Beyoncé aka Queen B created a song called “Formation,” which shows what the true meaning of Black Lives Matter. The main focal point of the music video was the showcase of individuals who were murder by the hands police and oppressors. The video portrayed the African slaves and individuals such as Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, and Emmett Till.
The Black Lives Matter movement and a pro-Beyoncé organization contributed a lot in the video. While there is a pro-Beyoncé movement, others formed an anti-Beyoncé protest against Beyoncé’s video, saying it was “too black.” This group of ignorant people created a parody of the music video and labeled it “The Day Beyoncé Turned Black.”
A lot of the white fan-base of Beyoncé is “hurt and angry” about “Formation.” In their eyes, Beyoncé is not African-American and that she is a disgrace to them.
Why is there so much hatred about Beyoncé’s pro-black statement? One reason is the attire of Beyoncé and her back-up dancers, who dressed in clothes reminiscent of the Black Panther movement. The Black Panthers was a 196o’s black activist self-defense organization, which pushed and encouraged young individuals to take up arms and be more educated about the Constitution. These people took the Constitution’s first and second amendments to heart. Beyoncé wanted to create her attire to symbolize what the panthers stood for. She showed people at during the Super Bowl halftime show and celebrated the fifty-year anniversary of the Black Panthers.
The former Mayor of New York was equally hurt and frustrated with the demonstration of the police being displaced in the music video. He said, “I don’t want the police force being [an] enemy towards the people, what she does is utterly degrading.” With this defense caused an anti-police sentiment. A former Beyoncé fan name April Bedunan was a part of the anti-Beyoncé protest and strongly persecuted and backlashed Beyoncé. She quoted with, “If white people wore KKK outfits, everyone would go crazy.” In my opinion, the KKK costumes were replaced with police uniforms and suits. The people don’t realize it because of the denial and ignorance that cloud their minds. Beyoncé is only showing people around the world that she is black and proud. She wants people to wake up from their denial of reality. A lot of individuals of color have lost their lives for America to be a better nation to live in for generations unborn. Their lives should be left in peace rather than in vain.
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