Yesterday, Beyonce Knowles dropped her latest music video, “Formation”, to make sure all eyes are on her leading up to the Super Bowl this Sunday.
Supposedly, this lame music video broke the Internet last night. I guess it doesn’t take much to break the Internet these days.
Beyonce will perform “Hymn for the Weekend” with headlining group Coldplay and singer/songwriter Bruno Mars during halftime. But playing second fiddle is a crushing blow to her ego.
In a shocking move, Beyonce fired her entire management staff after they failed to secure the headlining gig for her at the Super Bowl.
The most insulting parts of the video was when Beyonce sings, “I like my baby with baby hair in an afro,” while posing her daughter, Blue Ivy, between two black girls with kinky, nappy hair.
The implication is that “beautiful light skinned” Blue Ivy rocks the afro and baby hair better than dark skinned black girls with natural hair.
First of all, just because Blue Ivy wears an afro does not make her black. She is still a mixed race creole child.
And did this heifer really sing “I like my negro nose with Jackson 5 nostrils”? Does she realize every member of the J5 had nose jobs?
Don’t black people have enough problems without Beyonce reminding us of our physical flaws?
I understand Beyonce has an incurable need for attention, but she went too far this time.
I love my negro nose with Jackson 5 nostrils. This is true Black Pride
Auntie..I don’t think she was bringing us down I think she was bringing us up ? love the chocolate girls and Blue’s hair.
…I’m here for the comments. I’m sure you all won’t disappoint…
She wasn’t but folks will try to shade even when this was an empowering attempt.
I think Beyonce has been trying too hard for years. She is not hood or streetwise, which is what she keeps trying to suggest with the street slang she learns from Jay-Z. She is killing me , with the Creole reminders. You’re so Creole , speak some fluent French. Right! Her English is bad enough. Blue’s hair is just as nappy as Solange’s so miss us with that Creole mess. And the point of placing her between those two children is beyond me.Bottom line Blue just isn’t that cute. And the song sounds like the usual ,trying to be something she isn’t Beyonce.
hasn’t B had a couple of nose jobs and lightning skin treatments???
Damn sandra you have turned into the wendy williams of the blog world smh you just say the most hateful stuff…lol tell us how you really feel. All the things you say she implied might just be amplifying yo hatred for Beyoncé cuz never once did she say Blue rocks an afro better than 2 lil girls that dont even have afros, you called their hair “nappy and kinky” smh, you called the african american nose a physical flaw not her, damn b-itch just stick to the facts. You dont know why she fired her management or her family tree…to dislike someone you keep yo head up her arse.
Me too.?
JUST SAW THIS & THOUGHT HOW FITTING…I CAN GO FOR SOME RIGHT NOW FOR THE GAME, LOL
https://mobile.twitter.com/redlobster/status/696193227477684224
*grabs popcorn* this gon be good
Thanks for posting the video Sandra. I probably wouldn’t have seen it otherwise.
love it!
u so God damn ignorant it hurts my head…everything about this was to empower black people….but your head is so far up your ass u had to find something wrong FFFF UUUUUUU!!!
No problem, hun.
Sho’ did.
Uhhh I really didn’t take anything away from this video other than the line about her dad being a negro and her mom being Creole. I definitely didn’t have any of the above thoughts captured in this write up. And I most certainly don’t think that this the video is some super pro black anthem…trap or not. Idk…it’s all a bit contrived…much ado about nothing. Literally.
Beyonce wants black people to feel “empowered” while putting us down as a race of nappy headed people with wide noses.
You’re welcome hun.
Oh and for the record… since when did it become the consensus that big noses or whatever were flaws?? That’s some backwards azz self hating thinking in my opinion. I don’t look at those of us with big lips and big noses and think flawed.
Black is beautiful. Period.
I happen to love my natural hair and strong black features. I don’t see them as flaws; so sad that you do.
This! Replied further down.
Oh Auntie….! (Deepest sigh) ?????
Let’s pretend we don’t know why black celebrities get nose jobs, skin bleaching treatments and hair weaves with their first big paychecks. Denial is a helluva drug.
Good for you. Let’s pretend we don’t know why black celebrities get nose jobs, skin bleaching treatments and hair weaves with their first big paychecks. Denial is a helluva drug.
I love all the chocolate skin in this video. That’s all I got.
I know society says a certain look is preferred; no need to perpetuate the prejudice and self-loathing. Hair is not “nappy”, it’s just hair. Our features are not flaws, they are who we are. We can embrace them and celebrate them or we can be worse than those who created the “ugly” myth to begin.
She might not be streetwise but she is definitely ghetto. I dont know why people (not you) insist beyonce is so classy, especially those of us old enough to remember when she first came out. I remember watching an interview with Destiny’s child and my mouth dropped when she started talking. It was sad to see such a beautiful girl sound so bad. And i dont mean country. This was a girl that had some dealings in the hood. I dont care what profession matthew had beyonce is and always has been ghetto.
I appreciate the art direction of the Formation video. I think the video is revolutionary in these times of severe push back against black presence in media. I got the Jackson 5 nostrils and hot sauce in my bag swag references which both are indeed black vernacular pride and cultural statements.
Blue Ivy is a light brown skinned African American with a Creole maternal grandmother, she is not mixed race. Beyoncé is African American Creole and African American married to an African American man. In fact the two dark skinned girls on either side of Blue actually have “finer” features than Blue and all have the same African American hair texture.
I think Beyoncé is sensitive about her daughter not being as Creole looking as her and she thought placing her between dark skinned black girls would set Blue her apart when it only accentuated that she is not an exceptional looking child.
Beyoncé is like a lot of light skinned blacks who struggle with delusions of thinking they are biracial and multiracial. Similar to the struggles of black Latinos. They struggle with being light yet not fair and having black features and kinky hair.
Beyoncé had nose jobs, skin bleaching and wears blonde weaves not to look white but to pass for biracial or multiracial which she is not. What is admirable about Beyoncé is that even though she struggles with identity she clearly does not want to be white. She didn’t grow up white assimilated and even after fame married black which is revolutionary by today’s standards.
Ha! Those biscuits look delish.
Sandra thinks light skinned, and dark skinned are two different races. lol. Check out the Saan People of South Africa. Research hunty.
I thought the song was getto. Prefer her ballots when she’s singing. Black people always want to be mixed or Creole. Anything to separate from just black. I thought the song was ignorant and not empowering but rather Nuevo Riche in your face bs.
Beyonce is Black! Blue Ivy is Black! This can’t be serious!
To be honest, however, I side eyed Blue Ivy being in between two chocolate little girls. Reminded me of early Destiny’s Child and I felt it was for a reason. I also don’t see why she said she was Creole and “Negro.” Both of her parents are African Americans. The Jackson 5 Negro nose was also a very stupid thing to say.
With that said, Beyonce or any person who is actually NOT from two Black parents, or has Euro approved looks, is no better, superior, or more attractive than your bluest black person. Getcho mind right! A lot of things make sense now…
I see this song growing on me already after a few plays. I like greens and cornbread b itch!
Countryonce is a walking contradiction. Blue ivy could have sang this noise.
Serioisly, if black people in America see this as some form of empowerment, then you all still have a long way to go.
Keep in mind there are biracial and multiracial people who are not black and that is ok too.
I’m black and don’t have either.
How much non black ancestry to you have to have to not be considered black in your eyes? I really want to know.
Yes. Yes. Your right but we no underneath the blond wig is black hair and without the nose job a regular nose. I can except a real biracial child saying that. But yet some of them too not comfortable with they black part
THIS is a brilliant accessment. I would add wants blacks to feel empowered as long as she is front, center, and superior.
The song is ok but I do like the video. In my opinion, there’s nothing empowering about the song, just Beyonce trying to push the envelope…Trying to be different. If this song or video empowers you, do you boo boo. No judgment here.
Back in the day Jackson 5 nostrils was a prideful saying. I remember it.
Thank you! Wtf?!
You hit the nail on the head about the reasoning for placing her between the two girls, as well as Beyonce’s insecurity regarding her daughter.Quite accurate, I appreciate your perspective.
Yep.
With all due respect…
They get nose jobs and bleach their skin because they have bought into the European definition of beauty. Because they are ignorant, self loathing, beings. NOT because the features that are generally associated with AA’s are in deed flawed…it’s simply because their self concept and their idea of beauty is flawed.
I just want to know what is black? How black do you have to be and look to be black to you? You gotta have a bell pepper nose and darker than a paper bag? Gotta have kinky hair? I’m brownskinned and have curly/coily hair and my sister is light with silky wavy hair but we have the same parents ..so is she mixed and I’m not or is it flipped because she has traditionally “blacker” features than me (big nose, big lips etc) .
