Beyonce' dropped an epic new album, with the title Lemonade, which highlighted uplifting black women, forgiveness, redemption, and brought additional attention to the Black Lives Matter Movement. So guess who this album was for? You guessed it! Black women, and that is perfectly fine, considering they are the most shitted on group, but that is not the purpose of this blog.
Art is very personal, and even though it is very personal, and most people will not "get" it, or like it, which is perfectly okay, what you don't get to do is come from a place of privilege, and tell others what type of art that they should do, which is exactly what Piers Morgan tried to do with his critique of Beyonce' and Lemonade.
Piers Morgan interviewed Beyonce' in 2011, and spend several days with her in London, and from those few days, I guess he captured the full essence of her 30 plus years of life (rolls eyes), so he was quite critical of Lemonade, which if critical is a new euphemism for racist, sexist, asshole!
His first comments were that when he met her five years ago, Beyonce' seemed more invested in her art, which was his low key, shady way of saying, since she didn't tout her femininity and bring attention to issues affecting black people, which is the race that she belongs to, then he was more happy with it.
He even went as far to say that he liked her better when her "art was first, and everything else was secondary." Which is code for shut up Negro woman...dance and sing for my enjoyment, but don't you dare address your people's plight. Don't you dare race bait or be racist (which is what every white person calls you, when you call them out on their racist bullshit. Let me tell you the difference in being a racist, and not being one. Racist: I hate white people. Not racist: That is some fucked up shit that your ancestors did to our people in the form of slavery, lynching, and Jim Crow. See the difference? Calling attention to a racist past or racist behavior is not being racist or race baiting, it is simply telling the truth.
But Piers didn't stop there. In Beyonce's special, she brought in Mothers of the Movement (women whose children's lives were taken due to gun violence). Piers accused Beyonce' of capitalizing on their pain to sell albums. First, Beyonce' is worth about $800 million; she doesn't need to use anyone to sell albums. Her brand speaks for itself. Secondly, if anyone is exploiting victims of gun violence, it is you. Remember when you pretended to care about Trayvon Martin's murder and getting justice for him, but then you allowed his killer's brother on your now defunct show and gave him softball questions, after your network paid him for the same interview and put his family up in a posh hotel? That is called being two faced and exploiting people's pain. So that would be you Piers, not Beyonce'
The even larger truth is that Piers is not alone. Some of my white friends, although they will not verbalize it to me, don't like the new, socially aware and vocal Beyonce'. You will dance your ass off to Single Ladies but when she tells your family members to stop murdering our children, and that when you do, we won't be quiet about it, Beyonce' is all of a sudden a problem. No, you and your racism are the problem. Build a bridge and get over it! Because now that Beyonce' has amassed her fortune and solidified her place in entertainment, I imagine Lemonade only scratches the surface of what she is going to do!
Until next time....
Great Job and gut wrenching truth,soo many hide their racist ways and views with the smiling in your face syndrome as stated and shown by Piers Motgan of Beyonce.
ReplyDeleteBlack women such as Beyonce to name a few should take an initiative too speak out for the mistreatment and murderious ways of a racist culture of enslavement, murder, bigotry and unfair and deceptive practices of a racist America and judicial system designed to hold black women too a lesser value and worth than white women as an attempt to kill off her black race, and slaughter black children like farm animals!
Too Mrs. Beyonce I say great job on shedding light where it's needed to be spotlighted, we can no.longer as a people allow ourselves to be treated unfairly as a with allowing racist America to keep its foot pressed across our throat and turn the other cheek as it constantly slaps us smack dab in the middle of our life each and every day. Wake Up Everybody No More Sleeping In Bed.
As Alice Cooper said We're Not Gonna Take It!