americans if she isn’t unaware because I am def offended by her lack of expression on why we have endure and contribute to the afflictions of colorism.
Ofa Ahokava you misunderstood my comment read again. I never called her african American! She could have shut up seeing as she lacks insight on african Americans!
Colorism is just that color, has nothing to do with features. There are plenty of dark people with small or european features but will still get discriminated against because of their color. Discriminating against someone features has nothing to do with colorism
Bravo Lupita. Great interview and such insightful answers. She has world cultural experience Don't like the interviewer trying to incite negativity. She sounded cynical & cut her off at the end. No respect to a talented Oscar Academy winner. But Lupita was classy & control. 👍
Asked me, do I care? She's in America now. She might well get over it. Race is a big thing here in this country. I don't care. I don't care how much money you get. Cops load to put handcuffs on black people. Now deal with it. I am. I've been dealing with it all my life. What else is new to to all these black immigrants that come to my country thinking they're going to get treated with special privileges? Wrong.
I want people to know that colorism is a two edged sword. I have been bullied, called names and ostracized by my dark skinned sisters all my life because my skin is fair. You always have dark skinned girls talking about being wronged, but why doesn't anyone talk about the other aspect? I have three darker skinned sisters and I think they are some of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. It's not fair to blame us if a guy is so shallow he's stuck on skin color, nor are we to blame for the decisions the media make. I have never mistreated a black woman because of her skin color, never. But I'm on the recieving end of it nine times out of ten. My skin color has never been an advantage to me. In fact. I've had to work three times as hard. If anything at all, it's been a curse.
Why did she refuse to make a comment about Trudeau's blackface? Would she have said "I don't care to make a comment about that" if he was any other politician?
@@michaelshannon9169 Why did they even ask the question? Would they have asked a white actor? No they wouldn't. She gave the correct answer. its got fuck all to do with her.
Lupita is such a beautiful darkskin woman , lighter skinned privilege is definitely massive in the whole world and so ingrained even sub conscious arguably which I put in a video on colourism on my channel , approaching heavily dismissed points on colourism in society , please check it out if interested and learn something new XX
Jah & Jahes love. I'm very disappointed in Lupita Nyobg'o for refusing to make a statement about the black face phenomenon. She is a very intelligent woman and a talented thespian who was trained at Yale. So, she knows the legacy of minstrel shows and how detrimental it is to black people who descended from enslaved folks. She was awarded an Oscar for playing an enslaved person. I wish she had given some commentary or response to how disgraceful the practice of black face is. And, the racist tenets attached to the minstrel show. Blessed love.#1804#Ayiti#ToutMounseMoun#AbolishCPS#AbolishPoverty#ProChoice#RawVeganforLife#HR40NOW!
Focus should be on something else other than colour and race. Colourism in Kenya is not exactly a problem, it probably becomes an issue when you are middle class because your worries then have shifted from survival to fitting in. If anything, Lupita should fight for equality, wealth distribution, opportunities for the less privileged, poverty as a result of politics and greed... she grew up privileged and while I cant take her hardwork away, I believe she needs to focus on other areas of social injustices. She could fight against FGM, champion rights to equal opportunity in Africa, sensitize against environmental degradation, poaching, chauvinism, malaria.... a whole lot of newsworthy issues need airtime. I am a Kenyan, am dark skinned and am tired of celebrities using this colour thing to elevate. This is just my opinion though, apologies if it rubs off wrong on you
You are right,but look up the term privilege. We all have a role to play,she is doing what she can as Lupita.Atleast you know of the problems at hand do something while you can.That is purpose,and you are called for one too☺
Why do you chose to say that colourism is not exactly a problem in Kenya? It is an issue that does have impact on how people view themselves and this is what Lupita came to discuss not other socio-economic matters.
Who are you to say what Lupita should be fighting for? She is not a politician, she is an actress and it's up to her to decide what she causes wants to champion. If you think the issues are a problem then are you doing something about it? If you are great, but stop expecting so much from celebrities.
I agree with you, there’s nothing like colourism in Kenya, she lied and wants to speak to please the community she thrives in(celebrities), she’s let us down as Africans and as Kenyans.
Lupita spoke her mind as an artist and what she faced before stardom in Hollywood.It truly exists and that's why we never even learn to appreciate our own films and arts.Am not an actress but am in the film industry,I got served mine as well.
