{"id":3653,"date":"2026-08-20T12:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=3653"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:51:09","slug":"anya-taylor-joy-being-described-as-woman-of-color-leaves-internet-baffled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=3653","title":{"rendered":"Anya Taylor-Joy Being Described As \u2018Woman Of Color\u2019 Leaves Internet Baffled"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anya Taylor-Joy was described as a \u2018woman of color\u2019 after an award win and it\u2019s left the internet confused.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Users online are outraged after an online article named the white actress as a \u2018woman of color.\u2019<\/p>\n

Taylor-Joy is an award-winning actress who has starred in\u00a0films\u00a0such as\u00a0The Men<\/em>,\u00a0Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga<\/em>, and\u00a0The Super Mario Bros. Movie<\/em>.<\/p>\n

She is, however, best known for her role as chess prodigy Beth Harmon in\u00a0The Queen\u2019s Gambit<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Yet when Taylor-Joy picked up a Golden Globe for her role in the\u00a0Netflix\u00a0drama, people were left extremely confused afterwards.<\/p>\n

A specific article had referred to her as a \u2018woman of color,\u2019 leaving many on the internet puzzled.<\/p>\n

\"Anya
Anya Taylor-Joy was described as a \u2018woman of color\u2019 after an award win and it\u2019s left the internet confused. Credit: @anyataylorjoy\/Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Who branded the actress a \u2018woman of color\u2019?<\/h2>\n

Back in 2021, Taylor-Joy picked up the Golden Globe award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film for her role in\u00a0The Queen\u2019s Gambit<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Following the win, Variety described the actress as a \u2018woman of color.\u2019<\/p>\n

The publication\u2019s statement originally read: \u201cArgentinian Taylor-Joy is the first woman of color to win this category since Queen Latifah in 2008 and only the fifth woman of color to win overall since 1982 when the category was introduced.\u201d<\/p>\n

This was brought to light by writer Valerie Complex, who took to\u00a0Twitter\u00a0and said: \u201cI love her as an actress but THIS article has her listed as the FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR to win in this category and I legit give up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many others took to social media and had their say on the statement.<\/p>\n

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Many people took to social media and shared their thoughts after Anya Taylor-Joy was described as a \u2018woman of a color.\u2019 Credit: @anyataylorjoy\/Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Users online were outraged\u2026<\/h2>\n

One person wrote: \u201cAnya Taylor-Joy is very beautiful and very cool but she is not a woman of color.\u201d<\/p>\n

In agreement, another added: \u201cAnya Taylor-Joy is a woman of color?! Is this a f***ing joke?! She is white and she is from Latin America.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are white people here too. Latin American is not an ethnicity, in any case, it makes reference to a geographical or cultural area.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFriendly reminder that being Latina and being a woman of color is not always the same thing,\u201d somebody else said. \u201cCongrats to Anya Taylor-Joy (Argentina) for her Golden Globe win and for speaking up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, Variety has updated the story to better reflect Taylor-Joy\u2019s ancestry.<\/p>\n

On the website, a notice now reads: \u201cUPDATED: This story has been updated. A previous version identified Anya Taylor-Joy as a person of color. She has said she identifies as a white Latina.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor-Joy has never publicly addressed the backlash in detail, although Variety later corrected its original wording.<\/p>\n

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Anya Taylor-Joy says she\u2019s \u2018aware of the fact she doesn\u2019t look like a typical Latin person.\u2019 Credit: @anyataylorjoy\/Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Where was she born?<\/h2>\n

Taylor-Joy was born in Miami, Florida, to her Scottish-Argentine father, Dennis Alan Taylor, and her mother, Jennifer Marina Joy.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Last Night in Soho<\/em>\u00a0star lived in Argentina until the age of six before moving to the UK, and she\u2019s also fluent in English and Spanish.<\/p>\n

In an interview with\u00a0Vulture, Taylor-Joy addressed her childhood and how she doesn\u2019t want to take roles away from Latina actresses.<\/p>\n

The actress explained: \u201cI\u2019m aware of the fact I don\u2019t look like a typical Latin person, and that\u2019s not fair.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to be someone that you can just sub in for that role when I\u2019m really white and blonde.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s not the first time she\u2019s been at the centre of a debate.<\/p>\n

When she attended a show during Paris Fashion week in 2023 alongside Jenna Ortega and Rachel Zegler, people called the trio out.<\/p>\n

Users online noted that Ortega, despite being Latina, is not a Spanish speaker.<\/p>\n

And this sparked a discourse online about what truly defines Latinx identity.<\/p>\n

In a lengthy article about the debate, Vogue conclude: \u201cYes, there is still work to be done in changing Latinx representation in Hollywood and music.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, we can remember that no matter where a person may be in their Spanish-language journey, they\u00a0are<\/em>\u00a0Latina enough.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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