Inside the DARK DISTURBING World of Zendaya
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- čas přidán 24. 09. 2021
- Hey , I’m your host #itzkeisha and today we do a #deepdive into the life of #Zendaya . We speak on all things #DisneyChannel , #race #privileges #hardships and more !
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Zendaya went through a lot of racism and she’s mixed, imagine how the fully black and/or dark skin people were treated
This!!! Like being told her locs smell like weed? I think that’s why she’s so strong about having all Black casts and teams and showing 4c hair. She faces racism being biracial but she also knows she has privileges that can help her start to open doors. She should be proud of herself
if they smell black in you they are coming to try some shit, its so annoying
Honestly it’s all genetic, racism is hereditary. Prove me wrong pls
I mean look at Meghan Markle, i didn't even know that she was half black and look at the amount of racism she recieves.
@@lyrastrseed3343 imo, I believe racism is taught, but to all their own.
She broke the Disney curse. Let’s hope future young actresses and actors follow in her lead!
There is no curse. When you become the main Disney girl at 11-12, are offered drugs from a very young age and have paparazzi following your every step, everything you do is under a microscope and every detail of your personal life is in the media, it’s normal you will have some issues. This girl was never the Disney it girl and she was nowhere near the level of fame of Selena, Miley or Lindsay (imo she still isn’t). Plus, there is nothing wrong with rebelling in order to cut ties with your Disney persona (miley succeeded, while zendaya is still accociated with kids at the age of 25…) or seeking help while struggling with depression or an ED. Expecting child actors (especially female) to be perfect is ridiculous and unrealistic
@@222222ania at least zendaya didn't do drugs and is a successful emmy winner lmao
Hilary Duff escaped the curse too. Props to both of them
@@222222ania you probably should’ve made sure you had the correct information before typing an essay
And Sabrina carpenter
I feel bad for Zendaya. She’s made to feel like she’s too black for white people and too white for black people. She’s so neutral in all of these negative situations thrown at her but she’s such a strong young women!
If you ask me I think white people feel like she is the best type of black as in mixed
That’s the USA fault, cause of the one drop rule, in any other country she would be a mixed race person and no one would say she’s to white or too black
I literally grew up feeling this way. I’m black Thai and Hispanic. People assume I’m half black and half white. So I’m too white for black people, but I don’t speak Spanish and I’m not into Mexican food so I seem too white for them and I don’t look Asian and I also didn’t grew up fully with my Asian side of the family so I’m not Asian enough for them. So I grew up so lost.
@K C mixed race people are mixed race people, it’s stupid to call them black or white, they’re both.
Sometimes mixed kids look fully black and sometimes they look fully white, sometimes both, anyways depends on the person, I think it’s stupid to call a white passing person a POC or black or anything
@@TheSamuelbest12 like halsey! i was surprised when i heard that her dad is black she just looks white but that doesn't mean that she's a white woman cause she's mixed
the thing you said about her continuing to hold relevancy is so true because usually when people transition out of disney channel, they lose all relevancy. it’s pretty common actually. and the fact that she was able to overcome that is great
I don’t know if what about to say will anger anyone… but her being biracial especially almost white passing… kinda helped too..
@@raheli7155 Most disney stars are white so how does this correlate
@@chillstudy8223 Yes you’re definitely right about biracial ppl getting roles easier than black people. We’re on the same page w/ that. But in this case specifically we’re referencing her success in comparison to other Disney stars not in general.
@@kitoko8505 ah I took it as her comparing to other black women not other Disney stars in general
Britney, Justin, Cristina, Selena, Miley, Olivia.
Im just glad zendaya embraces her culture rather than try to hide it.
I love the fact she's so into color equality and cares that there aren't actually a lot of black people in the media. I love her fight for diversity, black people need to start doing more for our community with our voice and power
She said she wants diversity Yet Stay taking/auditioning Roles For black women but she mixed I love Zendaya But She is very hypocritical
@@marilyn1984 zendeya is black.
@@user43208 she is Mixed women not a black women Big difference
@@user43208 skai Jackson is a Black women Zendaya is a Biracial Women stop Going by this one drop rule like I said I love Zendaya but she talks all this mess about Diversity Yet Takes roles for Black women
@@marilyn1984 she is still black lol? it’s not one drop she’s half
Zendaya is a Non-Problematic Queen, I respect her a lot, and the clip of her dancing when she was 8yrs is so cute !! And this video was really interesting to watch !! There were many things I didn’t know about her ! Like her being a back up dancer for Selena that is so cute !! Great video 🤍
I LOVE Zendaya for being NON-Problematic!, smart, talented actress/singer, funny af, cool clothes (doesn’t stay in a box) &, chill. Oh shes also beautiful 😄
I agree but calling ppl non-problematic puts them on a pedestal they’re bound to fall off of at some point… I’d avoid doing it lol
@@user-ov9vr1wc2j exactly like its the bare minimum pls
@@user-ov9vr1wc2j You can not tell if someone is putting another person on a “pedestal” by them (simply saying) someone is non-problematic. I for one, was put on a pedestal and know that I didn’t like it so, I would never try to make someone feel the weight to be “perfect”. Also, I don’t look for other’s who do well...to fall. That is a pathetic person who does that I’d avoid doing that.
