This little DYNAMO is a must see, and she's from right here in Chicago! Meet 3-year-old Pe’Tehn Raighn-Kem from Bronzeville! Take a look of her performing “Hey, Black Child” on Windy City Live!
-snip- Three year old Pe’Tehn Raighn-Kem incorrectly attributed this poem to African American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwriight Countee Cullen (May 30, 1903 – January 9, 1946). Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countee_Cullen for information about Countee Cullen.
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Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases wo YouTube videos of the poem "Hey Black Child" and provides the words to that poem. Information about Useni Eugene Perkins, the author of that poem is also included in this post.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, inspirational, purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Useni Eugene Perkins for his cultural legacy. Thanks also to Pe’Tehn Raighn-Kem and to Kaleb Porter for their recitation of this poem. Thanks to the publishers of these videos and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. -snip- Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/10/useni-eugene-perkins-hey-black-child.htmlfor a 2015 pancocojams post on this poem. That post presents information about Useni Eugene Perkins and also contains several visitor comments.
**** PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE A number of websites, YouTube videos, and comments on YouTube discussion threads mistakenly indicate that Countee Cullen is the author of the inspirational poem "Hey Black Child". Other websites, YouTube videos, and discussion thread comments attribute that poem to Maya Angelou. In the now viral* 2015 video of a three year old African American girl (Pe’Tehn Raighn-Kem) reciting "Hey Black Girl", Countee Cullen was named as the author of that poem.
The actual author of "Hey Black Child" is Useni Eugene Perkins.
*There are several YouTube videos of reciting "Hey Black Child". As of Feb. 8, 2022 at 9:40 PM ET, the first YouTube video clip that was published of that television recitation by Pe’Tehn Raighn-Kem (on Chicago, Illinois' Windy City LIVE daytime talk show) Feb. 25, 2015 has 10,969,422 views.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2: Black History Moment: Hey Black Child
"Useni Eugene Perkins is a distinguished poet, playwright and youth worker. Born in Chicago on September 13, 1932, he was the son of Marion Perkins, a sculptor, and Eva Perkins. Being exposed to the arts at a young age through his father would prove to be a major influence on his later years...
In [1966], Perkins became the executive director of the Better Boys Foundation of Chicago, a social agency involved in community, social, educational and cultural development. Raised in the housing projects of Chicago, and having established a career as a sociologist dealing with troubled youth, he authored the 1976 book Home Is A Dirty Street: The Social Oppression of Black Children.
Upon leaving his post with the Better Boys Foundation in 1982, Perkins became an executive consultant in Chicago with INESU Consultants, where he stayed for two years. He was still very active in writing, penning several sociological books on African American youth, as well as publishing books of poetry and authoring various plays that were produced in theaters in Chicago."...
**** WORDS TO "HEY BLACK CHILD" (Useni Eugene Perkins)
Hey Black Child, Do you know who you are? Who you really are? Do you know you can be What you want to be? If you try to be what you can be.
Hey Black Child, Do you know where you’re going? Where you’re really going? Do you know you can learn What you want to learn? If you try to learn What you can learn?
Hey Black Child, Do you know you are strong? I mean really strong? Do you know you can do What you want to do? If you try to do What you can do?
Hey Black Child, Be what you can be Learn what you must learn Do what you can do And tomorrow your nation will be what you want it to be
Beyoncé, August 24, 2020 -snip- Statistics as of August 25, 2020 at 12:09 PM EDT total # of views - 2,965,192
total # of likes - 302K total # of dislikes - 4.9K total # of comments - 22,085
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This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series about the 2019 song "Brown Skin Girl" as performed by Beyoncé, SAINt JHN, WizKid, and Blue Ivy Carter.
This post provides information about the official video for "Brown Skin Girl" and showcases the official music video of that song and that song's lyrics.
Biographical profiles and links to information about Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN, and WizKid are also included in this pancocojams post.
Part II of this pancocojams series showcases the Beyoncé et al song "Brown Skin Girl" and presents a small number of comments from the discussion thread of that official YouTube. Most of these comments refer to colorism and the impact of this song/video on the self-esteem and group esteem of those commenters and other people of color.
Here's a definition of colorism from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colorism: "prejudice or discrimination especially within a racial or ethnic group favoring people with lighter skin over those with darker skin." Clickhttps://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/08/beyonce-blue-ivy-saint-jhn-wizkid-brown_24.htmlfor Part I of this two part pancocojams series about the 2019 song "Brown Skin Girl" as performed by Beyoncé, SAINt JHN, WizKid, and Blue Ivy Carter. Part I provides information about the official video for "Brown Skin Girl" and showcases the official music video of that song and that song's lyrics.
Biographical profiles and links to information about Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN, and WizKid are also included in this pancocojams post.
