Formation: Beyonce, SB50 and the backlash of White

tears… By: Pangie & Sara B-M.

Race issues today Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter

Syria and the good/bad immigrant dilemma

Super Bowl performance being labeled Anti-White and Anti-Police

The Oscars, Stacy Dash and Jada Pinkett-Smith

The Olympics and Coverage of Black Female Athletes

Recent African-American UCDavis student physically assaulted for being Black

● Protest and press conference

The Unequal Opportunity Race video uproar

Recent police brutality

Get in FormationSession Framework

Janet Helms: Theory of White Student Identity Development--1993

Phase 1: Abandonment of Racism

● Status 1 Contact ● Status 2 Disintegration ● Status 3 Reintegration

Phase 2: Defining Non-Racist White Identity

● Status 4 Pseudo-Independence● Status 5 Immersion-Emersion ● Status 6 Autonomy

William Cross’ Theory of Black Student Identity Development

5 phase developmental theory of acquisition of Black Identification

● Pre-encounter● Encounter ● Immersion-Emersion ● Internalization ● Internalization-commitment

FormationGroup Activity

Pair Share

Discuss imagery/Lyrics

Discussion QuestionsWhat feelings came up for you when you watched the video?

What thoughts do you have about the video?

Did anything surprise you/confuse you?

What messages are you seeing in the video?

Do you think this video is important? Why or why not? To what/whom?

Beyonce Backlash:Social Media, White Supremacy,

and the mixed response to Formation (and SB50 Halftime)

Stay Out of Formation

“People like Peter King, have tweeted "Beyonce Formation video & #SB50 act was anti-police, shameful. Repeats big lie of Michael Brown innocence. Cops deserve support, not criminals."

“Here's the point. The point is that there are a lot of civil rights leaders that Beyoncé could emulate and talk about. Black Panthers are not someone that need to be emulated.”

"slap in the face to law enforcement"

“Even some police departments have gotten in on the action; one Tennesee Sheriff even suggested that cops were being killed because of Beyoncé.”

Get In Formation

“The call for Black women to get in formation, get information, and celebrate their power gave me chills. You hear a lot about “Black excellence,” and Formation is a potent reminder that Black excellence isn’t something created by white people congratulating themselves for bending down to hand out opportunities. Too many of us define “white ally” as “someone who is desperately needed by Black people to help them, and therefore deserves all the cookies.” Black excellence is already there, has always been there. It doesn’t need white validation, and the lack of fucks Beyoncé has for white validation from the center of her Black power is giving some white people fits.”

“My fellow white people: Listen. Listen. Listen. This is a Black moment, rarer than rare in this culture. If you don’t like the way Black artists portray white people, work on changing the impact of white people in Black lives, not on telling Black people they’re wrong about their own lives.”

But I’m here to say something else — if you check the “caucasian” box on a job application, your place is in the bleachers for this dance. It’s time for us to stop singing along — to Formation, to Kendrick Lamar’sAlright, to any song that has the N-word or celebrates blackness in a way we will never understand. Our ancestors signed away that right when they signed their names to contracts that said they owned human beings or signed tabs in restaurants that didn’t allow “colored people.”

DiscussionWhat are your reactions to some of the quotes/articles?

Thoughts? Feelings?

What else have you heard that we did not showcase in the last few slides?

How is the backlash related to the racial issues that are currently at the forefront of the conversation in the US?

White Supremacy, White Artists, Their Imagery and the conversations (or lack thereof)

What’s Next● Gender and Performance Politics in historically White and Black Spaces● On Tour -- Police -- Nation of Islam -- Moment of Silence ● Media censorship -- Blame -- Open Letter -- Call out to BeyHive ● Further critique of Beyonce’s use of Race, Gender and appropriation of the

Queer Experience

● How do we create spaces for students to tell and/or express their lived narratives within Student Housing? Orientation? First-Year Experience? On campus?

Questions

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