Beyoncé Upstaged by White Fragility at the Super Bowl
SANTA CLARA, CA – FEBRUARY 07: Beyonce performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show at Levi’s Stadium on February 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
Black women’s bodies are scary.
That’s the lesson we learned this Super Bowl Sunday.
When Beyoncé and 30 backup dancers performed a brief rendition of her new song, “Formation” during the halftime show, talking heads all over the countryexploded.
Oh my God! Are those pro-black lyrics!? Are they making an allusion to the Black Panthers!? Was the music video to this song critical of overzealous police murdering black folks!?
Turn off the TV! This is too political for family entertainment!
When did we become so squeamish in this country? Can’t we all just sit back and enjoy seductive women gyrating in unison anymore?
I guess not. Not if they’re black.
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