bazza

4y

Beyonce lightens her skin though...

Rihanna did it for a small period when she first blew up too

Mr Motion

4y

There was a period for Beyoncé... I wanna say between 09-12, where she was trying to white pass imho. She had a lot of ads where she looked like a white woman

necromancer

4y

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she still cute af without makeup

anyway yeah i get what summer is saying, it’s prevalent in the industry and it’s sadly kinda inverse where people with darker skin making it look lighter and light-midtone skin being the most accepted which is a pretty much the whole western beauty standard

dirtgirlworld

4y

Just say y’all love white women for no reason other than them being white bruh lol

The Div

4y

Damn now I gotta stop taking showers

Mr Motion

4y

There was a period for Beyoncé... I wanna say between 09-12, where she was trying to white pass imho. She had a lot of ads where she looked like a white woman

bazza

4y

facts.

thats why i think calling out the Kardashians and even Ariana Grande (the examples i mainly see used) about darkening their skin isnt fair

theyre using makeup to darken/tan (whatever word you want to use) whereas most of our famous black/mixed female celebs go and bleach their own skin all the time

Lil Kim, Nick Minaj, Keri Hilson etc. did it too

no idea why they do it, but its their own choice i guess.

BVL

4y

been known Kendall the best

KURCOBANE

4y

shes not even calling them out for "trying to be black" shes basically jsut saying everybody wants what they dont have

DonutHole

4y

"no idea why they do it"
Then don't speak on it because everything you wrote before that, gave away that you don't have a clue.

DonutHole

4y

Beyoncé's Father Says Her Music Career Was Boosted By Having 'Lighter Skin'

Beyoncé is the Whitest She's Ever Been in New Album Promo

The new promo ad released by Beyoncé Knowles’ camp to promote the 2011 album “4,” finds Beyoncé with blonde hair, bleached eyebrows and the lightest skin we’ve ever seen on her.

DonutHole

4y

Beyoncé's Father Says Her Music Career Was Boosted By Having 'Lighter Skin'

Beyoncé is the Whitest She's Ever Been in New Album Promo

The new promo ad released by Beyoncé Knowles’ camp to promote the 2011 album “4,” finds Beyoncé with blonde hair, bleached eyebrows and the lightest skin we’ve ever seen on her.

bazza

4y

well i know the reason 'why' they do it.... its because generally lighter skinned women are 'pushed' more in the industry- beyonces dad actually talked about this sort of thing years ago

what i was getting at was the fact theyre talented enough that they dont need to do it

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and just because someone doesnt know the 100% ins and outs of every little detail it doesnt mean they shouldnt comment on something that obviously happens, and is problematic

DonutHole

4y

Cool.
You saying "white artists tanning is the same as black artist lightenin their skin" (I paraphrased) is what made me believe you have no clue what you're talking about.

ImAUsernameLike

4y

so you gonna post a pic of you at 12 vs. you now or we gonna keep pretending people don’t look different when they get older

bazza

4y

ah, well i didnt mean exactly the same. The reasoning behind them doing it is different (in my opinion atleast- the black artists are doing it to be publicized more by the media/execs, whereas the white ones are doing it because they feel they look better/to attract a larger fanbase)

I just dont like the way certain people like the kardashians and ariana are called out for it all the time- but the Beyonces of this world never are, because its all f***ed up regardless of who is doing it