Beyoncé should know better than to adopt blackface | Afua Hirsch

The trend for fashion icons to be of indeterminate ethnic origin does not excuse Beyoncé's 'African Queen' photoshootBeyoncé, one of the most high-profile black women in the world, was recently asked to take part in a photo shoot celebrating the "African Queen", for the French publication L'Officiel. You'd imagine she would have been wary. For one thing, the fashion industry is still regularly accused of whitewashing. For another, French outlets are notorious for their inability to move past r...

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