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The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Beyoncé SAINt JHN, WizKid, and Blue Ivy Carter who performed this song. Thanks to the composers of this song and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. -snip- Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/07/brown-skin-girls-throughout-world.html for a July 2019 pancocojams post about that song. That post, which showcases a sound file of that song, is entitled "Brown Skin Girls Throughout The World Comment About Beyoncé's Song "Brown Skin Girl"
**** SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD Pancocojams Editor's Note: I read a lot but not all of the comments in this video's discussion thread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRFS0MYTC1I
All of the comments in this compilation were published on August 24, 2020 and August 25, 2020 and are given in no particular order. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
1. Alijah Stain
"Who else has been waiting for this video since the song came out... Worth it!"
** 2. Chocolate Butterfly
"We are such beautiful people and you
have done an amazing job at highlighting all the flavors we come in, and
showing how important they all are. Naomi, Lupita, Kelly, and OMG Adut Akech
Bior are PERFECTION! 😍" -snip- It would be nice if there were time stamps for these famous people and for other famous people making cameo appearances in this video. Please help with this project by sharing in this post's comment section the names of famous people in this video and noting the times for their cameo appearances.
**
3. The Posh Mel
"A celebration of melanin, I love it! 👸🏾❤️"
**
4. Igor Perluchoo
"Thanks Beyonce for empowering the young
Black girls of our generation !"
**
5. phibeta6ma
"I cry every time I hear this song. Black
Pride! Love it so much! Love my people!"
** 6. Black Queen
"Sending love to all my brown skin queen
sisters. 🌬️🌬️👑💛💛💛💛"
**
7. Zachary Aghaizu
"So much to say in this video! See how blackness
is displayed in a beautiful way"
** 8. Kui wangui
"Glad to see our own Lupita Nyong'o"
** 9. TeaThe Pot
"This is even Empowering to a Brown skin
boy👶🏾👶🏿"
** 10. Rachelle JL
"I hope Queen B knows how much she is
loved around the world and how much she inspires me and my beautiful 7 years
old brown skin princess. We love you Beyonce❤️❤️ #Wizkid #MamaAfrica
#DaughterOfHaiti"
**
11. RJ DTWN
"So beautifully conceived and directed."
** 12. Shenice Says
"Beautiful song with beautiful and stunning
visuals."
** 13. Ana Carolina
"In six minutes Beyoncé SAVED Brown Skin
Girls life's. So many brown skin girls around the world are feeling powerful
and empowered. And I'm so happy because of it. I'm sad because I just listened
this beautiful music just at 23 after crying a lot because my dark skin, but so
happy because I'm the future my child will listen this since when she born. I'm
happy because a lot of another girl who are listening to this. THIS MUSIC IS
HISTORY. BEYONCE IS HISTORY. Proud to be brown skin girl! 💛✊🏾
Sorry for my English, I speak Portuguese
and I'm learning English so..."
** 14. Austin Q
"Naomi had to make an appearance!
So glad she got to be in this"
** 15. Gh doll kids games TV Doll
"Who else see Efia Odo in the video 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭" -snip- "GH" = Ghana, West Africa
** 16. Sommer Time
"Such an uplifting song. And the video
added new dimensions to it."
** 17. kaylirowe
"I love the vibes this song gives off 🥺❤️👑"
** 18. shoutoing
"seeing the black muslim girl in the
video made me feel so happy. many times it feels like black Muslims are
excluded from their own culture and religious spaces and it hurts to see. its a
small detail in this video but it makes me so happy to see"
**
19. Angie Quiro
"Been waiting! Better than what I imagined 😍😍😍"
** 20. Jotaku27
"The last part of the video gives me
chills! My life as a young black woman has come 180 degrees since singing along
with young Bey and Kelly from the Destiny child era on the “Proud Family” cartoon
theme song. Childhood did fly by and I hope Blue Ivy and sibs has their entire
days filled with all this amazing brown girl(and boy!) love."
** 21. Dominique Haywood
"This is such a beautiful song. Made me
tear up. This song is helping countless beautiful black women and girls all
around the world with their self esteem. Thank you Beyonce for this song it's
been much needed for generations."
** 22. Kollier :3
"Thank God for media like this 🙏
thanks to songs and videos like this, my beautiful brown skinned sisters will
hopefully NEVER have to be ashamed of themselves 💗 it genuinely makes
me cry"
** 23. Ethic Ethnic
"Big Oshun energy (Orisha of Yoruba)! And
shout out to the darker-skin & albino African girl representation. Hatred
of darker-skin tones, especially effects our girls/women, & such immorality
has no place in the African Diaspora & Motherland period! We were taught
colorism by Europeans & Arabs, we need to teach ourselves to shed that. Our
albino sistas & brothas are attacked, especially in some East African
nations, that evil has no place in our community.Thank you for this video & song, Beyonce"
** 24. Sikat Sikatan
"Naomi Kissing Beyonce and the moment
Beyonce kissed and hugged Kelly ❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍"
** 25. Cathalilla Valdemar
"I used to play clap clap as a kids
Jeez that's taking me back"
** 26. Jessica Prestidge
"Everything about this is beautiful. This
song is so beautiful. The video is beautiful. The women are beyond beautiful 😍
I'm cyring 😭"
** 27. Shaniah 21
"Dang Bey! Snatched my edges once again 🔥🔥🔥"
**
28. ashunt29
"What a beautiful and meaningful video!!!
