@@lexis4490exactly. Mitch McConnell has been in office forever and a day as an elected official for one of the most educational and economical UNDERPERFORMING states in this country, yet we rather get on SM and whine at celebs... Somewhere we lost the plot.
John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." - Ronald Wright
Why not? If they're in the right they're in the right. You should be supporting those who are making an extremely large positive influence in this world because guess what- if we don't stick together for or own then then we're only going to digress as a community and become more oppressed
Is the energy I’m looking for going into 2024. No more idolizing the bourgeoisie, either we need y’all to assist with wealth distribution or be ready to get out the way
Wealth distribution? Beyonces worked for every PENNY she's got and STILL giving away millions what more do you want from her yall really expect African American women to carry everybody's damn weight for them smdh🤮
My two cents: Celebrity culture has taken on a more cult like behavior amongst fans. While fans have always been determined to underplay their favorite celeb’s bad behavior I think they have become more fanatical than ever. In the case of those Uber rich celebs not sticking their necks out on anything their fans can then say they haven’t done anything. Do those celebs care? I’d say some would say better safe than sorry and continue counting that bread.
The term "Stan" came from that Eminem song about an obsessed fan... Stans are obsessed fans who seem to not be able to understand that these people are just people, too. They treat them literally like they are gods and it's weird. Shoot, I don't even like saying I'm a fan of anyone because Stans make fans look insane a lot of the time. Shoot, I joined a Beyonce forum a couple of weeks ago and it's full of people who literally LIVE for this woman. Stay up late watching her social media for a hint of anything and then will analyze it for days. If you say anything that is not praising her, they act as if you went to her house and threw a shoe at her and her kids or something. Like, I stopped even posting there because of how they act (literally said I didn't exactly love a song of hers and they came for me, saying I wasn't a real fan and blah blah). And I know people are fans of other celebs to that level (the Barbs and Swifties, a swiftie told me to ksm multiple times for saying I didn't really enjoy her music, lol, and Beliebers come to mind), so it's not just Beyonce. It's just crazy how people get so obsessed. I can happily say it couldn't be me acting like that out here over ANYONE.
@@shamaamamamamaah6928 yes because people dont let people talk about if he did it or not its out of the discussion you cant speak bad about him same with b.i.g
Race, class, workers, capitalism, pop culture, power, engagement. Kim Nicki Foster slaying the video essay vlog format again. Hair on fleek too. It's been legendary, it's poignant, it's been iconic.
Right? A rich person can steal all day long and they do (like wage theft), but let a poor person steal some food from a store and people will ultimately go off about poor people and why they're so horrible, while the billion dollar company is, "Well, they're a company, what do you expect? Just be thankful to work for them." And that's why society is such a mess. We let the rich get away with everything, but the poor are punished to the full extent of the law. People, even other poor people, HATE poor people. It's INSANITY.
I’m a Beyoncé fan and I definitely believe that she should be called out when she is wrong. I’m tired of the Beyhive defending her when she’s wrong. Beyoncé is not above being held accountable.
@@aaaiiinnnklv how is that on Beyoncé? Especially after Kelis was dragging her up and down the internet. That energy should’ve been directed towards Pharrell
I completely agree. I just told my friend that 2023 is the year of not taking accountability for one's actions or behaviors. Lol But in all seriousness, we can enjoy the art or product that artists/creators like Beyoncé/Jay-Z, Tyler Perry, Oprah, etc., create AND still critique their politics, especially when it causes harm to others. We can hold two ideas simultaneously, but critical thinking skills seem to be at an all-time low, apparently. Thank you, Kim!
Ok, but buying from them and critiquing them are not the same. If you keep buying from them, you are making them richer. Thus, you are participating in the system of your own “oppression”.
@@Surge700yeah, like all those BW who complained about the Kardashians for years yet they’re selling out Skims and own multiple pieces. 🙄This cognitive dissonance be doing its thang.
Harm to others ? Beyonces politics have literally NEVERRR harmed anyone but only helped millions of people so wtf r u on about SMDHH. Just wanna look for something to complain about since you can't find anything smdh
It clicked when Keith Lee was in ATL and everyone was surprised he didn’t want to be treated like a celebrity. they are okay with being treated like second class citizens at restaurants in case they become famous one day and can be treated like royalty at these restaurants
Then learn about the politicians just as much as your favorite celebrity and vote responsibly. The problem is you all are WASTING your time going after celebrities when not only they are NOT the richest people in the world who are destroying the planet, your congressperson and senator are helping them. Celebrities are just taking advantage of it.
