Beyonce Knowles and DadBeyoncé’s dad and former manager Matthew Knowles has claimed that the celebrated musician would not be as successful as she is right now had she been a little darker. Discussing his new memoir Racism: From the Eyes of a Child, he said: "I used to date mainly white women or very high-complexion black women that looked white. Later I found out that she wasn't, and she was actually very much in-tune with her blackness. Discussing his new memoir Racism: From the Eyes of a Child, he said: "I used to date mainly white women or very high-complexion black women that looked white. He said that his own mother used derogatory terms about dark-skinned women and encouraged him to date white women.

Source: Standard Digital February 08, 2018 09:45 UTC