Don’t call humans non problematic we are all problematic and celebs just let ppl know what they want us to know
Honestly you can't hate on Zendaya, she's really humble, funny and talented 💖 it's been nice seeing her get more fame over the years
And that’s the reason people don’t like her. She really just mind her business.
*At least she doesn’t capitalize off of black people that I know of in harmful ways….
i agree. i just don't like one thing which is when she said taylor swift deserved the hate during the kanye drama even though she was literally in the Bad Blood music video and it was proven that taylor was in the right
@@GeorgiaTheFabulous when?
@@GeorgiaTheFabulous she never said that
@@avplix she did though. I saw it on twitter when she posted it years ago. you will still be able to see it
okay dark era keisha come thru…
edit: tbh zendaya was the actress that completed my Disney childhood. Her seamless transition to darker, more complex character and progressive storylines isn’t spoken abt enough. Many other Disney stars haven’t been able to do so in such a smooth way.
Whether Zendaya identify as Black or not, I respect that she consciously seeks roles often created for white leads and does not take away the limited leading roles from Unambiguous Black actresses.
In the interviews I’ve seen lately, she’s referred to herself as a “Black woman.” Other ppl r saying that she’s also identified as “mixed” so this tells me she identifies as both as non yt passing, half Blk people live nuanced existences as both Blk and mixed race people.
Doja cat is Biracial and her natural hair is 4c. People need to educate themselves and be opened minded
She also hates her hair texture because of the stereotype that biracial people should have curly hair. She talked about how much she can't stand her hair on Instagram live.
@@kyladanae That sucks! I love Doja Cats natural hair.
@@kyladanae I also have type 4 and don’t like it all the time? Let‘s be real it‘s not a easy hair type😅 I am not mad of doja because that.
But yeah stereotypes sucks. Maybe in the future, people are more educated.
My son is light skin with 4c hair. People just be talking
this, me and my brother are both mixed (same parents) but i'm light skin and have 3c black hair, my brother is straight up almost white passing, pale and with literally blue eyes, he has 4c blonde hair
It makes sense that cici was originally written as the star. We rarely went to Rocky's house even though it was literally upstairs and easy to reach in the same apartment building. Cici's house was the center of the universe. Like Penny's house or Raven's house are the center of their universe even though their best friends have a similar amount of screen time. It would have been more obvious that Cici was the star if they had a third best friend so that Cici could alway be in the middle.
that's what i thought lmaoo but this vid confirmed my suspicions
THIS like it all makes sense now
Fr Rocky had a personality that just stood out more to me so I would immediately thought she was a main character off of that.
Good point
But weren't they both introduced at the same time on the theme song? That just makes it seem like they both are the main characters
I've always found it disgusting that in America, predominantly, mixed race people aren't respected for being just that, mixed race. These people are neither just black or just white, they're an ethical group of their own and when raised to identify as just one race, a lot of them tend to become depressed and suffer from huge identity crisis. So proud of Zendeya, she is truly inspirational and none toxic
It’s other people in society who make certain biracial Blk folks depressed and suffer from identity crisis due to them calling them not “x enough,” not the biracial person’s family raising them to identify as one RACE because the reality in this society is that PHENOTYPE determines how you’ll navigate the world / how you’re treated. What I’m observing from many of you is that you think that RACE, a SOCIAL CONSTRUCT, a person’s VISIBLE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, is the same as a person’s heritage. One can be both BLACK and MIXED. This IS / was true for people like Malcom x, Frederick Douglass, Bob Marley, J Cole, Drake, Lauren London, Matt James who is UNAMBIGUOUSLY BLACK, Barack Obama who is the SAME, Beyoncé whose mother is damn near yt passing and mixed AS WELL, etc. Blackness is not and has never been a monolith and both blackness and mixedness exists SIMULTANEOUSLY for MANY Biracial Blk people. Many of them were figureheads during the Panther era and I find it amusing that some of you today swear that they’re “not Blk, but biracial” as if they were treated as anything but Blk during Jim Crowe when they were fighting for us to exist in society the way we do today. “Mixed race” isn’t just half Blk half white, it’s half Chinese half Mexican, half Jamaican half Filipino, etc. So how would mixed race be a group on its own? This discussion required nuance that too many people on social media lack yet swear they are the Gatekeepers of Blackness or the know it alls on who and how one should identify as if they gon beat anybody’s asses 🤷🏾♀️
Exactly !! Mixie talking 🤣
Ehh sometimes we hinge onto one race my mom's a white/native Hispanic & my dad is black but I relate mostly to my black side so I identify as black
I'm 3 f America n the world
I’m biracial (black and asian) and I have 4b hair so I don’t get why people think that mixed ppl with afros don’t exist..
