[cm3]

What's the story regarding some movie and the estate's disapproval?

[kelukelugames]

The light skinned actress put on dark make up to play Simone. This is especially wrong because Simone's dark skin is a part of her life and legacy. I'm a pale man and totally unqualified to explain colorism so here is a link.

http://www.vox.com/2016/3/4/11161980/nina-simone-saldana

[tome]

She most certainly is not light skinned.

[microtherion]

I the pictures in the article, she's literally wearing dark makeup. This is what she looks like without it: http://richestcelebrities.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Zoe...

[waterlesscloud]

Well, with different makeup and lighting at least.

Here's a photo without makeup. http://cdn.skim.gs/images/uhphenfa2qzmh51irily/stars-without...

[in_cahoots]

Light-skinned for a black woman. Historically, lighter women were sometimes able to 'pass' as white, so it's a term with a lot of significance. Even today there's a fair amount of colorist (in both directions) in some communities.

[germainemalcolm]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Paper_Bag_Test