Beyonce, along with the blacklisted Dixie Chicks, gave a spell bounding performance at the CMA's on last evening. In fact, it was so iconic, that the CMA's received the highest ratings in over 50 years (White racists would have you believe it is because the show was just that good, (rolls eyes) but we all know that it was because of a surge of blacks and Beyhive stans, who only watched because Beyonce performed).
True to racist form, whites took to social media to express their disgust that Beyonce would perform country music. Guess what? Black accepted Justin Timberlake, Robin Thicke, Christina Aguilera, Jon B, and countless other whites into the R&B genre, so you'll will just have to deal with Beyonce not only performing at the CMA's, but singing country music period.
Genre is not race specific, nor does any race have the autonomy over who sings a particular genre.
One thing I can say though, at least the real racists came out and spoke their minds.
Their spineless counterparts said more subtle stuff. For example, "I like Beyonce's older stuff." This is code for I liked it better when I could shake my ass to Beyonce's music and feel good. Once she started singing about black liberation, telling cops to stop shooting and killing us, you all of a sudden only like "her old stuff."
Some even said, "I like her music before she started rapping." When has Beyonce ever rapped? She has collaborated with her husband and Kendrick Lamar, who are hip hop artists, but Beyonce rapping is a new one for me! (rolls eyes).
The CMA organization, who is just as racist, as the people who support them, erased all evidence of Queen Bey's and the Dixie Chicks' mention on their social media accounts, as a response to the backlash of the performance, which was a chickenshit thing to do. If you want to at least appear progressive and inclusive, you make a statement denouncing the racism. Scrubbing your social media accounts shows that you condone the racist behavior.
But what we know about Beyonce' and many of the artists like her, is many racist whites (I didn't say all whites, so calm down) is they like black bodies and appropriating black culture, but they don't like black people.
If racist whites can appropriate, and enjoy black culture, without having to deal with their sordid history of mistreating blacks and dealing with the truth of their racism, they are happy as pigs in slop.
But when artists, and regular every day black folk start speaking the truth, reminding them of their troubling past sins against our culture, and not making them feel good anymore, here come the fragile white tears.
You are no longer a friend, as an artist, you are no longer talented, you are a race hustler, you are trying to stir up trouble, because racism magically disappeared like fairy dusty and unicorns, some time between your ancestors murdering Dr. King, and Obama becoming POTUS, right?
By the way, I am a black man who loves country music; I love the storytelling aspect, but I despise the racist fans, and the privilege that arise from individuals who try to make it ethnicity and culturally specific.
Get a damn life, Beyonce is still great, and go cry a river to someone who shares your racist views!
Until next time....
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