The Influence of media is the one to blame
For real! I’m biracial with white and I have 3c/4a hair….
Yeah I never understood that either but i blame the media. The media always pushes this certain image of a biracial person: Light Skin, Loose Curly hair, and Eurocentric features. I have a friend who’s biracial but she has more Afrocentric features and she has 4b-4c hair. I always feel bad for biracials who don’t possess “typical” features that a biracial person “should have” bc I have met some who have said they never felt like a true biracial person because of what they see in the media. That’s why I feel like even though biracial ppl do have privileges, I feel like there’s a hierarchy when it comes to it. A biracial person with more Afrocentric features and darker skin does not have the same privileges as a biracial person who fits Hollywood’s mold on what they should look like.
Same I’m black Asian and Hispanic, so are my siblings and we all have different hair types. Like both of my brothers have super straight hair but me and my sisters have super curly hair so people that are mixed can literally have any type of hair texture. I don’t see why people think we’re all just gonna come out having 3c curls or something.
yea look at the singer Griff who’s also half black half Asian she straightens her hair sometimes but she has type 4 hair
Zendaya has never been the diversity hire in movies. people just view her that way. movie directors and producers do a terrible job of representing black women in film and she is the closest thing black woman can get to. When you look back on most of her roles outside of Disney she as played roles that fit white women (meaning it could also be played by a white woman). I appreciate her not taking roles that have mass amounts of racial tropes and stereotypes as she only steals roles from white women and it shows her conciseness of her bi-racial privilege.
You make a great point. She doesn't really play roles for black actresses like some biracial women such as Halle Berry. I didn't even know Halle was biracial at first.
I don’t think it’s necessarily decent to say “she only steals from white women” like it’s okay to say that. The phrase “stealing roles” is ridiculous anyway. Unless she was replacing a disabled actress while pretending to be disabled*, she isn’t stealing roles from anyone
if zendaya directed a movie i would watch the shit out of that. i'm excited to follow her career and grow up with her.
Do you know the color of her wig ?
It’s so beautiful 🤩.
@@louloudemondemon296 burgundy
@@hannahbarbarian6786 thanks
I'm noticing a pattern on the internet of people looking back at things she's done to try and find something problematic in order to cancel her,they want her to make a mistake so that they write her off because they feel like she's taking up a lot of space.
Even though her mixed privilege has a lot to do with where she is right now,there is something special about her that also helped her get this far whether it be talent,personality and fashion related.
It's going to take her being her own enemy and setting herself up for failure in order for her to ruin her career,not haters on the internet. I am rooting for her to succeed even further and remain happy through it all
zendaya is really the only black (ish) girl on disney since raven who wasn't thrown under the bus and given plenty of great opportunities, granted, her fairer complexion had a part to do with it but i obviously don't blame her for that, she's a wonderful actress and person and she has come so far since her beginnings at hwite-is-right disney channel. i hope streaming sites will take more liberties with black girls from now on. not just as the 'sassy best friend' or troubled teen, but as the love interest, the girl next door, the smart one, the bright hopeful teenager, the fan favourite who people can't stop making those insta edits of. you understand me? i want more black girls in television who tell *my* story. what's so difficult about that?
“may have” no, it definitely has had a part in her success, other than that totally agree with your comment
@@naomiimani8976 yes, that it was i meant. i'll edit it so it makes more sense
She's mixed not black
@@Babes600 is something wrong with you mixed is not a race or being biracial is also not a race but a description/category she is black and white. Which means she is also black.
@@Chichick21 she is white too. Why not call her white .. Why black. Why are you trying to erase her other race. She calls herself mixed why are you calling her black .. Can't you see it is harmful to black girls .. Don't cry when mixed woman start taking the roles of black women
OKAY BUT I WILL NEVER GET TIRED OF COMPLIMENTING KEISHA'S STYLE
RIGHT 😍 Idk if it’s just me but when I started the video I thought she looked like blackfire 💀
she’s always so pretty it catches me off guard😭
Seriously. She could make a paper bag look good.
Keisha is such a gorgeous and stunning woman !!!
I don’t have the words to describe how much I love Zendaya . She fought for people when it wasn’t cool, she’s an amazing actress, and so beautiful. She’s constantly standing up for the black community and the lgbt community and she’s just an incredible human. She was my gay awakening and she made my the lesbian I am today. She’s a person who deserves her fame. She’s constantly using it for good and is one of the most kind and generous celebs I’ve ever seen.
