Individual Blog Post #3 Giovanna Larios

This week’s reading and class lectures were really interesting because I love Beyonce and things activism against oppression. That was my first time fully watching and paying attention to her music videos. I thought it was so well put together you see her heritage and how she shows that off. She also had more of a country song to show of her Texas side. It was really interesting to see the different things people had to say about her visual album. In the article A Conversation About Beyonce’s “Lemonade”; it talks about some of the comments the people were making on twitter one of them said “it’s not for me”, she’s right this type of visual representation was not for everyone. The one time an African American artist has a form of protest the whole world goes insane. Do they ever stop to think that more than 50% of english music has no representation of black and brown girls? It amazes me how quick people were judging her music. The article also talks about a white woman saying she felt “rejected”. This comment made me so mad like why can’t they just let her do her. Brings up many questions like is being black really that frightening and taboo for white folx? No matter the race we all should be so happy just to think of how beyonce felt embracing and showing of her heritage while empowering brown women around the world. The article How #BlacksLivesMatter started a musical revolution, had some very interesting points. I remember watching the super bowl when beyonce performed and my friends and I were talking about how cool it was to see bey and her backup dancers dressed in black panther attire. We thought that many would agree but when we went on facebook we saw all the negative comments. People were saying things about its an american sport they should have not allowed that as if the black panthers were not american. If beyonce can use her platform to address “the killings of unarmed black men as well as women” why shouldn’t she? I think the article is right whether we agree or disagree with all the #blacklivesmatter music that’s been happening we should learn to respect all perspective but acknowledge the message that’s being sent out. The first song I chose is about black lives matter just like we have been discussing through the readings and songs. The second song by jcole called Be Free is also about black lives matter. He also had a music video which is very graphic. It shows the killings of innocent black folx. It also shows real pictures of past black kids women and men that have been killed.