WTF??? Are you blind? Or just too proud to admit it?
Then, it is just out of random that she appears with paler skin, paler eyes, and European-colored hair? That we NEVER see her with her natural black hair and black eyes? That she never wears blue or green wigs instead of those European colors?

OF COURSE, she’s ‘whitening’ herself!!! What she says matters not, what she DOES is the truth.

And many other Black celebs do the same. This is whitewashing, and the many who say that it’s her business must not have children. Or they don’t care if our society and silly beauty standards tells them that they are “too dark to be pretty”.

And this is spreading all over the world: in India, Japan, Brazil, one must look pale or ‘whiten’ himself/herself to be regarded as pretty (even if this is obviously a lie: non-white people with fake white feature ARE NOT beautiful, they look artificial). Some turn themselves in extra-terrestrials: look at Beyonce or Tyra Banks, they looks abnormal with these fake european colors. We are told they look better but this is quite the opposite. On the scarce pictures of them with black hair and eyes, they look definitly better.

Since beauty is what most people are after, putting a race criteria in it IS dangerous.

Some make stupid comparisions with make-up or clothes…but NO ONE is born with clothes of make-up, so all women begin with the very same basis. Or is one race in this world born with mascara??? x_x

Whereas this whitewashing tells us that our VERY RACE makes us pretty or not. According to what you were born with: too bad if you have dark skin, black hair and eyes…great, if you have something else, such as brown eyes (rather scarce, most are jet-black) and a paler complexion.
We’re told that we look ugly, and that the same will go for our children and grand children. Unless they accept to erase their racial features…

In doubt? Take a look at a VERY INTERESTING documentary, called “the modern racist paradigm”. You can find it on Google videos.

If some don’t mind being told that their race is ugly, fine: they are free to think so. But I cannot accept that. And more and more people like me are aware of this nonsense.

So thanks, Bella, for this post which might help some blind (or jealous?) people understand what is really at stakes here.
I must add one thing: I am white, and as you can see, I do not promote my own type of beauty. It is the opposite in fact: I would like every people on Earth to be accepted for their own breauty style, which cannot be the same for people of different origins and skin tone.

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/08/beyonce-loreal-ad.php

In addition to that I would just like to say that I just received my latest issue of Essence (which has the Obama fam on the cover) and this L’oreal ad is featured. Let me report that in this ad the photo is in the right tones for both B’s skintone and the hair color.

I’m not sure what happened with the photo that we have here. Perhaps this was one that was touched up too much or perhaps after the attention L’oreal decided that they should present B as she originally is. Who knows?

Also, there have been other celebs who have questioned the way that their photos have been presented in ads: Mary J Blige for a cover of Essence that she didn’t like (I think it was Essence), and Queen Latifah was upset that pounds were taken off her body in ads for the Chicago movie. But anyhoo…

Just wanted to say thanks again for giving me an image to work with =).

I like Beyonce. She’s pretty & she’s a good performer…but, Beyonce is TOTALLY COMMERCIAL. It is what it is. I don’t look to that chick for any inspiration style or fashion-wise & certainly not sista-wise. Although, she finally got on my radar by looking flawless in Dreamgirls…

Yeah, she looks a little different in these ads, but I don’t think she looks all that different from how she usually looks…artificial.

She is a talented performer though, & I always thought she was the best dancer in Destiny’s Child. In that “No, No, No” video w/ Wyclef, she was the only one puttin it down, droppin it like it was hot…LOL…

But, to Kelis…she’s a public figure, she puts it out there for the public, so therefore, public gotta right to comment. I don’t necessarily think that folks is just plain hating on her, saying that she wants to be White (anyone that has ever heard that chick talk knows for damn sure she’s not trying to be White, she has never lost her sister drawl, never…I sometimes used to cringe when I heard her talk, now I appreciate that she doesn’t go outta her way to tighten up on her pronunciations & get all nasal , she’s articulate, but she keeps it real)

Man, I just wish L-Boogie hadn’t of went crazy (she’ll be back), then she woulda represented for all us boho sexy natural chocolate (or not so chocolate) sistahs…talk about fly ass dopeness…man…