Nick Cannon and Zeus Network Slammed For Dark Skin vs. Light Skin Competition

Nick Cannon and Zeus Community are getting placed on blast for a contest that pitted “darkish pores and skin” and “mild pores and skin” girls in opposition to one another.

This is the deal, Zeus and Nick collaborated on a dwell present Thursday evening known as “Dangerous vs. Wild Las Vegas” — pinning “Wild ‘N Out” stars from Nick’s facet in opposition to “Baddies” from Zeus’ facet.

Promo posts on-line mentioned it might function a number of competitions with completely different themes — one being a separation by pores and skin tone.

The submit was met with quite a lot of hate due to its colorist implications — Zeus took it down and uploaded an edited model, which learn, “Chocolate Goddesses VS Caramel Goddesses.”

That did not sit properly with people, both … with many declaring the title change does not alter the intent of the competitors.

Zeus’ new submit additionally added, “Bear in mind, we’re right here to interrupt down stereotypes, to not uphold them.”

Nonetheless, people chimed in on the sport … getting feedback like “That is nonetheless colorist y’all are unhappy” and “This entire thought ought to’ve simply been scrapped.” One added, “That is simply as unhealthy as lightskin vs darkskin….yall didnt do something however attempt to put a optimistic spin on colorism.”

Zeus and Nick additionally had a “BBWs vs. Slim Women” competitors go down on the identical evening … which was met with the identical disdain.