This! Focusing on celebrities is such a waste of time, and I really hate this for the black community. They focus on the wrong sh^t. I recently deleted IG and “X” for this reason. Not giving them an ounce of my free time.
Black people too like when their activism is performative. This is why people think we live in a post-racial world because the tone is “shut up and make money”.
Thank you for speaking on Tyler Perry. My mom and I LITERALLY had a heated argument over Perry. She LOVES him, and I cannot stand him. I don’t like that he built his empire on the backs of BW by making us the butt of the joke, misrepresenting us in his crappy movies, and pushing agendas that are harmful to BW at large. But Mom believes that T.P. has done amazing things for Black the community, etc. She literally said I was DISRESPECTFUL!! 🤯
Celebrity worship, idolatry and obsession in general has afforded people way too much protection and attention. It’s valid to critique their silence, but I do hope those same people are being as vocal and active in their own spheres of influence as they expect celebrities (or anyone) to be
Yet again, Kim perfectly articulates something I’m noticing in real time. In defense of Black folk… we’re no different than anyone else. We do it because we’re conditioned to do it. Being victims and survivors of injustice doesn’t shield us from all the images and messages we’re force fed under capitalism. Just want to point out the irony of quoting Michael Eric Dyson. That dude is THE KING of running interference on behalf of Jay Z when he blatantly put a half to Colin Kaepernick’s activism. Like… did it intentionally and to provide cover for Jay when he “needed” it most. He has no more credibility on this subject.
I honestly couldn't even take Jay-Z seriously when he's doing all this pro-black stuff, but you working with the NFL. Or how Rihanna was like, "I'm never doing the Superbowl after the kneeling stuff"... yet she was just there. I wish people would realize celebs and rich people are out for themselves. Can they be passionate about things that affect normal people, sure, but in many cases, if it could mess with their money/lifestyle, they aren't going to say anything. A black capitalist is still just as bad as a white one, so... no celeb is saving us. Enjoy their art, but don't get too involved. That's been my thing for a while now.
I'm a swiftie and sooo many swifties are bootlickers who say, 'Well no one is calling out Jay Z and Beyonce..." and I'm like, yes they are. Let's not have a victim complex. Being a billionaire is wrong, regardless of who the person is.
I think it also comes down to people having very low self esteem and feeling as though they’re either living vicariously through their fav celebrity or worshipping them as a deity bc they’re in awe of that person’s artistic talent. -The second point is pretty straightforward but it’s still silly at the end of the day because although someone may have put out songs that touch us or can sing phenomenally..that doesn’t actually speak to the person’s character! And just bc someone is artistically talented doesn’t make them better than the rest of us. I believe everybody has a talent, it’s just usually not also paired with fame and that’s where people get lost in the sauce. Like these people believe celebrities are some kinda majestic class of superhuman and the rest of us are peasants lol when if you go into ANY Black church, you’ll hear at least five women who can sing better than or just as well as most famous singers today. - The low self esteem one really is sad bc some everyday people genuinely just feel like they ain’t shit and so they look at their fav and project onto them, as if this person was their avatar into the upper class/world of fame and adoration…it’s particularly sad to me bc these people don’t care about class loyalty bc they actually literally hate themselves and don’t care about any exploitation or anything the celeb is doing. -Third group are those who are delusional and truly believe in their hearts that their fav is their bestie/would be if they ever had the chance to meet 😳
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Convince a population that they have no “power” and watch what kind of batshit things they do to reach for it, and, more importantly, when they think they have it. False idolatry is a distraction after all.
It’s super important to realize that there is no ethical billionaires and that rich people never have the interest of the general public at all, if they did .. they’d never hoard money.
