Is Hailee Steinfeld Black Now?

Is Hailee Steinfeld Black now? In this installment of Lil’ Mama News, junior correspondent Luke McGowan-Arnold hits the scene to tackle the question:

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Luke McGowan-Arnold is an African-American novelist from Rockford, Illinois. He is based in Philadelphia. He writes about Black people, American subject formation, subcultures [on and off the internet], and popular social movements.

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That's an interesting question. Despite the fact that octoroons have been largely absent from the Black cultural moment in the 21^st Century, it seems they may be making a comeback with the latest film by our beloved filmmaker Ryan Coogler. Cause who didn't love Sinners? Our investigative team here at Lil’ Mama attended a local screening of Ryan Coogler's Sinners to find out. Our responses were varied. Warning for our readers, the responses may contain spoilers.

“Hell nah. That's a mayosapien right there. Black Queens Forever, Snowbunnies Never. You saw how she killed our Black King Smoke. That's why we as Black men cannot give our seed to these white devils.” - Kwame Olu Omowale, a Black (err African err Moorish) man wearing an ankh, dashiki and kufi, 49 years old.

“Well, I think that we can't erase her identity and it would actually be misogynoir to do that to her as a Black woman because Black comes in all shades. As a biracial myself, I've often experienced a lot of prejudice from the Black community because I enjoy non-Black activities such as Dungeons and Dragons or Radiohead. Also, all of the Black girls used to tease me for having nice loose curls. I just feel like the community needs to come together rather than tearing each other down.” - Aleisha, the most annoying bi-racial shawty you know who came with her white boyfriend, 23 years old.

“Of course, she Black, did you see how she said “boy get the fuck up out my face” to Sammie. Queen energy. Also, can we talk about how sexy the movie was? Like Michael B. Jordan and his twin? Choooo Chooooo! ” - Shauna, 37 years old.

“I don't care if she Black or not, I'm tryna fuck. Did you see that scene where she was fucking Michael B. Jordan? Dr. Umar can suck a dick. I need me a snow bunny.” - James, a negro whose Twitter handle is @snowbunnylover1967, 30 years old.

“I honestly don't know if it's my place as an ally to make a comment on a person's racial identity. Like, is that okay?” - Jordan, a white ally who attended the movie after reading an Instagram post that told him he needed to go see it as reparations, 34 years old.

“Man, ya'll asking the wrong questions. What you should be asking is what we can do as a community so we can turn the final scene where he kills all them crackers into reality. But that would require you Negroes to turn the tv off, like Kendrick Lamar said, and get some 3-D printed rocket launchers which I know none of ya'll bout. We need to get it turnt like how Dessalines got it crackin' in 1804 Haiti. Whitey gotta die!” - Unidentified Black militant in a red black and green shiesty, ???? years old.

“The fact that ya'll asking this question is the reason that we need Black history in our schools. Passing discourse on these apps has been tired. Like please read a damn book!” - Dr. Melvin Johnson, currently being investigated by the Feds for spreading the Woke agenda i.e. teaching about Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. DuBois at the community college, 67 years old.

“Ya'll need to stop watching demonic movies and start praising Jesus.” - That Christian rapper (you know which one), 45 years old.

“I honestly thought she was Latina during that scene in the 90s, I'm not gonna hold you. Viva La Raza.” - Enrique, who just beat an ICE agent’s ass for trying to deport his cousin, 21 years old.

“Tell Michael B. Jordan to get away from my wife.” - Shameik Moore, 29 years old.

“No, she's definitely white. Like none of them folks would have even been in that mess if she hadn't gone out there to get money from them white folks. My great-great grandaddy white that don't change the fact that if I met a white nationalist tomorrow, I don't think I'd be allowed into the Aryan brotherhood. You self hating niggas need to stop inviting every white person to the cookout. Goddamn!” - Erica, 31 years old.

“I honestly just came to listen to the Irish music. Rocky Road to Dublin is my jam!” - Harry, 19.

That's the news folks. We'll be back next week with a new segment highlighting the history of famous Blasians. Don't forget to like, follow, subscribe and donate to our CashApp. It's a recession, we need every dollar we can get to keep bringing you more Lil’ Mama News.