This is a long article and I am on my phone, so I only quoted the part I felt was most important
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Beyoncé then was unrecognisable from the militant activist we see now. Then, she was at pains to be seen as an entertainer and musician and not as a black woman who sings.
Now, it seems to be the complete opposite.
The new Beyoncé wants to be seen as a black woman political activist first and foremost, entertainer and musician second.
I still think she’s a wonderful singer and performer, and some of the music on Lemonade is fantastic.
But I have to be honest, I preferred the old Beyoncé.
The less inflammatory, agitating one.
The one who didn’t use grieving mothers to shift records and further fill her already massively enriched purse.
The one who didn’t play the race card so deliberately and to my mind, unnecessarily.
The one who wanted to be judged on her stupendous talent not her skin color, and wanted us all to do the same.
It's as if it hurts some white people to see Beyoncé identify strongly as a black woman. But, hey controversy can help prolong the era when Bey decides to abandon it one month in.
He basically said that using music to start a social movement is bad and that staying in your basic cookie cutter lane is where Beyonce belongs. He has the typical angry old white man complex...
The one who didn’t play the race card so deliberately and to my mind, unnecessarily.
Not when black people are at a huge disadvantage not just in the US but WW.
Shot every day just for existing.
The ignorance is real, though we already knew that about Piers.
He also hates BLM and got completely owned by John Legend on Twitter a few months back. Since he was fired from CNN, partly due to his abhorrent transphobia towards Janet Mock, he's been clawing for relevancy.