DEAR BLEACHING NIGERIANS - Read Lupita Nyongo'o's Moving Speech At The Essence Luncheon

Yesterday Dencia said she didn’t know the African actress nominated for an Oscar. However, Lupita
does know Dencia thanks to her whitenicious cream..Lupita was at Essence Magazine’s seventh annual Women in Hollywood luncheon and gave a moving speech on black beauty..The likes of Oprah,Kerry Washington ,Brandy and top black actresses were present…..

    I wrote down this
speech that I had no time to practice so this will be the practicing session.Thank you Alfre, for such an amazing, amazing introduction and celebration of my work. And thank you very much for inviting me to be a part of such an extraordinary community.

    I am surrounded by people who have inspired me, women in particular whose presence on screen made me feel a little more seen and heard and understood. That it is ESSENCE that holds this event celebrating our professional gains of the year is significant, a beauty magazine that recognizes the beauty that we not just possess but also produce.

    I want to take this opportunity to talk about beauty, Black beauty, dark beauty. I received a letter from a girl and I’d like to share just a small part of it with you: “Dear Lupita,” it reads, “I think you’re really lucky to be this Black but yet this successful in Hollywood overnight. I was just about to buy Dencia’s Whitenicious cream to lighten my skin when you appeared on the world map and saved me.”