Originally posted by 42Osuxx Idk abt Beyonce, but LUPITA is the one changing what beauty is. Beyonce isnt even in her natural appearance unlike Lupita who is rocking a damn near bald ass head and looking like a Goddess.

Beyonce isn't wearing makeup on the cover. All natural (except her hair).

I understand what you're saying, but I always feel some type of way when people try and say that women like Beyoncé and Rihanna shouldn't be praised as much as they do because they're lightskinned or have more European features. We shouldn't feel the need to bring another black woman down just to uplift another one, that's what tears us apart as a community. I don't know if I'm alone in this sentiment, but as a black person with ambiguous racial features, I sometimes feel guilt in being proud of my looks because so much of the modern rhetoric about black beauty tends to uplift the more "pure" black while pushing aside other forms.

Black people have the most varied and diverse range of skin tones and physical features in the world, and ALL of them should be represented and given value.

Originally posted by TrillUSA See you soon

Not this article turning all the black people against each other when it's meant to do the opposite.

Originally posted by Rihhyonce I understand what you're saying, but I always feel some type of way when people try and say that women like Beyoncé and Rihanna shouldn't be praised as much as they do because they're lightskinned or have more European features. We shouldn't feel the need to bring another black woman down just to uplift another one, that's what tears us apart as a community. I don't know if I'm alone in this sentiment, but as a black person with ambiguous racial features, I sometimes feel guilt in being proud of my looks because so much of the modern rhetoric about black beauty tends to uplift the more "pure" black while pushing aside other forms. Black people have the most varied and diverse range of skin tones and physical features in the world, and ALL of them should be represented and given value.

Originally posted by Walley Not this article turning all the black people against each other when it's meant to do the opposite.

Originally posted by uhoh-ohno I think if that were really the case, there would be more Lupita's in the mainstream. I think whatever modern rhetoric you're referring to about female black beauty standards uplifting "pure blackness" is a reaction to how rare it is to see a black woman like Lupita being lauded as beautiful. The same could be said about Michelle Obama. I don't think anyone here is saying that all shades of blackness shouldn't be valued and represented. What some people are pointing out here is the reality of the world we currently live in, the one where Beyonce's aesthetic really isn't that challenging to the status quo.

You're right about how Lupita is definitely a bigger shock to the modern beauty standard, I understand all of that. I'm just saying that it is not helpful to the cause to lessen or devalue Beyoncé's blackness in the effort to promote Lupita. That's the point I'm trying to make.

Originally posted by Jameson Teqkilla It didn't and doesn't matter to racists whether someone was light skin or dark skin, whether they are European looking or not. It mattered that they were black. It is admirable that two black women are covering these issues. Stop trying to make infighting over yet another aspect of race. It's not cute and it's not a good look. You're basically saying you expect all black women to look one way and one way only. It's not cute.

Originally posted by AHemsworth Ignorance is believing that in order to represent black people your skin color must be a certain shade. Some of y'all need to take a break from the internet and try opening a book. The both look great.

Originally posted by satellites.™ Beyonce is not mixed, her mother is partially other things like most people are in the world. Biracial she is not, both her parents are black.

Originally posted by QueenBLadyG She is mixed. She acknowledges her Creole heritage. Her makeup commercial for example has African-American, French, and Native American appear onscreen when she is describing her skin tone. Just because both of your parents are black doesn't mean you aren't mixed, if they are.