Sis wasn’t lying about being in a great mood. She radiated joy throughout the whole video
I’m actually mixed race as well and growing up I definitely struggled with my racial identity. My father is black and my mom is white. I didn’t really grow up with my dad and so all I really knew was the white side of my family. However, my skin is a beautiful caramel color and although I didn’t look like the white side of my family, I honestly thought I was more white than black because that’s all I ever knew. Especially because my school was predominantly white as well. I remember being in 3rd grade and we were having our state testing, the one where you had to fill in bubbles with #2 pencils lol. There was the infamous question about your race, with the options of black, white, asian, hispanic, non hispanic. I sat there for several minutes figuring out how to answer that question because I wasn’t represented on that paper. So I called my teacher over and asked her how do I answer this question because I’m black and white. She told me to pick the one I identify with most and so I started to go with white but she then gently tried to steer me to the black option by saying, “well, who do you look like more?” I began to feel my temperature rise and felt the tears welling up in my eyes. I felt like I was being forced to choose and I didn’t want that. I told her but I’m 50% white and 50% black. I don’t understand why I can’t pick white and black. It was the most uncomfortable situation. Being mixed can be quite challenging at times. I definitely have struggled with where I actually fit in, in the world. I just wanted to share one of my experiences on being a mixed race girl. Oh and my name is Jessica and it means “Rich” or “God Beholds” lol. I never actually knew that. Thanks for asking that question girl 🥰 Great video btw!!!
Always hated that ridiculous question on tests, sorry that happened to you girl!
Oh this just really hurt my heart 🥲
you could of ticked both boxes but i mean you were like young
I relate to this exact situation. And this was explained so great.
Identity representation has always been lacking. At the moment I’m a black girl at a predominantly Hispanic high school and as we’re all filling out our college applications they would occasionally call over the teacher to ask what to put on those types of questions. You would think they would put Hispanic and keep it moving but it’s not like that. It asks them a second question and asks them which category (white, black, Asian, occasionally Native American) they fit into and usually none of them apply to them and the frustration on their face when they have to just put white is saddening. They know their family is from Mexico and that they are without a doubt Mexican but have to put that on a application. One day these will change.
Hold up. Cece was the main character? Since when. When rocky didn’t make it to shake it up the first time the whole episode was about getting her to be on the show with Cece. I’ve been lied to😭😭
No it’s the other way around Rocky made it to shake it up but Cece didn’t because she froze on the dance floor.
@@blackgirlarchive6631 oh yeah. Still can’t believe she’s the main character tho
Im not surprised Cece was main character. We saw more of her family and their were more story lines revolving her.
How are you surprised ? We saw her parents like twice !!
@@madelinekouassi9884 That’s actually true, I never thought about that. Whereas we saw cece’s mum, dad and the mum’s new boyfriend. Damnnnnn
I love this video. People love to say stuff without reasearch. Every 2 months someone on twitter is talking about Zendaya and how she “gets so many roles” and “its only because she’s lightskin”. Her discography JUST started building up frfr in the last couple of years. So im always baffled😭🥴
EXACTLY like she’s not even in a lot of stuff so i be hella confused when ppl say “shEs iN eVeRythIng”
Exactly. They just get angry anytime a lightskin especially mixed girl does anything and if they get praised for what they do they get even more angry. Especially on Twitter
"Normal, depressed and fine" this is definitely going to by next post caption! LOVE your outfit btw
HAHAHAH
This was really insightful. I think it's beautiful as a mixed raced person that she's using her privilege to uplift black people. We're not martyrs but they definitely need a hand in advancement of all kinds especially in the states given their history. This was a good vid my Naija sis!
Mixed race Blk people have been uplifting monoracial Blk people for decades most significantly during the Black Panther era and even prior in which many of the figureheads were half Blk i.e Malcom X, Frederick Douglass etc. The biracial Blk folks (half Blk half yt) I’ve encountered, particularly those that aren’t yt passing, are very connected to their Blackness bc that is also how they’ve navigated society.
It honestly ridiculous how disney is a role model for kids yet they treat the kid actor on their show terribly.
Just when i was about to eat, perfect!
@Yulds subscribed❤️❤️
I love her but I loved her even more when I found out she stayed on Disney longer for kc undercover because it was one of the only Disney shows at the time with a black family and she wanted that representation to stay instead of them just cancelling it. She literally demanded to have a black family be the main focus of the show in order for her to be on it.
Zendaya would be an amazing director since she has also worked on camera that would probably help with working off-camera too. I hope that she does become a director and create big things.
