Isiteshi se-YouTube Mechavesim42 siqoqe ndawonye izitatimende ezenziwe nguTessa Thompson ngasekupheleni kuka-2018 ngemuva kwe-Premiere yefilimu leNhloko Kankosikazi. Kubukeka sengathi wabiza ukubekezelelana nokufakwa, kepha, wabuthana ndawonye, bashiya umbono ongaziwa:
Angifuni ukuvela kusethi bese ngibona inqwaba yabantu abamhlophe, ngaphandle kwecala. Ngifuna umsebenzi wami ubukeke njengomhlaba engihlala kuwo. Bheka nxazonke, kunabantu abaningi ababala. Kuyadingeka ukusebenza ekukhiqizweni okubandakanya konke. Ngifuna iplatifomu yokudubula ifane nezwe elizungezile, lapho abesifazane abaningi, abantu abangakhubazekile nabakhubazekile. Ngifuna ukubamba iqhaza ekwakhiweni kokuqukethwe okungeke kwehluka emhlabeni wangempela.
Umlobi walolu khetho uphakamise ukuthi uThompson "uxoxa nawo wonke umbhoshongo wakhe omncane ovela e-Ivory futhi akaqondi ngempela ukuthi uthini."
Ngemuva kwazo zonke lezi zinhlelo zokusebenza, uTessa Thompson wasebenza kusethi yamaphrojekthi anjengokuthi "Avenger: Okokugcina", "abantu abamnyama", "umhlaba wasentshonalanga wasendle", eZwini, ngaphandle kokushintsha inani lamadoda amhlophe ku setha. Yini ejabulisa ubuqotho bezitatimende ezingenhla.