I got goosebumps. I can never get enough of Naomi Campbell! Loves me some Kelly
Rowland and Lupita! Sing Blue!"
** 29. Ducky MoMo
"If you haven’t seen Black is King on
Disney+, do yourself a favor and go watch it!"
** 30. Lorena Frazão
"When I watched black is king and saw
this music video, it was impossible not to cry! The video empowers even more
the music lyrics 😭"
** 31. Paa Kwesi Nyame
"Beautiful song with a powerful message.
Top notch ♥️"
** 32. Queen Fopefoluwa
"Thank you Queen B and Wizzy for showing
me my skin isn't something to be ashamed of but to be proud of."
** 33. Amanda Mirai
"reading these comments has me feeling
like crying. so many people finally having a song and video that makes them feel
as beautiful as they are. saying how much they wish they had this song growing
up. its better late than never. and now many daughters and nieces and girls can
have what you needed then. so much love. ♡
and side note: i love how this video was
shot.. especially the 'still frames' (panning camera where the actors were
actually just standing in place!) and the ballgown outfits, the colors, and the
girl with the ribbon in her hair near the beginning walking around the
corner... just so fresh and beautiful, and lush with flowers and nature scenes,
golden sunlight"
** 34. ifaka_ o
"This is so beautiful words can't even
describe. Love to Beyoncé, Wizkid, SAINt JHN and Blue, the greatest."
** 35. Who Said That?!
"My yellow ass laying here in tears 😩
I can’t wait to share this with my beautiful brown baby when she’s old enough
to understand 💕" -snip- In the United States and in the context of this comment, "yellow" means a light skin Black person.
** 36. Jordan Kralev
"I needed it Laverne Cox in this video to
represent the brown trans girls all around the world! 😭"
** 37. Ellen Freitas
"I felt represented, thank you, this song
is beautiful! 🕊🇧🇷" -snip- "BR" = Brazil"
** 38. Daniel Moody
"i remember always wanting to be lighter
, hearing songs like this remind me of how proud i should be and how far we’ve
come! i love being dark🖤"
** 39. Cat Says Thank
"I'm so glad this exists on the internet for generations to
come."
** 40. Beatriz Gomes
"What a perfection of music video, music and dance! Queen Bey representing and showing once again that black is king. We, Brazilians thank you! ❤️❤️❤️🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷"
**
41. Never Mind
"I’m crying, I’m Bolivian and seeing all
those beautiful boys, girls, women, and men embracing themselves and feeling
beautiful in their own way made me really happy!! 👑👑👑👑👑❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"
** 42. Black Boy Fly
"The melanin 💎"
**
43. Kay
"The hair and wardrobe did it for me😩❤️"
** 44. Chanel Robinson
"Omg, this was BEAUTIFUL yes yes yes love
love love it. Yes All BROWN SKIN girls are beautiful and we are Queens (three
snaps in a circle) beautiful video. cant express how much I love this and my
Sister Queen B xoxoxox hugs, kisses and high-fives beautifully done"
** 45. Kirsten
"Anyone else crying like a child cause of
how beautiful this is? It's a message that I think the world really needs, and
it's beautiful and frustrating to know that it's needed and given in such
gorgeous way. Bravo to the producer and director and the artist and dancers and
just everyone who was in this."
** 46. Willow Field
"0% nudity
0% swearing
100% beautiful people"
** 47. Azogui
"It's so sad to know tha your skin color
"defines" who you are in this racist society.
I'm in love with this video, seing black
women being so fancy, happy and proud.
Congrats Beyonce."
** 48. David Cowdrey
"Personally I was raised to regard all
people as being equal, and I my observation has been that skin color has a
minimal impact on how beautiful someone is.Though I suppose Beyonce is entitled to her opinion as selective as it
may be." -snip- This commenter's photograph is of a White man.
** REPLY 49. Khangelwa Khathi
"We are equal but in this world we live in we aren't treated as equal.
Beyonce uplifting black people isnt oppressing white people get it straight."
**
50. Maycon Antonio de Medeiros Lordeiro Luciano
"The most beautiful video ever. So touching and make me cry.
Brown skin girls around the world, never forget you are beautiful! #Blacklivesmatter ❤"
** 51. Ra ch
"This brought tears to my eyes. It’s
unfortunate that we have to raise our children in a spiteful racist world where
other children will be taught to mock them for the colour of her skin, or the
texture of her hair. Racism HAS TO STOP. We can do better, raise the next
generation to do better❤️"
** 52. Noname Needed
"Just to point out- this is also a BIG
issue in India too, the amount of money that goes into promoting a brand called
“fair & lovely” is really disgusting. South Indians are also frowned upon
and not considered beautiful due to their skin tone 🥴🥴"
** 53. Kiki Torres
"My skin isn’t dark skin or brown skin , it’s light but this is a
beautiful song and this song has a message in it , all of y’all women are
beautiful no matter what skin color you are ! Know your worth .."
