After the ongoing rumours of RnB Queen Beyonce supposedly bleaching her skin, it seems the former lead singer of Destiny's Child has come under fire again, but this time for DARKENING her skin. In French fashion magazine L’Officiel Paris, the singer darkened down her complexion with blackface make-up in order to apparently 'pay homage to Nigerian musician and humanitarian Fela Kuti' who has reportedly heavily influenced her fourth album. But the photos have failed to impress anyone, least of all the blogging world. feminist blogger Jezebel wrote:
“When you paint your face darker in order to look more "African," aren't you reducing an entire continent, full of different nations, tribes, cultures and histories, into one brown color?”
“What makes someone black — or African, for that matter — is not her skin tone. The African diaspora reaches from Brazil to Haiti to the United Kingdom and Pakistan. It's one thing to feel moved by Fela Kuti, and quite another to treat blackness as a fashion accessory, like a pair of glittery heels you put on because it looks cool.”
“When you paint your face darker in order to look more "African," aren't you reducing an entire continent, full of different nations, tribes, cultures and histories, into one brown color?”
“What makes someone black — or African, for that matter — is not her skin tone. The African diaspora reaches from Brazil to Haiti to the United Kingdom and Pakistan. It's one thing to feel moved by Fela Kuti, and quite another to treat blackness as a fashion accessory, like a pair of glittery heels you put on because it looks cool.”
As a Nigerian I am highly unimpressed. We're not all dark, we don't all do 'tribal rituals' and I'm sick and tired of the stereotypes. Beyonce doesn't do us any favours with this dumb shoot. We come in different shades of brown so I don't see why she felt the need to make herself as dark as the colour black itself, it's insulting. Do yourself a favour and just go back to bleaching your skin.
CrazySexyRude
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