I was hoping she would get back to singing lol😂😭
Zendaya is the greatest role model to look up to rn. I really admire her character, class, and beauty. She’s exactly where she belongs in life and it’s amazing to watch. Great video!!
when i think of Zendaya, her stylist, Law Roach, comes to my mind. the way he dresses her is a top notch and always on point. They're just a perfect duo. Her latest dress from dune premiere is something ethereal.
speaking of names, i'm Evdokia and it means 'good will', if i'm not wrong
Not ppl forgetting how genes works. Literally everyone can have any skin tone , hair texture, eye color, etc bc of genes. Saying someone is trying to white pass bc they have straight hair is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.
“light skins don’t have 4c hair” ummm angela davis???
I LOVE Zendaya for being NON-Problematic!, smart, talented actress/singer, funny af, cool clothes (doesn’t stay in a box) &, chill. Oh shes also beautiful 😄💕
lets not dismiss the whole slave trade business that went on In America, that's one of the core reasons why a lot of African Americans don't know their full origins or backgrounds, its not solely due to being disinterested
Zendaya should just continue being the queen that she is and uplifting the black community as she pleases. Worst thing is if she wasn't taking a stance, people will still find a way to cuss... the outcome is good regardless. Amazing video Keisha!!! ❤
Being biracial person sucks, people will push you to one side of yourself to the point you are just alienated. For me, Asians would say I’m too Latina, but Latinos would say I’m too Asian. Whenever I say I am both Latina and Asian people don’t understand why I can’t just pick one. Like, Its simple I won’t degrade one of my parent’s heritage and only be one part of who I am. It’s funny how no one emphasizes with that because often time POC would want to degrade their heritage to be white but they eventually loving their own culture/heritage yet when it comes to Biracial people we can’t love both culture and heritage?
I understand the feeling. I’m Black and Puerto Rican. I always was forced to choose. “You grew up with black people.” “ You don’t sound like you are this.” “ Why can’t you just choose.” It was devastating but I fought against that. Decided to be proud of BOTH of my heritage.💜❤️☺️
I get it. I’m bi-racial myself… my dad is Belizean and my mom is Native American, I always identify myself as both Belizean AND Native American because that’s what my parents are. I would never discredit one side of my heritage so that I could fit in another side of my heritage when in reality I wouldn’t be able to fit into neither, no matter what side I look like I can appeal to the most , I’ll always be Belizean AND Native American not just the side I look like the most. It’s not that difficult.
I feel this. as an Asian person who is Cambodian and Chinese (southeast and East Asian), I’m more familiar with my Cambodian side more cause I live in the country and has been so ever since birth. lack of exposure to the other side of my Chinese heritage as well as xenophobia and discrimination against them was upsetting to see. often times, people kind of treat Chinese mixed people weird here. it sucks
@@novafox5914 I am Belizean too! But my mom is Belizean creole and my dad is what we call Mestizo. It has been very challenging for me in Belize because I was always seen a black and I was always looked down because of my darker skin tone as a child. As I grew up however my skin did lighten. When I moved to LA I would tell people I am half Latino (or mestizo) and black (creole) and people always looked at me like I grew a third head when I said that. To me the sad thing is black people always talk about feeling out of place in society but they don't realize bi racial people do too. And they are a part of that problem. They isolate biracial people from their social group and feel that biracial people are obligated to help them. And when some refuse to do it they get upset when biracial people don't use their privilege to help them.
I myself relate to Zendeya because I have found myself in situations where I try to help other black people in America and stand up to racial injustices being done to them. I had an incident with people at work going through racism and when I stood up to my boss (which by the way I admit I did have privilege because I was not having the same experiences and chose to sand up for my peers) not a single one of them backed me up. Instead they showed their support in private but when it was time to stand up they left me out in the cold.
I mean this experience doesn't mean I will stop using my privilege to stand up for what is right but sometimes it's hard doing it for people who isolate you from being a part of the black community and judge you for something you cannot control and still expect you to be on the frontlines for them.
I am tired of seeing channels that shit on biracial women all the time. And I get some biracial women can be prejudice but it's not all of us.
Yes!!! People always want to push you to one side. Im more familiar with my black side because of who I was raised with but tbh I didn’t realize I wasn’t I wasn’t just black until I got older lol no one pointed it out until times changed.
Keisha.... When you played that clip of Replay? You brought out 15yr old me 😂😂😂
Cece was the lead character in shake it up I’m sorry wft Rocky was a better character tbh
yeah when people were gettin mad about the fro I was lowkey confused
my younger sister has a lighter complexion than me and even Zendaya, but also has 4c type hair while I have 4a/4b type hair
so yeah that whole situation just exposed how many people still had those internalized stereotypes of “darker skin automatically equals tighter coils” and “lighter skin automatically equals looser coils”
I’m enjoying your dark era a lot🤩🤩🤩very much here for it. I also feel like everyone talks about how much they like Zendaya but nobody makes any videos about her which is interesting actually. Im glad you made this video!!! I feel like non problematic celebrities get lowkey ignored in the CZcams world. That’s why I like your channel you change it up all the time!!! K.C undercover was such a good tv show and I’m glad I got to see that before Disney went downhill lol. She’s the definition of someone with lightskin privilege who is educated about it and uses it to help people other than herself. I think her parents did a good job raising her as well. Cause some people fetishize mixed kids and interracial relationships which usually results in their kids being colorist. Zendaya is really set up to be successful inside and out and that’s what makes her truly so beautiful.