What is the real indicator of blackness for you Auntie?
Well written.
I look forward to seeing Bruno Mars the most that man put on a hell of a show I tell ya
??? I consider myself a Beyoncé fan. I liked the video but I didn’t really like the song…Is Creole a race? I don’t understand how Blue is biracial….
because the people that own them don”t like b folks nose or the black skin they are in so they do have to trim that nose and lighten the skin. they like the big lips tho
I like Bruno Mars and he’s a great performer. I think he’ll do a good job!
petty labelle said she wish she had not messed with her nose at all or bleached at all WHET? i can”t belive she said it.cause she was a lovely dark skin lady when she came out.then the j men started on her about things that needed to be changed if she wanted to make it wowwwwwwwwww
what ever happen to i am black and proud where are the shirts with the fisk on them.
There is nothing wrong with dark skin or natural hair, but I noticed Beyonce framed her precious daughter with two of the darkest girls she could find.
While I personally think Blue IS beautiful just the way she is, I’m not sure how Beyonce thought she would come out looking given her and Jay-Z’s genes. If she thinks she herself is not Black or doesn’t look Black, I don’t really understand that either. I do agree that she is and always has been a proud Black woman. I don’t get any vibes from her that she wants to be white. Also, I do believe she had some issues with the way her child looks because she used to cover the poor baby’s head in photos and wouldn’t comb her hair…VERY AFRICAN hair by the way.
I also believe that was intentional…
It was deliberate. I can’t remember the term for it, but it’s a trick used to make a subject more attractive by comparison. Beyonce thinks she’s slick. ?
Thanks for this post @Sandra because I didn’t care enough to go look for the video. I enjoyed the video. The song in my opinion was all over the place. If any other artist put out a song like this no one would care & they would probably get joked on.
Well, at least I know where the beat and the music comes from. Louisiana bounce music.
Now she loves her negro nose?
hello!!!!! every once in a while when people get too into hailing her as queen I gotta remind them of why she doesn’t talk much anymore in interviews with a good ol’ youtube clip LOL
I like the song and video, meh.
??? I once stumbled on a youtube video of hers and I was like what? Who talks like this?
She needs diction and elocution classes.
She needs to go learn from shaderetha, diana Ross. Etc
Those older music artistes speak very well.
I choose to identify myself as black, even though I am clearly more white than African American. My siblings, who are also “octoroons,” identity themselves as “others.”
My mother, who is a quadroon and the inspiration behind my screen name, went out of her way to make sure we didn’t overlook or denounce our black ancestry, but that didn’t stop one of sisters from freaking out when our mother confronted her with her blackness.
Oh wow I assumed she was embracing her daughter’s hair,guess I definitely missed the shade.????
Well, she failed because I thought those little girls were gorgeous.
I get your point though…
Yep, I notice her and Blue were the only “light bright” in the video too!
There is nothing empowering about a woman degrading herself and embarrassing her child in public.
It’s black history month. If we want to discuss examples of female empowerment, let’s look at women like Vel Phillips.
All she was saying with the blue ivy scene is this……
Let me get this right, people are insulted because Bey featured an array of beautiful brown girls with natural hair in the video? Seriously?
All these years in the business…all those awards and accolades and at 35…this is all she has to offer??? Beyhive don’t bother leaving comments. I don’t care for her music and that’s that. Yes, I know that millions of others do…BUT I DON’T!!! NOTHING YOU SAY WILL EVER CHANGE THAT. KEEP IT MOVING….
Creole. Her mama is black and she is black. Creole??? Just light skinned people who don’t want to be black.
BITCH IM JAMMING!!! i love it. its a cute bop to work out to
her dad tried and succeeded in making everyone think she was some classy flower when she is ghetto as hell. since now she at the point where she can do what she want,we getting “rachet” bey….
I don’t get too bothered about other peoples identifications but I do get bothered when folks “other” people that don’t want to be.
My mother is one of the most problack, curly fro wearing, Afrocentric name having, women I know. She’s a blatina and by Sandra’s standards not black. Which I find silly.
Exactly! Notice how she posed her smiling, light skinned daughter with good hair in between the 2 frowning dark skinned girls with kinky hair? Why aren’t the black girls smiling? It’s called “subliminal messages.”
Her mother is creole tho…she has very deep French ancestry that can be traced to the 1700s ?. Y’all need to stop tryna invalidate people’s self identification.
Well, it appears Beyonce bought into the European definition of beauty long before she made this video. The Jackson 5 hated their wide African nostrils; that’s why they all had nose jobs.
Thanks for educating me
That went out in the 1970s.
True. That’s what I implied up there.
Apparently, some people on this post and twitter feel empowered by the video.
I like it. (((Shrugs)))
Clearly the San people are mixed with European DNA.
They feel empowered by hot sauce and collard greens, because they have no idea what real empowerment is. Their parents have failed them.
“The Jackson 5 Negro nose was also a very stupid thing to say.”
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Thank you! I was heated when she said that. As a child, I thought the Jackson 5 were beautiful. I saw nothing wrong with their noses. I wasn’t aware they hated that part of themselves until they all had nose jobs. So why would Beyonce point out their self hate and cause a new generation of black children to hate themselves?
Sandra keep spreading the hate ..ugly suit u well
Oh Blue have good hair now. I thought the consensus her was she had nappy hair….idk.
And Blue is smiling while the 2 dark skinned girls are not. I don’t see how Beyond-the-pale’s fans feel empowered.
But she has had nose…nevermind.
Good day San. Thanks for the posts on a Sunday.
The song is garbage. Another commenter said she watched the video with the sound off. That’s what I should have done.
After having multiple nose jobs.
Sorry hun, black is not black when it’s mixed. When you mix black coffee with cream, you don’t get black coffee.
(steps on trash can pedal, tosses the video and song inside of it, swipes dirt off of my hands, lights invisible cigarette, struts off like Angela Bassett while blowing smoke in the air)
I believe bey mama is Creole and her pappy is Alabama black and blue pappy is black too so that makes blue black enuff to rock the hecks out that Lil Fro…and bey gonna rock that stage at that Superbowl an ion even watch football… this my drank tho!!!!??
Chile…
Is that why they all had nose jobs?
You’re welcome hun.
I remember it was more of prideful statement after they all had nose jobs. Like folks would say black like the Jackson 5 before the nose jobs.
Educating you? I was agreeing with you.
Sandra sounds like u need to go and find urself
Lol funny you said that…I went to a laser hair removal place and the lady said I had kinky hair… I’m thinking to myself bish what! My hair is nappy. I’ve never seen the word as negative.
I agree, people should be free to self-identity with whatever group they choose. However, I can’t force any to accept me as a black man, when I am clearly more Caucasian than African American.
I’m gay and one of things that ticks me off about the LGBT community is their agenda to FORCE people to accept them. You can’t force someone to call a man a woman and a woman a man.
People need to stop looking for acceptance from external sources and strengthen themselves from within.
Yeah, cos it’s the truth.
Of course she failed. The notion that light skin is more beautiful than dark skin, is based on ignorance.
The song is hot and so is the video! It’s so funny how so many hate this young lady but she’s told you what she’s going to continue to do ” Slay!” Blue looked so adorable as well in the video!
People need to stop looking for acceptance from external sources and strengthen themselves from within.
Chile this! Had to tell a white woman this last week. Tryna tell me about myself…told her looky here…I’m damn near 30 years old…I’m not changing for ANYBODY except Jesus. You either accept me the way I am or go on about your business. Shoulda seen her face…
This is when the Jackson 5 debuted their nose jobs. I hated their nose jobs. They looked beautiful before.
Neither “kinky” nor “nappy” are negative words. I own my nappy hair.
Beyonce is a woman who flosses yet she used to hide her daughter. I found it amazing how people, including Beyonce, expected Beyonce and Jay Z to have a biracial child. It was like the world had to adjust to them having a black child which was heartbreaking to witness considering both of her parents are black. Babies aren’t born with the post-nose job nose or with hair the texture of the weave, they are born reflecting the way their parents are naturally born.
What about wanting to be latina? Does that count?
I say be whoever you want to be. Make it the best you possible.
I’m over it. Everyone has their struggle. She just happen to have many spotlighted.
Who’s hungry? Where’s @Yoni and those wings?
Guess they were hoping for her to have more “refined” features = not Jay-z’s
Blue is cute. I’m not clicking because once miss thang up them stairs gets a hold of it I’ll be running away again. All day erryday she shalt play it.
