There is a petition posted to Change.Org by an anonymous user who suggests that sponsorship of Taren Guy’s hair care Youtube channel and products should be pulled because she is not a role model for Black women. The anonymous user who calls herself, “Concerned Black Woman” writes:
It is dangerous to sponsor black women like Taren due to the fact that she represents the very stereotypes against which she speaks.
She has built her “brand” around natural hair care, self love, self acceptance, and women’s empowerment. However, Taren is now pregnant again, for the 4th time out of wedlock, by a man who also happens to still be legally married. Taren is a misrepresentation to black women everywhere.
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As a result of her misrepresenting what women’s empowerment is about, she does not deserve the privilege of sponsorship from Motions Hair Care and its parent company, Unilever. Please reconsider your decision to continue to sponsor Taren as I do not want my daughters looking up to someone like her, who continues to damage the core and the fiber of what it means to be a black woman in this country.
Does Taren’s love life and personal relationships have a direct impact on her ability to do her job? Are we as women so hung up on fulfilling a man’s idea of what womanhood should be that we would dare disrespect the next woman who has found her niche in life and is prospering because of it?
What has Taren really done to deserve this? She allegedly has 3 children and one on the way and they are all out of wedlock? Why is that a problem? Who invented the idea of marriage and decided that this concept is the defining factor for right or wrong when it comes to love? Why did you believe whoever told you that you had to be married in order to conceive?
Marriage is a socially constructed concept that no one is obligated to obey unless they decide to.
What Taren is guilty of is simple- giving love another chance after being hurt, trying again after feeling like she went down the wrong path and making a name for herself that shines so brightly that anonymous lurkers come out to shame her because they hate themselves.
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They say she is not a proper role model, but where does that idea come from? Will you allow a man to tell you that you have to be a virgin, married and untouched in order to be a woman of worth? Why would you allow a man to dictate your actions in order to be what he perceives as worthy to be with?
This woman who started this petition is a no-life having, troll who has no goals of her own and is too ashamed to even show her face. Instead of looking to other women to emulate this troll needs to be her own role model and create her own life on her own terms. She is probably a fan turned sour, someone who wanted to be Taren’s BFF but was rejected. This is the perfect example of the thin line between love and hate.
This petition is just a signal that Taren Guy is doing amazing things with her life. When things like this come up, it is like an honor because greatness is always attacked by mediocrity. Any woman who has the time and energy to dedicate a portion of her life to “exposing” or belittling someone else’s life choices is not someone we should respect or admire. A woman who is about her business should be so busy focused on her own goals that the choices of others are insignificant to her unless she is congratulating them.
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Everyone who hates themselves can prove it by signing this petition! If you are a woman about your business, you won’t even have time because this would be nonsense to you.
My apologies to all of the commenters who left their opinions on this post. While trying to clean up backstage, I removed a plug in and inadvertently deleted all of the comments for the last few months.
Was it a butt plug?
I don’t know if you are fully aware of the mounting allegations of fraud against Taren and her partner but I would encourage you take a read. People have invested in her “Faces of Autism” and “Areya TV” projects and seen nothing, not even a progress report on developments or how their money is being spent. I dont think people are just hating for the sake of it, there seems like some really valid concerns about her business conduct.
The real embarrassment are the black women going in on Taren like they are somehow victimized by her actions, which they aren’t. I don’t know who started this nonsense burdening every black woman with the responsibility of representing us “all”, but this archaic way of thinking needs to cease and desist right now! It has done nothing but turn black women into faceless internet vultures. No one need worry about Taren sullying the image of the black female. The black female is doing it to herself.
Having children out of wedlock is not something that a woman should be shamed for. NEGLECTING or ABUSING children is what I can’t defend. Hustling fans that believe in you out of their hard earned money is inexcusable. Dating married men and having children with them is a horrible thing to do and any logical human being may question your character.
A lot of people want to have her back because we’re all human and make mistakes, but there simply are some things that a good, rational person doesn’t defend.
When you knowingly harm innocent people, you don’t deserve respect or trust. ESPECIALLY without a sincere apology and commitment to be a better person. Her children’s lives are going to be forever complicated in a very negative way unless she changes. Where is the compassion for them? Do you truly understand what harm it does to a child to have a neglectful, absent mother? How do you excuse the scam artistry and lies, or do you just not know about them?
Don’t let yourself be fooled by a pretty face. She is very ugly on the inside, which shocked me initially. I used to look up to her as I’d look up to a big sister. It’s very sad.
I dont think the petition is accurate as to why people are really boycotting Taren. I remember when news broke that Taren was having her 4th out of wedlock child, she still had tons of support and congrats from fans.
Only when allegations of fraud, child neglect and affairs with married men started to surface, did many choose to no longer support Taren. In fact, all the dirt that is now surfacing about this woman ONLY began when she posted pictures of her married boyfriend on FB and instagram. She brought drama to her own doorstep by not keeping things which should be private, private.
The truth is, people can choose to support or not support whomever they choose for whatever reason…. ESPECIALLY if that support involves FINANCES. And people often choose to support those who share the same morals and values as they do. Thats just the way it is.
Considering the fact that 73% of all black children in the USA are born out of wedlock, I am wondering why everyone is on their high horse about Taren’s life. I understand if she really is scamming people, but other than that…why care? There are a ton of role models out there, just find another one! Taren is biracial anyway, not black. People are killing me with this one drop rule stuff.
their is difference between having a child out of wedlock and having a child for another woman’s man. Imagine yourself in the wife’s shoes. Totally UNFAIR
You must STILL be Sucking Down HARD on Willie…..lynch, cause you sound like a For Real Damn Fool for real!
What IS your issue with this LADY? Some petty s…t no doubt, which makes you what? a standard for Black women? First off You….you have TO Be a WOMAN first and you just sound like a RETARD. You’re better off being a spokes person FOR CRETINS and other Bitter and Twisted people. If wasn’t For the Internet Low life forms such as yourself would NOT have a life at all. You are such a Bitter black Angry thing, you need a Hose down to chill.
With 72% of black women being unmarried with a bunch of damn kids. I dont think anyone is telling them anything about sex or birth control let alone withholding permission to conceive as if that’s a problem