Lupita what do you think of the non sense that is going on in Kenya . Campus ladies crowding the dating industry and their perfect match ! brown skin guys with ahuge bank account some Kenyan women need therapy though some still have the principle of African beauty .Africa is our land so why would our own women rise to judge us on our colours can all men be angels! or was God mistaken to create these different races! thanks alot!
It is up to Africa to change this perspective in the west inclusion and diversity is institutionalized and Trudeau is certainly not a racist !! Why doesn't Africa make their own movies and their black toys etc? They are a massive population so why not speak for themselves
@Richard Lee maybe the west should have remained in their respective countries in the first place during slave trade and colonialism, and maybe we wouldn't have this conversation
@Richard Lee Africans did exist before all that so called development which was the route used to colonize.....the colonizer should have just remained in his/her country
1-3rd of us get it. 1-3rd of us are 50/50 will be pulled up with the help & support of upper 1-3rd. 1-3rd of us are broken & don't care to understand. STAY FOCUSED on THE TOP 2/3
ᴅᴇᴀʀ ᴍʀ. ɪꜱᴀɪᴀʜ ᴅᴇʀɪɴɢᴇʀ; this is a new terminology to you, not to many of us who have known of this term and plight of those afflicted by colourism for many years. Why not just listen and emphasize?
The interviewer is a viper and she got shamed when lupita refused to fall for her trap
She is so stinkin gorgeous I'm jealous 😂❤😭
lupita nyong'oyou are gorgeous woman
Love the steely way she stood up to this lady trying to push her around for a soundbite, hate that the BBC put "on... Justin Trudeau" in the title for clickbait even though the anchor failed to get any words out of her mouth on the matter. Words, by the way, that would inevitably cause at least online harassment for Lupita, but BBC/this lady is apparently far more concerned with exploiting her for those sweet sweet clicks than anything else.
Cecilia Nelson she’s a hypocrite. No one wants to offend their left wing masters.
Please provide an instance where she previously commented on blackface, individual behavior, or a politician at all. Talking about race and colorism shouldn't be political, that's just part of her life experience. Choosing not to specifically condemn a foreign prime minister doesn't mean she can't talk about her childhood or experiences as a black woman without being a hypocrite.
@@Cecilia-iz6jt Ignore him just another insecure white male troll.
Its not that she don't feel Justin was a piece of shit to say that, but she is trying to protect her career. You could see the disgust on her face when that question posed. She is very wise.
Why does this title have Justin Trudeau. I am glad she refused to fall into their trap for a headline.
As a BBC news supporter I am very disappointed.
As a BBC watcher I'm not surprised BBC is part of an imperial state fuck them.
I was bullied for my dark skin as a kid even by my own brothers. Lighter skin women were praised in my school and had all the guys drooling over them. Lighter skin women were also praised on tv while dark skin women were portrayed as ugly, ghetto , baby mamas , sassy side characters to the white characters, angry, and masculine. I was even told I was “too dark and needed to stay out the sun” by a white girl. I remember being told I was “ pretty for a dark skin girl “ by black men when I started dating.
Really not a white guy problem then, more a woman and black guy problem, besides it's has more to do with farmers back in the day having a tan, Lupita and others like her should ask themselves, why did nobility all over the World before racism was even a word paint their faces pale, it is because the darker you were the more likely you were a dirt poor farmer.
Lighskin are a different league the earlier you accept it the better
Why shit post? Someone says something heartfelt and nuanced and you take the chance to flaunt your worst side... 🤔
@rdokoye Japan, China, Indian subcontinent, the Middle East all had that custom.
In Sub-Saharan Africa(especially in the Golden Horn) men and women would apply paste containing lye to their skin if they were of high birth in order to appear less suntanned. They did this long before they encountered any ships containing a bunch of Portuguese pirates.
The parts of Afrca where people made their skin darker had no stratified society, it was basically just sunscreen.
@rdokoye A less stratified society in Europe as an example would be the Dark Age Norse, Germanic, Celtic and Slavic societies, in those societies being indoors was practically unheard of, everybody had to be outside and work to survive, which is why all these societies valued people with a healthy complexion and applied different kinds of materials to make themselves seem darker, usually charcoal.
She’s so beautiful
Damn!!Women got unconditional love for each other or maybe just some other daily hypocrisy bullshit
this interviewer is terrible.....who refers to blackface as ‘blacking up’ ???????
@marie fairweather Right try blackface woman like the fuck blacked up?? 😒🙄🙄🙄🤦🏿♀️🤦🏿♀️
I think it’s a UK thing. Small cultural difference
She is so INTELLIGENT, talented and gorgeous
Who?
