{"id":176457719,"date":"2015-07-27T03:45:59","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T08:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/?p=176457719"},"modified":"2015-07-27T03:45:59","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T08:45:59","slug":"audio-a-dark-skinned-girls-response-to-lupitas-oscar-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/2015\/07\/27\/audio-a-dark-skinned-girls-response-to-lupitas-oscar-win\/","title":{"rendered":"AUDIO: A Dark-Skinned Girl\u2019s Response to Lupita\u2019s Oscar Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/black-culture.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-176457720\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/black-culture.png\" alt=\"black culture\" width=\"201\" height=\"108\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8 March, 2014<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lupita-nyongo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-176457722\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lupita-nyongo-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"lupita-nyongo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lupita-nyongo-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lupita-nyongo-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lupita-nyongo-920x613.jpg 920w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lupita-nyongo.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"><strong>A Dark-Skinned Girl\u2019s<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"><strong> Response to <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"><strong>Lupita\u2019s Oscar Win<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>By\u00a0Danielle Daley<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Long after Lupita Nyong\u2019o won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 12 Years A Slave I lay in bed awake. Although she was most deserving, past experience has taught us not to anticipate the recognition of talent if possessed by a person of color. We\u2019ve learned to expect very little, to minimize potential disappointment. I replayed the moment from memory multiple times; the images shone like a highlight reel on a projector, illuminating parts of my past self long-ago relegated to the recesses of my mind. The surprise in her eyes as her name was announced. The congratulatory cheers from her peers as she stood and hugged Steve McQueen. The acknowledgment of Patsy\u2019s plight acting as the catalyst for the actualization of her current joy. The pride on her brother\u2019s face, a sense of pride we shared as if she were kin. The stark contrast of her Nairobi-blue gown against the deep sienna of her skin. Her skin. I considered her recent confession of hating her complexion, and began to ponder the quest toward acceptance of my own reflection. I knew I could not rest until I\u2019d spoken these thoughts aloud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KNEL-l8KyIQ?feature=oembed\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&gt;via:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/black-culture.com\/videoa-dark-skinned-girls-response-lupitas-oscar-win\/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost#sthash.AEZNW2JW.mFzPyuuN.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/black-culture.com\/videoa-dark-skinned-girls-response-lupitas-oscar-win\/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost#sthash.AEZNW2JW.mFzPyuuN.dpbs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 8 March, 2014 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; A Dark-Skinned Girl\u2019s Response to Lupita\u2019s Oscar Win &nbsp; &nbsp; By\u00a0Danielle Daley &nbsp; Long after Lupita Nyong\u2019o won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 12 Years A Slave I lay in bed awake. Although she was most deserving, past experience has taught us [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[6],"tags":[4,12,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176457719"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176457719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176457719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176457723,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176457719\/revisions\/176457723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176457719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176457719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176457719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}