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originally posted by: SprocketUK
I missed all the politics in her set. I just thought she'd packed on the pounds a bit and that it was a pity.
Mind you, it was very late for me so my brain wasn't functioning so well.
originally posted by: UnBreakable
originally posted by: Spider879
a reply to: UnBreakable
Such diversity in that dance troop and band. Maybe she' wants to get revenge for the Oscars.
Well as much diversity as Lord Of The Rings which I still love regardless..
Bad comparison. TLOTR takes place in a mythical land with Hobbits and dragons. Beyonce is supposedly trying to make a statement about the real world as she sees it.
originally posted by: Spider879
originally posted by: UnBreakable
originally posted by: Spider879
a reply to: UnBreakable
Such diversity in that dance troop and band. Maybe she' wants to get revenge for the Oscars.
Well as much diversity as Lord Of The Rings which I still love regardless..
Bad comparison. TLOTR takes place in a mythical land with Hobbits and dragons. Beyonce is supposedly trying to make a statement about the real world as she sees it.
They could've myth make with some collerd folks.. but look I ain't mad like I said I lov it for what it is.
originally posted by: Spider879
originally posted by: CosmicSmack
a reply to: Spider879
she is glorifying the black panthers who where openly racist. if i put on a white hood and did a song i would be in jail and would be viewed rastist even if the song had a positive message. i like the artist you mentioned (most songs some are mehh) jedi mind tricks is good too and deltron 3000 is funky check em out if you havent heard them.
The original Black Panthers were no such thing, I don't why ppl kept repeating that zombie lie, call them terrorist if you like and they certainly devolved into violence through the use of cointelpro.
I was around then. Inner city riots with snipers shooting national guard, firemen and cops. It looked like war was about to break out. Today in comparison.....no comparison....although some have tried, its also a different generation of blacks that want to move on
originally posted by: CosmicSmack
a reply to: Spider879
she is glorifying the black panthers who where openly racist. if i put on a white hood and did a song i would be in jail and would be viewed rastist even if the song had a positive message. i like the artist you mentioned (most songs some are mehh) jedi mind tricks is good too and deltron 3000 is funky check em out if you havent heard them.
originally posted by: BigBrotherDarkness
originally posted by: CosmicSmack
a reply to: Spider879
she is glorifying the black panthers who where openly racist. if i put on a white hood and did a song i would be in jail and would be viewed rastist even if the song had a positive message. i like the artist you mentioned (most songs some are mehh) jedi mind tricks is good too and deltron 3000 is funky check em out if you havent heard them.
The main stream has caught you in its current... she said nothing about black panthers that's the spinner bait that people keep biting. The only black panther business I saw was on helmets and jerseys... could that be an unintentional subliminal warping things out of proportion?
originally posted by: Spider879
a reply to: Logarock
I was around then. Inner city riots with snipers shooting national guard, firemen and cops. It looked like war was about to break out. Today in comparison.....no comparison....although some have tried, its also a different generation of blacks that want to move on
Yes but here is the thing, we can go to the Posse Comitatus forum or pick up any daily press release and read about unarmed Blk and Latinos being killed by LEO or stop and frisk in essence doing anything while black and you can see the comparison, not to say that somethings haven't gotten better ex few Blk folks back then had the kind of money and pull Beyonce and Jay Z have today.
originally posted by: ladyinwaiting
She doesn't say anything that isn't true. She is Black. She highlights what it is like to be Black. She wanted to talk about it, have a conversation about it. She has done that.
What the performance is about to me, is Black Pride -- But mostly about Being Black in America.
She doesn't say anything that isn't true or is misleading. I don't know why anyone would fault her for that. *shrugs*
originally posted by: ladyinwaiting
It occurs to me some people are so busy being offended (and offensive) they fail to truly examine what the video is about.
... and it is "deep", it is racist, but I think in studious way. A realistic way. A way that is based on our histories.
What the performance is about to me, is Black Pride -- But mostly about Being Black in America.
originally posted by: ladyinwaiting
she's asking you to see something through her eyes.