** 54. 1B Subs Challenge Before 2021
"When I heard this song, I cried for the
little black girl who wasteased,
chosen last and always made to feel ugly
because of her skin.
I'm a woman now, and have grown to love
my skin but this song took me
back in time.... I hugged that little
girl."
** 55. Zoey Blagrove
"i felt thisthis so much especially me growing up with my
hair. I would always want to straighten my hair all the time to feel accepted.
I'm now in high school and I'm embracing my natural hair because that's what
makes me unique. Remember to always be confident and not let people tear you
down. You are beautiful just the way you are."
** 56. Jorris Robinson
"Love, Love, Love... I love when art
leaves me feeling grateful. So appreciate the artist willingness to surrender
to the vision/voice, create, and then bravely share with the world.
I will always be proud of this Melanin
I will always be Mindful of its beauty
Yours truly,
A Brown Skin Girl ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿"
** 57. FT O
"Omg that’s a MASTERPIECE ❤️✨"
** 58. M3D Sibs
"This MV made me proud of my brown
Filipino skin. ❤️💕 Beyonce is truly a living legend. Long live The
Queen."
** 59. Ariane Nicholson
"This is such a beautiful video. I hated
my dark skin growing up. I was always teased and called ugly. Its taking time
but im getting there to fully loving myself."
** 60. alia eworo ndongo
"Crying❤️ tears of PRIDE AND JOY. We're
all BLESSED 💗"
** 61. S J
"We all need to learn to love ourselves.
I'm a pale Latina, all my community was darker than I was. I was picked on
because of the color of my skin, too. I obsessed about how I could fit in,
tried tanning products, burning myself in the sun. And finally,I decided to love myself instead. I finally
LOVE the skin I'm in. We women are so different and unique, we're all
beautiful. We need to be easier and nicer to one another."
** REPLY 62. Afro Son
"glad you finally accepted yourself. keep
loving yourself coz all skin is beautiful"
** 63. Nawanjani Perera
"wow! This certainly is a strong piece of
art."
** 64. Osvaly Jimenez
"The world needed this!"
** 65. Abbie Gabi
"Being born and raised in Jamaica, there
has never been an issue with racism but definitely with Colorism. I love how
all shades are represented here and how beautiful and almost magically we are."
** 66. 0kstar
"What is the hand game they played at the
beginning called? I used to play it as a kid."
** 67. Kenny Johnson
"I should’ve been in this video can’t
nobody beat me in a game of slide 😏"
** 68. Saadia Islam
"I saw the hijabi and the south asian
woman and i almost cried"
** 69. Titi Aribasoye
"i remember at school when this guy told
me i am ugly because i am black and he said i dont likeblack girl and i told him you are missing out"
** 70. Bunpire
"Beyonce allows us (those mixed w/ and/or
black) to feel pride in our skin. For so long I use to feel outcast for the
colour of my skin and told my curly hair is ugly. But watching Beyonce &
listening to her music has taught me to love & appreciate the heritage I am
apart of. Bless her for making music like this."
** 71. CarlosgymFitness Chincha - Perú
"I am from CHINCHA CITY PERÚ.. And we are
proud of be the capital of broenmmwn skyn people too."
** 72. Stevie Woo
"nice to see B wearing her hair more
natural"
** 73. Thay Soares
"É lindo como a Beyoncé tem mostrado só a
beleza do nosso povo, e não só as derrotas, nossa cultura é linda as pessoas
precisam ver isso, por que por muito tempo isso ficou de baixo da sola do branco." -snip- Google translate from Portuguese to English "It is beautiful how Beyoncé has shown
only the beauty of our people, and not only the defeats, our culture is
beautiful, people need to see this, because for a long time it was under the
sole of white."
** 74. Risingofthephoenixx x
"Hi a message for all who don't
understand why this video means so much to us if you aren't black, east Indian,
filipino, native american or a mixture of any of them.... than you have no idea
how cathartic this music video is for all of us. I for years slapped on the
sunscreen and avoiding the sun so I don't get darker trying bleaching creams a
few times in my life and correlating dark skin as not beautiful. I'm finally at
peace in my skin. FINALLY. And seeing all these comments from other races
especially the East Indian community cause they were also represented in this
video. I SEE YOU YOU ARE VALIDATED AND WE LOVE YOU. I am crying hard at this
monumental moment and its cathartic seeing so many people lives that have been
touched by Beyonce and this one song in particular in the comments. I am crying
I feel released.
Everyday of my life and majority of
brown skin girls lives whether its directly or indirectly how our skin is to
dark and lighter the better all over the media since old Hollywood to fashion and
entertainment across the world you can beauty standards involve light eyes and
light skin and before anyways thinks I'm coming after a certain group of people
or whatever I'm not. You are beautiful all of human kind is beautiful especially
the ladies of every race but the only difference is you have an abundant of
representation telling you that you're beautiful; Dior, Estee Lauder, Lancome,
Calvin Klein, Abercrombie and Fitch, Valentino, Versace, Armani, etc etc and
Hollywood, and entertainment around the world Japanese media, and bollywood who
choose many of the lightest skinned Indian people to be leads in the
movies. But brown skins/dark skins don't
have that representation a few tokens that spring up every now and then is not
equal representation. In many cultures, nationalities and ethnic groups dark
skin/brown skin usually meant one common unifyer it meant we were field
workers/slaves. We were not privileged enough to work indoors and remain light
skinned. Light skinned was also synonymous with wealth and with beauty for
centuries not just in the time of media. But Beyonce you are truly iconic and I
don't throw that word out alot cause Michael Jackson really set the bar on
iconic legends but Beyonce. You did it."