The minimizing of pain that billionaires like Beyoncé and Rihanna do cause they’re black women seems a lil dehumanizing and frankly kinda give misogynoir to me 🤷♀️ like they’re people so treat them as such
Thank you for speaking up! I am disassociating from all celeb and black celebrity propaganda. I look back at so many scandals and see how paying attention to that took away from my valuable time. I question everything in regards to how politics is presented to me. I don’t trust celebrity endorsed advertisements these people are being paid to keep us stupid and distracted. There is so much heavy sexual music, movies, ads that I could not avoid growing up and it really influenced my personality and thought process. These rich or influential people don’t care what message their actions send they only want money.
As far as the entertainment industry is concerned, I wish a lot of people who aren’t in that industry would just let the people in the industry speak on it, empathize, and support…or not if so compelled.
Absolutely this. There have been a few times I've seen people wielding critiques that made me feel reflexive discomfort, but i had to quickly recognize that that's really my own problem...and while I worked through that discomfort internally, I kept my mouth shut. It's really not hard and it's the absolute least we can do. There's virtually no reason to defend rich people from other regular people. A few self proclaimed leftists who I respect(ed) threw on a cape and showed their asses in the recent round of (completely valid) critiques towards Beyoncé and I've been looking at them funny ever since.
Idk if Stan culture as we know it was just a result natural happenings or if it was intentional effort by the entertainment industry to use idols to muddy our morals bc if it wss on purpose it worked fabulously and if it wasnt then thats just sad
I’m out of the loop, do you mind giving a rundown on the Beyoncé thing? I’m curious bc I totally agree with you about the way these celebrities are idolized and defended
the only think i disagree with here is the idea of expecting more. if there's a social power being garnered and given, we should be expecting more. if there's privileges to the class you're in, it doesn't make sense to me to understand the workings of capitalism and not expect more from people who are using the images, visuals, words, symbols, and people of liberation to collect that privilege.
Im gonna get some heat for this, but I just came from another video on this. Beyonce and Kelis. And to be fair, I have always been a huge Kelis fan. But, let’s not pretend that her criticisms of Beyonce were not valid. Beyoncé did not ask her permission to use her song influence on her album. She did not pay or credit her properly. She didnt even give her a heads up. Yet people were all up in arms and upset at Kelis that she was like, hey. Please dont steal my music. Why? Why are people so for Beyonce and feel the need to protect a literal billionaire that they have most likely never met and will never meet? Why is she above criticism? Why is it okay for her to steal, embellish, or whatever other similar term you would like to use to justify unfair practices in the music industry? Why was Kelis attacked? Because you dont vibe with her music as much? Because that’s ridiculous. And then be told that we should be grateful that we were even mentioned at all.
This is the problem with this entire Kelis situation. Kelis does not own the rights to her music. Pharrell does and that's who cleared the sample and is actually credited on the damn song in question. That should really be the end of this but because it's Beyonce, people want to skip over these basic facts that should end the conversation. If Kelis has an issue with Pharrell having control over her music, then she needs to take him to task for it. Calling Beyonce a thief(when she is not) doesn't change that fact. BIA sampled Kelis too. Guess who signed off on it... and there's not a damn thing she can do to stop it if she has no legal rights to that music. Once again, this ain't protection. This is about aiming the vitriol at the right people. You mad a song you have no rights to got sampled. That's between you, Pharrell and the record label.
@@Five20threethat’s fair. And she did call Pharell out too. But I still think it should’ve been common curtesy to at least give her a heads up, and not let her find out the same way that fans did. Kelis also said that Beyonce knew well beforehand how much Pharell hurt her. So she feels that it was a blatant attack from both of them. There’s another artist I love named Ashnikko. And Kelis has made note how nice it was that Ashnikko asked her permission to sample “I hate you so much right now.” Just because she didnt HAVE to ask; it doesnt mean that she shouldnt. It would’ve been nice is all I’m saying. 🤷♀️
@@ashleysartattack5600 This. I know this is full out and away from this, but if y'all know Weird Al, he parodies songs. He actually doesn't HAVE to get the rights or go ahead to do it, but he does, anyway, out of respect. Like, Prince never wanted him to touch any of his songs, so Weird Al has never done a Prince song. So, in that way, I do think Pharrell (who is a mess, anyway) and Beyonce could have at least said something, even if it was a tweet, because it's out of respect. The problem is, so many people just simply don't have ANY respect for anyone else.
