Please continue making this observation! We need more black men to speak up on black women’s behalf, even (or especially) to other black men.
Please continue making this observation! We need more black men to speak up on black women’s behalf, even (or especially) to other black men.
this article is literally about people like you. who feel the need to let everyone know how little you care about beyonce any time her name is mentioned somewhere.
“the only people that I know that are Beyonce fanatics are white girls and gay white men.” El oh fuckin el. I didn’t need to read further because this bs made me know the rest of your comment would be bs.
Beyonce has always been hated for being visibly extraordinary. There were actual websites set up during her Destiny Child’s days that were just about hating Beyonce. This ain’t new.
“If she is not your favorite, she is better than your favorite, and she is (likely) your favorite’s favorite.” I know that’s right!
I’m glad more black men are saying this. Kudos to him.
lmao
“These women all had better setups than Cardi B, yet she is the one to cement herself as the first female rapper since Minaj to break out in such a big way.”
A part of it is the ‘black men are under attack’ narrative; which oftentimes manifests itself in WOC (who’ve both been tasked with and have tasked themselves with the role of black men’s erstwhile protectors) defending black men in the face of any and everything.
But they haven’t asked politicians for nothing. They’ve outlined specific asks. And changing politicians minds about gun control isn’t the main goal of the movement—the main goal is to get people to vote out the politicians who refuse to address gun control and the will of the majority of Americans. That’s why every…
But this isn’t the fault of the March for Our Lives youth organizers. That’s the fault of America and it’s existing systems of oppression and discrimination. That’s where I’m having a disconnect with these critiques...it’s tying these children’s organic, authentic, and DELIBERATELY inter sectional protest actions to a…
nah, Cardi B has faced and continues to face the same criticism. People rag on her for being inarticulate, too ghetto, too hood, as well. And people like her for being apologetically who she is, just like they like Tiffany for the same reason.
exactly.
Who the hell is Jakoury McQueen and who gives a shit what he wants Tiffany Haddish to behave like?
Meanwhile white artists move closer to sounding like R&B and rap, and get rewarded for it by the very same Grammy’s. Bet you anything Taylor Swift’s hackneyed attempts at rapping in her new album will sweep the Grammy’s next year.