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Monday, February 8, 2016

Fans Leaving the Beyhive are Complete Racists




The past few days have been filled with buzz about Beyoncé and her bold music video she released over the weekend called "Formation". She performed this new hit at the Super Bowl, which added to the hype. Beyoncé has many fans that adorn her, but it seems her last music drop has some fans going rogue, even boycotting her. As surprised as I'd like to be, mainstream America has pulled enough stunts for me to be numb to their foolishness.



For Beyoncé to lose fans for having a political standpoint on a poignant topic of today exposes many unfortunate truths. It exposes the truth about the role of woman entertainers. It exposes the expectations of fans. It exposes how racist Americans still are. Beyoncé has been building her brand for a long time now, and fans have been on board with her every move. From her weird boob suit to her "Bow Down Bitches" song, all her stans cosigned. Now that she's challenged the police and their anti-blackness, fans turn their backs to her. It's laughable at how blatant the racism is in this situation.

                      

This "boycott" shows how disloyal many of her fans were. They love to see her dance and be fierce on stage but so long as it doesn't have a social justice message. She can wear sexy outfits and do hair-flip, but she better not speak on police brutality. Fans expect one model of artists, one that is light-hearted and accessible to all. As soon as they have an opinion, crowds try to backlist them. White privilege has struck again, ceasing to realizes the things Beyoncé brought up in "Formation" are real problems that need fixing and that oh hey I don't know IT'S BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND THE 50TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE BLACK PANTHERS. So please try to get over it; and be mad about the thousands of people of color who die at the hands of police officers.



 

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