The internet whitewashes black celebrities, and that’s not okay

There are some pretty entertaining Photoshopped images of celebrities that make us giggle. Unfortunately this is not one of them. Besides, we don’t really see the point. Someone on the internet thought it would be okay to photoshop white-skinned black celebrities and say they would be prettier.

Whitewashing has been featured in the media before because of society’s screwed up beauty standards. Black women have already been photoshopped shades lighter in various magazines, due to obvious “exposure issues”, so they no longer need cards stacked on top of them. This is just downright racist.


We’re so glad the social media anti-trolls came to the rescue of the stars, and why shouldn’t they? Rihanna and Beyonce are some of the most beautiful black women out there. We suppose that Photoshopping a celebrity can be cruel and offensive, but this one really took the cake.

The beyhive and die-hard Rihanna fans came to the star’s defense when Twitter user @alexgracious decided it would be cool to heavily whiten Rihanna’s skin with the caption “Rihanna would look so much prettier if she was white.”

Rihanna didn’t even have to say anything (although she did block the user on Twitter), and instead Twitter users came to defend and comment on her to pile positive comments on top of racist, ignorant nonsense.

Not to mention – some of the Photoshopped photos of her and Beyonce, reinvented as “white” were definitely not pretty, and more on the really creepy side. Their faces are stripped of all color and it makes them look like a “Twilight” character gone wrong. The photos should be captioned “wouldn’t Rihanna/Beyonce look so much better as a vampire?” with the photoshop skills of these trolls. Also those blue eyes… really creepy.

The trolls must just be jealous that they aren’t as cute as Beyonce or Rihanna, and in the 2017 era of Trump, people thought their horrible opinions would be validated. Luckily, these two have hordes of fans, and if they come for someone else, we hope the good guys of the Twitter army come out with even more ammunition.