Even if your mixed, your still black darling.
You know, I try to root for this chic but, I don’t know who she is or who she wants to be. Beyonce, who are u? I’m not sure which Bey she is, circa 2000 B.D. or 2008 A.D.? Her career took such a turn. Why is she touting all this hood shyt when her azz has probably never spent 5 minutes in the projects, never had the lights cut off, never struggled for food or ever seen, felt or dealt with the struggle? You love negro features and most of the chics in your video are dark BUT you yourself look like a walking Barbie, with the blondest of blond hair which isn’t natural for AA’s, thinner than my pinky , thigh gapped and thin nosed which none is naturally you . You don’t look like no black chic from my way. Your look is more towards the Caucasian persuasion than black and that has NOTHING to do with your Creole background. Monica is hood but she isn’t trying to force the issue. She is who she is and she’s classy with it but u know that she can turn that side on if need be. This video, is just too contrived. At this age, 35 and still talking about mess like this. Grow up. You can afford to and still slay.
She likes her blonder Indian Remi, too. I get it now. Adele has paused the wig snatching, so now we’re going to get Beyonce news everyday..
Says who? I don’t know of any race that accepts the other side when mixed with negra. People just default to Black because they have no other option.
Kudos to you! You should always stick up for yourself and never let ANYONE tell YOU who YOU are.
Beyonce is struggling with color and cultural identity and it reflects in her perception and representation of her daughter. It so obviously took her while to embrace her adorable daughter as feminine and to start being proud of her. This video was a huge step for her.
Absolutely. Eveyone has their struggles.
Yeah, I noticed that, too. The other girls look like they were kidnapped and forced to participate in that video. Poor babies. ?
Lol I’ve been in training for the past few weeks. I am NOT an auditory learner. I’d rather read a book and then ask questions if I’m confused. So me sitting in class all day DOES NOT work and of course I zone out. Bish getting on me cause I look bored and zoned out in class. Told her wtf you want me to do sit there with a fake smile on my face? Can’t change my damn face…bish go somewhere with the bull. Prolly thought I was crazy when I laughed the whole time I talked to her…
Thank you. I just wrote from my heart, experience, and observations.
I’m light skinned both of my parents are brown, does that mean I’m not black…..
They were hoping and people were very vocal with their disappointment (colorism). Like as if Blue was going to born with full make up, a European nose, blonde curly hair, and stage ready. Self love and acceptance is key.
This is true. Tina Knowles is indeed Creole African American.
Speak.
Black is black
When I was in the 8th grade, I wrote an essay for a school contest.
My homeroom teacher, who was white, took her pen and basically rewrote my essay. When I showed my English teacher, who was black, what my homeroom teacher had done, he looked me in the eyes and said, “This is YOUR essay. You’re too intelligent to ever let anyone put words in your mouth.”
After giving it some thought, I decided to ignore my homeroom teacher’s suggestions and enter my original composition in the contest. I won first place and learned a valuable lesson in the process.
*Shaq’s son voice* I got hot sauce in my bag.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=121&v=RcFxwLpzzzA
Crazy…
Agreed, with the exception and addition that Beyonce wishes Blue had so called “good hair”. But I agree 100% that because of Beyonce’s deep rooted subconscious colorist superiority complex, she does put out colorist subliminal messages.
LMAO! Different people learn in different ways. A good trainer should know that.
I think the inference here is Beyonce trying to portray Blue as having good hair by placing her in a comparative position between two dark skinned girls in the video and Blue is the only one with her hair out.
What flaws we have besides hate, our physical appearance is none like it, in this world, we are a peculiar people be proud u are SUN people…..nothing comes close to you black. People……
She never bleached her skin. I had a friend in college that worked for a radio station (back in the late 1990s). Destiny’s Child went to the station for an interview. One of the first things my friend commented on when she came to the dorm room was how light Beyonce was. She was actually shocked. I think they made her wear bronzer and stuff when she was younger to appear darker. Also, you all can say what you want about her perception of her daughter, but I am glad she never tried to change Blue’s hair based on the public. I remember how bad people use to dog her and her choice of natural hairstyles for her daughter. I think she is actually very protective of her daughter growing up in the limelight especially when you also remember how brutal people were about Solange’s son apperance.
Thought I would be pressed about what someone else said about me…guess they thought I would be butt hurt…no one cares. I just laughed…
Incorrect, that is not what Sandra Rose is saying.
Sandra Rose is correct that biracial and multiracial people have a different racial DNA than African Americans. Even if biracial and multiracial people may choose to identify and socialize as black, they still have immediate Caucasian DNA via parentage.
Did the teacher say why he/she changed the essay?
Amen. Passing for biracial with wigs and nose jobs is not the same as being biracial. People must embrace and love who they are.
It sounds like we have something in common. I’m a nice person, but I am never concerned with other people’s opinions of me. LOL
Jackson 5 cartoon was the most exciting beautiful thing. We will never see a children’s cartoon of natural black male celebrity youth again in our lifetime. So far ahead of their time. They were idolized by black, brown, and white children but they hated themselves.
Folks are so deprived, they’re just excited and grateful to see black images and unfortunately given the scope of media accessible to most, this video was the closest thing to revolutionary for them.
When I was in sixth grade I brought a novel I wrote to school to share with my English teacher and she claimed to have lost it. I knew in my heart she stole it. I’ll never forget that. I’m certain she published it.
Your 8th grade essay was I’m sure brilliant and the homeroom teacher vandalized it to discredit you and break your confidence. Thank goodness your English teacher empowered you.
They also look like they have some Asian DNA in them. Those eyes are very telling.
She never gave a reason. She simply took her pen and rewrote my essay. I can’t remember what I wrote about, but I do recall how upset my English teacher was when I showed him the revised version of my paper.
Creole is a real racial and cultural identity. But Blue is not biracial.
Beyonce wishes Blue was biracial and framed her with dark skinned girls to make her appear “biracial looking” by comparison. Blue still looked like what she is, light brown African American.
They were not just gorgeous, they were, Lord forgive me for comparing children, prettier than Blue.
EXACTLY!
Reminds of the time I wrote an essay in creative writing class about the first Black president and white folks were trying to kill him. Of course I got an F on the assignment. I remember being so pissed he claimed I didn’t follow directions.
We are in a cultural decline, this video by today’s standards is revolutionary. This is the world we live in today.
See that’s the type of sh*t that will get you killed…then people wonder why people just so call “snap”…
I try to root for this chic. THIS!
Cultural decline didn’t just start…I’d say since the crack/heroine epidemic…
Neither you nor your parents are white. You are all black.
The Jackson’s introduced both nose jobs and skin bleaching…So.
Exactly. That was the point. I remember folks saying it in the same spirit as say it loud. They would say black like Michael before the nose or black like the Jackson 5. I remember black folks were not for their nose jobs.
I’m sorry to hear about your novel. The thought of someone taking a child’s creative efforts and “losing it,” infuriates me. Have you Googled your former teacher’s name to see if she’s “authored” any books?
My 8th grade English teacher was one of the best teachers, I have ever had! As a writer, he encouraged me to find my own voice.
Did I comprehend something wrong?Every since when did the “negro nose” become a physical flaw?
And, she apparently flip flops on the culture she wants to be apart of. Check my post up top. ?
Sandra you think a 100% black nose is a physical flaw, shame on you. All white supremacist aren’t white.
I’m not a STAN but I know a hot dance beat. Why can’t folks just enjoy the song/video or not and keep it moving? I love that she took it back to NAWLINS.
Going to be looking like Cleveland Brown riding in your car in S3 E15 in 5, 4, 3, 2,1 ???
Folks in their feelings. I’m over here hollering because some of the posts is exactly what she’s saying in her lyrics. ???
“You know you that bitch when you cause all this conversation
Always stay gracious, best revenge is your paper”.
Okay I see she on the same shyt ……
Loved it of course. As usual Bey fans will rock with it, non supporters will write essays on it.
I know that’s right Sandra… Keep right on telling the truth and shaming the devil! They hate people who don’t kiss Beyonce as.
True.
Exactly.
I see no lies.
You said it, Beyonce love white the best, that is why shes surrounded by them.
I see no lies.
That sure was very stupid, ans small of her to say that about the Jackson Five, Wait until, Janet get wind of that Messy line.
Beyonce just want to see her name out there, and she will do anything to try and keep her name out front and center. She is starved ti death for Attention.
Not a race. It is an ethnicity though.
