Beyoncé
Super Bowl
We all know
Beyoncé as a massive super star that has plenty of hits. Her polished
performances pay off every time she performs. This year, Beyoncé played at the
half time super bowl show and gave a very political performance based on black
rights.
Beyoncé’s
dancers were made to look like stereotypical black people with their afro
hairstyles and black berets. They all punched their fists in the air which was
drawn towards the right handed black power salute. This made me think, what
gives her the right to show this symbol on national television?
Because Beyoncé is
such a huge star and she has many fans, most of her audience would feel ok with
it due to them liking Beyoncé so much, that they don’t see the full racist attention
she is drawing on.
Many people complained
about this as it was Americas biggest family event of the year to watch on T.V
and live. People are complaining saying it was ‘inappropriate’ and it was a sense
of ‘hijacking’. Others are saying it was a publicity stunt for her new single
that was released a day before she performed this. The music video to this song
(Formation) also highlights white racism in U.S. history. Racism is clearly
shown in this video when a wall is shown graffiti reading 'Stop shooting us'.
I feel as if she is
drawing attention to black rights because she knows people will hear her out
due to her being a big star, but does individualizing black rights mean she is
being racist towards another race?
By saying one specific
race, she is creating racism by individualizing by color.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3445116/Queen-cynicism-No-stunt-s-shameless-Beyonce-accused-trying-look-white-week-posed-heroine-black-power.html#ixzz431t3pFo1
I think a fellow student touched on this subject as well, titled: okay ladies (and gents and those who don't conform to gender binaries) now let's get in formation. Should check it out
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