Beyoncé has always been pro black

[Didymus 34,379]

6 minutes ago, MaryJaneHolland said:

on topic, yes she has always been and done so much..

she just needs lectures of what feminism is.

She used the correct definition of feminism frequently, so no she doesn't.

That song is not about feminism anyway, so your replies make no real sense here.

[KyliesChild 16,907]

38 minutes ago, CustomGueseppi said:

Delete this. Embarrassing.

If you're going to say something in a thread like this you have to get reasoning or else you look stupid. 

 

[Pablo 7,798]

2 hours ago, MaryJaneHolland said:

Run The World (Girls) is a disgusting song.

Dear Beyonce,

Feminism is women equal to men, not women above men.

Luv,

@MaryJaneHolland

maybe you should listen to the song lyrics before you make this statement 

[donutellha 13,819]

2 hours ago, CustomGueseppi said:

There's a reason people say Beyoncé fans are the worst 

[Shadowcrest 2,487]

7 minutes ago, Pablo said:

maybe you should listen to the song lyrics before you make this statement 

I just glanced at them, half the song is spent shouting the chorus. Your point is? 

[gagaisitalian 3,573]

2 hours ago, MaryJaneHolland said:

Run The World (Girls) is a disgusting song.

Dear Beyonce,

Feminism is women equal to men, not women above men.

Luv,

@MaryJaneHolland

Embarrassing. Actually read the lyrics. It's a female empowerment song. Don't take the title of it so literally.

"I'm reppin' for the girls who taking over the world
Help me raise a glass for the college grads"

"This goes out to all the women getting it in,
You're on your grind"

"How we're smart enough to make these millions
Strong enough to bear the children
Then get back to business"

[MaryJaneHolland 77,348]

Just now, LDR said:

Embarrassing. Actually read the lyrics. It's a female empowerment song. Don't take the title of it so literally.

"I'm reppin' for the girls who taking over the world
Help me raise a glass for the college grads"

"This goes out to all the women getting it in,
You're on your grind"

"How we're smart enough to make these millions
Strong enough to bear the children
Then get back to business"

and then she says: who rum this mother****ers? girls

[gagaisitalian 3,573]

Just now, MaryJaneHolland said:

and then she says: who rum this mother****ers? girls

Yeah, once again, don't take it so ****ing literally. Women are oppressed in this nation and she is allowed to give them an anthem. You're sexist for thinking the song is sexist. So goodbye.

[Pablo 7,798]

2 minutes ago, LDR said:

Yeah, once again, don't take it so ****ing literally. Women are oppressed in this nation and she is allowed to give them an anthem. You're sexist for thinking the song is sexist. So goodbye.

yaasss

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[Hexxx 2,244]

But has she ever spoken out on what needs to be done? Anybody can pose on top of a cop car and be considered pro black. 

[Thomas P 18,479]

36 minutes ago, Hexxx said:

But has she ever spoken out on what needs to be done? Anybody can pose on top of a cop car and be considered pro black. 

Go on her website and see what she has said about the police brutality, and the steps that are needed to be taken, and then she literally gave us those steps etc. 

[Lord Temptation 11,209]

1 hour ago, Hexxx said:

But has she ever spoken out on what needs to be done? Anybody can pose on top of a cop car and be considered pro black. 

She hides behind her Instagram and her website but she's never actually publicly spoken about black America. Never.

[Thomas P 18,479]

52 minutes ago, Lord Temptation said:

She hides behind her Instagram and her website but she's never actually publicly spoken about black America. Never.

She literally did at her concert. Like she had a moment of silence and everything.

[StrawberryBlond 14,862]

I think you're reading a bit too much into this. Most black people will have a natural inclination towards black rights, naturally. When you're an oppressed group, you will look for ways to exalt your people. But honestly, how is anything Beyonce did pre-Lemonade so race focused? All her videos would be no different if she was white. Single Ladies is just a dance video, nothing racial about it. And its dance moves were inspired (basically ripped-off, more like it), from Bob Fosse choreography that was made and performed by whites. How is this dance supposed to be attractive to blacks? It's just a dance! You're relying on a stereotype of what black dancing looks like and mistaking it for something race specific. And the video for Ring The Alarm had nothing to do with a comment on police brutality, it was just a woman being held in prison presumably for doing something terrible to her philarandaring lover and it was totally inspired by Basic Instinct - that's all anyone said when she was in that white dress in the chair. Run The World is supposed to be a feminist anthem (but fails completely, but that's another story), nothing more. And plenty of black artists have used an urban hood setting for a video at some point, to portray the feel of urban music better. Not so much support, just an aesthetic.

Then you add in how Beyonce relaxed her hair for years before now and had a nose job in the hopes of attaining more of a white-featured face and judging by how her colour had changed over the years, might have done skin lightening. Her skin's definitely been lightened for magazine covers before. To do all this and then proclaim she was proud of her black looks in Formation, I was just like, girl, get real.

I'm not saying she was never "pro black," but she sure didn't support them to the extent she does now. She became more vocal when the time was right, you might have noticed. There wasn't a cheep out of her back in the days before there was Black Lives Matter and race being the massive social conversation it is now. She's an opportunist, taking advantage of people, music and movements as and when they suit her, to make her popular and relevant throughout the years.