Beyonce in L'Officiel Magazine IS. NOT. BLACKFACE.

THIS. IS. NOT. BLACKFACE.

Beyonce is featured on the cover and inside L'Officiel Magazine's 90th anniversary issue. She poses for an "African Queen" shoot, which pays homage to musician and political activist Fela Kuti. In the shoot her face is darkened, so quite naturally some cry ------> BLACKFACE!

Blackface was a form of entertainment that portrayed racist stereotypes of Black Americans. White entertainers would paint their faces black with burnt cork and paint their lips red.

Blackface is a caricature; an exaggerated version of negative stereotypes. Beyonce is posing as a beautiful African queen while paying tribute to a political and musical legend. So relax people. Relax.

In Living Color Fly Girls

I LOVE In Living Color. Live performances, hilarious/brilliant sketches (great mix of funny with social, political, and racial commentary), and the FLY GIRLS.

The Fly Girls would perform in between sketches. Now...the choreography was BAD...and I don't mean bad as in good....(love you Rosie Perez :)...but they were FLY. The outfits were AWESOME!! Kudos to their wardrobe stylist.

Diahann Carroll

First Black American actress to star in a television series, Julia.

As Dominique Deveraux in the television series Dynasty.

Model. Singer. Actress. Beautiful.