Sad, but true.
In the early 80s, the only time I saw black people in a commercial, was when Soul Train was on. As a result, I began to notice the race of the people on our household products.
So basically that whole black pride thing just went out the window huh? She lost me bragging about the designer clothes she got while pretending to be paying homage to Hurricane Katrina victims.
That little girl standing next to mini Jay Z is Gawdgous !!! That’s all I got .
Not bad. ?Luv the creativity of the “Video” Luv the overall Message of Blk Pride, Worth & Potential. There has never been & never will be a Artist that appeals 2 Everyone. Just not Gonna happen?
Well you know Sandra, they gotta shed as much black and ethnic features as possible so we will worship them. You ever notice on most posts ppl talk about how pretty some celebs are, or wish they could be their friend? They sell us a fantasy, and that fantasy is to be anyone other than who we are.
I actually like this video
The memes have me dying tho
damn wtf are yall talking about? so you know exactly what beyonce thinks, hopes and dreams…
i imagine that beyonce loves her husband and daughter just the way they are but she also would like privacy because there are millions of miserable morons in the world always running their mouths and typing stupid shit about her like the above
Lol!
LOL! This is true but quite funny!
Blue between 2 girls showed how light skinned is not always prettier than dark , those girls are way prettier to me ..
That’s a d@mn shame. I hate it when people let their personal feelings interfere with their professionalism. Even if your teacher was offended by your paper’s subject matter, he should have graded you based on your creativity, not to mention your ability to express a strong point of view.
Sadly, schools are designed to create puppets, not leaders.
I hadn’t thought about it from that perspective. That’s a very interesting analysis and it makes perfect sense. After all, Beyonce does everything she can to mask her own blackness – except when it’s convenient.
As a Artist most realize that u must continue 2 turn the Wheel of Reinvention. A very skillful balance of keeping your Current Fans while engaging New ones. This is a “Business??
“Keep up or Get Left Behind??.
Some will jump ship
Some will keep dishing the “Hate”.
That’s Life??
*shrug* I just figured out what I was dealing with. Blessed to have gone to a white school so I know how to deal with them. I try not to let petty sh*t get to me.
Yeah BIC is just average looking.
I feel some of your points. Beyoncé is black. She looks black, Tina looks black and that’s pretty much that. And why all the race talk from her anyway? It’s pointless.
And I don’t think she wants to be white either.
Stretch muthafuckin Armstrong …
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I cant wait to see how Sandra is going to try to throw shade on B when she just stole the show….and is about to go on another tour….which broke the internet when everyone when on her website to find out info about the tour…..Dont have a stroke Sandra
“Girls get In Formation” aka INFORMATION aka “Get educated”
That is Subliminal Black Pride. All Black female dancers and people. The South is the Heart of America’s History. I hope that behind the “ratchet” beat people really will understand what she means… Time to wake up people!!
That was “get in Formation” means… Get Information… Educated (in a positive way)
Chile…these damn armchair, bootleg, sideline psychiatrists, behavioral science experts, etc. are dumb as hell. U gotta laugh at this shyt…talk about delusions of grandeur. TUH! ??
Beyonce shut everyone down… Hopefully she will stay in that route. Yes to the fro hair
She was referring how people kept dissing Blue’ s hair since she was born…But the other bi-racial baby got the praises of certain mags (South hair..)
Hush nah! You’re making sense…the wack ass analysis is more entertaining. ??
Yea she did..
I’m confused as to why people say Creole… To me Creole are lost Haitians in America… From the Toussaint Louverture revolution, Haitians sent troups to different black and spanish slave country, even to Brazil. The first mayor of Chicago is Haitian, most of them speak creole and french and even eat similar food…
Black America got it s freedom 100 years later…something is missing to why?? Because in certain history books troups were sent to Free Black Americans…
I am glad Beyonce took New Orleans to create controversies
I remember hearing about the Jackson 5 nose. All types of bad comments before their surgery
I am surprised she didn’t mentioned how Solange was the first to go back to Louisiana to embrace her Creole side and now will once again be overshadowed by Beyonce new found Black Pride
Yess
U do know some blk ppl are born with blonde hair ? Have u ever heard of an albino ? I get what u saying but focusing on Bs image wen she is saying I like my baby hair in an anfro, seems like u just grasping for straws .
+1
How could she “wish” her child was biracial when she fell in love with, married and procreated with a black man?!? U sound hideous.
Yup my cousin was albino.
Based on her overall lyrical content, I believe Beyonce is singing about putting her legs in a “v” formation.
Did anyone else chuckle when Beyonce almost fell down on National television?
Beyonce’s performance would have been even more entertaining if she had actually fell on her @$$! That would have been the best thing since Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction.”. ??????
SANDRA you really running your a$$ out. I’m sorry but I have to say it. Beyonce isn’t even mixed or half white. Jay Z is black so Blue is BLACK. She’s a light skinned, black, kinky-haired child. Her texture isn’t loosely curled or silky but I love her thick, full, kinky hair. You were extra bitter in this write up. The video is FIRE but the song isn’t anything to write home about. State facts and stop being so biased. She was making reference to Jay Z’s big @$$ nose and opened nostril holes lol. She meant she liked the nose like BEFORE the Jacksons had surgery. It’s hard to believe you finished school when you can even pick up on that. Beyonce tried to put as many dark skinned people in the video as possible. It’s not her fault that she and her child were born light skinned. She even had her dark skinned, thick back up dancer sitting front and center next to her on the couch. You didn’t even mention the positive message she displayed about the police gunning down black people. I’m actually embarrassed for you, I know people are reading your write up like wtf.
This is not directed to anyone in particular, I even have asked some of my own friends, and family members, because we have differing opinions, but why do some people keep saying Blu Ivy is not cute, or I have others (not on this blog though) say right out that she is ugly. What am I missing? Because I think she is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!! I love all her features, those deep set eyes, those thick eyebrows!!!! OMG she is a beautiful child, and I think she is going to be to die for as a woman. I think Blu is already prettier than her mother.
It seemed like Beyonce wanted as many dark skinned blacks in the video as possible. Blue just happens to be light but if she had put two light skinned, wavy hair babied next to blue you all would be saying she’s praising having light skin and silky hair and it’s like she’s trying to say there’s something wrong with being dark. Her backup dancer Ashley usually is front and center is most her videos but she chose the thick, dark skinned chick to be next to her on the couch. Beyonce is darned if she don’t and darned if she does.
SR….who said we had physical flaws tho ? So are u saying blk ppl with wide nostrils and kinky hair is a flaw? Shame on u smh
I love Beyoncè ghetto ass lol
At the ending of the song Beyonce says “You know you that bit** when you cause all this conversation” or something of that nature and she’s right. She broke the net and has everyone talking, even people who can’t stand her. Guess she is that **tch.
Sandra…
I agree with this whole write up.
How can the thing about loving a Negro nose with Jackson 5 nostrils when she got a nose job? color me confused
I did!!
I immediately thought of you! LMAO!
Funny how social media felt the exact opposite of how you feel…Must be hard to be so bitter towards someone who does not even know you exist….
Of course there’s Albino people in every race. We aren’t talking about that. Not grasping for straws at all, dear. She does look like a Barbie doll, and a Barbie doll , for the longest, was a personification of Caucasian women. She didn’t always look that way. Saying she loves her daughters hair but doesnt look anything like that herself sends a message. Now Solange, yes!
You sound so bitter, give it a rest Sandra lool
How do you know Beyonce isn’t sitting next to me, right now?
Trust me, I’m not the only person who cackled when Beyonce almost took a tumble.
It is called freedom of speec
I’ve been saying this for years. I remember going to a CD signing back in 2001 when they were promoting Survivor and when Beyonce got out that limo, lord I thought my jaw dropped. She looked like a white woman. I think throughout the years she had tanned herself or if she was bleaching she started very early with it, but Beyonce has always been really light. BUT she has had nose jobs. That’s why I can’t take the message of her song seriously coming from her.
THANK YOU!!!
“In a shocking move, Beyonce fired her entire management staff after they failed to secure the headlining gig for her at the Super Bowl.”
I would think anyone who’s a real BOSS would fire a team that doesn’t deliver. I think the firing had to do with the documentary footage licensing issue, but either way somebody failed so they got fired. That’s how it’s done in the real world. Carry on
You wrote nothing but the truth, Sandra.
You’re one of the smartest famous women of today. You tell the truth that stings all of the IDIOTS that are in denial.
I would like to make donations to whatever your causes are, Sandra. Keep knocking folk upside their empty skulls with the TRUTH!?????
