Zoe Kravitz: " I've recently begun to identify more with my blackness"

[Medicate]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...00cd0e4b05b1d029049d9?utm_hp_ref=black-voices

On her identity as the biracial daughter of stars Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz, the actress said she has only recently begun to identify more with her blackness. Growing up, she said attending a predominantly white school made her feel as though she was "just as white" as her classmates.

“I identified with white culture, and I wanted to fit in," she told Nylon. "I didn’t identify with black culture, like, I didn’t like Tyler Perry movies, and I wasn’t into hip-hop music."

“Unfortunately that is what’s fed through the media. That’s what people see. That’s what I saw," Kravitz added. The actress says she has since gained more perspective on being black, and realizes that black culture is "so much deeper than that."

For Kravitz, introductions to important black actors and musicians helped change her perspective on black identity. "I got older and listened to A Tribe Called Quest and watched films with Sidney Poitier, and heard Billie Holiday and Nina Simone. I had to un-brainwash myself. It’s my mission, especially as an actress.”

 

[BaggerofTea]

at least she gained self awareness, better late than sorry

 

[Ohene]

i didnt like tyler perry movies

man somebody tell this beige broad to shut the hell up

 

[fscballin]

this chick is whiter than rachel dolazel

 

[Street Knowledge]

When Hollywood needs a "black" girl they always go for the mixed ones first

 

[Knuckles Red]

The Hilarious Misadventures of the Tragic Mulatto.

No, but seriously, she's not black. She's mulatto, so it would make sense for her to identify with her white side. Theres nothing wrong with that. There is, however, something wrong with boiling down black culture to Tyler Perry, and hiphop. Shame on her for that ignorant quote.

 

[blackestofpanthers]

this chick is whiter than rachel dolazel

 

[Remote]

When Hollywood needs a "black" girl they always go for the mixed ones first

 

[Jazzy B.]

When Hollywood needs a "black" girl they always go for the mixed ones first

 

[Raava]

She was saying she didn't like Tyler perry movies because that is what is pushed as black culture. If you read further she says she say that black culture is far more than that.

good for her

 

[Colicat]

All Black Everything...

It matters

 

[Groanman]

Well, alright.

 

[Raptor]

Meh...most half black half jew mulattos tend to identify with their jewish side for obvious reasons (jewish previlege n all)

 

[Virtuous_Brotha]

She was saying she didn't like Tyler perry movies because that is what is pushed as black culture. If you read further she says she say that black culture is far more than that.

good for her

This the coli,were we see the negative in everything and refuse to use critical thinking

 

[onelastdeath]

I had to Un- brainwash myself. It's my mission

I luhh you guh