Drag Race star Raven addresses long-standing ‘blackface’ accusations: ‘I will not stop tanning’

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Raven has addressed accusations about her dark skin tone that some fans have described as akin to ‘blackface.’

Raven, who is Russian American, first appeared on the second (ever) season of RuPaul’s Drag Race in 2010, and later returned for the first season of All Stars in 2012 – and has been RuPaul’s makeup artist since 2017, when she took over from Mathu Anderson midway through the filming of season nine.

But the double finalist faced criticism after her run on the show in 2020 and 2021, when some fans noticed that the tone of her makeup had darkened significantly, prompting accusations she was appearing in ‘blackface‘; the practice of caucasian people using makeup to portray a racist caricature of a Black person.

For example, when

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