Discussion on Mona's Growth and Colorism in Entertainment
From The Brilliant Idiots
colorismcelebrity cultureself-improvementbrandingsocial commentary
Transcript
So I am proud of her for that. Yeah. I've only met Mona as an empathetic person who I think is very fair. I remember Mona saying to me, Mona was complimenting me about how much I've grown and how much I've evolved, right. And she was giving specific examples of things, right? And she was. And I think she said something like, that's not the same guy who made lil mama cry. So to me, she's always been a person that I know has done some type of work on herself. So it doesn't surprise me to hear her apologize. But I think when you're in certain environments, you have to live and maneuver a certain way. And I think she's kind of removed a bit from certain things. So, you know, she's able to do things publicly a lot more now, whereas before. People in the hood aren't fucked up bad people. Empathy. I don't think that Mona was a messed up bad person like Mona has always been. Like Mona has always been who she is right now. But I think being able to get on the platform and show that and not be the person that was like cussing people out, dragging the people in. Her comments, going back and forth with every single person saying, f y' all kiss my behind like that she's changed a lot. Could I just fill me in, what did Mona say about Cardi that she has to now about this a lot? She brought up a colorism conversation that was from 2024. And it was like she said that Cardi basically got her success popping because she's lighter skin and if there was a woman that was dark skinned with the same status as Cardi, she wouldn't have the same type of brand deals. And I also said that about herself. Yes, she said she admitted it about herself as well too. She, she thought, she think she's thought the same things about herself too. But that wouldn't make no sense to me because once again we had this conversation on Breakfast Club. There's a lot that goes into people when they give you brand deals. Is colorism real? Yes. Is racism real? Yes. But you still have to have some type of value, you know what I'm saying? And you have to have a large audience. Are you the type of person that if you talk about something, do people gravitate towards that thing? If I put these clothes on you and people see you in it, are they gonna wanna wear it because you're wearing it like, you know, you still have to be able to move. You have to have an audience and you gotta be able to move your audience. That's what it is I'm trying to say about Mona. Not that she hasn't been empathetic and that she. She was never. I mean, I've never known her to be the person. Not to me personally, anyway. You know, whatever. But she's a lot more responsible with her platform at times versus how she was before. Yeah. And I never heard her wild on her platform every time. Opportunity. Don't call me white girl. I'm laughing, let me tell you. You having a good time, you laughing, but in. But she usually goes.