Beyonce's Blackface

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

This shoot did not in any way reflect the spirit of blackface for me.

I see what you mean but I also think that is contingent upon what you consider to be the "spirit of blackface."


http://straightfromthea.com/2007/08/...s-controversy/

Google images has some great blackface photos. Some done tastefully in the world of blackface and some not. The tasteful ones don't appear to be in the "spirit of blackface" if people think blackface requires Sambo and a minstrel show.

I laughed when I saw Robert Downey, Jr's images. LOL. His character was obviously blackface in Tropic Thunder because they were imitating and mocking for a purpose. (That's honest and Tropic Thunder was hilarious. And Downey, Jr. is a hottie.)

Originally Posted by christiangirl

But it's still a fail for lots of other non-racial yet completely valid reasons that have been listed.

When these types of disclaimers are offered, the reasons sometimes boil down to race once you get beyond the surface level. Her photo seems random, her makeup wasn't particularly well down, they kept her chest light, a lightskinned Black woman doesn't need to wear darker makeup to depict Africa...that boils down to race and its correlates, as far as I'm concerned. This wouldn't even be a Blackface topic that needed disclaimers if it had nothing to do with race. Basically, what Ch2tf said.