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Originally posted by ciara
I personally like the song, but not so much the entitlement the message has put on people. But what I really don't agree with is how people are responding to white people doing covers, or just even dancing to it.
What is the purposes of uplifting someone just to ridicule the ones who are supporting the movement?
That's really the point of this discussion to get an opinion on that.
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there's a difference between supporting the movement and hijacking it. by all means, white people are welcome to get their lives to formation, however, we have a right to get upset about them covering a song that was created to celebrate the things we are ridiculed for by white people. simple as.
as if it's not bad enough that our features are praised to the high heavens when they're on people who aren't black, god forbid we not be okay with those same people taking a message that is meant to uplift us and making it about themselves yet again