Beyonce's Blackface

[DrPhil]

For the record, I don't consider Will.i.am's outfit for that award show to be blackface. I think he was literally going for an all-black look but not in the "chocolate brutha" sense. Black suit, black hair, black body. Think X-Men. But don't quote me on his real intentions.

I think I remember an ANTM shoot where they wore makeup to darken their skin. Is that different than this? Perhaps, perhaps not. It is perhaps the case that the randomness of Beyonce's darker skin would be seen as more...random and misdirected. Is it because it's Beyonce? Well, I will say that there are beautiful darkerskinned Black women who could've done a photo shoot if darkness is what they wanted for a couple of the photos. They aren't Beyonce though...so we're back at square one.

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

For the record, I don't consider Will.i.am's outfit for that award show to be blackface. I think he was literally going for an all-black look but not in the "chocolate brutha" sense. Black suit, black hair, black body. Think X-Men. But don't quote me on his real intentions.

I think I remember an ANTM shoot where they wore makeup to darken their skin. Is that different than this? Perhaps, perhaps not. It is perhaps the case that the randomness of Beyonce's darker skin would be seen as more...random and misdirected. Is it because it's Beyonce? Well, I will say that there are beautiful darkerskinned Black women who could've done a photo shoot if darkness is what they wanted for a couple of the photos. They aren't Beyonce though...so we're back at square one.

They had a shoot where the girls had to portray two races that were not their own...so some of their skin colors/eye colors/hair colors were changed. No opinion on whether it's different or not.