{"id":8496,"date":"2011-02-23T09:40:42","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T16:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/?p=8496"},"modified":"2011-02-23T09:41:24","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T16:41:24","slug":"awful-or-awesome-beyonce-does-blackface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/awful-or-awesome-beyonce-does-blackface\/","title":{"rendered":"Awful or Awesome: Beyonce Does Blackface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8497\" title=\"beyonce\" src=\"http:\/\/bcu2-shared.onlinebootycall.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/beyonce.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/beyonce.jpg 394w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/beyonce-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/>Were not exactly sure how to feel about the magazine cover that is making waves around the blogosphere. It&#8217;s for the French mag L&#8217;Officiel, and it features the undeniably gorgeous Miss Beyonce Knowles&#8230; in black face. Now, on one hand we&#8217;re sort of confused cause like, her arms are still light, so one might be concerned that the black face and African imagery is a teeny bit insensitive UNTIL YOU REMEMBER <em>BEYONCE IS BLACK<\/em>. Not even half black. Her parents are African American and Creole<strong>&#8211; so what&#8217;s the problem?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8498\" title=\"beyonce2\" src=\"http:\/\/bcu2-shared.onlinebootycall.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/boyonce2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/boyonce2.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/boyonce2-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some are saying that because the magazine&#8217;s theme was &#8220;African Queen&#8221; and paid homage to Nigerian activist Fela Kuti, they should have found a darker skinned model or celebrity to play the part. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CBwQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecomplexmedia.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F02%2Fart-or-blackface-beyonces-lofficiel-paris-photo-shoot-causing-controversy%2F&amp;rct=j&amp;q=beyonce%20art%20or%20blackface&amp;ei=ojhlTY6oHoP2tgOThqXDBA&amp;usg=AFQjCNEn7fp2QhcSoZCxOodlvGWCNKl4Zg&amp;sig2=zeahwfBG5rbGCws5rwe0MQ&amp;cad=rja\" target=\"_blank\">As one commenter said, <\/a>&#8220;if they wanted to pay homage to <strong>Marylin Monroe<\/strong>, they wouldn&#8217;t have hired Naomi Campbell, (and) paint[ed] her in white face&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, we still stand by the fact the <em>BEYONCE IS BLACK.<\/em> Just because she has a lighter skin tone does not detract from the fact that she is of African-American descent and has just as much right as any darker-skinned woman to represent African culture. That&#8217;s just our opinion&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What do you think? Was it racially insensitive to let Beyonce, as a light skinned black woman, play the part of a Nigerian queen? Should they have chosen someone with darker skin? Or is Beyonce a proud enough black woman to play the part?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-8496\" data-postid=\"8496\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-8496 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Were not exactly sure how to feel about the magazine cover that is making waves around the blogosphere. It&#8217;s for the French mag L&#8217;Officiel, and it features the undeniably gorgeous Miss Beyonce Knowles&#8230; in black face. 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