Does Beyoncé’s Loreal Campaign Offend You?

February 14th, 2012 - By MN Editor

L’Oreal and their spokeswoman Beyoncé are making headlines again. (The company who was once accused of excessive lightening the singer’s skin.) Now people are pointing the finger at how Beyoncé chose to identify herself.

Some are taking offense to the fact that instead of listing just African American, Beyoncé mentions the fact that she’s Native American and French.

The argument is that it’s assumed that black people in America (and across the world, really) are by default a mixture of several ethnicities, so why take the time to highlight your non-black heritage.

Others speculate that this is much to do about nothing.

What do you think? Should we be offended by the way Beyoncé chooses to identify herself or is this ad indicative of black people taking pride in being anything but black?

Read what people have to say about this topic and get a full analysis of the controversy at theGrio.com.

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  • stephanie

    Offend me? No. It’s just unnecessary…and, in some ways, pathetic…you know? Yes, she’s pathetic. Always repping that 0.3% french blood.’ Sure, it’s fine to acknowledge a blood line? But who in the hell would brag about a lineage that was begat out of RAPE! I mean, really? LOL
    The girl is not even creole. She’s ‘of creole descent’ and here she is running around acting as though she’s half-half. I have a white g-g-grandfather and a white grandaddy on the maternal side. I’m not unique. This is black america. I’m not making a big ‘thing’ of it. Ugh. She’s so f’ed up…. The more that I see of this woman, the more that I just dislike her. She’s, like, the most ‘air-headed’ black woman in creation…I swear.

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  • emm

    where are all the comments?

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