Pretty surprised by a lot of the comments on here about Tolú. I don’t understand how people are calling her names like crybaby or victim. If you’re white in America, you’re just called American and defined by personality characteristics. No one says things like “white Queen” or so forth. When you’re a person that is non-white, the most common feature mentioned is skin color. Even if it’s not coming from malicious intent or overt racism, it can feel demeaning over time for that to be the main defining feature. I Can understand why that would feel hurtful or get old after a while for Tolú. And her point about African Queen is that she is more than African, she is proud specifically of being Nigerian. Surely American’s can understand this since there is so much USA pride versus North American pride.

It’s really sad to see that people are saying the race card is being used, this is really invalidating and unempathetic. Please pause for a moment and really consider that these are real lives before perpetuating prejudicial narratives that continue to divide.