Nope, just getting blacks money
Beyonce is nothing but white trash!
Beyonce comes from a of bloodline of house nigga rape babies. The white supremist blood runs deep in her white trash vains.
She will never be black she is a tool of White supremacy.
She like many other slave master rape babies are trojan horses pushed into the black conscious to confuse and control black people.
Beyonce comes from a of bloodline of house nigga rape babies. The white supremist blood line runs deep in her white trash vains.
She will never be black she is a tool of White supremacy.
She like many other slave master rape babies are trojan horses pushed into the black community and conscious to confuse and control black people. To cause us to feel inferior to the European looking mixed rape babies.
Shes a tool used against us.
They produced these replacements of dark black people to keep their foot on our necks through self hatred and confusion.
Im on to them and her!
Beyonce is a tool used by the White Supremist to cause confusion and low self esteem amongst black girls.
The White Supremist produced these white trash looking beyonce types long ago as a chess move to stay in power.
They push Beyonce types to the forefront
As a way to brainwash black women that if you dont look like them you are undesirable.
1 strategy is …They want us bleaching our skin so we will die of cancer .
I could go on and on.
Beyonce also benefits from white privilege.
You’re brainwashed and confused. Who allowed you idiots to use their computer?
The song is like Tourette syndrome, too many melodies and tempo changes. Ugly af. That little girl looks just like her dad sperm
I thought I was the only one. The gum drop lolly pop lyrics do not impress. She didn’t have to write this song. She could’ve copped someone else’s black power write up. This, to me was embarrassing more than empowering.
Exactly you ain’t never lied! Yeap made all this money but you can’t take country – ghetto out of her. They did their best to hide it. The same with Whitney Houston she was ghetto, got with Bobby and they swore that’s where she got it from…NOPE THE PACKAGE CAME THAT WAY. They cleaned it up and presented to the public hoping you would believe.
I can’t believe people think Beyonce is this sweet like, well mannered, proper english southern girl from Texas. Ciara is the same way, her team did wonders as far as image but she picked Future and good at playing baby mama hijinks well for a reason. That girl is from Clayco County.
I am glad Beyawnce dealt with police brutality. However, I think the social message got lost in the juvenile and petty lyrics of the Formation song.
Hey she is light skinned with blonde hair so all she has to do is keep popping that coochie and folks will continue to pay $200 plus for her concert tickets.
No thanks. Next!
Preach! I felt my help on this one.
Some Black folks are so brainwashed until they don’t know they’re being discriminated against by mixed breeds like Obama, Beyonce, Jada and Drake.
When Jay and Bey were really trying to hide their relationship she was very fair. If she hasn’t been on a yacht laid out she spray tans. My friends do it too. If you see some of her pics off guard where she has a low cut shirt or whatever on look at her chest area she’s quite fair, way lighter than that pic on her 1st solo/album. She’s not that dark and never has been.
I think she meant to say all black children with natural hair are beautiful and that’s why there are 2 other black girls. I don’t think its a comparison or they’d have perms.
Sandra, thank you. My FB timeline makes me want to vomit right now!
Yep
Beyonce loves the fact that y’all talk shit on her she has high self esteem..she’s been making major moves for years..Ever since I got on social media that’s all people of color do is bash each other so much hate in jelousy in our race, I never see spanish or white people bash each other. Why do you think racism is back stronger than ever our on race can’t stand each other and only support each other through negativity.. They really think we are all one big joke!!
I like the overall message but this song seems rushed, the beat doesn’t quite work an the lyrics could have been a little deeper but am sure her fans will eat it up
Name dropping designer names is shallow ,we as a people need to educate ourselves on who an who not to spend our money with,we don’t understand the significance of ou Rd buying power in a capitalistic world
Man….listen!! That write up was full of anger and I was not ready for it.
Sandy The JACKSON 5 had their original noses, including Michael. The JACKSONS had nose jobs. But, carry on!! Happy Monday
I saw this and just ShookMyHead, as MY BLACK has no flaws, shoot I wish my hair was a little more “Flawed” AKA Kinky.
I totally agree!! She is a perfect mixture of her parents.
Sandra is highly jealous of Beyonce and clearly she hates her for no reason. Miserable black chick
Exactly black people hate each other and themselves and its terribly sad. I totally agree with u
All day Every day!!
My family down south are black, with blond hair and blue eyes and are not albino, so I too don’t see what these people are talking about. As for the rest of that write up…..Le sigh, le weep, le ugh!!!
No, you get black coffee with cream…it will still be and taste like coffee, NO?
Sandra is not jealous she is just sick of the B.S. real recognize real. Beyonce needs a real black Queen like Sandra to spit to her some black Knowledge. Sandra is a Black Queen
Was she supposed to tan prior to be darker? Was she supposed to have them spray paint her and the baby dark brown? Tell us how she was supposed to change that. And if you noticed, she had all shades of brown in the video, so why add more “light brights” if she and Blu had that covered?
Lol right me too!!
I don’t understand why there is a problem with the damn video. People express their opinions in the way they want. I am NO Beyonce fan, but I loved the message and the fact that she wasn’t politically correct about it. What is more appalling about this post is that “RIGHTEOUS BLACK” people are agreeing with someone (25%) who constantly bashes any and damn near everything black and would bash you in 2 seconds. But anyway….Happy Monday and congrats Bey, you did what you planned and the people are talking. By the way your baby girl and the two babies beside her are gorgeous!! Guess I better not smile when I am with my dark skinned friends and family, as it will be intentionally trying to make them feel inferior. On to another post!!
She’s not ghetto, she’s uneducated. Theres a difference.
Those “eyes” are African features found in other tribes across south, north and west Africa.
Thank you! Bey was trying to show that Black beauty comes in all shades. Blue is a cutie but her light skin does not make her cuter.
someone said when she said she like her “negro nose with Jackson 5 nostrils” she was referring to Jay z not herself.
But she got a nose job… like am I the only one who sees the hypocrisy? She loves her baby’s afro but what about her own hair? She’s a natural blonde? She’s a negro now? In that Loreal commercial she claimed every race but black. Crazy.
Oh well. Dope video though.
Thanks Bey for making us BAMAs relevant.
What would’ve happened has she only had light skinned? Than folks would’ve been complaining how she color struck.
What would’ve happened if the two little girls were light skinned? Then people would say how color struck she is. Bey just can’t win with you Sandra.
THANK YOU…..I’m like WTF are these people talking about, and I’m not a fanatic of anyone’s.
Everything you said here. Thank you.
Uh oh, the police are already feeling some kind of way and have their panties in a bunch over this video but they can’t say why.
They are urging a boycott of Beyoncé.
Now they done fugged up and stirred up the Beyhive.
Good luck not getting stung, pigs.
Sandra, what’s wrong with the line about the nostrils. Aren’t you the one always pointing out the numerous plastic surgeries these celebrities have because they dislike themselves. Now she is pointing it out because she loves her Jigga’s nose and she is wrong for that?
I LOVE the video, feel very meh about the song arrangement. I probably wouldn’t listen to the song if it wasn’t accompanied by the video.
Bey posted a throwback picture of herself when she was round 5 or 6 and Blue actually looks just like her mom did. Most kids look like both parents but if you see that child with their dad, everybody will say, you look just like your daddy, then mom walks in and they say, you spit that baby out. Blue is absolutely beautiful the way she is.
My mom is very light and has been mistaken for white back in the late 70’s and 80’s. A few of my coworkers have accused me of bleaching, during the winter months I become lighter (like most people). I have never bleached a day in my life. My daughter has a fair color (KMichelle ish) and she always says how she wishes she was light like me and Granny. It breaks my heart because she is absolutely perfect and I remind her all the time.
I will not with you today Ms. Rose. nooooopeeee not today.
Creole is not a race.
Why are you so hateful and why are you hating on your own race? It says a lot about you.
You sound ridiculous.
I have been saying this for the last two weeks on this blog. You will have self hatin negroes regardless because they don’t love themselves. You have to love yourself first before you can show love to others.
What video did you see? One of the girls hair looks to be in twists and she had on a bonnet, and the other little girl hair was down but they are all natural.
Forgive me, I know not what I say…
Trash.
Exactly they also want black ppl referring to themselves as B*tches, H0e$, Dogs and N*99as.
Dang look at Mike!
I didn’t know Beyonce was mixed or even Blue for that matter. The line about natural hair and nostrils shouldn’t have ever came out of Beyonce’s mouth being that she wears weaves all year round and has gotten at least 3 nose jobs. I pity Beyonce, she wants to be black when it suits her and her fans/stans eat up what she’s serving no matter what.