** 75. nwaise emmanuel
"Smiled all through this video 😊😊😊"
** 76. Belac John
"Come thru Beyonce!!!💜💜💜"
** 76. Ask Lovely
"I Just Burst Into Tears While Watching
This... WE Are So Very Uniquely Beautiful ❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
NO MATTER What The World Portrays... WE ARE LOVE💜💕❤️💜‼️❤️💜‼️❤️💜‼️❤️💜We
Are People Of Color💋💋💋💋"
** 77. Christie Mystie
"When I was a kid they use to call me
"ti nwe" wich mean in creole litle darkness. I always felt so ugly.
But now, I am shining with my black skin and I am proud."
** 78. S M
"My future children will not be ashamed
of having beautiful brown skin because of liberating songs like this. #Beehive
#brownskingirl #brownskinboy #blackjoy"
** 79. Drink77
"THANK YOU for the brown Indian
representation!!!"
** 80. Arthur Andrade
"Is it ok to be white and in love with
this song at the same time?"
** REPLY 81. DerpyWafflesXP
"Arthur Andrade of course 💗"
**
82. J.Y. W.
"Thank you for publishing this video and
song straight from Black Is King.This
imagery and lyrics should never be separated.I see myself in the video, and hear the words in my ears,and am, therefore, uplifted, encouraged, and
empowered...and this is BEAUTIFUL!Please do the exact same thing for My Power...publish the clip straight
from Black Is King.Again, thank you
Mrs. B. K-C!"
** 83. Keepit Trill
"FOR THE CULTURE!"
** 84. Queen la' sexy
"This song is so beautiful but so sad at
the same time ....I don't think I can ever listen to it again cuz I tear up
...its like blacks and mixed and Spanish etc.been thru so much it hurts so bad 😭😫"
** 85. Robyn
"Wow, growing up being a dark skinned
Filipina I wish I could have showed my younger self this song. Being in a
culture where bleaching products are pushed and being "lighter" is
better it was hard to love my skin color and it took a long time. When I was
young I would try not to go out in the summertime so I wouldn't become darker.
But now I've never been more proud of my skin color. I love love love my
chocolate brown skin. We are all so beautiful ❤❤"
** 86. Sariah-Lamore Wilson
"I don't think people are understanding
the gravity of this song because it is truly an Anthem of love and appreciation
to women who have been overlooked and mistreated and I'm so happy that they're
getting the recognition they deserve"
** 87. Rachel. K
"I liked this song before the official
music video came out and I must say that I now love it x10 more. This video is
so beautiful and well done. 👏🏻"
** 88. Dayroom Tee
"I listen to this song everyday ☹️ I’m
Puerto Rican n Dominican and I’m either always too lightskin or too darkskin to
friends and family so I be hating my skin sometimes😕this song be makin
me cry"
** 89. Queen arsione
"I m not a black woman but this song
makes me cry because i felt black women's sadness. The people couldn't see
their beautiful and power. Girls, you dont need a White skin for feel pretty.
You are aleady pretty. I really like black women. Love from Turkey sisters 💕"
**
90. Q V
"Bey helped me love my skin color when i
was struggling to accept it. Growing up in a country where colorism is abundant
and whitening products are sold to you at every corner, her songs and
confidence really helped love my skin and accept that theres nothing wrong with
my brown skin, that im beautiful."
** 91. it's me
"4:10this actually made me tear up a bit I'm 14 and I absolutely hated my
hair cause it was never like the other girls all these black women being proud
of their hair and there skin color really made me confident in my self so I say
thank you to all of them"
** REPLY 92. Mistura
"I literally felt the exact same way im
14 too i wanted the silky straight or the loose and bouncy curls but i have
finally embraced my hair and i also feel even more confident and proud of my
hair texture and my brown skin complexion after watching this"
** REPLY93. BoozinDallas _
"God made no mistake in creating you.
Continue to embrace your beauty❤❤❤"
** REPLY
94. it's me
"@Mistura yeah now I'm so proud of my hair I don't need to have straight
silky hair to look pretty or cute I like my hair now"
**
95. he Eivii
"That albinoooo girrlll omg so
beautiful.."
** 96. Ridho AbdurRahman Lekki
"Same skin that was broken be the
same skin taking over" black don't crack 😍"
** 97. Mocha Man
"Hopefully this video will show girls
they don't need to bleach their skin to be beautiful"
** 98. Dj Boss
"Africa will forever appreciate this gift
from queen Beyoncé, saint jhn, blue ivy and king wizkid 🖤❤️"
** 99. Azogui
"It's so sad to know tha your skin color
"defines" who you are in this racist society.
