[JonginBey]

This thread should've been done and over with after Ascension's post several pages ago:

Originally posted by Ascension

It's really extremely annoying when people see discourse on black issues and try to derail with this bs tit for tat, "but why can't we talk about x/y/z peoples' issues?" -- what is stopping you? Why is it so necessary to take away from whatever attention is put on the causes of one oppressed and disenfranchised group to discuss another? If you feel that Muslims and non-black minorities should have more champions, use your platform. It's not helping anyone sitting and complaining about the next group organizing on their own behalf -- especially when other minorities pretty much ignore those issues until it's time to complain that the black causes get ~too much attention~. And so what if other black artists have used their platform to discuss issues concerning the black American community in the past? It was just as necessary then as it is now. Girl, sit all the way down.

[Inverted]

Originally posted by Honeyßéy

Why would you NOT speak on an issue that your familiar with, She is BLACK you have to start with your OWN issues before you can try to fight for the next issue. Im sure M.I.A knows a bit more about the issues Muslims face than Beyonce....'

Why would M.I.A. know more about the issues Muslims face when she's not a Muslim?

By the way, there are plenty of black Muslims.

[swissman]

Originally posted by TipToe

This is NOT hating, it's consctructive criticsm. 'Black Lives Mater' has a racist conotation, it polarizes people between black/white in the sense that they are essencialy opressed/opressors. This it not helping to promote tolerance but further fueling the rage from one group against another. Why not fight for the human rights of ANYONE who suffers from social injustice? Why single the ones you care most about and neglect the others? **** it.

Sorry but mentioning black lives matter is not racist at all.

So you want Beyoncé to make a song saying “Let’s fight for human rights of anyone who suffers from injustice, get in formation babies!” It just doesn’t make logistical sense. Singing broadly about peace and love stops right there. It doesn’t make you examine the issue, perceive why there is a problem, etc.

Teaching and helping people to become more socially aware about a specific oppressed group will only make them more attuned to identifying it in others. The message has much more power when it’s pointed at something.

Example:
“I love my negro nose with Jackson 5 nostrils” puts forth the idea of accepting what society says is not beautiful way better than “I love myself for who I am”

[Honeyßéy]

Originally posted by Inverted

M.I.A is not a Muslim. And definitely not Middle Eastern.

M.I.A is a Tamil Muslim, & is a Enligsh Born Sri Lankan woman.
She may not be middle eastern, but it's in her blood, HUSH.

[swissman]

And there are like 10246467285924 many issues we could counter her argument with and say, "okay why are you only focused on xyz, why not these ones?"

[Honeyßéy]

Originally posted by Inverted

Why would M.I.A. know more about the issues Muslims face when she's not a Muslim?

By the way, there are plenty of black Muslims.

Why wouldn't she? She has spoken on muslims/refugees in the past, now you tellin' me she doesn't know more about the issue than Bey.. you wanna bet?
& I know there are BLACK muslims, I neber said there wasn't...

[swissman]

It’s odd to think that making people more socially aware to an issue is only going to get them to identify oppression in that group alone.

[Inverted]

Originally posted by Honeyßéy

Why wouldn't she? She has spoken on muslims/refugees in the past, now you tellin' me she doesn't know more about the issue than Bey.. you wanna bet?
& I know there are BLACK muslims, I neber said there wasn't...

She's spoken about black lives matter too. She speaks about these things because she's concerned, not because they're "her people" like you claimed in your post above.

[slimsexy]

Originally posted by Inverted

She's spoken about black lives matter too. She speaks about these things because she's concerned, not because they're "her people" like you claimed in your post above.

Receipts?

[Bríseis]

Originally posted by abrahamjmr

Why should Beyoncé talk about Muslims or Syrians? Why should any American for that matter talk about problems on the Middle East? United States is facing racism after all these years and if artists can bring those problems into their songs to try to create awareness about it, that's great. I'm not saying they shouldn't care or worry about Muslims or Syrians, but they should try to end their own problems first to then move overseas. If M.I.A cares about them so much, then she should release a whole album dedicated to them.

If US just didnt destabilize Syria and Middle East... now you are just turning away from the mess you helped to cause...

[Beyond Say]

So **** the Black Muslims, huh?

[SpaceOddity]

Such a ridiculous thing to say, you have a platform, use it to express your concerns, don't call your peers out for speaking on a movement so obviously close to them, given they're black people of color.
Also, why is it that she thinks black people of color ought to act as a mule for every race issue out there?
M.I.A., with all due respect, get your sh_t together.

I've seen people on tumblr go as far as saying she's anti-black too, which I honestly doubt.
But she deserves every bit of backlash.

[Mekitor]

Hmmm... Ok... so do M.I.A, Non-Black --> Muslims, Asians, hispanics, Christians, or other Non-Black minorities should not care about Black Lives Matter then? Should they ignore BLM struggles? I am a minority and I need to know.

[NE.]

I'm always dead at other minority groups trying to derail from Black activism by claiming that Blacks don't stand up for other people of color. They want to benefit and ride off of the struggle, time, and life-risking activism Blacks have fought for without actually doing anything so they seem like the "non-complaining" minorities.

I can acknowledge Muslims and other minorities have to face adversity too, but it's not my place to take a stand on issues that affect your community. If you want activism, stand up for YOURSELF.

[SweetTalker]

Originally posted by Jay Fenty

She shouldn’t expect Beyonce to speak on topics that she may not be completely informed about, Black Lives Matter is obviously more relevant to her. They are just hashtags anyways

Kinda agree.

[Nippy'sReceipts]

Beyonce is not Muslim. Let M.I.A. start Muslim Lives Matter.

[MileysusSlayrus]

Originally posted by Walley

So she's saying black lives no longer matter because the movement started a long time ago? It's like she's saying "Black people are always killed and treated unfairly, who cares, talk about MY people". This is one of the most ignorant things she has ever said. I would expect her to be more intelligent.

NO. that's not what she meant. What she's saying is that people have been speaking about the issues the black commmunity is facing for a while now but still no one talks about muslim lives. You know those MILLIONS of men, women and chidlrean who are killed, tortured and raped.

[POKER]

Originally posted by MrBeyonceFan

Shouldn't she do that if that's her race?

so people should only care about other people if they are the same race, what kind of ****ed up mentality

[Artemisia]

I wonder what she made of this year’s Super Bowl in which Beyoncé gave a Black Power salute to the Black Lives Matter movement. She pulls a face.

[Saeju]

I've lost some respect for her because of this...
I hate how other minority groups are suddenly all for "POC solidarity" when black people start being heard. Why do other minority groups want black people to start speaking up for them? Why should we do the work for you? That's not how it works. Fix the anti-blackness in Asian, Latin/Hispanic, etc societies if you ever want this solidarity and before you start accusing black people of not sticking up for you too.