This nuh. Former pro-baller Gilbert Arenas recently spewed his hateful ignorance all over Instagram and was summarily (and rightly) dragged for it.
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The latest in a long line of โcelebritiesโ that peddle in daily misogynoir (yeah, Iโm looking at you, French Montana, Tyrese), Arenas took to social media to disparage dark-skinned women, saying they are โewwww.โ
In a since-deleted post, Arenas wrote, โNot to be funny, but can you name a beautiful black woman on the outside โฆ not brown skinned โฆ but Tyrese black. โฆWhen you have African features black then u have number#1 lupita nโyongo and sheโs cute when the lights are off. Second you have (Ajuma Naseyana ) Sorry but ewwwwwโฆ so the black beautiful women you boost up is technically light skinned or brown skinned.โ
The coldest part is that, as one commenter noted, his daughter is a beautiful black girl herself.
Hence the draggin:
โNo Chill Gilโ must have gotten some religion (and his sister Christy Arenas mustโve got in that ass), because he posted a rambling mea culpa soon after entitled, โDear Black Girl, You Donโt Have to Be Mixed to Be Beautiful.โ
The rantlike apology said in part that he acted like a โCOON,โ and yet he still managed to diss Lupita one more time.
On the real-real, though, Arenas is obviously articulating what many men in the NBA live (see the show and real-life โbasketball wivesโ for proof).
In the words of a wise man I once knew: The sickness is deep.
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