I'm in love with this video, seing black
women being so fancy, happy and proud." Congrats Beyonce.
** 100. phibeta6ma
"I cry every time I hear this song. Black
Pride! Love it so much! Love my people!"
** 101. Black Queen
"Sending love to all my brown skin queen
sisters. 🌬️🌬️👑💛💛💛💛"
** 102. Dellisha Sterling
"Love the positiveblack images❤❤ love the way she showed the
diverse hairstyles and skin tones. Love the way she makes it feel soo GOOD to be
black when I watch this. Love the way this will encourage those of us who ever
felt insecure about our skin or hair or anything at all. Love love love."
** 103. King Essy
"& THIS is why she's in a. class of
her own
THIS is why we call her Queen
the way she touches and empowers is
unlike any other ❤
on behalf of myself and every dark
skinned girl/woman that has ever been made to think less of herself, we thank
you!"
** 104. LaNegrita98
"Honestly this song made me cry due to the fact that when I
was younger I didn’t want to be black. But I learned to love me for me 😩"
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105. Brandon Layte
"This song really gets me deep in my feels, feeling of pure
joy, and unconditionally love for all the wonderful, gorgeous, brilliant, black
women in my life, my mother and sisters their beauty is undeniable, and BEYONCÉ
just gave me a song to put the the feelings I always feel when I look at black
women. Thank you Beyonce you are one of the many powerful black women the world
has to offer, continue letting the world see this, see black, see how it is
king, has always been king, and will always be king.🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾"
** 106. Sumaiya Khan
"Omg I absolutely loved this I’m Asian and watching this just
made me get up and just sing and dance along to it I love embracing my skin
colour now thank you sooo much Beyoncé love this ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿"
** 107. Mistura
"so many dark skinned beautiful girls
this made me cry. Darkskin has been so underrepresented and disrespected for
centuries i'm so happy to see this art, this beauty and overflowing melanin on
my screen this is the recognition they deserve i'm happy to see it and i hope
it will continue i loved this"
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108. Anchelo Exequais Bathelemy
"That song is everything🙏🏽
There is a powerful message in this
song, eye opener for every dark skin girls that are desperate to bleach.
Appreciate how God created you girls😊
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Brown skin girl
Your skin just like pearls✨The best
thing in the world..Never trade you for anybody else💎 #Blackgirlsmagic"
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109. Samyra y2k
"I’m and Indian girl and I never felt included in American
media, but finally seeing an indian girl made my entire year. Thank you Beyoncé
my queen for making me feel included in the beautiful brown skin community of
women. This and entrepreneur dropping is literally the most empowering
thing ever."
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"I’m west African and I loved seeing the Indian girl in this
video!!!! I was like yessss they didn’t forget our Indian sisters!!😊"
** REPLY 111. kiki9619 Terry
"We got you gurl.❤️"
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112. Mount Everest
"I thought she was only talking about beautiful black women
but it's beautiful South Asian women too"
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113. sofia
"Am so glad they added albino black girls too"
** REPLY 114. Comms Company
"I know ! I have a relative with albinism and am stoked to
see that !!!"
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115. Doro Griffin
"Even though Beyonce is of light skinned
toned and everyone knows the stereotype behind that... she always stand strong
for the people of color and dark-skinned men and women you never hear
Oprah..and a lot of other celebrities on a high platforms talk so highly of
people of color and make them shine in a beautiful light do what she does for
our community.. Queen 🐝 100%"
** 116. Pari whoop "Isnt 3:22 an Indian girl??? That made me feel so beautiful as a dark skinned indian girl. This is such a beautiful celebration of all cultures, and it is a celebration of different cultures. I love this song. Its really beautiful. Beyonce really is a queen. Love Kelly here and lupita too"
** 117. Erica Colaco
"I love how she is using her fame to spread awareness of
inequality based on race. You don't see that everyday."
** 118. Franz H "An absolute queen Beyonce is. I am a black man and i love
this video sooo much. Amazing representation for all black women. Brown Skin
Girl!"
** 119. 3k subs for an egg "RIP to everyone who lost their life because their skin
complexion was a threat 🥺🥺 #brownskin"
** 120. KiraRichie
"This is so beautiful. To see brown skin girls and women
celebrated is amazing. Well done Beyoncé."
**** This concludes Part II of this two part pancocojams series.
Beyoncé, August 24, 2020 -snip- Statistics as of August 24, 2020 at 11:09 PM EDT total # of views - 2,028,390
total # of likes - 243K total # of dislikes - 3.1K total # of comments - 18,177
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This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series about the 2019 song "Brown Skin Girl" as performed by Beyoncé, SAINt JHN, WizKid, and Blue Ivy Carter.
This post provides information about the official video for "Brown Skin Girl" and showcases the official music video of that song and that song's lyrics.