Plus Beyoncé had her nose done too I saw old pics of her it’s not the same
Beyonce is an entertainer, no different than Jlo, Gaga and so many others who have extensions and coloring. It’s entertainment. It’s not everyday worker.
What is she saying? Does anybody have the lyrics?
Wow…. show me where she has had a nose job. She hasnt! you can see that from photos 20 years ago.. She looks the exact same. Blue is beautiful!! How dare you tare down someones baby, saying she is not exceptional looking,really!! Well what, and who is exceptional looking. This is whats wrong with the black race comments like this. You speaking like you be around her and knows how she feels about her self. That was alot to say about someone you have never set down and had a conversation with.
She looks and sounds ridiculous, how long is she going to try and prove she’s “hip”? Wth happened to her? She was once in her own league and now, well I guess Rihanna to her happened lol, but still. At 28 I shouldn’t be feeling musically older than her smh
I love this video Beyince go girl!? You guys need to listen to the lyrics. She is saying she”s proud of her heritage(creole) Come on people she is black with a creole heritage. What’s wrong with saying that? She is proud of her man and his features and her little girl’s Afro. We are all mixed with something.
I dont agree. How did you come to this conclusion? Its took people in the world time to embrace Blue.. Beyonce been repping the beauty in her daughter since day one. Everyone had an issue with Blue’s hair and if she cared about what everyone thought it would have showed , but she kept doing her.
The Police Association is mad awwwwwwwwwww. They want to boycott. That’s a joke.
Gurrlllllll Dark skin is beautiful and flawless. I am a brown skinned women and I love that we are brown, chocolate, latte whatever we are just beautiful period.
Thank You …. and Sucka Free!! So funny!
I just came to see how much HATE y’all spewing on Bey today.
I need to call my youngest sister and let her know that even though we have the same parents somehow I am 100% Black but that SHE is a mixed raced creole child, she’s lighter than me with soft wavy hair. I am going to tell her to stop standing next to me in family photos and implying that she is better!! Get in formation!
Her mom is Creole
Their father, Joe Jackson, side of family had quite a bit of mixing and would frequently have lighter toned children with grey and green eyes. Joe has hazel/green eyes himself. He HATED african features and tormented those kids. I also think he had his own shortcomings because his own family is musically talented and he was a local celeb when he was young but never got the fame he wanted. He was jealous that his nappy headed wide nosed kids were famous and he beat that self hate into all of them. Latoya was his favorite because she was light skinned, even with her big nose, and had very long hair as a child. SMH he poisoned his family.
But she didn’t fall though!
I believe she was talking about Jay Z’s nose.
One line is her liking Jackson noses. Is that before or after plastic surgery. Has she seen those noses.
Didn’t she have a crush on her at one point?
Im black with wavy n baby hair, with an afro also lol I didnt need beyonce to sing that in a song to love my true self….
Since when did our wide nostrils become flaws Sandra? The Jackson family got Jose jobs because they were insecure and considered their noses to be flaws that doesn’t mean they are flaws to the rest of us all the men in my family have very large broad noses and we love them it reminds us of our African heritage that was not white washed away by rape
lyrics and video dont match
I see her trying. This is the first time I hear a distinct voice from her that is not a fembot. I think that her team influenced her quite a bit and she is breaking free. She has made her money playing the game of what works in media for Black women and now she is coming in with a different voice but still trying to hold her fan base’s attention. People who were never fans, like me, probably might say too much too little too late, but then we don’t really need to see or hear Beyonce saying Black is beautiful. My parents taught me that. But that 12 year old Black girl who idolizes Beyonce’s every move just might feel a little more beautiful today with her afro hair and j5 nostrils. Beyonce is not talking to us, she is talking to them and if they are listening, I’m here for it. It’s a start, and a good one based on the crew she has following her.
You must be a dark skin girl that hates light skin women how the heck do you get that rationalization smh so typical I’m tired of this inner hate none onus had control over our complexion at conception so if you think less of yourself because you are dark that makes you insecure
I was thinking she was talking about Jay’s nose.. Maybe cuz I call my husband my negro… I’on know..
She loves her man nose and not her own? That doesn’t make any more sense than the rest of it to me. I digress.
So are you average looking or above average? And what about who is below average. As a matter of fact point me to the nearest “Looking machine” and tell me how you measure someone’s beauty. #brainedwashedbythewhiteman , #wakeupblackpeople … this is if your black of course, If your white , Im sure you already doing everything you can to look Black… Im sure I look better than you, so Ill say you are BELOW AVERAGE looking!!
Our people need help. I think there is a great degree of jealousy about Beyonce and that some perception that her child is not attractive was met with glee by a large sector of our pan-african community. I have to say for the 100th time that Creole is NOT a race. It is a culture created from a blend of culture and races(who can tell who has what percentage of what?) Creole has a great deal to do with the Southern region as well. If a Black woman has a baby with a french man no one says the child is “Creole”. So can we please get it together. Just about every African-American would have the nearly the same exact make-up as Beyonce. Sub-Saharan African, Native American, European(perhaps some Asian) Even in the Caribbean mine probably comes close with the exception of East Indian percent may be a bit higher and my family has Mediterranean and no Native American. But guess what? We are all Pan-African and so is Beyonce and her child. There is absolutely nothing magical about Beyonce but that damn wig she won’t take off. I think that people assume because of their own self hate that Beyonce hated the way her child looks, but I think what she hated was that her Black people weren’t willing to see the beauty in that child. On the one hand they are saying that Beyonce wants to be white and is color struck and on the other hand they are saying that her child is ugly because she has her father’s nose and beautiful kinky hair. We started dissecting that child’s looks before she could even read and to me she looks like any other little Black girl and that is so sad.
She HAS NOT HAD A nose job.. STEVIE WONDER CAN SEE THAT!!!! , NOR SKIN BREACHING! She is high yellow, I always see her tanning . Why would she do that if she was bleaching?
What? This is just silly…….This was a great song for being prideful about being black…. no self hate in this song at all. Afros and black noses are not flaws…. that’s the point of this song.
I think she is really referring to her husbands look with his huge nostrils and all. If she married JayZ, then she cant be ashamed of her blackness.
whoo-who..I guess you told me. #shatdaphuckup
If your speaking of the Melanesian people, it has been tested and proven that their hair is not a product of mixing with Europeans but a mutated gene. Didn’t know the San people were blondes. http://www.odditycentral.com/news/black-and-blond-the-origin-of-blond-afros-in-melanesia.html
Last time I checked isn’t an afro natural hair? But yet you write about it like it’s something totally different. Why take something positive and turn it into something negative, if she was going on about loving to be light-skinned, having long hair, or what that would have been a problem. Do you really hate this woman so much that you would be the only blogger to talk negatively bout this song?
Now Sandra you slay me. I don’t like Beyoncé! I turned it down in her and Lady Gaga. Beyoncé took over that show though! Heifer ?
The line about natural hair is about Blue and how they use to keep her hair down. She’s saying she doesn’t care what anyone says about her hair. Same with the nose line pp are always talkin bout Jay nose, she’s stating she likes her man nose the way it is. Neither 1 of those lines where about her personally.
The firing was likely due to black people don’t buy CD’s she wants to compete with Adele and they told her this aint the song. Performing this song releasing this video is bad for business.
Bey was never that great but maaan she has really fell off lately. She tries waaay too hard. smh.
Sandra you really seem to be in your feelings, I thought this song was awesome and very good for black history month and the things we as a people have been going through, I’m starting to think you work for Fox News and all the other racial outlets in our country. But you keep writing your blogs and giving your weak opinions and showing how highly sensitive you are..I would never call you Auntie cause none of my Aunts would say some of the things you say.
Thank you! Its all an act.. girl is trying to be hood, shes far from it. I see right thru her. My question is how you been in the game this long and STILL dont have any real hits!? There isnt even 1 beyonce or destiny child song that I can say would make her a legend. Erykah badu got that status with just her first album and she has had MANY excellent ones after baduizm.. Jill Scott is the same. Bey is plain boring to me musically and physically. All these years and she still remains mediocre no matter how hard she tries. Blaaahh
Hahah wish I could upvote ya 1000x! Bey’s music is lackluster. Im glad theres some like minded people out there in this land of sheeple! Preach Guurl!
lame? its probably her best designed video. you probably just don’t like her.
The sound is wayyyy better on Tidal.
You are Sandra huh, posing behind another name.
