Nicole Byer may be the host of Netflix’s hilarious and aspirational bake-off show, “Nailed It!” but that doesn’t mean she’s always recognized when she shows up on set. The actress and comedienne tweeted about her experience of being black in America, including being told “I don’t know if you belong here” while standing in front of a trailer with her name on the door and “being mistaken for another black comic while the person is looking at a picture of the other comic.”
Her full comments:
2. Being mistaken for another black female comic while the person is looking at a picture of the other comic.
— nicole byer (@nicolebyer) August 3, 2018
4. Having a makeup artist say they are going to contour me but then didn’t even have a color darker than me. So while the other girls got their make up done. I sat in a corner and did my own.
— nicole byer (@nicolebyer) August 3, 2018
6. People out in the world being rude to me before they see my name or put two and two together from my voice. Then appologize with some bullshit “oh I didn’t recognize you with that hat!” Fuck you just be nice to black people.
— nicole byer (@nicolebyer) August 3, 2018
A lil chunk of white privilege is people assuming you belong and not having to worrying about if hair and makeup ppl have all the things you need for your skin and hair, because they do. You are the norm.
— nicole byer (@nicolebyer) August 3, 2018
Byer has been hosting “Nailed It!” since earlier this year and also appeared in “Party Over Here.”
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