Beyoncè’s Father Mathew Knowles suggests she wouldn’t have been as Successful if she had a Darker Skin
Beyoncè’s Father Mathew Knowles suggests she wouldn’t have
been as Successful if she had a Darker Skin
Beyonce's Father Matthew Knowles suggests she wouldn't have
been as Successful if she had a Darker Skin
The issue of colourism in the American music industry has
always been a present one, and Mathew Knowles, father and former manager of
Beyoncè, discussed it in his interview with Ebony.
Talking about his new book, “Racism: From the Eyes of a
Child” in which he discusses colourism and racism, Knowles shared how he
experienced colourism as a child. He said:
I actually thought when I met Tina, my former wife, that she
was White. Later I found out that she wasn’t, and she was actually very much
in-tune with her Blackness.
I had been conditioned from childhood. With eroticized rage,
there was actual rage in me as a Black man, and I saw the White female as a
way, subconsciously, of getting even or getting back. There are a lot of Black
men of my era that are not aware of this thing.
Talking about how it affects the music industry, Knowles
said:
When it comes to Black females, who are the people who get
their music played on pop radio? Mariah Carey, Rihanna, the female rapper Nicki
Minaj, my kids [Beyonce and Solange], and what do they all have in common?
SOURCE: Bellanaija.com
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