Girllll what flaws? You are really wild for this write up. I see a lot of people who are very oblivious to their surroundings. Beyoncé being a mainstream artists making a song talking about loving her black features is powerful. Especially during a time where all the cute pop songs are coming from yts w blue eyes & blond hair.. Y’all really just wanna be mad about something. She makes 1 song for young black girls to bop to & all he ll breaks loose. If y’all truly think Bey could’ve came outta Destiny’s Child singing about loving her blackness and be this successful you’re delusional. I’m really glad her music is taking the route it is. If y’all really want a write up on the meaning of the video I’ll post it, cause somethings I didn’t understand but it’s all based around a New Orleans theme.
So Rudy Giuliani condemns Bey’s video. Who gives A F about This dude we already know how he feels about black people.
Creole is a culture not a race. She black and her mama black. Puhlease
Yep, I agree
you are so bitter, broke and poor as well I bet – not forgetting what a tragically debilitating eye sore to look at you are
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I take it you know this “personally”? Girl bye. People kill me with their made up hearsay and rumors.
and what do you need?
They also need to get hold of you
I’m so sick of her ; I don’t know what to do…I need her to have 5 seats….But she wont because “some” of us makes her think SHES the best thing since Ice cream…NOT>>>>
Dam Jackie was the FIONE one!!! lower right corner.
Ditto!!!
Because we are showing love to a sistah?
How is she putting anyone down… Those are African American features .. Nappy heads and wide noses. get a clue #growup
Girrrrllll she wrote a whole chapter psychoanalyzing Beyoncé, her daughter, her husband, their hair texture and skin color!! If I’m not mistaken, don’t most celebrities keep their babies out of site for a minute when they are born? I never saw anything wrong with Blue’s hair.. It’s gonna be these little girls walking around with braids and beads on the ends of them that need weave when they grow up.. It’s crazy how much hate this woman gets!!
Girrrrllll she wrote a whole chapter psychoanalyzing Beyoncé, her daughter, her husband, their hair texture and skin color!! If I’m not mistaken, don’t most celebrities keep their babies out of site for a minute when they are born? I never saw anything wrong with Blue’s hair.. It’s gonna be these little girls walking around with braids and beads on the ends of them that need weave when they grow up.. It’s crazy how much hate this woman gets!!
Do you know why? Ill wait for your answer, let me pretend I dont know and lets see if you know
Do you know why? Ill wait for your answer, let me pretend I dont know and lets see if you know
*Ass…… thats right keep listening to Sandra
*Ass…… thats right keep listening to Sandra
No its called ingnorant which is what you are my dear #readabook
No its called ingnorant which is what you are my dear #readabook
Indeed!
Indeed!
Yessssss! ???
Yessssss! ???
Our physical flaws? Seems like its YOU who needs checking, Sandra Rose article writer.
Rubbish??????????
Why do you see the Jackson Five nose and the afro as a flaw? You said she is pointing out our flaws. That’s what’s wrong with self hating black people and why it was put in a song. So you can learn to look a it as beautiful and unique, not a FLAW
Exactly.
Kool joint
real fast.
Sandra Bish you really reaching with this one. Bishes like you always wanna find something bad to say about something good. You need to stop hanging with Stacy Dash. Would you rather Blue be surrounded by little white girls?? Those little girls and their “kinky” hair are beautiful. New flash Blue Ivy is not mixed she black just like her father and mother
Thank you!
This write up is str8 up hate…Damn Sandra what happened to you during your childhood that left you so bitter? Please come to the front of the congregation so that we can pray for you.
No ugly fat ass. Go deflate that big ass forehead.
Sandra spoke the truth that these fake ass I got Indian in my family hoodrats don’t wanna hear
No bish , what you got is weave and perm in yo family.
I definitely think she said that because Jay has a distinct nose.
Love the hair
That’s not what I got from her putting her daughter in her video. You also got the lyric wrong… Damn! You hate her so much, I think you love her.
Apparently we stuck a nerve…you too must be country-ghetto. Let your heart light shine and be proud.
Someone needs to get a hold of you and help you get a phuckin life, especially If you’re not a part of Bey’s team and getting a check. Now get a tampon plug your pathetic azz up and go “Sat down somewhere!”
OK… so I already know I’m about to be called a stan or a beehive member for what I’m about to post… but oh well! For the record, I’m not… So, have we ever tried to interperet Beyonce’s message for the good?! Meaning, maybe she placed Blue Ivy in the middle to signify that all black is beautiful?! OR maybe that the “Jackson 5 nostril” comment means that she loves her men 100% negro?! Like, in case everyone forgot, Matthew Knowles is 1000% negro with Jackson 5 nostrils. As far as being Creole….. anyone can hardly argue that Ms. TINA is anything but Creole…. so she can definitely claim it. As far as Solange, as my momma would say “she dipped back off em’ them genes”. I really believe ft hat Beyonce was either tanning or photo shopped to be darker. If you ever looked at her baby pics, you could tell she was one shade darker than white…. I think she was trying to be blacker to be accepted… she got over that after many years of being hated no matter what. Just saying…. black people are our own worst critics and haters. We have been conditioned to put each other down in order to lift the non black up….
First of all how is she saying that blue is better than the other kids??? Blue’s hair is natural 2. Y’all just had 2 make it out 2 be a light skinned thing. Blue is brown skinned anyways and her mom was saying that’s how she likes her daughters hair in An afro because it represents black culture 2nd she isn’t insulting Black’s with the nose comment she is showing respect 2 one of our prominent features….. The Jackson 5 comment is based on what their real noses looked like before surgery… How can y’all ppl always turn something completely around???
If anything I didn’t like the play on hurricane Katrina because I actually experienced that and had 2b rescued so I don’t like that she was in the supposed flood waters because she didn’t have 2 experience that so she doesn’t know how that feels!!! But she could just be calling attention to how we and our city were treated during the disaster so I’m not really mad….
Lol, that’s what I said about the whole creole thing. Now she is embracing this creole from her mom’s side! So now she is always in new Orleans…. The whole video was filled with new orleans culture. I’m glad she is representing my city but a few months ago she was still repping h-town!!!
Lol I feel you but her mom is supposed to be from Louisiana and in certain parts it’s a lot of creole folks. We have the same accent and speak the same language as Haitians… Just because a person is light skinned doesn’t mean that he or she is Creole and that’s what she seems to hold on 2, the light skin and light eyes but in order to be Creole you have 2 speak French… Plz don’t jump on me bcuz I agree with u!
Yup
She is taking pride on what you just said are flaws …when I look at blue and the other.girls..I see three black children…see we need songs like this for people who think like you… go have a seat and learn god did not flaw any part of his creations.
Go find yourself a tall cliff, and take a dive straight down, and take the booty shaker with you!!
Malcolm X wouldn’t be happy with seeing the Black Panthers portrayed by women in stripper getups. The Super Bowl performance was ratchet.
Those that can’t will always hate. That just the way it is.
+1
That song was trash. Beyonce can sing the damn alphabets and some will loose their mind. That nasal sound. All those slick lines some just don’t hear. That video said more than what you think you heard. Damn wake up and quit being sheep. I saw Janet influence in that Maybe just me. The play on Nolo the water cop car scene the church and the black scene with the middle finger. Hot sauce in her bag..Come for me all you want I don’t dislike her but I know what I heard and what I saw. Goodbye you lil sheep (that comment is for the folks that probably don’t know they are sheep)
Some of the interpretations of this video and song are amazing. First thing I want to say for the life of me why do people think Beyonce bleached her skin?? People she’s light skinned and just like everyone else we tan. I have pics where I look light and some tan. Hell I don’t know it just happens just like I have this damn sandy brown crazy hair. The reference to her baby’s hair is because people keep talking shit about it. Yea she can emphasize baby hair to say ummm she’s a baby and I don’t need to pull my damn BABYS edges out with those bows. The nostril comment is in reference to her husband because people talk about his nose and she’s saying “f” y’all I love it. The creole/negro reference is because people keep saying she’s mixed race and technically she’s not so she’s black and proud with a mixture of that Louisana Creole. Ummm… Blue Ivy is in the middle because that’s her damn daughter. As far as the other little girls ummm I honestly didn’t reference light skin is better I just saw three beautiful babies playing. If they were all light skin then people would have another problem. Shout Out to New Orleans and congrats Big Freedia and Messy Mya(RIP). You don’t have to like the song but dang.
