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edit: This was a response to another comment but I want to expand on the "White Women Tears" topic because it's turned into a semantics argument that distracts from the main point. A lot of non black people struggle with understanding that "White women tears" is a term used to explain a phenomenon about the weaponization of tears and femininity against black women and that's what Huda was doing. The term applies to her and other non black identities even if they are not white. It's just the name, not an attempt to erase her identity or oppression.

Despite also facing oppresion as a middle eastern woman, audiences see Huda's lighter complexion (therefore closer proximity to whiteness) in comparison to Black women as a reason to protect her. Focusing on whether or not Huda is white (when I clearly stated she isn't in the video) distracts from the reality that she weaponizes her tears because of the way she is perceived compared to Black women whether she is white or not.

I don't appreciate the watering down of the issue to it "simply being about hating pretty black women" and discrediting language you don't understand. It is very dismissive of the complexities of anti-blackness.

It’s honestly terrifying how deep the cognitive dissonance runs when some of our people refuse to acknowledge clear racial discrimination especially when it affects ALL OF US! And what’s more infuriating is that melanted women often bear the brunt of it simply for existing and trying to live as human being

huda is perfect representation of "i support women's wrongs and rights" gone too far. the mistreatment of chelley and olandria online is SOOOO uncalled for.

this was such a dark sided season to endure after an already depressing year

I’m not black so I don’t want to recklessly equate my experience with Chelly and Odalia but I at the very least know what it’s like to be on the receiving end of crocodile tears. Where certain traits and behaviours are seen as more “feminine” and feminine women are more infantilized and seen as trust worthy, it’s hard to prove your victimhood against these biases. I feel for them and the hate they’re getting is so blatantly extreme and fully misogynoir

that first girl…oh baby you’re SO weird. chelley and olandria’s “backlash” for just existing is horrible.

Unfortunately the "ADULT" black people who think the Chelley and Olandria's hate is not about race and also actively support Huda's toxic behavior towards all the black cast members (including Jeremiah and Chris) are just as toxic as she is and they feel uncomfortable seeing someone being called out for the exact  behavior they would have portrayed if they were in her shoes.

the first girl acting like if she went to love island she wouldn’t get that same treatment 😂

The clip of Huda gloating that every single man's face was smiling during the heart rate challenge proves her main driver and motivator for how she behaves, for the approval of men.

I am not even black and to me it was obvious how racist Huda was throughout the show. I wondered why she felt the need to use the word “brother” every single time she was annoyed and referring specifically to a black man. The blaccent she kept using, and the aave.. why did no one clock her for that? Crying when black women hold her accountable for the terrible things she would do, and yet she bullied every girl that looked in Jeremiah’s way and no one had ANYTHING to say about that. It’s alarming.

Huda had one sided competition with Chelley and everyone either actively ignored it or tried to make it seem like it was Chelley who was the problem.
That’s all because people cannot comprehend the idea of a black woman being confident in her desirability and her options.
This weird narrative of black women being deemed ‘undesirable’ and ‘unloveable’ has shaped an entire generations view of how black women should navigate the world in a jaded and self loathing way and when we don’t, they lose their fucking minds.

If it was the BLACK man coercing Hudda to cuddle this would've been a wayy different conversation

I hated how people went from saying that Chelly & Olandria were “enabling” Huda just bc they were speaking to her calmly , to saying they were “bullying” her just bc they said they didn’t like what she did in the heart rate challenge like which one is it ???

Black Fatigue. When you read the definition of black fatigue it connected with me on such a deep level.
During my final year of schooling I was in a combative fight state due to the racism I experienced. No one could understand why I was so exhausted and frustrated and it resulted in me hysterically crying in front of a lot of people.

Trying to not be a crazy black woman will break you and fail.  So to all the black girls out there holding themselves to this high stoic standard LET GO cause it doesn’t matter if you act as gracefully as Olandria cause the “mean/crazy black woman” label WILL FIND YOU!!! so please be crazy, be whimsical and just BE YOU without  internalising the societal expectation for you.

