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ELLE Magazine Beauty Editor Uses Blackface To Dress As Solange Knowles

Posted on November 26th, 2013
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Staff Editor


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Halloween was a month ago and people still find ways to use blackface. If you’re not creative enough to pull off a costume without putting something on your skin to make yourself look darker, try something else. It’s not worth it and it’s offensive to far too many people to let it slide.

Jeanne Deroo, ELLE France’s beauty editor recently posted a picture to her Instagram of her attending a private party in an outfit that she thought resembled Solange Knowles, someone she claims to be a fan of. Deroo claims to have seen the errors of her ways after the photo made its rounds through the web and issued an apology which can be read below the jump.

I realise how much the fact of painting oneself brown is an offensive act. I didn’t realise the seriousness of my action when I went to a private party last Saturday evening, which the theme was “Icons”, and where I chose to embody Solange Knowles, of whom I am a fan. During this private party, I posted a picture of myself on my Instagram without intention of hurting anyone. I deeply regret and would like to present all my apologies. I would also like to indicate that this picture published in a private context does not involve in any way the french ELLE magazine I work for, and I am sorry for the prejudice it has caused.

Keith Reid-Cleveland

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