Nick Cannon is in scorching water with the web proper now.
The 43-year-old tv persona collaborated with Zeus Community for a dwell present on Thursday known as “Unhealthy vs. Wild Las Vegas” — pinning a number of the stars from Wild ‘N Out representing Nick towards “Baddies” from Zeus. The issue with the occasion, although? A flyer shared on social media marketed one of many competitions as “darkish pores and skin vs mild pores and skin.” What the f**ok?!?!
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The publish ignited fury on social media, with many calling out the occasion for “colorism.” Zeus Community ultimately took the flyer down and altered it… to say “chocolate goddesses vs. caramel goddesses.” Yeah, they clearly didn’t see how that is nonetheless so ignorant. See (under):
Nonetheless, the harm had already been carried out. To not point out, the wording nonetheless didn’t sit properly with many individuals, because it didn’t alter the intent of the competitors in any respect. See a number of the reactions from the feedback part (under):
“Yall can reword all of it you need, attempt to promote it nonetheless you need, its nonetheless the identical colorist bs. Not solely is ts detrimental to the black neighborhood however y’all are opening a door for different races to feed into the colorism as properly. As a black community, yall needs to be ashamed.”
“That is ignorant AF…Nonetheless! It’s the colorism for me!”
“That is simply as dangerous as lightskin vs darkish pores and skin, y’all didn’t do something however attempt to put a constructive spin on colorism and it’s not understanding for y’all”
“I cannot condone evaluating any of my queens by colour. We’re all greatness.”
“The swap up with out even addressing what y’all did earlier than is loopy.”
“This entire concept ought to’ve simply been scrapped.”
“That is nonetheless colorist y’all are unhappy.”
At the moment, Nick hasn’t responded to the backlash from the occasion. Reactions to the controversy? Sound OFF within the feedback under.
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