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Tina Knowles defends her daughter Beyoncé after the “Renaissance” artist received criticism over a recent photo on social media.
Knowles published a lengthy Instagram post on Tuesday to respond to “racist comments” about Beyoncé’s Versace look, which she wore for two portraits shared by designer Donatella Versace to mark the release of “Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé.” premiered Saturday in Los Angeles.
Beyoncé seemingly skipped the film’s red carpet, which featured celebrity guests wearing mostly black and silver looks to pay homage to the chrome aesthetic of Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” album and tour. For her portraits, the “Break My Soul” singer wore an elegant silver dress with matching silver gloves and her hair was long, straight and platinum blonde.
“She’s making a movie called ‘Renaissance’ where the whole theme is silver with silver hair, a silver carpet and suggested silver clothing, and her idiot concludes that she’s trying to be a white woman and bleaching her skin ?” Knowles wrote. “How sad it is that some of their own people continue the stupid narrative with hatred and jealousy.”
Knowles’ post included a video that began with a picture of Beyoncé’s silver Versace look, interspersed with comments reading, “She’s not a black woman!” and “Why does she look so white?” The image was followed by a montage of archive clips by Beyoncé, set to the melody of her 2019 song “Brown Skin Girl.”
“Black women have been wearing platinum blonde hair since the days of Etta James,” Knowles wrote. “I just looked at all the beautiful, talented black celebrities who have worn platinum blonde hair and this was the case for almost every one of them. Are they all trying to be white? I’m tired of people attacking her.” .”
Knowles concluded: “I’m sick of you losers… This girl minds her own business. She helps people whenever she can. She supports and promotes black women and underdogs at all times.”
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A number of stars took to the comments section to praise Knowles for her defense of Beyoncé, including Destiny’s Child member LaTavia Roberson.
“Educate them. They are always trying to break the black woman, especially one they feel intimidated by,” Roberson wrote. “The true definition of a protector 👏👏👏👏👏”
“I love you so much Ms. Tina!” Keke Palmer commented. “She deserves to be protected like this!”
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“They raised beautiful, strong, intelligent black women who are proud to be black,” Octavia Spencer wrote. “Anyone who says otherwise has their own problems. I’m sorry you encountered the negative comments that people don’t realize reflect how they feel about themselves.”
“Grab it all!!!” Cynthia Erivo commented. “You have EVERY right to stand behind your little girl!!! I love you ❤️❤️❤️”
“Haters will ALWAYS hate!” Vivica A. Fox wrote. “The higher you go, the thinner the air becomes! #FACTS #BLACKEXCELLENCE 👏🏾👸🏽🤑💯👏🏾”
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Contributor: Caché McClay, USA TODAY Network