Vanity Fair Magazine Accused Of Lightening Lupita Nyong'o's Skin Color

Lupita Nyong'o's star is rising quick, fast and in a hurry! The "12 Years A Slave" actress has already scored a Golden Globe nomination, Oscars nomination, a few magazine covers.

 But it's Lupita's most recent accolade that has some people jeering not cheering. On Wednesday, Vanity Fair proudly announced that the 30-year-old Kenyan beauty was the subject of the Vanities section of its February issue by tweeting out a photo from the editorial.
 This isn't the first time questions like this have been asked about skin lightning dark skin stars. Beyoncé and India.Arie are just a few of the black stars who have also found themselves in skin-lightening scandals.
Trust black community, they quickly reacted to this, see their  tweet below...

The stunning @Lupita_Nyongo photographed for our February #Vanities section http://t.co/5bsPDFCFEs pic.twitter.com/a2460sqs8T
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) January 15, 2014

@goldietaylor what did they do? I am confuzzled.
— Corn Drahgo (@DamnitCorn) January 15, 2014

So when woc, dark skinned ones in particular criticize how they are portrayed in media? Keep that picture in mind.
— Nocciola Nazgul (@deluxvivens) January 15, 2014

@ReignOfApril @TheNewsHawk @VanityFair As gorgeous as she is and as lovely as she looked in that photo shoot I am sickened by the changes.
— Seriously Natural (@NaturalSabrina) January 16, 2014

@goldietaylor @VanityFair Black folks need to send Vanity Fair a message.
— Tony Thompson (@tonykwame) January 16, 2014