Taking to her Twitter, the host of Netflix's Nailed It! detailed a nightmarish experience where she was discriminated against on her own set.
The story includes everything from production assistants questioning whether she should be allowed on set to a makeup artist telling her they don't have a dark enough shade to contour her skin.
Read about the horrible turn of events below.
Being black in America:
— nicole byer (@nicolebyer) August 3, 2018
1. Going to work at a secure closed set where I had to show my ID to get in, and having a PA refuse to look at a call sheet and him saying "I don't know if you belong here" while we stand in front of a trailer with my name on the door.
2. Being mistaken for another black female comic while the person is looking at a picture of the other comic.
— nicole byer (@nicolebyer) August 3, 2018
3. A hair dresser who didn't even have a brush or any real tools for my slightly textured wig. So while the other girls get their hair done. I do my own.
— nicole byer (@nicolebyer) August 3, 2018
4. Having a makeup artist say they are going to contour me but then didn't even have a color darker than me. So while the other girls got their make up done. I sat in a corner and did my own.
— nicole byer (@nicolebyer) August 3, 2018
5. Showed up the taping of my special and the security asked me if I belonged while standing in front of a trailer with my name on it holding a badge with my name and picture on it.
— nicole byer (@nicolebyer) August 3, 2018
6. People out in the world being rude to me before they see my name or put two and two together from my voice. Then appologize with some bullshit "oh I didn't recognize you with that hat!" Fuck you just be nice to black people.
— nicole byer (@nicolebyer) August 3, 2018
A lil chunk of white privilege is people assuming you belong and not having to worrying about if hair and makeup ppl have all the things you need for your skin and hair, because they do. You are the norm.
— nicole byer (@nicolebyer) August 3, 2018
