amazoniankryptonian:zendayafashionkilla:“Zendaya will produce and star in “A White Lie,” playing the
amazoniankryptonian:zendayafashionkilla:“Zendaya will produce and star in “A White Lie,” playing the first African-American woman to graduate from Vassar College, Variety has learned.The project is based on Karin Tanabe’s book “The Gilded Years,” which told the true story of Anita Hemmings, a light-skinned, African-American woman who was the descendent of slaves and passed as white so she could attend Vassar during the 1890’s. She’s pulled into her elite world where she’s treated as wealthy, educated white woman who finds romance with a moneyed Harvard student.“I was wondering for a minute about the believability of Zendaya passing as white but then I remember she has made videos shading people who ask her why her hair is so “curly” because they are stupid and they don’t get that she is mixed race. Plus this is HER movie. She is so talented and will do an amazing job. Though seeing all the other suggestions in the reblogs and comments reminds me just how many actresses out there are white passing. I forget about Troian Bellisario and Jessica Szohr. -- source link
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