Beyoncé Nation Haters
So, Queen Bey is catching it as soon as once more. This time, from a brand new group of on-line haters, who declare she’s delving into an space the place Blackfolk usually are not welcome – nation music. One of many loudest critics of Beyoncé’s newest musical choices is the “actor/singer” (air quotes emphasised) John Schneider who performed Bo Duke on “The Dukes of Hazzard.” Schneider, who was born and raised only a stone’s throw away from New York Metropolis has the nerve to clown a sister from Texas. Concerning Beyoncé, this simple-minded Duke boy stated, “The lefties within the leisure trade simply received’t go away any space alone, proper? They only should seize management over each side, don’t they?” Fairly ironic phrases coming from a colonizer. Then, he took his “god advanced” to “a-whole-nutha” stage, evaluating Mrs. Carter to a canine. “They’ve bought to make their mark, similar to a canine in a canine stroll park,” he added. “You understand, each canine has to mark each tree, proper?” Schneider, by no means greater than a less-than-average something, then stated it was okay for nation artists to make music in different genres, “However individuals coming in to nation music” he had points with. In different phrases, he, like many others, claims nation music as a whites-only house. I’m not going to run down a whole historical past lesson, however suffice it to say, there isn’t any nation music (or rock) with out Black-created music. So, Bo Duke, hold any and all of our names out’cho ignorant mouth.
Eboni Pouncy Travesty
As you’ve in all probability already heard, Eboni Pouncy (28), a Black girl (and mom of a one-year-old) right here in Houston, was shot at 40 occasions by Harris County deputies. She was hit 5 occasions and in some way miraculously survived, however her mobility has been broken for under God is aware of how lengthy. And FYI, Pouncy wasn’t operating them streets or into something unlawful. She was merely hanging out at a buddy’s house. Deputies shot that barrage of bullets from exterior, by way of the house window. Watching Pouncy recount these occasions is heart-wrenching. Ready for anybody to be held accountable is stomach-turning. However the query we as a neighborhood should ask is, what are we going to do to place the concern of God into anybody who seeks to hurt us?
The Ancestors Are Having a Second
Am I loopy (hush; rhetorical query), or are the ancestors having a second? In 2018, “Black Panther” delivered to the consciousness of many Blackfolk the significance of a reference to our ancestors. Legendary Dagara elder and creator Malidoma Some shared in his e-book “Of Water and the Spirit,” the important nature of we who’re within the land of the dwelling having an ongoing relationship with “those that have gone earlier than.” And it appears increasingly folks are waking to this cultural/non secular crucial. Those that watched Marvel’s collection “Echo” noticed the facility of that ancestral connection on full show, particularly within the collection finale. And most just lately, followers of the collection “True Detective,” who watched season 4 (“True Detective: Night time Nation”) once more noticed the facility a neighborhood can wield when it honors its ancestors. African elders typically say when sure tales and themes constantly present up (in TV reveals, novels, films, and so forth.), that’s Spirit attempting to inform us one thing. The message to Blackfolk: there’s unimaginable energy accessible to us once we do the work of honoring those that made a means for us.