Thank you Lani’s Lens you’ve really fed me this month I genuinely love your videos sooo MUCHHH!!!! My favourites so far is the white woman one and the culture vulture one. This is gonna sound crazy (I’m british so give me some grace) but I didn’t know what minstrel shows were 🫣🫣🫣 thanks for educating me. 😊

Something that bothers me in regards to Olandria, specifically her relationship with Nic, is how it is the only relationship that seems to be questioned in and out of the villa. In Nic's interview with Chicks in the Office, the two white women hosts seemed completely shocked by his genuine feelings for Olandria and tried to keep mentioning Cierra, hoping he'd switch back to her. Many fans call their relationship fake or PR and insinuate that Nic is going to leave her for some blonde girl, as if he didn't praise her beauty constantly on the show. It's so hard for them to comprehend that Nic, a conventionally attractive white man, would be attracted to Olandria, a dark-skinned woman, and invalidate their relationship because of it. Seeing them thrive out of the villa has honestly been such a delight because I wish Olandria true happiness in her relationship, and I especially like how Nic seems to be the one taking the lead online defending Olandria and himself to the public, as he's using his privilege to do so.

You’re 22?!?! Girl! You are wise beyond your years 👏🏾👏🏾 absolutely loved your commentary! I hope this goes viral! Doing my part by liking and commenting 🫶🏾

The fact that people(ex: the Viall podcast) kept saying “oh Huda’s not her worst moments, shes more than her crash outs” even though the majority of Huda’s time on the villa were her screaming/yelling. Meanwhile, the majority of Olandria and Chelley’s time in the Villa, they were poise and calm, which made people call them “fake”. THE ONE TIME they speak up and showcase their emotions, people were quick to say “that’s their real selves”. No grace. No “oh they’re not their worst moments”. Just “oh that’s the real them, even though they’ve never been like this the entire time they’ve been in the villa”. Like it’s so obvious that peoples preconceived biases were affecting how they saw Olandria, Huda, and Chelley. Idk how ppl kept saying “oh this isn’t about race”. It clearly was.

And can we talk about Huda's love for black men but outward hatred for black women ‽‽‽‽

The switch up when Huda came out and found out she had supporters, she was saying she loved those girls until she realized she could get validation by victimizing herself

The way production evil edited Olandria and Chelley was insane. In Ola's case, they made her look delusional over a man that didn't want her however they did not show Taylor purposefully leading Olandria on for three weeks. This is what she stated in her Variety interview: "I do not think my connection with Taylor was portrayed accurately at all. If I had known from the beginning that Taylor was not physically attracted to me, I would not be going 10 times as hard. I don’t want anybody to force themselves to be attracted to me. We could have just been friends. They never showed what Taylor was doing to make me feel the way I did." They recruited Ola for three years in a row just to try and embarrass her with the narrative they wanted to portray. They set up the Soul Ties kiss to be a huge betrayal to Cierra, which is why they kept cutting back and forth between them and their other connections, with Cierra saying that "if Nic kissed anybody I'll be really upset." The Soul Ties kiss was meant to give a jezebel edit for Olandria, and they wanted her to be the "home wrecker" and "bad friend" who is the "obstacle" in Nic and Cierra's relationship that they're meant to overcome. Production wanted the audience to find it scandalous instead of enjoying it. They brought Ola back to the villa so production could use the embarrassing narrative of Taylor choosing Clarke over her before they sent her home and Ola being the "disposable black girlfriend" but they underestimated how much Nic liked her even after the friend zoning and they didn't expect him to actually fight for her to stay, or how liked she was by the other islanders. The next episode was the Stand on Business episode, which further painted Olandria as a "mean girl," "disloyal" and a "bully." Cierra was getting the winner's edit up until she left, then they gave it to Amaya. Even after Nic and Ola got together, production purposefully cut Nicolandria scenes in the lead up to the final vote to make them look like they were not interested and didn't spend much time together, all while bread crumbing the fanbase so they could keep watching. During the family day episode, they were the only ones to get their group family conversation cut and the only reason we know their families talked was because of a picture of their families laughing together on the day beds went viral.

And as for Chelley, she was pretty much the audience's favourite girl up until the Heart Race challenge and the Stand on Business challenge. They edited these episodes that way to flip the audience's perception of Chelley and give Huda the very undeserving redemption arc. They purposefully cut Huda licking over Ace's genitals to make it look like Chelley was doing too much or was jealous of Huda.

Long story short, LI is a sick franchise that continues to demean, villainise and dehumanise the black women on all versions of their show. They have proven time and time again that they do not care for the wellbeing nor protection of their black female contestants.