The real story is probably just that the checkout person didn’t recognize her and that’s what upset her. I have provided as much evidence for my theory as she has for hers (none) but since she has a platform, her version gets the media treatment with a handwringing headline about racism being rampant.
That would not surprise me either. She pulls a do you know who I am?!? line and the put-upon cashier says, look lady you can’t afford this gift card so move along. And now it’s anti-black, er, anti-30 minutes-in-a-tanning-bed prejudice
this is actually really common. many banks will reject anything over $100 for a gift card as anti-fraud measures.
someone somehow got one of my CC numbers, and they went to some physical amazon store (didn't even know they existed) a thousand miles away... bought $500 in amazon gift cards. i got an email from amazon for the receipt and notified them and the CC company immediately. awkwardly, amazon didn't care, even when i said to cancel those gift cards, that it was definitely a fraudulent transaction and that i was on hold with the CC company to file a fraud report.
since then the CC company massively lowered the limit, and it requires 2FA via text to buy a gift card over $100. later on, i found out many banks do this now.
It’s kind of their biggest strategy though, isn’t it? Endlessly drill into people’s heads the idea that “you need to listen to people of color,” that such people’s “lived experience” (for which read, asserted stories) are “valid,” that there is a such think as “my truth,” and so on, all of which ask you to put aside questions of evidence and supportability in favor of, essentially, “believe me because I’m the right demographic.” And of course, because rhetoric works, a lot of people now ARE willing to believe the right people if they make any claim. Even if, apart from all the above, people would be wise to just not believe anything any celebrity says happened to them anyway, since part of what they do in the celebrity business is keep themselves in the news by hook or by crook.
The real story is probably just that the checkout person didn’t recognize her and that’s what upset her.
The story is from 2016, and all she had out back then were occasional bit roles in TV shows and a handful of her teeny-bopper music videos. In other words, she was a very forgettable Z list actress.
Zendaya’s lies highlights the ongoing problem of fake hate crimes based on skin tone in the United States. The incident serves as a reminder to not lie about retail employees for clout.
That's in keeping with the book honestly. I loved the cinematography and feel of the 1980's film, but was always aware that it got very mixed, generally negative reviews from fans of the book. The ending always felt very rushed to me. I had always imagined that the book must significantly better, as is often the case.
Imagine my surprise when I finally read Dune a couple of years ago, and it's really not much better than the movie was. Even the ending in the book was rather rushed.
The new film sticks to the book a little bit better, but it lacks the style of the older one in my opinion. When/if they release part 2, it will basically end up stretching the older movie out to twice as long without adding significant content.
Totally agree that the new movie is more accurate to the book than the 1980s Lynch movie. The Lynch movie is long as fuck and weird as fuck, but I love it. Bald women witches, Sting, "OUR STORM!!!", the inner monologue stuff being spoken out loud, the insane set designs. Bizarre and and I love it.
I also love the book (just Dune..not the sequels) but in a very different way.
The new movie was mostly more accurate, some nice cinematography, but I just found it boring. The actors were boring. The characters were boring. I don't even remember what anyone looked like other than Paul and Thufir Hawat. Oh yeah, and they turned Gurney Halleck (Patrick Stewart in the 80s) into a black woman. It has so much of that modern "whispering loudly = drama!!@!@!". Timothy Chalamet is way too mincing to be Paul who is after all supposed to be a very trained fighter. just ... meh.
Sounds like an Oprah handbag/Jesse Smollett story to me. The trailer of Dune 2 just released. The timing is oddly peculiar and we all know that blackwashing was a major complaint for the Dune reboot.
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you were grievance mongering but rather the clowns over at WikiofNerds are dredging up old news to push an agenda. I edited my comment to make it clearer.
Fake. Fake and gay. And Zendaya is like the whitest black person.
Maybe they hated her for being a mulatto. Sorry, hon, you're too white to shop here.
Her whole career feels so manufactured.
-Androgyne black-ish twink-looking girlboy thing
-Acting talent of wet newspaper
-Shows up inexplicably everywhere
-Doesn't seem to make hits nor boost sales
Probably has a great supply of kneepads.
Probably never happened.
The real story is probably just that the checkout person didn’t recognize her and that’s what upset her. I have provided as much evidence for my theory as she has for hers (none) but since she has a platform, her version gets the media treatment with a handwringing headline about racism being rampant.
Or maybe her bank just erroneously declined the transaction, and she screams racism over it
That would not surprise me either. She pulls a do you know who I am?!? line and the put-upon cashier says, look lady you can’t afford this gift card so move along. And now it’s anti-black, er, anti-30 minutes-in-a-tanning-bed prejudice
this is actually really common. many banks will reject anything over $100 for a gift card as anti-fraud measures.
someone somehow got one of my CC numbers, and they went to some physical amazon store (didn't even know they existed) a thousand miles away... bought $500 in amazon gift cards. i got an email from amazon for the receipt and notified them and the CC company immediately. awkwardly, amazon didn't care, even when i said to cancel those gift cards, that it was definitely a fraudulent transaction and that i was on hold with the CC company to file a fraud report.
since then the CC company massively lowered the limit, and it requires 2FA via text to buy a gift card over $100. later on, i found out many banks do this now.
