Ever since the latest photos of Beyonce & Jay-Z's daughter Blue Ivy, 6 months, were leaked people have bashed the child for her features, and thus ignited a controversial debate on the concept of beauty in the black community...
Clutch Magazine posted some shocking comments after photos surfaced of Blue Ivy...
"Beyoncé really screwed up, having a baby by Jay-Z. His nose and lips are never going to look right on a girl."
"Let’s pray Beyoncé’s genes kick in as B.I.C. gets older. All the money and talent in the world won’t take away from having Jay-Z’s features."
"i NEED pictures cause that baby don’t sound 'adorable' She got all the ugly traits of Jay-Z..not to be mean or rude & talk about a kid or nun but that baby sound ugly."
"Nappy-headed kid. Wish Beyoncé had married a nice-looking man instead of Jay-Z."These harsh comments started a larger conversation that prompted Essence writer Demetria Lucas to speak out against self-hatred in the black community...
“Let’s admit it: A lot of us are bamboozled, led astray, and just plain brainwashed when it comes to what traits we find attractive on Black people...
...It’s no accident that the Black women whose beauty we fawn over — the Beyonces and Rihannas and Halle Berrys — all happen to be on the lighter end of the Black color spectrum. It’s no secret that we as a people equate lightness with beauty...
..Ask any woman who failed the brown paper bag test, who grew up hearing she was 'pretty for a dark girl' – as if to be both is some sort of inherent contradiction, and she just happened to strike gold. But the color issue is just scratching the surface.”
Just for the record: Some of the comments made were racist, and we don't condone that. And Demetria made some great points. Blue is a cutie in our eyes.
Just for the record: Some of the comments made were racist, and we don't condone that. And Demetria made some great points. Blue is a cutie in our eyes.
BUT just to keep it 100, is this really about race or Jay-Z just being ugly? Because there is no one in hell that can say with a straight face that man is attractive!
So are the commenters getting at race or just in their opinion the baby favoring Jay-Z (camel likeness) who is not pleasing to the eyes? Hey, we're just being honest...
Come people. She is a baby. I think that she is cute.
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