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

Nick Cannon and Zeus Network are getting placed on blast for a contest that pitted “dark skin” and “light skin” girls in opposition to one another.

This is the deal, Zeus and Nick collaborated on a dwell present Thursday night time referred to as “Bad 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 could characteristic a number of competitions with completely different themes — one being a separation by pores and skin tone.

The put up was met with loads 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 effectively with people, both … with many declaring the title change does not alter the intent of the competitors.

Zeus’ new put up additionally added, “Remember, we’re here to break down stereotypes, not to uphold them.”

Nonetheless, people chimed in on the sport … getting feedback like “This is still colorist y’all are sad” and “This whole idea should’ve just been scrapped.” One added, “This is just as bad as lightskin vs darkskin….yall didnt do anything but try to put a positive spin on colorism.”

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