Beyonce Wearing Blackface in “L’Officiel Magazine” Causing Major Controversy

Thursday, February 24th 2011 | Leave a Comment

Beyonce is stirring a hell of a lot of controversy with this new L’Officiel Magazine photoshoot!

In the shoot for the March issue of the French magazine, the R&B/Pop superstar appears in blackface as part of “paying homage to the African queens through the ages.” However, a lot of people don’t see the “homage” and actually think that Beyonce wearing blackface is offensive.

“Blackface is not fashion forward or edgy and in my opinion, it is just flat out offensive. Black folks must have a zero tolerance policy for any manifestation of blackface, period,” wrote one blogger.

“If people allow this blatant cross into the offensive zone there will certainly be more to come,” writes another. “Whether the decision to pass off blackface as fashion was made ignorantly or not, there has been enough rumble in the jungle for the industry to be aware of itself.”

Check out Beyonce’s controversial blackface photoshoot below!

Pics via: Beyonce World

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  • kathy

    Come on….there always has to be people that have to gripe about something – stir up crap over nothing. No big deal what color the face is……..get over it!

  • melissa

    This is not blackface. Blackface is a mockery of black people. She is paying homage/tribute to the African Queens and her roots. Her publicist clearly says that in the video of the making.

  • bruce

    Blackface/Whiteface,
    It’s all makeup, and when you wear it you are saying that you don’t look OK the way God created you. What about spending a little energy learning to like yourself JUST AS YOU ARE! It is what is inside that matters the most. What is all that cr@p doing to your skin, and absorbing into your bloodstream.

  • kalliope61

    It is assinine to tell Beyonce or any other woman that her choices make her “LESS” loyal to her African-American community because of MAKEUP! She is in SHOW Business, making a tribute to a period in history. FOR GOD’s SAKE this is a black woman who DYES HER HAIR BLONDE! Is it more “honorable” to see her trying to be white? GET A GRIP. MAKE UP your minds about what you want, women. You look ludicrous (not Ludacris) when you whine about this crap.

  • http://facebook Desi Stewart

    Black America is always crying about something when in fact they grow their children to be horrible citizens. Beyonce with her face painted Black is not offensive it’s part of the African culture to paint yourself black just like the saying” Things that darkie” Which is part of South Africa’s culture.

    YOHOMEBOY PICK YOUR PANTS UP.

  • http://facebook Desi Stewart

    @Desi Stewart:

    THINGS THAT DARKIE SAY WHICH IS PART OF BLACK SOUTH AFRICA’S CULTURE.

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