If you haven’t heard, Jasmine Toliver started an online petition on Change.org after new pictures of the Carter Family surfaced online.
Honestly, I don’t know whether to be more disappointed in Change.org which is a platform for social change or Ms. Toliver.
My stance on Blue Ivy’s hair has always been that she’s a baby. And you know I have a toddler so I know how that goes.
But in the latest pic, Jay, Bey, and baby are returning from vacation. Not even Queen Bey is sporting fresh hair and make-up. So why target the 2 year old?
This is what Jasmine Toliver (who had deleted her Facebook page) had to say
My joke took off anything I guess with “sign a petition” is funny if I would’ve said “sign a petition to save Lebron James hairline” that would’ve took off to! It’s a clever joke.! Nobody came up with before. These blogs and websites are doing the most. My hair look like blue ivy right now except its moisturized and detangled. Yes I’m natural.! Have a seat to most people. I can care less about Beyoncé or jay-z but I do care for the kids hair. People make nothing out of something. I love being black! I’m proud my bloodline runs from Africa. I’m proud of my own tightly coiled kinks. I’m proud of my big lips and brown skin. People just need to breath and chill out.
Beyonce responded with video Formation with line “I like my baby hair with baby hair and afros”. Video below.
Yes Jasmine Toliver is a cyberbully. I want change.org to take down the petition. It is very disrespectful. Please leave Bey, JayZ, and Blue alone. I wonder if Jasmine is doing anything in her life. She must be be super bored and I have to guess uneducated. We need to do better to uplifted each other. Jasmine go read a book.
my issue is not with ignorant that started the petition.
I have a problem with all the brainless people that signed it.
I would like it if a stranger comes to your house and tell you how to run your house and tell you how to love your man and your kids.
it makes no sense!
everyone who signed this petition is a hater. they which they were as beautiful and smart as Bey and they which they were as rich as JZ.
the more we talk about them and hate them, the richer they will get, because they is not bad publicity.
so people stop hating and go after your dream the same way they did, that’s why everybody is talking about them and no one is talking about you!!
You ignorant black women won’t stop until Blue Ivy is wearing a blond weave? Admit it.
I bet you people are the same ignorant black women who made fun of Gabrielle Douglass hair, when she was performing her gymnastics. You people just made a big embarrassment of yourselves at that time too. You don’t want people in your hair , stay out of everyone else s. She’s a two year old. My son is two and i can barely get him to sit still to get his hair done. Sometimes all I can do is squirt the detangler on and brush it properly. His hair is a mess in two hours after I do it. I’m growing it long and black hair doesn’t need to be manipulated like that.
Think before you speak people.How do you know Blue Ivy isn’t autistic or has problems staying still? Some children with neurological issues have a hard time staying still. YOU try getting a comb through a moody child’s head. See how that works out for you. Not all black mothers beat their kids into submission to get their head done in tight baubles. Not all of us are like th at. Some of us like our kids to express themselves and be free. Any time I hear a black woman criticize the “imperfect” look of another black person’s hair, I am always suspect. Some of you still have t hat slave mentality, where you always worried about how you look to white people. Not everyone cares about that. Maybe she wants her daughter to be natural and not worry about her hair. Some of us don’t want our kids to have t he same hair hang ups that we do. Ever think of that??
I agree, I have a two and 4 year old and they have afro hair. When I comb it, an hour later it looks like I never touched it. I refuse to make their hair a big deal. I want them to grow up thinking about who they want to be in life. Not when their next 4 hour salon appointment is. We spend tooooo much time on hair. At least that is how most of us have grown up until now. It’s a waste of time. I’m not a huge Beyonce fan but I applaud her for not putting her own hair standard on that child because if she did it would show. The child would have a new weave and braids every other day and it would not be right. Kudos Beyonce and Jay-Z and Blue Ivy. And kudos to the rest of us who have to deal with black women judging our kids hair, assuming that we aren’t combing it. Here’s one of my favorite articles by one of my fav writers. In this article she captures the psychology of how so many black women feel about their hair and where it starts. It’s called BAD HAIR. http://www.thebrewonline.com/bad-hair