You’re right- she’s provided less evidence than jussie smolette (at least he has a tiny string around his neck)
It’s kind of their biggest strategy though, isn’t it? Endlessly drill into people’s heads the idea that “you need to listen to people of color,” that such people’s “lived experience” (for which read, asserted stories) are “valid,” that there is a such think as “my truth,” and so on, all of which ask you to put aside questions of evidence and supportability in favor of, essentially, “believe me because I’m the right demographic.” And of course, because rhetoric works, a lot of people now ARE willing to believe the right people if they make any claim. Even if, apart from all the above, people would be wise to just not believe anything any celebrity says happened to them anyway, since part of what they do in the celebrity business is keep themselves in the news by hook or by crook.
The story is from 2016, and all she had out back then were occasional bit roles in TV shows and a handful of her teeny-bopper music videos. In other words, she was a very forgettable Z list actress.
Citation needed.
Much bigger citation needed.
Forgive my skepticism
Nevermind forgiveness, I applaud it.
I wish more people would demand the barest level of evidence before indulging potentially dangerous lies.
What's a Zendaya?
A manufactured celebrity.
An actress who has apparently decided to make a career out of blackwashing redheads.
Shitskin Mary Jane
Zendaya’s lies highlights the ongoing problem of fake hate crimes based on skin tone in the United States. The incident serves as a reminder to not lie about retail employees for clout.
"Racism is everywhere in America" - A gossip blog that employs 100% rich Indian upper-caste heirs.
Twist. If it happened, the cashier was probably black.
Also, I didn't realize Zendaya was black.
I've got one better, I didn't realize Zendaya even existed.
What the heck is a Zendaya anyway?
A cog in the machine of the globalhomo one world government faggots.
I saw the new Dune movie, that was my only context. I don't plan to watch the 2nd one. The first one was not bad, but I found it just...very boring.
That's in keeping with the book honestly. I loved the cinematography and feel of the 1980's film, but was always aware that it got very mixed, generally negative reviews from fans of the book. The ending always felt very rushed to me. I had always imagined that the book must significantly better, as is often the case.
Imagine my surprise when I finally read Dune a couple of years ago, and it's really not much better than the movie was. Even the ending in the book was rather rushed.
The new film sticks to the book a little bit better, but it lacks the style of the older one in my opinion. When/if they release part 2, it will basically end up stretching the older movie out to twice as long without adding significant content.
Totally agree that the new movie is more accurate to the book than the 1980s Lynch movie. The Lynch movie is long as fuck and weird as fuck, but I love it. Bald women witches, Sting, "OUR STORM!!!", the inner monologue stuff being spoken out loud, the insane set designs. Bizarre and and I love it.
I also love the book (just Dune..not the sequels) but in a very different way.
The new movie was mostly more accurate, some nice cinematography, but I just found it boring. The actors were boring. The characters were boring. I don't even remember what anyone looked like other than Paul and Thufir Hawat. Oh yeah, and they turned Gurney Halleck (Patrick Stewart in the 80s) into a black woman. It has so much of that modern "whispering loudly = drama!!@!@!". Timothy Chalamet is way too mincing to be Paul who is after all supposed to be a very trained fighter. just ... meh.
Isn't Zendraya that Vtuber? How is a Vtuber buying things in a mall?
Sounds like an Oprah handbag/Jesse Smollett story to me. The trailer of Dune 2 just released. The timing is oddly peculiar and we all know that blackwashing was a major complaint for the Dune reboot.
You didn't imagine Dr. Kynes as a strong black woman?
I found it a bold casting decision, because absolutely no one is swapping white male characters for females and minorities in other films.
Attention is a drug. She was jonesing for a fix.
They didn't mention the race of the employee so we know they weren't white.
Also it's probably fake as fuck.
Lmao at using this nonsense to claim that racism is still rampant in America. Fuck these grifters.
Let's just say it's real and this is the worst racism an ambiguous looking black woman encounters in America.
This (allegedly) happened back in 2016. There's no reason other than for racial grievance mongering for the writers in the OP to bring it up now.
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you were grievance mongering but rather the clowns over at WikiofNerds are dredging up old news to push an agenda. I edited my comment to make it clearer.
old story too - at least from 2016 - https://www.thewrap.com/zendaya-refused-service-skin-tone-racism-vons-grocery-store-employee-spider-man-homecoming/
didn't happen.