Biographical profiles and links to information about Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN, and WizKid are also included in this pancocojams post. Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/08/beyonce-blue-ivy-saint-jhn-wizkid-brown_25.htmlfor Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II showcases the Beyoncé et al song "Brown Skin Girl" and presents a small number of comments from the discussion thread of that official YouTube. Most of these comments refer to colorism and the impact of this song/video on the self-esteem and group esteem of those commenters and other people of color.
Here's a definition of colorism from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colorism: "prejudice or discrimination especially within a racial or ethnic group favoring people with lighter skin over those with darker skin."
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The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural,
entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Beyoncé SAINt JHN, WizKid, and Blue Ivy Carter who
performed this song. Thanks to the composers of this song and thanks to all
those who are quoted in this post. -snip- Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/07/brown-skin-girls-throughout-world.html for a July 2019 pancocojams post about that song. That post, which showcases a sound file of that song, is entitled "Brown Skin Girls Throughout The World Comment About Beyoncé's Song "Brown Skin Girl"
" "Brown Skin Girl" (stylized in uppercase)
is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé, Guyanese singer Saint Jhn and
Nigerian singer Wizkid, featuring Blue Ivy Carter from the 2019 album The Lion
King: The Gift[1][2] and featured in the 2020 film Black Is King.[3] The song
was sent to Top 40/Rhythmic radio on July 23, 2019 as the second single from
the soundtrack.[4][5] Billboard magazine ranked "Brown Skin Girl" as
the 68th best song of 2019, saying the song "bolsters Beyoncé's crusade
for cultural pride and female empowerment".[6] The song was the most
streamed female song of 2019 on Apple Music In Sub-Saharan Africa.[7]
[...]
Composition and lyrics
The song contains "spare, syncopated African
rhythms", while its lyrics deal with colorism faced by darker-complexioned
women: "Brown skin girl / ya skin just like pearls / Your back against the
world".[6] Billboard magazine called the lyrics "compelling",
noting how the song shout-outs pioneering brown girls such as Naomi Campbell,
Lupita Nyong'o, and Beyoncé's former Destiny's Child bandmate Kelly Rowland.
[...]
Black Is King is an exclusive Disney Plus visual album and
film based on the music of The Lion King: The Gift, which premired on the
platform July 31, 2020. "Brown Skin Girl" has a music video within
the film, along with the songs "My Power" and "Mood 4 Eva,"
also from The Lion King: The Gift. All of the videos have been described as
"extravagances of elegance and soul". Many had cameos in the video
including Kelly Rowland, Naomi Campbell, Lupita Nyong'o among many others. The
song was included on the deluxe edition of The Lion King: The Gift, which
included all the songs included in the film.[17]"...
"On the heels of her visual album Black Is King,
Beyoncé has shared the stunning video for “Brown Skin Girl.”
The track features her daughter Blue Ivy Carter, WizKid and
Saint Jhn. For the video — directed by Jenn Nkiru — they’re joined by Naomi
Campbell, actress Lupita Nyong’o and Kelly Rowland, Beyoncé’s fellow Destiny’s
Child.
The striking visual clocks in at just over six minutes,
featuring debutantes in elegant gowns. “Pose like a trophy when they Naomi
walking/She need an Oscar for that pretty dark skin,” Beyoncé sings. “Pretty
like Lupita when the cameras close in/Drip broke the levy when my Kelly’s Rowland.”
Beyoncé dropped the video on Good Morning America on
Monday, accompanied by a statement. “It was so important to me in ‘Brown Skin
Girl’ that we represented all different shades of brown,” she said. “We wanted
every character to be shot in a regal light — Jenn Nkiru came up with the black
debutantes. It was important that we are all in this together and we’re all
celebrating each other.” Added Nkiru: “My greatest inspiration comes from black
people, specifically black women.”
The 85-minute Black Is King arrived on Disney + last
month. Based on the music from The Lion King: the Gift (the soundtrack
to the 2019 remake of The Lion King), it marks Beyoncé’s third visual album,
following 2013’s Beyoncé and 2016’s Lemonade. Ahead of its
release, she dropped the video for “Already,” which features Major Lazer and
Shatta Wale."...
