Akeelah and the Bee and Nickelodeon's True Jackson, VP, which ran from 2008-2011. Now 28, she stars in Oscar-winner opposite Oscar-winner Daniel Kaluuya.
She is hardly what you'd call a “new face” in Hollywood.Over the weekend, her rise from child star to certified A-list was the subject of a tweet comparing Palmer's popularity that of .
Replying to a thread in which Teen Vogue's Aiyana Ishmael puzzled over comments branding Palmer as a “breakout star” despite her decades-long career, user @NBAgladiator mused that Zendaya, as a light-skinned Black woman, has had more mainstream success and recognition due to colorism in the industry. “This may be one of the clearest examples of how colorism plays out in Hollywood," reads the tweet. “They were both child-stars, but their mainstream popularity is very different.” See the post below:This content can also be viewed on the site it from.After the tweet, which unnecessarily compares two Black women, went viral, tweeted an indirect response. “A great example of colorism is to believe I can be compared to anyone,” Palmer wrote. “I’m the youngest talk show host ever.
The first Black woman to star in her own show on Nickelodeon, & the youngest & first Black Cinderella on broadway. I’m an incomparable talent.
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