Oscar winner LupitaNyong’o, 12 Years a Slave, delivered a powerful speech on Thursday at Essence Magazine’s 7th Annual Women in Hollywood luncheon. Lupita admits that she was “taunted about skin color” and wished for lighter skin. Watch her speech on Huffingtonpost.com
Ta-Nehesi Coates over at The Atlantic has a good article on Kanye West’s lyrics about light skinned and white women and what they signify. I like the beats on Kanye West’s new album. I love the inversion of that famous line about Malcolm X–“That’s too much power for one man to have.” I think he’s […]