As a swiftie, the main problem with her fandom is that it’s full of either white feminists or poc who are conservative in all values except surface feminism. This makes it really hard to criticize her billionaire status
There is a unique position a certain group has managed to maintain where when one acknowledges a bad thing done by someone in that community initiates a barrage of life altering consequences for simply acknowledging a fact. A literal act of congress has been completed against someone making such an acknowledgment of a fact. Rashida Talib. Showing these facts have initiated a lifelong ban for some. Shaun King. A tenure professor almost lost her job, I’m actually still in awe that she didn’t. But let’s just acknowledge the uniqueness of this phenomenon where a particular group has managed to position themselves in a place where even those historically hateful towards them will defend them when others acknowledge that some of them have done a bad thing. The crazy thing is that even as cryptic as I’m being I’m still a little concerned for myself. Just saying. This is a weird situation
@@Ultraa_ray thank you! It’s the strangest thing to navigate and it’s incredibly frustrating to me. But it exist. As for this topic I can’t dictate how anyone else’s cost/risk analysis for their own life when it comes to these things, money or not. Also, money dries up. There are legal and financial ramifications involved
This phenomenon of defending billionaires can also be termed "derived identity" . It goes hand-in-hand with "conspicuous consumption" and "pecuniary emulation." Idolatry is soul destroying.
I definitely need more context for this. I think people look to celebrities to be more than what they are which are entertainers. This leaves the actual people responsible for social positioning unaccounted for. This is why we have career politicians in this consistently eroding country, but instead of taking them to task, we rather hop online and tell Oprah(or whoever else) she doesn't do enough. Or we want to tell celebrities they don't speak up enough, when we really just want them to agree with us. We must stop placing celebrities on pedestals and give our focus and attention to actual elected officials whom are actually being paid with tax dollars to make this country better. I will NEVER take any celebrity to task over social issues. It's not computing for me.
Okay however true this is we just don’t want people being exploited by some few individuals. We know it doesn’t help us regular people . But to whom much is given much is expected it’s about ethics . When you are working for someone they don’t have to treat others or you like shit . Example Rihanna we are saying your music and make up is dope however we ask that she should create better working conditions for Savage Fenty employees . Because it’s below standard .
Rihanna does not run Fenty... But this complaint(I don't know what it is) needs to be taken up with Fenty's parent company whom should be receiving pressure from local government where they employ people. That's the issue people are having with "going at celebs". It's a spray and pray tactic because you're not aiming at the right entity. If you want real change, you have to take the right people to task or it looks like faux outrage.
@@Five20three Rihanna is THE FACE, though, and it is HER company. If she wanted, she could definitely say people need to fix the working conditions and pay better wages or she would X the company... and, guess what? It would happen because it is HER company. Y'all act as if these celebs, even if they aren't the exact people who run things, have absolutely no say or power behind anything. The reason they have these companies is because of who they are and their influence, they would not have it otherwise... if they said they'd pull out from a company for not doing something to help employees, that company would either drop them (which could cause a huge PR nightmare) or do it because they would lose the face of the company. Be real. Now would going after one company fix things? Maybe not, but if we could get a few celebs standing up, then more would follow suit because, let's be honest, celebs tend to follow trends. Because trends and their fans KEEP them being celebs. Like, if we led with these attitudes y'all have, slaves wouldn't be free, we wouldn't have rights, but y'all turn every which way to excuse celebs, like we keep saying.
was very confused to see perspectives that i typically regard as well-informed and grounded in this shared ethic of liberation aligning with black billionaires to say “leave us alone” against globally oppressed people???? it was so bizarre and jarring and upsetting
It's because people will excuse black billionaires because they, somehow, see it as uplifting for us all. I could agree with that IF these black billionaires were actually putting that money back into the community, speaking on our issues with more than empty gestures (yes, even if they donated $500k to Africa, it won't do much), but they don't. They're literally just handing their money over to more white folks (white designers, white business owners, etc), so the power never really shifts, but black billionaires have fooled many into thinking it has. Having a $2 million chain and driving a nice car isn't doing anything for anyone except the people they bought it from. And that, somehow, this stuff will shift power for us regular folk... it won't. We've had rich black people for a long time, even during our worst times as black people, but has that changed anything in all this time? Black billionaires and capitalist never saved us and it never will.