**** LYRICS - BROWN SKIN GIRL
(Songwriters: Beyoncé; Carlos St. John; Ayodeli Balogun; Adio Marchant; Shawn Carter, Stay Barthe; Anathi Mnyango; Michael Uzoruwu; and Richard Isong) [as cited in this song's Wikipedia page and elsewhere]
INTRO (CHORUS): BLUE IVY CARTER, ST, JHN
BROWN SKIN GIRL YA SKIN JUST LIKE PEARLS YOUR BACK AGAINST THE WORLD I NEVER TRADE YOU FOR ANYBODY ELSE
VERSE 1: WIZ KID
SHE SAY SHE THAT SHE REALLY GREW UP JUST LIKE ME DONʼT BELIEVE IN NOTHING BUT THE ALMIGHTY JUST A LITTLE JEANS AND THEN PURE WHITE TEE SHE NEVER DREAM FOR EVER BE NOBODY WIFEY SHE WHILEMINA PRETTY BUT SHE HEART IS A MAZE THE PLAY YA LIKE A VILLAIN CAUSE SHE CAUGHT IN A WAVE TONIGHT IʼM WALKING AWAY 9-5 MIND ON THE GRIND YA YA
PRE: WIZ KID
TONIGHT I MIGHT FALL IN LOVE DEPENDING ON HOW YOU HOLD ME IʼM GLAD THAT IʼM CALMING DOWN CAN LET NO ONE COME CONTROL ME KEEP DANCING AND CALL IT LOVE SHE FIGHTS IT BUT FALLING SLOWLY IF EVER YOU ARE IN DOUBT REMEMBER WHAT MAMA TOLD ME
CHORUS: WIZ KID AND BEYONCÉ
BROWN SKIN GIRL YA SKIN JUST LIKE PEARLS YOUR BACK AGAINST THE WORLD I NEVER TRADE YOU FOR ANYBODY ELSE
BROWN SKIN GIRL YA SKIN JUST LIKE PEARLS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD I NEVER TRADE YOU FOR ANYBODY ELSE
VERSE 2: BEYONCÉ
POSE LIKE A TROPHY WHEN THEY NAOMI WALKING
SHE NEED A OSCAR FOR THAT PRETTY DARK SKIN
PRETTY LIKE LUPITA WHEN THE CAMERAS CLOSE IN
DRIP BROKE THE LEVY WHEN MY KELLY’S ROWLAND
I THINK TONIGHT SHE MIGHT BRAID HER BRAIDS
MELANIN TOO DARK TO THROW HER SHADE
SHE WHINES HER BUSINESS AND WHINES HER WASTE
GOLD LIKE 24K, OK
PRE: BEYONCÉ
TONIGHT I MIGHT FALL IN LOVE DEPENDING ON HOW YOU HOLD ME IʼM GLAD THAT IʼM CALMING DOWN CAN LET NO ONE COME CONTROL ME KEEP DANCING AND CALL IT LOVE SHE FIGHTS IT BUT FALLING SLOWLY IF EVER YOU ARE IN DOUBT REMEMBER WHAT MAMA TOLD ME
BROWN SKIN GIRL YA SKIN JUST LIKE PEARLS YA BACK AGAINST THE WORLD
I NEVER TRADE YOU FOR ANYBODY ELSE
BROWN SKIN GIRL YA SKIN JUST LIKE PEARLS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD I NEVER TRADE YOU FOR ANYBODY ELSE
BRIDGE: BEYONCÉ
HAVE YOU LOOKED IN MIRROR LATELY
WISH YOU COULD TRADE EYES WITH ME
CAUSE THERE’S COMPLEXITIES
IN COMPLEXION
BUT YOUR YOUR SKIN IT GLOWS
LIKE A DIAMOND
PIGMENT LIKE THE EARTH
YOU BE GIVING BIRTH
TO EVERYTHING ALIVE
BABY KNOW YOUR WORTH
I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU
FROM YOUR NAPPY CURLS
TO EVERY SINGLE CURVE
YOUR BODY NATURAL
SAME SKIN THAT WAS BROKEN
BE THE SAME SKIN TAKING OVER
MOST THINGS OUT OF FOCUS VIEW
WHEN YOU’RE IN THE ROOM
THEY NOTICE YOU
CAUSE YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL
YEAH YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL
THEM MEN THEY GON FALL IN LOVE
WITH YOU AND IN ALL OF YOUR GLORY
YOUR SKIN IS NOT ONLY DARK
IT SHINES AND IT TELLS YOUR STORY
KEEP DANCING
THEY CAN’T CONTROL YOU
THEY WATCHING
THEY ALL ADORE YOU
IF EVER YOU ARE IN DOUBT
REMEMBER WHAT MAMA TOLD
CHORUS: BLUE IVY CARTER, ST, JHN
BROWN SKIN GIRL YA SKIN JUST LIKE PEARLS YOUR BACK AGAINST THE WORLD I NEVER TRADE YOU FOR ANYBODY ELSE
BROWN SKIN GIRL YA SKIN JUST LIKE PEARLS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD I NEVER TRADE YOU FOR ANYBODY ELSE
-snip-
This song is featured in Beyoncé's 2019 album The Lion King: The Gift.
****
BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILES & LINKS TO INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SONG'S SINGERS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9 "Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (/biːˈjɒnseɪ/bee-YON-say; néeKnowles; born September 4, 1981)[5] is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actress and filmmaker"...
** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Jhn "Carlos St. John Phillips[1] (born August 26, 1986),[2][3] known professionally as Saint Jhn (stylized as SAINt JHN), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer."...
**https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizkid "Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (born 16 July 1990), known professionally as Wizkid (sometimes stylized as WizKid), is a Nigerian singer and songwriter."... **** This concludes Part I of this two part pancocojams series on the official YouTube music video for Beyoncé et. al's song "Brown Skin Girl". Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
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Google translate from Portuguese to English
"It is beautiful how Beyoncé has shown only the beauty of our people, and not only the defeats, our culture is beautiful, people need to see this, because for a long time it was under the sole of white."
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