"Ar-Kansas" i love this so much! The English language is messed up
I mean the fact that Zendaya goes for white rolls nullifies a lot of the would-be critique of her. Like when she goes and she gets these white rolls she forces the casting directors to build the cast around her which just gives more black people jobs.
Zendaya wearing an afro is problematic if you want it to be. Anyone can wear an afro wig. Not everything is an attack on our Blackness.
True this 👌👍
Nah
I don’t see anything wrong with Zendaya wearing an afro wig, but I definitely don’t think “anyone” can wear it. There’s no reason for non Black ppl to be wearing afro wigs for fashion when Black and mixed ppl are still looked down upon and discriminated against for our natural hair.
I believe any black woman can wear a 4c wig as long as there’s no disrespect behind it but a non black person wearing it is plain out creepy
I agree with everything you say and even though I'm not up to date with Zendaya, I respect and like her a lot. Also the hair bit was outrageous! (Everyone has different hair so you can't always put them in the same box, especially black women!! One of my best friends is light skin and has cuban background through her father but her hair texture is 4C and it so gorgeous!!) Also my name is Jessica and it has to do with vision.
There's a lot of black Americans that don't know their cultural background because of the Atlantic Slave trade. Our ancestors were stripped of their traditions, culture and language. Black Americans (that have been there for generations) created our own culture, language and traditions based on what was left from what they knew of Africa.
Zendaya is living her best life getting awards and killing the red carpet.
Getting steady work and then being a homebody on top of that😅 she stays out of drama because it seems like she has a very small group of people she keeps close to her. Plus she actually puts in the work and she knew from a young age what she wanted to do. Most people don't know and if they do they let parents or societal pressure steer them away from what they want to do.
I’m from Spain and when I used to see her in Shake It Up with 11-12 y/o I really thought she was just a tanned mediterranean person with olive skin and southern features, I discovered she was ‘’black’’ (we don’t consider mixed people black here) years after
same from italy
@@sofypi7493 for real, she has always looked Mediterranean to me, only with Afro hairstyles she looks ‘black’, and there’s nothing wrong, mixed race people look different from each other, some look more black some more white and some 50/50
true, i think many mixed people can look Mediterranean though
@@kathydelarosa1286 Alessia cara for example, or Rita Ora
@@TheSamuelbest12 yes I see it now
Great video ☺ once again and
Zendaya's parents knew what they were doing by getting her in showbusiness early supporting her every step of the way, and its great that she wants to bring others up with her instead of being the only one at the top.
Zendaya is gorgeous. I love her, we as black people need to end colorism. All shade of black people are beautiful. All textures of hair are beautiful. I hate this division.
Zendaya is living proof that a young Disney actors don’t always turn out to be crackheads in the future. Her parents did a great job
anyways, i just finished studying, this feels like an award for studying for 4 hours😋
samee
Okay but miss Keisha gurlll, the editing is on POINT…… *chefs kiss*
SIS U LOOK SO AMAZINGGGGG
Theres no way Cece was the only main character, I remember the show clearly it's Rocky & Cece and vice versa Cece & Rocky , I picture them both when i say Shake it up!
Edit: i think otger MC were the brothers of both Cece &Rocky and din if they were MC but Gunther & Tinka were hella funny, props to the actors
I am biracial and my hair type is similar to zendayas and I mostly just identified as a black girl. I def had experience with guys telling me that I’m better than darkskins which is weird cuz why would u bring it up. I just ended up cussing out bc thats outrageous and I can’t control myself😕🔫 I aspire to educate ppl on the black community but when it feels like ur talking to a wall u just cannot help yourself
Love Zendaya she’s so real and authentic. She acknowledged her privilege and used it to help the black community and address problems affecting us.
