Beyonce Criticised For Not Using ‘VOGUE’ Spread To Address African-American Social Issues

Consider the possibilities if she’d taken a few moments to talk briefly about her husband, a product of Marcy Projects in Brooklyn and no stranger to racial profiling and systematic poverty. Would she have swayed the Vogue readers on any of their political ideals or beliefs? Not necessarily. But she would have made a powerful (and empowering, for others) show of solidarity for those longtime fans who are hoping for a bigger, louder voice to emerge from a sea of celebrities posting endless selfies and images of yacht trips, with no public acknowledgement of the Black Lives Matter movement or the issues it’s taken up.

Suppose that, instead of Janelle Monáe, Beyoncé had shouted “Say Her Name: Sandra Bland!” on a track, or released something akin to “Hell you Talmbout”? If she can sing for the President and sing for Pepsi, why can’t we ask that she sing for her people? (We know she grew up listening to many singers, like Aretha Franklin, who did.) Wouldn’t that have been more “empowering” than one more gorgeous, glossy photo spread? Wouldn’t that have been more refreshing than this flaunting of a privileged silence?

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Y'all love singling her out amongst all the black artists

I mean aside from this being a blog as source which is not allowed.
Did you miss her entire grammy performance being a bout the black lives movement ?

wtf is black lives? i see it everywhere and i have no clue what is it? can someone tell me

because only black lives matter

And they ignored the fact that she donated money to get protesters out of jail, and visited the families of the lives we've lost

i think social justice is a VERY important topic, but some people just do the most.

should we drag sam smith for not addressing LGBT rights issues whenever he performs? nope. it's just ridiculous.

Didn't she sing at the Grammys for the movement? Didn't she walk for Trayvon Martin?
I know she could do more, and hope she will but the dragging is unnecessary

Just because Beyoncé is black and famous doesn't mean it's her responsibility to address black issues at every opportunity. That's not fair, especially when she has done so at other times.

I didn't hear you praise her after her Grammy performance

She's extremely politically correct.

Salon posted the article.

Their point is very valid.

The same woman who was donating to the victim's families and bailing people out for rioting for these causes? She's done plenty and most likely will continue to but doesn't need to at every given opportunity.

Nailed it

Nope

the double standards on this forum are ridiculous. guess it's Beyoncé's job to save the world, meanwhile Rihanna has her team put together a couple clips of people struggling around the world and she's a saint

guess this didn't happen either.... ya'll are so laughably blinded by your distaste for this woman tbh

Epitome of ATRL right here...

And her Grammy performance was not enough? Hell, when she did that people were more focused on her vocals and arrangement than the message of the performance as a whole anyway... what do you want from her? I don't see this much expected from any other black artist. Is it because she truly is the standard?