Okay girl, hold tf up with that..
1) Maybe she’s ‘centered’ because it’s.. her music video. Like, it’s not that tough to figure out.. It’s a music video.. she’s going to be the focus.. And to see it as her centering herself in a sea of dark skinned girls instead of her showing solidarity with the black girls who usually get the least shine in everything, putting them as the main figures in her music video, that read is on you.
What did you want her to do? Magically become dark skinned? Use only light skinned dancers? She put dark skinned girls as front and foremost as possible in this video.
2) Yes she’s never personally experienced a lot of the things in the video. So the fuck what. I’ve never personally been beaten by the police. I guess I should go delete all my posts about police brutality? She’s a black woman, she’s part of our community, she’s putting a spotlight on the issues of our shared community.
If anything, her going out of her way to focus on the struggles of other black people speaks to her character. That’s black solidarity. She could have just made a Taylor Swift album and collected her millions, but she didn’t. But you stay pressed I guess.
3) Who tf are you to say that the only reason she cares about black features is her daughter? Check your ego.
4) Yes she fits into the Eurocentric beauty standards for black women. So.. she’s not able to see how darker women of her race are treated? She’s not able to see colorism and have an opinion on it? She’s not able to have empathy for people of her own race? Why, exactly?
5) You can argue that she has ‘exploited’ Katrina. But in my opinion, she’s put a spotlight back on an issue that is STILL going on but that people in the area can’t even get their own politicians to address or acknowledge.
On top of that she’s quietly given $7 million over the years to the Knowles-Temenos Place Apartments in her hometown of Houston, in response to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. But again, stay pressed.
6) Yes she used a clip of Messy Mya who was tragically murdered in 2010. Again, for you to see this as exploitation instead of an honoring and a remembrance (To put the clip at the start of the new video of her lead single of her first album in 3 years, the title single of her tour) speaks of your character.
And I’m 1000000% sure his estate was compensated. Why are you assuming otherwise? Do you even know how video copyright works?
And the other voice in the video, Big Freedia said “It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life and I was beyond honored to work with the original Queen B"
7) Why are you assuming she’s saying she’s not black by acknowledging her Creole heritage. It’s a distinct ethnic group within the African diaspora. What’s wrong with her talking about her roots, exactly? How can you claim she’s trying to distance herself from blackness when she made literally the blackest music video in years.
Honestly, I find it amazing how you can turn a video that celebrates blackness of all shades, of all classes, of all ages, past and present, that’s an affirmation of our heritage, our cultures, our lives, and STILL find shit to talk about it.
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