Pharrell's recent backlash over the cover for his upcoming album, G I R L, which will be released on March 3rd, has prompted him to speak up about the criticism he's been getting over what fans believe is a lack of ethnic diversity regarding the women on the cover with him. While the three ladies on the album cover may have a slightly lighter skin tone, Pharrell spoke to TheYBF.com to explain how one of the girls on the album cover is in fact Black.
"They're ill informed. The woman I'm standing closest to, she is black and she's been a friend of mine for a long time. You know, I'm confused by it. Then they're going to ask me 'do I not have an Indian woman on there or a Pakistani woman on there?' But meanwhile, I do. She is African American and I feel sorry for her that people will look her dead in her face like 'she ain't black,' but she is black. It's a girl I use to date years ago.
"It's just unfortunate because it's 2014 and we have a President [who's black]. Is this what it is? Is it because she's not brown? I don't feel funny about our President because he is what he is.
"Meanwhile, has anybody forgotten that I'm black myself? I wake up everyday and I wave the black flag. Everything that I'm doing. You know, this 'Happy' song going #1. What is the guy that's singing the song? What do you mean?"
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Source: huffingtonpost.com
