Piers Morgan Gets Blasted Over Beyoncé "Lemonade" Comments
Piers Morgan Gets Dragged To Hell For Accusing ‘Born-Again Black’ Beyoncé Of Exploiting Grieving Mothers In #Lemonade
We see you and your white privilege Piers…
Piers Morgan Gets Blasted Over Beyoncé “Lemonade” Comments
Piers Morgan is currently getting the dragging of his life after the columnist wrote an unnecessary azz think piece on Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” titled “Jay-Z’s not the only one who needs to be worried about Beyoncé, the born-again-black woman with a political mission.”
According to Piers he “doesn’t like it when entertainers go all political”and notes that “it’s rarely done for genuine reasons but for strictly commercial ones.”
He then brings up Beyoncé and her new ‘visual-album’ Lemonade” and accuses her of “shamelessly exploiting” the mothers of Mike Brown and Trayvon Martin.
Via The Daily Mail:
[…]
There’s a clip of Malcolm X, the radical and controversial black separatist who opposed Dr Martin Luther King’s creed of non-violence, saying: ‘The most disrespected person in America is the black woman.’Another shows two grieving mothers appearing on camera.
The first is Lesley McSpadden, filmed crying as she holds a photo of her late son Mike Brown who was shot dead by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014 – an incident which sparked huge protests.
The second is Sybrina Fulton, whose 17-year-old son Trayvon Martin was killed in Florida by a local vigilante George Zimmerman in a case that sparked national outrage in 2012.
I have huge personal sympathy for both women and there is no doubt that African-Americans have been treated appallingly by certain rogue elements within the country’s police forces.
But I felt very uneasy watching these women being used in this way to sell an album. It smacks of shameless exploitation.
Really Piers??? You sure you wanna do this???
He then recaps a 2008 interview he had with Beyoncé where she discussed race. According to Piers he much prefers that Beyonce over the “agitating inflammatory” singer she is now.
‘Did you experience racism as you grew up?’ I asked.
‘A bit, but I feel like with my career I’ve now broken barriers. I don’t think people think about my race. I think they look at me as an entertainer and a musician and I’m very happy about that because that’s how I look at people. It’s not about color and race, and I’m happy that’s changing.’[…]
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.
Beyoncé fans are of course up in arms and Piers is getting schooled by everyone from Roland Martin…
to Holly Robinson Peete.
STOP…TROLLING…US…PIERS.
What do YOU think about Piers’ words on “Lemonade”???
Hit the flip for more reactions.
Piers Morgan definitely does not have a problem with women, black people or black women. pic.twitter.com/jrYVfASNSP
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 25, 2016
It's pretty clear that @piersmorgan intends to stay relevant by antagonizing Black people. It is safe to call him a racist. The hood fits.
— Andray (@AndrayDomise) April 25, 2016
So Piers Morgan can have several seats. Very telling how combative and uncomfortable people get when whiteness isn't centered
— Diatonic Dissonance (@urbangaygriot) April 26, 2016
Piers Morgan article on Beyoncé was weak he likes Beyoncé singing and dancing but speaking out against injustice he's against. FOH.
— Charlamagne Tha God (@cthagod) April 25, 2016
will someone let Piers Morgan know we're running out of places to put his think pieces, pls think of the environment pic.twitter.com/LWhkJ16mR9
— Chappell Ellison (@ChappellTracker) April 25, 2016
hi, i'm white america, let me tell you what i find troubling about popular art not marketed to me
— Alan Scherstuhl (@studiesincrap) April 25, 2016
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How bad a writer must @piersmorgan be that the only way he can get attention for his work is antagonizing black people. It's kind of tragic.
— Ira Madison III (@ira) April 25, 2016
Everyone should take confidence lessons from Piers Morgan. He’s mediocre af. Everyone tells him on a daily basis.
And he’s all LA LA LA.— ☔️ Imani Gandy ☔️ (@AngryBlackLady) April 25, 2016
piers got y'all to fall for it again?
— El Flaco (@bomani_jones) April 25, 2016
Piers Morgan's mentions right now pic.twitter.com/5om8HJ8w7e
— Amanda Seales (@amandaseales) April 25, 2016
Dear Black people: Ignore Piers Morgan.
— Terrell J. Starr (@Russian_Starr) April 25, 2016
I don't know what @piersmorgan said about LEMONADE but I don't wanna hear anything a white man gotta say about it. IT WASN'T FOR YOU.
— Awesomely Luvvie (@Luvvie) April 25, 2016
Your article is a whining tantrum of White Male Privilege and how a Black Woman should adjust to make you more comfortable. @piersmorgan
— Bassey (@Basseyworld) April 25, 2016
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