But her skin is dark. Therefore I cannot agree.
Luke Kerrell Go fuck yourself!
Luke Kerrell Your fat!
@@kerrell95 I hate you dude sies!! Shame on you voetsek!!! 🤮👎
She’s gorgeous
I have to say, Lupita is not bad, not bad at all... Some strong presence and dynamic awareness.
beauty with brain
I hope her book becomes a movie or tv show.
This lady is exceptionallyexceptionally bright.
As to her controversial statement, a lot of people took here statement out of context.
Dav Gar she very much should be educated on african Americans if she isn’t unaware because I am def offended by her lack of expression on why we have endure and contribute to the afflictions of colorism.
@@javionbuffington no she should have a right to refuse to answer and she is not African American
Ofa Ahokava you misunderstood my comment read again. I never called her african American! She could have shut up seeing as she lacks insight on african Americans!
When the demand for racism outstrips the supply you can count on the BBC to find some
Such an important topic - just wish the conversation around colorism would expand beyond just skin tone and would touch on features.
@Sammy Blue that part
Colorism is just that color, has nothing to do with features. There are plenty of dark people with small or european features but will still get discriminated against because of their color. Discriminating against someone features has nothing to do with colorism
Bravo Lupita. Great interview and such insightful answers. She has world cultural experience
Don't like the interviewer trying to incite negativity.
She sounded cynical & cut her off at the end. No respect to a talented Oscar Academy winner.
But Lupita was classy & control. 👍
Asked me, do I care? She's in America now. She might well get over it. Race is a big thing here in this country. I don't care. I don't care how much money you get. Cops load to put handcuffs on black people. Now deal with it. I am. I've been dealing with it all my life. What else is new to to all these black immigrants that come to my country thinking they're going to get treated with special privileges? Wrong.
2024 Lupita is in a good place, Oscar winner, dating a good white guy, she was with African guy before. She doing good.
She built up her self esteem.
I want people to know that colorism is a two edged sword. I have been bullied, called names and ostracized by my dark skinned sisters all my life because my skin is fair. You always have dark skinned girls talking about being wronged, but why doesn't anyone talk about the other aspect? I have three darker skinned sisters and I think they are some of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. It's not fair to blame us if a guy is so shallow he's stuck on skin color, nor are we to blame for the decisions the media make. I have never mistreated a black woman because of her skin color, never. But I'm on the recieving end of it nine times out of ten. My skin color has never been an advantage to me. In fact. I've had to work three times as hard. If anything at all, it's been a curse.
Colourism is so present in former european colonies!
Lupita you are super lovely
Emily Maitlis 🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Why did she refuse to make a comment about Trudeau's blackface? Would she have said "I don't care to make a comment about that" if he was any other politician?
She made the correct choice, it truly is an irrelevant topic to ask to a colored person.
If it were Trump who did black face the interview would have lasted an hour. She showed her hand by refusing to criticize Justin here.
There is a people very dark than her and proud what's they are maybe she being build when she's young.
Because the answer should be obvious
@@michaelshannon9169 Why did they even ask the question? Would they have asked a white actor? No they wouldn't. She gave the correct answer. its got fuck all to do with her.
Lupita is such a beautiful darkskin woman , lighter skinned privilege is definitely massive in the whole world and so ingrained even sub conscious arguably which I put in a video on colourism on my channel , approaching heavily dismissed points on colourism in society , please check it out if interested and learn something new XX
Lupita is the very exact image of the Creator.
Love Lupita.
I agree with all she said, however I think that in the US there is not enough consciousness about the use of the word 'race'...
Thanks for sharing your story....one love
This woman is simply gorgeous....this wifey material for real
Jah & Jahes love. I'm very disappointed in Lupita Nyobg'o for refusing to make a statement about the black face phenomenon. She is a very intelligent woman and a talented thespian who was trained at Yale. So, she knows the legacy of minstrel shows and how detrimental it is to black people who descended from enslaved folks. She was awarded an Oscar for playing an enslaved person. I wish she had given some commentary or response to how disgraceful the practice of black face is. And, the racist tenets attached to the minstrel show. Blessed love.#1804#Ayiti#ToutMounseMoun#AbolishCPS#AbolishPoverty#ProChoice#RawVeganforLife#HR40NOW!
The white walkers are mad in the comments.
@David Charles Francis Topham de Vere Beauclerk it's a term of language frequently used by a Mong !