LOVE THE HAIR 😩😍
Lol the way you pronounced Arkansas 😂 it was so cute! But it’s “Are-ken-saw” I knew a girl who pronounced it like you did!💖
Mz. Keisha is now officially apart of my life I cannottt miss an upload!! (Thank you for bringing back a familiar YT. It feels like I’ve seen everything with how it’s changed from when we were younger, but you’ve brought the authenticity that’s I’ve been missing back and I’ve been fortunate to find other YTrs similar in that sense and I’m so very happy. Girl I hope you are too, I see big things for you and I pray for your continued success and strength ♥️♥️ )
Also!!! You saying Arkansas reminded me of this m.czcams.com/video/5EbnoElOJx0/video.html. 😭 No shade, never ever it’s just hilarious because even us tea wasters have this same reaction
'wHiTe fiShINg' I am SCREAMINGGGGG! Great deep dive per usual!!💅🏾
Keisha: tell me what your name means
Me, Lily: um, you know, a fucking plant
At least lilies are gorgeous 😊
@@LlamawithHat aww, i know right. lilies are so pretty! ☺️
I feel like I am late but Thank you for this video, I feel so bad for her and I feel like she is constantly under pressure
I love the massage and the edits were EVERYTHING had me 🤯 lmao tho 😂🤣😭
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Its sad that Zendaya's record label started playing games and she hasn't released music in years
My name is Ntombenhle it means Beautiful girl in isZulu (Zulu)
Which is one out of 11 languages that we have here in SA (South Africa) 🇿🇦🌻
Someone on tiktok tried dragging her for not using her privilege while she was on Disney channel. Even though she was a literal child, and it turns out she WAS.
So my boyfriend is mixed.
We live in Colorado.
There is a town here that is called Greeley. He is a tech. He can almost hack anything, but he was lookin for job in Greeley and the guy who didn’t the interview told him “you should really look somewhere else for a job. You won’t get hired. Your skin is too dark”
He called me crying sayin “he said I was too dark and I’m not even that dark!!.” Literally. I had never heard him cry til that day. He’s usually a very patient man but that got to him hard that day. He came home and cried for hours.
It made my heart ache for him. I know I will never fully understand how it feels to be living a day to day basis and being declined for a job because you are “too dark.” I do my best to try and uplift him the best way possible. He deserves the world and most definitely didn’t deserve that when they told him that.
Black looks good on you ❤️❤️sorry for my bad english 😭
I am Angolan African and I remember one time I was watching kc undercover with my cousine and she said "I can't belive zendaya is black" and I explained to her that she is mixed but she is black... and after that she understood but, the thing is very important to have a black family in the TV and a black family whith dark skin light brown skin people. We all black.
CZcamsr Samantha Maria from the UK is light skinned with afro textured hair. There's a lot of people out there that have afro-textured hair that are light skinned so idk what's the issue with Zendaya. She's mixed race and have a right to embrace that.
There's a CZcamsr named Joyel as well that's Biracial with 4c hair.
I think they mean type 4
It's a shame she barely wears her natural hair out bc people bullied her for it. And that's not something there's a lot of conversation around. Nobody should be made to feel bad about their hair and this goes so deep with black women throughout history. :(
I am LIVING for this dark era keisha
Slay queen 👑💅🏾💅🏾
My name apparently means “Close to God” or “Who is like God”,, it has both Hebrew and French origin. The Beatles also have a song named after it, it’s nice :)
btw, you’re stunning girl 😍
My name is Diavian. it means "Divine-Freedom" in French. You gotta do some searching for that.
Also, when I tell I've had countless ppl asking me if I'm mixed with something or if I'm foreign and from the islands because I have really curly hair but am ALSO dark-skinned, it drives me up a wall. They be like " Is that your hair??"
I be like"Is that your face???" Yes, I am mixed with Native American, white and black... but thats generations ago. My great grandma was black and native and married(or had kids with/not sure lol) a white man, who had my grandma and so on. I'M BLACK. Let me be black. Why is it for black ppl or ppl of a darker skin tone, to have curly hair (or good hair as some would say), they have to be mixed or "exotic" in some way? It don't matte my genetics, I'm still gonna be treated and looked at as black.
OFF TOPIC BUT I LOVE HOW PPL SPILL THIER TEA IN KEISHA'S DMS PLS 😭
17:45 this literally happened to me recently and the fact that people actually think that whites found straight hair as if black people with straight hair don’t exist is pathetic
It doesn’t. Black people with NATURALLY straight hair without heat doesn’t exist or it’s rare
@@vcastillo2202 they definitely do exist however I do agree that it’s honestly very rare
@@vcastillo2202 I have 4b/c hair dark brown but my sister have straight hair and light brown hair…..Thts tht
@@vcastillo2202 Do your research bruh
@@vcastillo2202 fulanis from West Africa....
NOT SOMEONE SAYING UR WHITEFISHING FOR STRAIGTIJG UR HAIR I GOTTA LAUGHFIDJDO 😭😭😭
Keisha bae how do you always look FABULOUS in every video omg 👏🏾👏🏾😩
idc what they say, when I was a kid it was Rocky and Cece as the main characters and they always will be 💅🏾
I'm light skinned and I have 4c hair. Zendaya is showing the world that black hair is beautiful and professional
My name (Soraya) means constellation of stars and jewel in persian! Keep up the good work :D
I did not know that about shake it up😳.When I was little and watched shake it up, Rocky was my favorite character and part of it was because I'm mixed like Zendaya and I thought she was so pretty and talented and I naturally have a bias for characters of color. And I remember in elementary school when I would talk about it with my friends, so many people said CeCe was their favorite and it still surprises me to this day😭.
