black women in horror 🖤
aaliyah as queen akasha | queen of the damned (2002)
angela bassett as marie laveau | american horror story coven (2013)
bianca lawson as kendra young | buffy the vampire slayer (1997)
brandy as karla wilson | i still know what you did last summer (1998)
betty gabriel as georgina | get out (2017)
jada pinkett smith as maureen evans | scream 2 (1997)
keke palmer as emerald | nope (2022)
kelly rowland as kia waterson | freddy vs. jason (2003)
lupita nyong'o as red | us (2019)
rachel true as rochelle | the craft (1996)
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I don't want to defend Jo Koy at all (never liked his brand of comedy), but I'm so frustrated over how White women were so quick to recognize Jo Koy's brand of humour as misogynistic when the target was them while they had made Will Smith out to be a violent Black man for defending his wife because Chris Rock was targeting a Black disabled woman.
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An Egyptian lawyer has filed a case with the Public Prosecutor to close the Netflix platform after the trailer of “Queen Cleopatra" was released, which depicts the Greek historical figure as a black-skinned woman.
According to Egypt Independent, Mahmoud al-Semary demanded that all legal measures be taken against those responsible for the documentary and the management of the streaming platform for its participation in “this crime.” He also called for an investigation and for Netflix to be blocked in Egypt.
The case said that the documentary promotes Afrocentrism that is widely spread on social media, which have slogans and writings aimed at distorting and obliterating the Egyptian identity.
The complaint continued addressing Public Prosecution: "In order to preserve the Egyptian national and cultural identity among Egyptians all over the world and take pride in it, and to consolidate the spirit of belonging to the homeland, and accordingly we ask and seek you to take the necessary legal measures against this platform."
It demanded stopping broadcasts showing all works aimed at obliterating and distorting the Egyptian identity, through films aimed at falsifying and distorting history in Egypt.
The complaint accused makers of the documentary and platform management of forgery.
A Netflix docudrama series that depicts Queen Cleopatra VII as a black African has sparked controversy in Egypt.
A lawyer has filed a complaint that accuses African Queens: Queen Cleopatra of violating media laws and aiming to "erase the Egyptian identity".
A top archaeologist insisted Cleopatra was "light-skinned, not black".
But the producer said "her heritage is highly debated" and the actress playing her told critics: "If you don't like the casting, don't watch the show."
Jada Pinkett Smith, the American actress who was executive producer and narrator, was meanwhile quoted as saying: "We don't often get to see or hear stories about black queens, and that was really important for me, as well as for my daughter, and just for my community to be able to know those stories because there are tons of them!"
But when the trailer was released last week many Egyptians condemned the depiction of Cleopatra. (x)
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