My Opinion:
The fact that these two black women are seemingly at odds with each other just because of their skin colour, in which each individual sees in different lights really shows our different individuality. While Dencia has lightened her skin and is very happy with it, encouraging other black women to tow the line by introducing her ‘whitenicious’ cream into the market, Lupita preaches that all black women should appreciate their skin the way it is without changing the colour.
Now , I think the main the issue here is the fact that Lupita actually called out Dencia’s cream during a speech at a Hollywood ceremony which Dencia is not happy about. So while Lupita only referred to Dencia’s cream once, Dencia has taken jabs at Lupita at every opportunity…The latest one being when Lupita was named a face of Lancome. Lancome is also known to have a whitening cream. So now, it somehow appears that Lupita is not staying through to her belief in her skin colour by being the Face of a brand that produces lightening cream. So why did she call out Dencia’s cream????
Now people, what do you guys think? Read Dencia’s tweets and BET’S article below:
BET’s article below..
They say beauty is both a blessing and a curse. Right now, Lupita
Nyong’o can probably attest to how true that is. There’s the upside of
being one of the most gorgeous women alive: she just signed on as the
new face of Lancôme, the first Black woman to do so. Then there is the
downside: Nigerian-Cameroonian singer Dencia has gone on a Twitter
rampage against Nyong’o, taking it so far as to say that the actress is
“owned” by the white man.It seems that Dencia has likely been waiting for this chance to publicly bash the Oscar winner. Back in March during a speech, Nyong’o told the audience about a letter she once got from a fan that said, “Dear Lupita, I think you’re really lucky to be this Black but yet this successful in Hollywood overnight. I was just about to buy Dencia’s Whitenicious cream to lighten my skin when you appeared on the world map and saved me.” The actress went on to explain that her “heart bled a little when I read those words.” Though the actress did not seem to be throwing shade against skin bleacher Whitenecious, Dencia took it as shots fired. And so when the Lancôme contract was announced, she tweeted, “’Oh @Lupita_Nyongo cln’t talk abt the bleaching creams white people (Companies) make cuz the white man pays her, they own her!!.”It goes without saying that telling a person — a Black person, and extra particularly a Black person who just won an Oscar for playing a slave — that they are owned by someone is the lowest of the low blows. But Dencia, who also implied that Nyong’o is a hypocrite because Lancôme makes skin lighteners, has recently made her name in the U.S. for her crazy talk and unwavering defense of Whitenicious. And if you were bold enough to go on Twitter to challenge her for making money off of selling bleaching cream, then she likely would have let you know that you could kiss her much-lightened ass.
Yet even with her past antics, this latest is threatening to become the one that will get the most attention, for two simple reasons: 1) The entire world loves Lupita and no one feels like hearing you say otherwise. 2) Are you expecting a lot of popular support for attacking a woman who made a speech about her insecurities and vulnerabilities as a very dark-skinned woman, one who hopes her own popularity will remind other girls and women that it’s not just light-skinned Black that is beautiful?In the speech, which Dencia so clearly hated, Nyong’o revealed an honesty that few celebrities put out there, and at the same time, giving women everywhere a needed reminder that they don’t suffer alone with their beauty anxieties. When was the last time you heard an actress say that they once “prayed” to look a different way and you believed them — and didn’t think they were doing it for PR? Nyong’o has not bothered to respond to Dencia’s attack because aside from being a stellar talent, she is also especially good at taking the high road
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