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I’m not one to comment on the antics of spoilt pop stars but this strikes me as a little more than a storm in a tea cup. I believe she has allowed herself to be used to by this magazine who are more interested in shifting copies of their magazine than historical sensitivities around this issue. Face painting may have been and probably still is used as part of rituals on the continent. From a traditional religious point of view does that not then make this stunt insulting? I dare the Magazine to pull off the same stunt on an Islamic figure and they’d be hiding in holes when the fatwahs start rolling in

Got this from Salon.com: Interesting and one that I will agree with. Not sure about the Gaddafi connection though

So it’s a tribute, and a statement, and as some bloggers are saying: “What’s the big deal?” if an artist who identifies as African-American chooses to darken her features? It’s a tribute to her heritage, not a minstrel show, and the fact that only a few journalists are willing to even take a stand on the issue without putting a question mark after the word “offensive” speaks to the power of this precedent. Which is great for Beyoncé’s sleight-of-hand, as we’re all so busy debating whether or not it’s racist to think Beyoncé darkening her face is racist that we’ve ignored the fact that the singer and her husband have twice now taken large sums of money from the family of a dictator who is currently killing off protesters in his country.
Beyoncé doesn’t have to apologize for her L’Officiel shoot. But she should be donating some of that $2 million back to organizations helping people in the Mideast.

i don’t understand the big deal here. What about B she’s an artist but apart from that a buisnesswoman. SO if being black will allow her to sell then she’s black or if being fairer will allow her to sell then she’s fair. That’s all. i THINK WE SHOULD LET HER MIND HER BUISNESS and do the same