I loved every second of both Beyoncé’s “Formation” video, and super bowl performance. I think that she had a lot of guts to do what she did and make a statement that black lives matter too. She didn’t just have one message in her music video, but multiple including women empowerment, self-love, and end police brutality. I know a lot of people who are ashamed of their skin color, and features, so I think this song really helps black people accept who they are and love themselves more. I also liked how they included clips of the sunken houses from hurricane Katrina that are still visible till this day because it showed how much that town is still suffering.

             I don’t think that it’s not fair people are saying she’s being racist because she just wants to empower her people and show that she is proud of her southern roots, and if it was the other way around it wouldn’t have been a problem. At first, I did not really pay attention to the background male voices in the song, until we talked about the article in class of Messy Mya and how he was killed last year. I see why some people may have been upset about it because Beyoncé did not get permission to mention his voice, but at the same time I think she wanted people to know who he was and what he stood for.

            Beyoncé’s super bowl performance was even powerful than the song itself because she had her background dancers dressed as the black panther party to celebrate their anniversary, which just so happen to fall on the same day as the game. I have a lot of respect for her doing that because she knew was going to get criticized by it but still went on with the show. The fact that people compared her to the KKK really upset me because they were a hate group that set out to destroy black people, whereas the black panther party were fighting for equal rights, and used violence when necessary. Violence is never the answer, but at least they were fighting for a good cause.

          I think that some people just can’t handle what Beyoncé is putting out there, and it makes them feel uncomfortable, but in my opinion is a good thing because it's raising awareness.  Beyoncé did a great job with the performance and the song as well, and people need to accept that.