Society at Large don’t want you to WIN. They want you to stay in your place.
-(fake DJ Khaled quote).
All jokes aside. The larger society has a problem when black people don’t stay in their places. They have a problem when black people speak truthfully about the past, present, and future. They have a problem when black people hold up really big mirrors and articulate the reflection.
The larger society loves to see us sing and dance. They even like some of our paintings and sculptures. The larger society wants a healthy share of entertainment without alluding to the social ills in our society.
Police Brutality is one of those ills. I am not against policemen and women. I am against institutional racism. I am against the firing squads taking out unarmed black boys/teen/men.
This is an ugly picture. This is a black eye on our great nation. This is shoddy art.
Art is suppose to make you think, feel, emote, and engage. In regards to the SB50 halftime show, I commend Coldplay, Bruno Mars, and Beyoncé. They put on a great show.
Some say Bruno stole the show, some say it was Beyoncé’s.
Bey is being vilified for her ode to black culture. Beyoncé is such an internationally phenomena yet still black and yet still American.
If Beyoncé, who doesn’t speak out about social issues in this country very often can’t turn a blind eye to the way black people are being treated in this country, then maybe, just maybe, it’s a really big problem.
Beyoncé doesn’t speak out about social issues in this country very often, but that doesn't mean that she doesn’t think, feel, emote, and engage about them privately.
Beyoncé’s halftime performance and her new FORMATION video is a microcosm of reality. Her presentation was calculated. Her exhibition was strategic. Her demonstration was brilliant.
Beyoncé struck a nerve. Beyoncé gave us truth thru her art.
If artist only strike a nerve when "it's appropriate", then the time will never be right. If Beyoncé and her dancers had no entertaining redeeming value, then I could understand the argument that it was not appropriate.
Beyoncé doesn't speak out on political issues often, but when she does, it's subtle yet exponential profound.
Beyoncé asked her ladies to get in FORMATION. I’m asking the “powers that be” to please stop killing us. This will help put this country in a better CONFIGURATION.
#SB50
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