A tweet went viral over the weekend through which the Twitter consumer wrote, “I would like somebody to do a deep-drive on the similarities and variations between Keke Palmer and Zendaya’s careers.”
“This can be one of many clearest examples of how colorism performs out in Hollywood,” the tweet continued. “They had been each child-stars, however their mainstream recognition may be very totally different.”
Palmer, who is among the stars of the brand new Jordan Peele movie “Nope,”weighed in along with her personal tweet on Sunday.
“An ideal instance of colorism is to consider I could be in comparison with anybody. I am the youngest speak present host ever,” she tweeted. “The primary Black girl to star in her personal present on Nickelodeon, & the youngest & first Black Cinderella on broadway. I am an incomparable expertise. Child, THIS, is Keke Palmer.”
She went on to tweet, “I have been a number one woman since I used to be 11 years previous.”
“I’ve over 100+ credit, and presently starring in an unique screenplay that is the primary movie on the field workplace #NOPE,” she wrote. “I’ve had a blessed profession to date, I could not ask for extra however God continues to shock me.”
Zendaya, who starred in final 12 months’s “Spider-Man: No Manner Residence” movie, turned the youngest actress to win an Emmy for excellent lead actress in a drama sequence in 2020 for her function within the TV sequence “Euphoria.”
CNN has reached out to reps for Zendaya for remark.