Former New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani, made waves on Monday after describing Beyonce‘s Superbowl performance as “outrageous” and an “attack on police”.
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Beyonce’s Super Bowl halftime show may have been offensive to some but the singer could not be happier with her work. “Never before have we seen a pop icon, especially an African American woman, use her platform as a musician, as a celebrity, in order to make some of the boldest, most ferocious, most inspiring political statements about the Black Freedom struggle”.
During Sunday’s show, the singer was flanked by backup dancers clad in all black and sporting berets. The movement was born in California, 50 years ago in October, on a site less than 50 miles from the stadium where the Super Bowl was being held.
According to Giuliani, he felt it was wrong for Beyonce to use the appearance as “to attack police officers who are the people who protect her and protect us, and keep us alive”.
And Kamron Huber tweets: “Still asking myself why is it okay for the halftime show dancers to be dressed up as black panthers”. Rep. Pete King (R-NY) tweeted that Beyonce’s performance was “shameful” and “cops deserve support, not criminals”.
Beyonce, 34, has had SO many songs that we know and love…but which one is the theme song to YOUR life?!
“The point is Beyonce is black and this is her message”.
Coldplay was joined on stage during the Super Bowl 50 halftime show by past performers Bruno Mars and Beyonce.
If Queen B can get people to think about issues impacting people for color for a few minutes, then I say mission accomplished. “I didn’t know what it was.a bunch of people like dancing around”.
David Fenton/Getty Images Black Panther Party members in New York City in 1969.
One wrote on Twitter: “Beyoncé just gave America a Black history lesson this week”.
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At the end of the clip, a boy is seen raising his hands in front of a line of police, who also have raised hands, and graffiti on a house reads, “Stop shooting us”, likely a message to police.
