Beyonce Fading to White… Skin: Receives Harsh Criticism … Again

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*In the words of Yogi Berra, it’s deja vu all over again.
Beyonce is back under the microscope after giving birth to Blue Ivy. A new photo of the superstar is featured on her website and on promotional ads for her latest album that captures Bey with a lighter, brighter skin tone.
At first glance you could mistake her for a lightly airbrushed white skinned Victoria’s Secret model. But then with a closer look you notice it’s actually the singer.
With the blonde hair and beaming camera lights, it’s hard to tell the woman is Black.
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Critics all over the net and in the press are questioning the singer’s motives, as her image has slowly began to fade into white. Some say the whitewashing of her images is sending a damaging message to the world, but most importantly to Black youth.
Anthony Blades, founder of race blog, ThisIsYourConscious.com, is confused about Bey’s purpose.
“It’s like, Again? Are we here again? I think in a lot of ways shes culpable because there’s history there,” he writes. “She’s not saying explicitly you have to lighten your skin, but it does carry that inherent message.”
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But this isn’t the first time the singer has received such strong criticism from her Black observers.
It seems that her image over the years have progressively become lighter and blonder.
Ugandan-born British writer Yasmin Alibhai-Brown shames the singer for abusing her mass appeal, especially due to the affect it has on young Black kids.
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Kelly Rowland's 'Lay It On Me': Latest example of video copycatting

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second time this week another hack is caught copying another music artist

Kelly's Rowland's new video for her single "Lay It On Me" is causing quite the buzz, but it's not the quite the chatter that the former Destiny's Child star way want.
Rowland's video is drawing comparisons to Bajan songstress Livvi Franc's 2009 hit "Now I'm That B*tch". Both videos feature the singers in skimpy outfits with shirtless, buff dudes in identical positions. But the most damning visual is the scene where Rowland and Franc are wrapped in tight PVC bands albeit in different colors.

Although Sarah Chatfield directed both videos, many are wondering if the blame should be on Rowland for swagger jacking or the director for providing the same video treatment to the two stars.
Rowland's sister in song Beyonce is also caught up in a video controversy of her own. Last week, the "Single Ladies" hit maker dropped the video for "Countdown" off of her newest album 4. Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker blasted the singer for ripping her moves from a 1983 dance piece she choreographed called "Rosas danst Rosas".
Now that two-thirds of destiny's children are embroiled in copycat scandals, the only person left unscathed is Michelle Williams. Watch out Tenitra!

Beyoncé accused of 'stealing' dance moves in new video

second time this year she is accused of plagiarizing

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A leading choreographer has accused Beyoncé of "stealing" dance moves, after the American singer launched her latest music video.
According to entertainment website AceShowbiz.com, choreography in the video for Beyoncé's new single Countdown, released last week, shows a number of similarities with work by the Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. Speaking to a Danish blog, De Keersmaeker said she had not been asked permission: "I didn't know anything about this. I'm not mad, but this is plagiarism."
Two routines in the video, which shows Beyoncé and her backing dancers in a number of disused buildings, have come under scrutiny. One creates a split-screen effect, with the singer looking to camera through a window on the left, while three female dancers perform a ballet routine in the background on the right. A remarkably similar effect and movements appear in De Keersmaeker's first work with her company, Rosas Danst Rosas. Another sequence strongly resembles choreography from Achterland, a filmed version of which won the Dance Screen award in 1994.
Beyoncé has not responded to the allegations, but her co-director, Adria Petty, has previously spoken about showing the singer footage of European contemporary dance for inspiration. She told MTV News: "I brought Beyoncé a number or references and we picked some out together. Most were German modern dance references, believe it or not." Petty said the process was "evolving [and] spontaneous".
It is the second time Beyoncé has been accused of plagiarism this year, after choreography and visual effects for her performance of Run the World (Girls) at the Billboard Music awards in May was likened to one by Lorella Cuccarini. In that instance, Beyoncé subsequently admitted having been inspired by Cuccarini.
De Keersmaeker has been a major force in contempoary dance for more than 30 years, creating work that has received critical acclaim and popular success around the world. In a 2009 profile, the Guardian's Sanjoy Roy described her as "a difficult choreographer with a popular following, a minimalist with a tendency to dramatise, a reiticent person with a lot to say".
De Keersmaeker continued: "What's rude is that they don't even bother about hiding it. They seem to think they could do it because it's a famous work … Am I honoured? Look I've seen local school kids doing this. That's a lot more beautiful."