I've seen so many white people say that they were offended. Now you all know I don't stan for Beyoncé, and don't particularly like the song itself, but I love the video and what it represents. I also loved that she decided to put on an historic performance at Super Bowl 50, honoring the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panthers during Black History Month. I've dragged some dumbass white women on Facebook for saying that Beyoncé's performance was racist, anti-law enforcement, and likening the Black Panthers to the Ku Klux Klan. They said it was a disgrace that she set out to offend white people.
So, my question to you all is: did Beyoncé offend you???
The Black Panthers are definitely comparable to the KKK. Not exactly the same, but both are racist extremist groups that used violence. The comparison isn't completely bonkers
But no. This performance isnt offensive since I'm pretty confident Bey isn't backing the black panthers
There were more shootings of whites than blacks in the U.S. (Percentages added as blacks are minorities) and there was more black on white and black on black incidents reported in 2015 than White on Black.
It would have been more powerful if she made the statement to all minorities.
2015 Statistics:
l There is more black-on-white than black-on-black violent crime.
l Of the approximately 1,700,000 interracial crimes of violence involv- ing blacks and whites, 90 percent are committed by blacks against whites. Blacks are therefore up to 250 times more likely to do criminal violence to whites than the reverse.
l Blacks commit violent crimes at four to eight times the white rate. Hispanics commit violent crimes at approximately three times the white rate, and Asians at one half to three quarters the white rate.
l Blacks are twice as likely as whites to commit hate crimes.
l Hispanics are a hate crime victim category but not a perpetrator cat- egory. Hispanic offenders are classified as whites, which inflates the white offense rate and gives the impression that Hispanics commit no hate crimes.
l Blacks are as much more dangerous than whites as men are more dangerous than women.
The Black Panthers are definitely comparable to the KKK. Not exactly the same, but both are racist extremist groups that used violence. The comparison isn't completely bonkers
But no. This performance isnt offensive since I'm pretty confident Bey isn't backing the black panthers
The Black Panthers sought equality for black people -- to not be seen as inferior. The KKK believe whites are superior to every other race. Educate yourself.