Exactly. So pathetic.Ok so the other two girls hair are a bit more kinky. Still beautiful and STILL natural. Every woman doesn’t have the same texture or skin tone. Love yourself as you are is a message within the song. A message that she completely missed , obviously since she feels the need to compare children. As if they should somehow all be the same. SHE doesnt find beauty in the other two girls which is why she made comparisons that make them seem like bottom of the barrel choices.The Intraracial discrimination is real and so completely disgusting.
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Exactly. So pathetic.Ok so the other two girls hair are a bit more kinky. Still beautiful and STILL natural. Every woman doesn’t have the same texture or skin tone. Love yourself as you are is a message within the song. A message that she completely missed , obviously since she feels the need to compare children. As if they should somehow all be the same. SHE doesnt find beauty in the other two girls which is why she made comparisons that make them seem like bottom of the barrel choices.The Intraracial discrimination is real and so completely disgusting.
Beyoncé can’t win for losing with Auntie….
1st people read to deep into things especially beyonce haters….
2nd jackson 5 all had big noses before their nose job, she’s talking about
3rd she’s addressing everybody who talks about Jay-Z nose/blue ivy hair
4th Beyonce dont need attention because its natural she’s Queen Bey
5th let her live, she makes more money than us and pretty sure she could careless
6th “First of all, just because Blue Ivy wears an afro does not make her black. She is still a mixed race creole child.” – and FYI all of us are mixed with something….. drops mic walks off stage
It was anything but “lame” The hate is real, smh
1st people read to deep into things especially beyonce haters….
2nd jackson 5 all had big noses before their nose job, she’s talking about
3rd she’s addressing everybody who talks about Jay-Z nose/blue ivy hair
4th Beyonce dont need attention because its natural she’s Queen Bey
5th let her live, she makes more money than us and pretty sure she could careless
6th “First of all, just because Blue Ivy wears an afro does not make her black. She is still a mixed race creole child.” – and FYI all of us are mixed with something….. drops mic walks off stage
yesss!!!!!
yes she stay hating; am i missing what Beyonce has done to her?
White people bash one another all the time, they just don’t make a big deal out of it and say dumb things like “white people always hatin’ on one anutha”. Some Black people can be overly dramatic.
So did Kim K when she did that nud3 selfie with her plastic a** all out.
Thank You?!
No because the media does not give anyone else an opportunity to shine….And she defiantly not independent nor can she speak proper ENGLISH!
When was the last time you seen her stand up for her people???…I’ll wait?!
dang Michael was fine when he was a black guy.
she was talking about Jay’s nose. The song is HER accomplishments….she bagged that project negro Jigga and created a little nappy head lightskin child
She’s secretly in love with her. She’s the type that has to be the opposite of everything and end up on the outside looking stupid.
From the mouth of an African american sheriff, “Beyonce coming out… In those black panther type uniforms, would that be acceptable if a white band came out in hoods and white sheets in the same sort of fashion? We would be appalled and outraged.” -Sheriff David Clarke. At least he has brains
I’m pretty sure she’s addressing the ever so stupid waves of criticism over her baby’s hairstyles. And wide noses, as the Jackson had back in the day, are the noses that God gave them- they are not flawed. We as a people have beautiful skin in different hues, wide noses, and big lips and asses that folks are paying to replicate. For you to state that she’s pointing out our “flaws” is absurd! And the other two little girls (and their natural hair) in the video are beautiful.
I see your mom taught you how to cut and paste
Yea I felt she was saying Im a Black woman from the south…don’t you forget! Loving it! Gotta admit Im a hive at this moment
Formation definitely took me back to “Solider” Destiny Child days. Which was my SoOng!
Read to comprehend lady, this isn’t what I asked, also B. Loveitt is (I) not (WE), or are you an internet trolling organisation? please respond in proper english.
SO I DON’T HATE IT…KINDA CATCHY. DEFINITELY KNOCKING…
THANK YOU for noticing this!
What about obsessing over Givenchy, which average item costs $3000? The website has NO PEOPLE OF COLOR?!?
How about obsessing over Red Lobster as part of her creole, food-after-sex pride? No shout out to what New Orleans Creoles and canjuns would REALLY EAT? I guess more money for General Mills.
And to pose and vamp in Givenchy in flooded Lower Districts where all those people died?!?
If Miley Cyrus was acting this stupid they’d call her a racist brat.
We preach about educating people on Black History and then we see, single handedly that as long as you’re a confident celebrity, you can trick anyone into thinking there is value in NOTHING!
Beyoncé – black history denier. Sad.
She might not be the sharpest knife in the drawer? but she is proud to be black and proud of her family …?
I remember them back in the early 90’s. During the Cross Colours period
I remember them back in the early 90’s. During the Cross Colours period
I remember them back in the early 90’s. During the Cross Colours period
I learned that in school. Do you know what that is?
I learned that in school. Do you know what that is?
I learned that in school. Do you know what that is?
right; they def. had issues w/their blackness
I posted this 2 days ago get a MUTHA PHUCKIN LIFE. I guess your from the UK due to the spelling organisation. Nope it’s not what you asked but come harder! You’re the only troll here. As I stated before If you’re not getting a check being Beyonce’s pr/marketing team shut up and do better.
Funny how people share dumb shyt but when you come for that ass all they come up with is “Speak proper English.” Bish please, you’re phuckin hilarious and a loser eat a dyck and die hoe..Is that enough proper english enough for you…you idiot.
I think you should get a life, manners, probably a professional job too and an education, whilst you at it, instead of being busy here character assasinating Beyonce. For someone who dislikes Her you sure spend a lot of time commenting about Her.
Vintage superman t-shirt, silk pajama shirt, turquoise multistone neckpiece, afros…swag ahead of their time.
So he was an abusive colorist? Heartbreaking. I believe this. Multiple children lightening their skin and having nose jobs is clearly a reflection of self hate being inflicted in childhood.
Everyone loved Jackie.
Deep. Well said.
Nice!
I think people are under the impression that only dark skinned black people bleach. Light skinned black people bleach too, call it brightening and even-ning out their complexion. Yes, Beyonce is naturally very light skinned and she has most certainly bleached because she is much fairer skinned than she was just a few years ago.
That’s what I thought.
Stop calling our natural features nappy and flawed! Then maybe you would have a point. Smh. How r u gonna try to say Beyonce is a colorist when u clearly suffer from an inferiorty complex (another form of self-hate) and an incessant need to find flaws in an uplifting video. Putting her daughter in between two dark-skinned girls does not imply she thinks light is better. Stop the nonsense! Then you constantly promote Karruche while saying her makeup line is basically only for Asians, light skinned and biracial people. Seriously? Start your life over Sandra!! And this is coming from a proud dark-skinned woman who proudly wears her hair naturally.
Maybe they had it because they had the same poor thinking and inferiority complex that you clearly do.
Oh my you really are a loser how can you tell anybody a damn thing when you came in here all butt hurt trying to reply to anyone’s comment you didn’t like idiot.
You need a education who hell is assassinating anyone’s character by stating that she’s country and ghetto not prim and proper and even she said that. So you can’t be too much of a fan. So still can’t find a dyck to sux on and die? I love trolls like you -swear you know and don’t know shyt but how to be a loser…loser. Beyonce wouldn’t piss on you.
Does any of the Jacksons have an original Jackson nose. Looking at the picture I don’t see anything wrong with their nose, but I guess it your own self perception.
Sandra rose is a self hating lesbo
You sound so ignorant,especially “reminding us of our physical flaws” ,I don’t know about you ,but every physical attribute she mentioned in this video, are my God giving gifts ?? …YOU HATE YOURSELF ,please don’t speak for us all,thanks hun?
You must of lived next door
Exactly
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Oh my Lord! This song is insulting to say the least. I was a fan of hers for a long time but here lately she has lost me. I don’t know if this was a publicity stunt or her self exposing her own ignorance but it’s a wack song! Just because Beyoncé sings it doesn’t mean it’s good or empowering blackness. I read the lyrics to the song so I could better understand it and I will say it was confusing and contradicting! She and her dancers performing at the SB was an embarrassment to a lot of us in the black community. Not only did she perpetuate black stereotypes towards black women by twirking and dancing like a video vixen but it was also an insult to the true panthers who actually fought and made sacrifices for us. I’m very dissapointed with her. I think it’s time for her to throw in the towel because this Formation crap is over the top and is making me as a former fan believe that she is running out of ideas so instead she puts out crap because she knows people will buy $$ into it. People are defending this song like Martin L King sung it. It’s wack, it doesn’t sound good, it’s not empowering blacks, and it’s offensive.
coming from a woman who had her own black nose cut up too, it tastes kinda funny.
She is referring to Jay…