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Colorism is something that still goes on today whether it’s in Hollywood or onstage during at a Broadway play. Representation matters when it comes to creating roles for people of color. Nina for instance is about a dark skin woman who defeats the odds against her and becomes one of the most well known musicians of our time. The role of Nina should have went to a black woman who resembled her. Many roles meant for black people often go to those that are biracial. Many black women singers/entertainers are not recognized if they are not the right color. So many talented dark skin women are left in the dust simply because their skin is not seen as attractive. We have Eartha, and Beyoncé because they are what appeals people and their blackness is not in your face. Nina was able to break down those barriers with her dark skin, natural hair, and prominent features. She was someone to look up to. As a dark skin woman, I can see myself in her and can appreciate what she has done for women like her. The media just as it did then, it still controls what we see now and who is held on a higher pedestal.

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Anchored to her roots by the darkness of her skin

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Anchored to her roots by the darkness of her skin

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Nina Simone is described as a conscious singer and musician who is unable to escape her dark roots. Proud of her skin color, she weaves awareness into her lyrics about the tragedies of her people. She constantly celebrates her dark skin even when those around her renounce it. Characterized as unique, interesting, and phenomenally talented. She is known as the incomparable classically pianist whose voice touches the soul with it's commanding tone. Unlike Claire and Eartha, her music holds a message that uplifts black people while relaying their trials and tribulations to her white audiences demanding them to face the harsh truths.

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Zoe Saldana, a lighter black Latina actress who has also claimed that people of color do not exist, was cast to play Nina Simone.  Zoe disgraces the screen with dark makeup and a prosthetic  nose to appear more Nina like. The real Nina Simone was proud of her skin and constantly re-enforced that she was a Queen. She somehow got people to see past her very black features as if she was a goddess. The movie trumps that and proves that colorism is still a very real thing in Hollywood. This is troubling. This invalidates Nina Simone's struggle to succeed with her blackness proudly showing denying her of the discriminations she faced.

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Nina Simone - Feeling Good (opening movie "Nina")

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Seductive singer with Come Hither Persona

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Seductive singer with Come Hither Persona

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Conceived by rape and born on a plantation, Eartha grew up with her mother and a step father who would not accept the pale child. Shipped to New York to live with her grandmother, she found herself apart of the Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe that would eventually lead her to fame and put her troubled past behind her. She was rejected from her home because of her light skin, but it was accepted onstage. Using her feminine wiles both on stage and off she became exciting. Inviting you into her world where she took the reigns and the cat-like singer  purred the audience with her charm. She was also known as one of the first African American sex symbols.

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http://www.vcientertainment.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=New+Faces&product_id=481&path=59 New Faces was a musical revue with songs and comedy skits tied together by a quirky plot. It ran on Broadway for nearly a year in 1952 and was then made into a motion picture in 1954.

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Claire Neville, much like Nina is a classically trained pianist whose beauty is undeniable, she is praised for her light skin as well as her talent. Both she and Eartha share some commonalities. They were both born on plantations, conceived by rape and had fathers they never. Both would be seen as "tragic mulattos" navigating through their worlds attempting to find their place as well as their parent(s). Too dark to be white and too light to be black.

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The brilliant Nina Simone dazzles audiences with her low, powerful voice that captivates them and keeps them bound to their seats until she is ready to let go. Discriminated against because her nose is too big, lips too full, and skin too dark, she was told that she would never become successful. Wanting to become the first black woman to perform classical music at Carnegie Hall, her dreams were crushed when she was rejected from Curtis Institute because her skin wasn't the right color. Denied of the thing she wanted most, she took a gig in a nightclub that would help her and her struggling parents. Unlike Eartha and Claire, doors that opened for them remained closed for her.

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Miss Kitt's sound is bubbly and seductive almost sexual. She pulls in the crowd with her unique voice accompanied by a soft purr that catches the audience off guard. Intrigued by the figure onstage, she makes you feel as if she's singing to you and only you. The crowd watches as she sashays across the stage tugging at the end of her dress ever so slightly revealing seemingly endless legs that glide across the stage as she moves with precision. Every move is calculated. Another purr rolls from her tongue with ease followed by a foreign word that jumps from her red lips and into the audience's ear as a new tune begins. She's captured them.