If Lupita Nyong'o were light skinned

This awards season was nuts. It was more entertaining than it’s been in years, especially for little black girls and boys who finally got to see someone with their complexion be the belle of the ball. Lupita Nyong’o won the heart of America by slaying red carpet after red carpet and doing the damn thing as Patsey in 12 Years A Slave.
Lupita was on the cover of numerous magazines, the subject of plenty of photoshoots, and front row at a bunch of major fashion shows, she was the it-girl. Yet sadly, there’s already talk that the Kenyan beauty’s run might be over if her next move isn’t her best move.
But how do you top an award-winning role as a Black actress in an industry that’s already plagued with a limited number of roles for darker skin colors?
By changing Hollywood as we know it.
The truth of the matter is, if Lupita were light-skinned, we wouldn’t be having this conversation of what to “do” with her next.