Netizens were shocked when Gilbert Arenas apologized to Lupita Nyong'o this week through social media over his previous dark skin attacked. However, many questioned his sincerity. 

Gilbert Arenas
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Netizens and people of different color were pleasantly shocked this week after Gilbert Arenas apologized to the Oscar-Winning Actress Lupita Nyong'o through his social media post. However, many questioned his sincerity because of his response to one of the netizens.

According to a published article in The Grio, one of the netizens tagged Gilbert Arenas a picture of Lupita Nyong'o saying " "hey looks it's the black girl you said that looks better in the dar[k]." 

Gilbert Arenas' sincerity of his apology was questioned when he responded, "Everybody saying her(skin) looks beautiful how about her face tho?? Lights off."

His response now created doubts and many questioned if the NBA star Gilbert Arenas was really sincere or not in his apology to the Oscar-Winning Actress. 

Gilbert Arenas Posted on His Social Media Account  

Gilbert Arenas posted on his social media account on Tuesday and wrote: "We can't come together as a race until the idiots of the race right their wrongs."

He also added: "My name is Gilbert and I was an idiot for attacking one of our queens for no reason. @Lupita Nyong'o, I am truly sorry for my coon behavior. #blacklivesmatterdeadandalive #blackexcellence." 

It is speculated that his post could be because of the recent call of the different people of color across the country to end racism and not to discriminate against anyone base on skin color. 

2017 Post of Gilbert Arenas to Lupita Nyong'o

In an article published in Face 2 Face Africa, it was reported that Gilbert Arenas had been shaming Lupita Nyong'o multiple times for her dark skin. 

On his Instagram post in 2017, Gilbert Arenas wrote: Dear Black Girl: You don't have to be mixed to be beautiful."

He also wrote: "How black are we talking??? Not to be funny can u name a beautiful black women on the outside ... not brown skin ... like Tyrese black ... top 50 most beautiful women off [sic] all time ... the darkest women they have is (Keshia Knight Pulliam aka Rudy) (gab)) union) (taral hicks) (Serena Williams)."

He received backlash from the community when he wrote: "When u say African features black then u have (#1 lupita nyong'o) and she's cute when the lights are off second is (Ajuma nasenyana) sorry but ewww so the black beautiful women u try to boost up is technically light-skinned or brown-skinned."

When criticism against him went viral over her dark skin attack, the NBA Star Gilbert Arenas wrote: "I fucked this up so I deserved the hatred that comes."

Meanwhile, there are no reports yet if Lupita Nyong'o accepted the apology of Gilbert Arenas. But many expect and are hopeful that Gilbert Arenas is sincere this time.  

Sometimes people of the same color can be racists of their own color. Lupita Nyong'o has been outspoken since then about colorism among Black people and how it divides the community or people of their own kind.

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