I have a problem with the word "black"and white
Your people invented so you can fuck off.
@Ruddy Bakewell Says the little person a picture of that unscrupulous piece of bird shit Powell.
@Ruddy Bakewell No. Pink sounds more like it.
Amazing beauty
Focus should be on something else other than colour and race. Colourism in Kenya is not exactly a problem, it probably becomes an issue when you are middle class because your worries then have shifted from survival to fitting in. If anything, Lupita should fight for equality, wealth distribution, opportunities for the less privileged, poverty as a result of politics and greed... she grew up privileged and while I cant take her hardwork away, I believe she needs to focus on other areas of social injustices. She could fight against FGM, champion rights to equal opportunity in Africa, sensitize against environmental degradation, poaching, chauvinism, malaria.... a whole lot of newsworthy issues need airtime. I am a Kenyan, am dark skinned and am tired of celebrities using this colour thing to elevate. This is just my opinion though, apologies if it rubs off wrong on you
You are right,but look up the term privilege. We all have a role to play,she is doing what she can as Lupita.Atleast you know of the problems at hand do something while you can.That is purpose,and you are called for one too☺
Why do you chose to say that colourism is not exactly a problem in Kenya? It is an issue that does have impact on how people view themselves and this is what Lupita came to discuss not other socio-economic matters.
Who are you to say what Lupita should be fighting for? She is not a politician, she is an actress and it's up to her to decide what she causes wants to champion. If you think the issues are a problem then are you doing something about it? If you are great, but stop expecting so much from celebrities.
I agree with you, there’s nothing like colourism in Kenya, she lied and wants to speak to please the community she thrives in(celebrities), she’s let us down as Africans and as Kenyans.
Lupita spoke her mind as an artist and what she faced before stardom in Hollywood.It truly exists and that's why we never even learn to appreciate our own films and arts.Am not an actress but am in the film industry,I got served mine as well.
Lupita what do you think of the non sense that is going on in Kenya . Campus ladies crowding the dating industry and their perfect match ! brown skin guys with ahuge bank account some Kenyan women need therapy though some still have the principle of African beauty .Africa is our land so why would our own women rise to judge us on our colours can all men be angels! or was God mistaken to create these different races! thanks alot!
It is up to Africa to change this perspective in the west inclusion and diversity is institutionalized and Trudeau is certainly not a racist !! Why doesn't Africa make their own movies and their black toys etc? They are a massive population so why not speak for themselves
😂you think we haven't?research on colonialism and its effects etc.
As a Black person born in the Wesr (Im African American)I JUST want to tell you, SHUT UP
@Richard Lee 😂😂what are you so mad about ?its not like Africans came to you for help!!
@Richard Lee maybe the west should have remained in their respective countries in the first place during slave trade and colonialism, and maybe we wouldn't have this conversation
@Richard Lee Africans did exist before all that so called development which was the route used to colonize.....the colonizer should have just remained in his/her country
me and lupita are from same tribe,the luo tribe even obama is a luo.....
1-3rd of us get it.
1-3rd of us are 50/50 will be pulled up with the help & support of upper 1-3rd.
1-3rd of us are broken & don't care to understand.
STAY FOCUSED on THE TOP 2/3
Her sister or none of her family are lightskinned tho I've seen them all
Never hate your dark skin.. Just remember Jesus was BLACK
KING OF THE JOFUNDIES Jesus never was black white Asian somilan Mexican
He was a pale skinned semite not black.
Jesus never existed.
Jesus was a bantu
@@tvrtvr6984 Right, soooo pale skinned that he and his parents were able to hide among the Egyptians in Africa for several years.
I want to be lupita friend
You say that but continue to work in hollywood
Terrible unprofessional UK Journalist interview, without class, or impartiality in her questioning, and bias in colourisim..
Race is a social construct not based in biology.
Could we stop with the constant introduction of new terminology.
Hmm. Language evolves/adapts... So why?
@@bravoalley228 Not saying stop it all together just the pacing.
ᴅᴇᴀʀ ᴍʀ. ɪꜱᴀɪᴀʜ ᴅᴇʀɪɴɢᴇʀ; this is a new terminology to you, not to many of us who have known of this term and plight of those afflicted by colourism for many years. Why not just listen and emphasize?
It is not new terminology. It is a term that has been used for a least a decade or more.
Colorism has always existed. They sell and advertise bleaching creams in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Professional Victim!!
Professional Hypocrite!!!