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" Beyoncé echoes the words
of activist and author Malcolm X, who once said that:
"The
most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected
person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is
the black woman.”
Many black women across America are
living this quote. We are the new day “strange fruit” Billy holiday song into
our hearts and souls. Instead of hanging
from trees, we are swinging from mainstream distortions and male chauvinism. We push our way through a world not designed
with us in mind. Beyoncé changed the game by encouraging us to define the rules
for ourselves. On April 23rd,
Beyoncé announced to the world more than her stages of betrayal and infidelity
within her marriage, she led black women down the path of womanhood and dropped us
in America’s front yard. We're here!!! I
am woman hear me roar! 
Lemonade was her
official call for black feminism and empowerment. Her heart wrenching
transparency and poetic soul of art, reminded women across America, we all
“feel” and “heal’ the same. We all feel insecurities, anger, self-doubt, and
invisible at times. She allowed us to see ourselves through her. We rode waves
of emotions with her, as she reminded us of days when our soul seemed to leave
our body and our hearts were dipped into the fire of life. It is not only our
relationships with the men in our lives which leaves us rattled sometimes. It’s
the relationship we have with ourselves and the women we share this experience of womanhood with, who may leave us confused and disturbed. We compete, judge, ridicule
and fight amongst ourselves. We never once think to share the burden and be our
sister’s keeper. Beyoncé gave us the courage to breathe again. When Life beat
us down to the ground, when demands seemed unbearable and when labels were
defined for us…We dwindled our light, our strength; we sometimes even questioned our beauty. (We questioned what we “should” do or who we “should” be.) When life Suffocated
us until we didn’t know who we were anymore, she gave us back our voice.
Beyoncé’s album goes beyond
infidelity and reaches into the soul of black women. She jolted us back to
life. We followed Beyoncé’s evolution of “self” through the use of “other” as
she made it the new “norm”. Lemonade was unapologetic, beautiful, and
transcending all in one. So let’s get in formation ladies!!!!! It’s about time….
Angie B Love
