Comments on: L’Oreal Scraps the ‘Black Is Beautiful’ And Makes Beyonce Look White? http://highbridnation.com/2008/08/06/loreal-scraps-the-black-is-beutiful-and-makes-beyonce-look-white/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:15:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: » L’Oreal Responds To Accusations of Digitally Bleaching Beyonce’s Skin in New Ad | Highbrid Nation | Because Knowledge is Power http://highbridnation.com/2008/08/06/loreal-scraps-the-black-is-beutiful-and-makes-beyonce-look-white/#comment-60631 » L’Oreal Responds To Accusations of Digitally Bleaching Beyonce’s Skin in New Ad | Highbrid Nation | Because Knowledge is Power Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:37:40 +0000 http://highbridnation.com/2008/08/06/loreal-scraps-the-black-is-beutiful-and-makes-beyonce-look-white/#comment-60631 [...] cosmetics maker has responded to my and others accusations across the blogoshpere that their new ad in September’s issue of Elle magazine in fact features an artificially melanin deprived Bey.... In a statement released Thursday through Beyonce’s “people”, L’Oreal [...] […] cosmetics maker has responded to my and others accusations across the blogoshpere that their new ad in September’s issue of Elle magazine in fact features an artificially melanin deprived Bey…. In a statement released Thursday through Beyonce’s “people”, L’Oreal […]

]]> By: Juan http://highbridnation.com/2008/08/06/loreal-scraps-the-black-is-beutiful-and-makes-beyonce-look-white/#comment-60629 Juan Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:33:34 +0000 http://highbridnation.com/2008/08/06/loreal-scraps-the-black-is-beutiful-and-makes-beyonce-look-white/#comment-60629 Well stated. I've been checked. It wasn't about race but I can see how one can perceive it as so. Well stated. I’ve been checked. It wasn’t about race but I can see how one can perceive it as so.

]]> By: rah90 http://highbridnation.com/2008/08/06/loreal-scraps-the-black-is-beutiful-and-makes-beyonce-look-white/#comment-60566 rah90 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:05:15 +0000 http://highbridnation.com/2008/08/06/loreal-scraps-the-black-is-beutiful-and-makes-beyonce-look-white/#comment-60566 "i’m not saying its a racial issue but come on" you mean: "I’m not saying its a racial issue but i am, by concentrating the whole tone of the article on ...race" it's a fashion product. fashions change. why put anything else into it?? they turn her blonde to sell more blonde hair colour to her followers. once they've assessed the results, they'll turn her red/brown/black/whatever colour needs selling. personally i agree that it isn't a great look, but leave the race at the door and take it for what it is - a LOOK. otherwise it makes you look obsessed and diminishes your argument when confronting real issues - and there are plenty - of discrimination in fashion. and by the way, who are you to say what does and doesn't make a REAL black woman?? unless of course we're talking about racial stereotypes with which we can label people and therefore think better/worse of them without the need for rational thought. “i’m not saying its a racial issue but come on”
you mean: “I’m not saying its a racial issue but i am, by concentrating the whole tone of the article on …race”
it’s a fashion product. fashions change. why put anything else into it??
they turn her blonde to sell more blonde hair colour to her followers. once they’ve assessed the results, they’ll turn her red/brown/black/whatever colour needs selling.

personally i agree that it isn’t a great look, but leave the race at the door and take it for what it is - a LOOK.
otherwise it makes you look obsessed and diminishes your argument when confronting real issues - and there are plenty - of discrimination in fashion.

and by the way, who are you to say what does and doesn’t make a REAL black woman?? unless of course we’re talking about racial stereotypes with which we can label people and therefore think better/worse of them without the need for rational thought.

]]> By: Juan http://highbridnation.com/2008/08/06/loreal-scraps-the-black-is-beutiful-and-makes-beyonce-look-white/#comment-60320 Juan Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:59:01 +0000 http://highbridnation.com/2008/08/06/loreal-scraps-the-black-is-beutiful-and-makes-beyonce-look-white/#comment-60320 Probably not plus Bey has so many yes men and women around her that they probably told her she looked hot. Probably not plus Bey has so many yes men and women around her that they probably told her she looked hot.

]]> By: Shelia http://highbridnation.com/2008/08/06/loreal-scraps-the-black-is-beutiful-and-makes-beyonce-look-white/#comment-60222 Shelia Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:10:19 +0000 http://highbridnation.com/2008/08/06/loreal-scraps-the-black-is-beutiful-and-makes-beyonce-look-white/#comment-60222 I would assume that they selected her as one of their spokespersons based upon the way she already looked, obviously not. That is really an odd depiction of her, from the hair to the facial features. It might not be as shocking if it improved her looks...this is not a good look. I wounder if she has any control over the final photos of herself. If she does, that says something too. I would assume that they selected her as one of their spokespersons based upon the way she already looked, obviously not.

That is really an odd depiction of her, from the hair to the facial features. It might not be as shocking if it improved her looks…this is not a good look.

I wounder if she has any control over the final photos of herself. If she does, that says something too.

]]> By: Marcus "Dos Un" Holmes http://highbridnation.com/2008/08/06/loreal-scraps-the-black-is-beutiful-and-makes-beyonce-look-white/#comment-60183 Marcus "Dos Un" Holmes Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:49:08 +0000 http://highbridnation.com/2008/08/06/loreal-scraps-the-black-is-beutiful-and-makes-beyonce-look-white/#comment-60183 vinny blanco vinny blanco

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