I’ve love always Zendaya since shake it up I love her with my whole heart she’s a true queen of slay 😍 I always she was younger than me but we’re the same age
Just to let you know that as an African American and I'm not speaking for all but personally, a lot of use gotten stripped from our African roots because of slavery. And the few cultural things that have remained intake were either commodified and culturally appropriated or used as a way to dehumanize us and further segregate us. So I believe that a lot of African Americans don't acknowledge their cultural background because of the assimilation that has happened generationally for us to survive. Or we try to preserve it and we get seen as ghetto until a white person does it and we get taken out of the space that we created. An example of this is country music and rock btw I know that there are currently a few black countries and rock artists but they don't get the recognition/awards that they deserve as much as their white counterparts, and these genres of music are very much whitewashed. I am glad to say though that I'm starting to see with this generation a lot of us are starting to ditch the respectability politics and embrace our African American culture even if we are seen as ghetto in our society.
Love this video! As a light-skinned mixed person I definitely appreciate how she is a guide for how to stay in your lane and uplift darker women who face way more challenges. Also, I identify as black sometimes just because in America my blackness is always seen before my whiteness. At the end of the day I know I'm both. I really think it's kind of a personal choice for mixed people.
Actually, my first and middle name both have a meaning related to God! Daniela meaning "God is my Judge" and Michelle meaning "who is like/resembles God?" They both come from Hebrew origins which is very interesting to me :)
My name is Keanu, it's Hawaiian origin which means Cool Breeze, or Cool Breeze over the Mountain.
That’s such a pretty name
Zendaya is who she is at this point because she's a light skinned Biracial, skinny and a modelesque figure. Her personality is amazing I agree but there's tons of darker skinned black women with the same personality as her but you won't hear about them.
I love the hair keisha 😩😩😩
As someone who is also Black and white. White people (racist people in my family) are mad at zendaya because she is proud of her black heritage. Around my white family you can’t use AAVE and you are forced to conform to make them comfortable people are mad that zendaya won’t blend in and be silent they’re mad she won’t stay out of politics and just be a “pretty face” I was raised in Texas for many years before moving to California there were so many ingrained racist beliefs before I moved with the black side of my family that I didn’t even notice I had until I started learning about my history. I understand my privilege but I will always fight for the rights of people LGBTQ BIPOC. All of it
(Also my name is Ezranisha which means prophet of power)
Zendaya herself is very aware of her light skin privilege and speak out on it and raises up fellow black women of all shades and women in general, and it always willing to have a mature and open conversation about not only race but any topic people want to throw her way to try and trip her up. THATS why I love her.
As another mixed person, she was one of the few people I could look up to because there aren’t many Natives (as I am half native and half white) in mainstream media when I was growing up, and also not as many mixed people as there are now. She fought for her space and for other people of color to shine. She fought for KC undercover and Disney needed her, she didn’t need Disney which lead to them giving Zendaya what she wanted. A true role model
Zendaya dancing at 8: Girl You better bring it coz you KNOW! they'll pull this footage up once u famous Chile
This hits home for me, I deal with the same comments, where being mixed you feel like you have no representation or identity, white people see you as black or Hispanic and black people don’t want to claim you as part of their culture in terms of not knowing what they have to go through or experience and even sometimes resent you. No it is not the same but we still have to go through similar prejudice and should stick together to change the perspective of society. I am proud to be both black and white, being able to see both perspectives and live in a world where I am not able to judge people for the color of their skin and see them as individuals and embrace their differences. From my perspective I am not one or the other I am both and overall a women of color. I feel the same since of community to the black community and understand where Zendaya is coming form.
Lmaooo ur editing is sending me that one tatianna meme 👏🏼👏🏼
I feel like with mixed race celebrities there’s a lot of pressure for them to represent their black side only, which is totally understandable because black people have significantly less representation in the media but why do people get mad when they don’t do that, like they don’t really “owe us anything” she could’ve gone the other way and been passionate about mixed-race representation or something because that’s what she is, so it’s actually cool that she cares about more black representation and is choosing to use her platforms wisely. Like y’all are putting a lot of pressure on people who will later be “called out” and constantly reminded that they aren’t “fully” black when I would just be applauding her.
Black comes in all different shades and as long as someone is putting us in the forefront with a positive light then there shouldn't be a problem...gotta stop playing the light vs dark skin game
Keisha!😂 You kill me everyyy video! You are absolutely amazing inside and out. Keep doing you because the world NEEDS this content, okay. Now have a great day you.
This CZcams channel is gold lol you’re gr8
my name means pure originating from Ireland and my last name means loved one so put the two meanings together my first and last name mean "pure loved one"