Power can lead to many opportunities and people want to have access to opportunities so that is why the support and condone people, and systems they deem as powerful.
I never thought of us being socialized to protect power. That's crazy to me. I don't feel that way at all and I feel I might be powerful one day. But I'm also not worried about being taken down because I'm not out here walling. It's crazy people identify with the worst ppl ever out of aspirational envy
The Swiftologist talked about how good your content is and I agree with him you are wonderful. Stan culture is out of control. I really liked your video on critical thought and culture. I am glad I found your site. ❤
When someone does that I just see desperate, pathetic pick-me's who think one day, those celebrities will acknowledge them and their uneventful lives will finally have meaning. It's really a bad look.
Rihanna is their untalented fave who they can "relate" to and they hate Beyoncé who is not "relatable" and make her the face of black capitalism despite Rihanna being richer. Make it make sense. They swear "she's not God" but everytime there's a conflict, war, genocide, huhurricane.... They make Beyoncé the center of it. They are the ones who actually think she's God
@@Aries16603nope you're just jealous of beyonce and reaching for the stars for something to hate on when there is nothing, shes only made an extremely positive impact in this world.
I like Kim so much, she is so sober in everything sh says. I feel like the political discourse in the US is too two sided and gets lost in frivolous debates at times and, unfortunately, it trickles down to my home country and others who, in a weird way, look up to the US. But Kim always seems to be able to step outside all of it. I'm not as smart as her, but I always find myself going "YES UH HUh" while watching her.
That's why so many Americans hold onto capitalism as if it is the greatest and only possible economic system. Even as the material condition of their life gets worse and worse year by year they hold onto this wild hope that they too can one day become millionaire capitalists. So they vote against their own current best interest for the current best interest of millionaires and billionaires reasoing that this is how they eant the system to treat them when they become onenof the 1%.
WOOOOyes. Because some people literally act as if these billionaires will go broke if you don't buy a ticket or if a few thousand people don't fw them. These people will be alright. They are better off than most of us on their WORST days. I'm not trying to say they don't go through things, but think about the difference between you and them. And the fact that people act like you can't give rightful critiques on them or even just not like them without being called a "hater" is annoying. And, yes, unfortunately, your favorite can cause harm to the environment, the certain groups, to whatever and it can and should be called out. None of these people are above anything because they are just people and I think way too many people forget that. Enjoy their work, think their work is amazing, but they are NOT perfect. And, tbh, a lot of rich people have sucky politics BECAUSE they are rich. Things that matter to us do not HAVE to matter to them. You really think Oprah is caring if your school discriminated against a couple of black/gay/female students? Maybe back when she was coming up because it was highly important to making her into who she is today, but now, she couldn't care less, despite what she says she stands for. Money changes people in most cases... and often their politics right along with it, sadly.
They sure dont. Ppl like who are like me who are going through hell on their job. Can yall pray for bc i am going through hell daily. Smh. I deal with nepotism and haters and former haters. N i just get sic and tired of these ppl bs. Smh. I been asking these ppl for peace and better communication. N they continue to do bs. N i seriousness don't know y they r doing this to me. N i have told the manager a few times. N she hardly ever there to take control of the situation n us somewhat blinded to fact that there r problems. I just get sic of my job n i wish i can walk off. As stated biggest problem is the nepotism of 2 of the ppl that is there. Smh. N that is major part of company problem smh. They bring n ppl bratty kids. Smh.
I don't resonate with what you're saying. I think there are a lot of us who don't see capitalism as "bad", the problem is when the owners of capital are greedy, selfish, power hungry. Because of this, leaving it up to everyone's discretion to be fair doesn't work but on an individual basis capitalism is not bad. Entertainment is a great example of this because most of the people you name got their wealth by exploiting themselves and their art, not by exploiting people. So going after them just feels nitpicky when there are actual people with actual power causing actual harm. Unless, of course, these celebrities are inflicting harm on others, then I think most people are happy to critique and withdraw support. Maybe, I'm missing something?
This makes me think of my black Nanny friends and how they prefer to not work for black people. From THEIR experience they have all had the same issue of not being paid well when they are employeed by black families vs white families. My non-black Nanny friends do not have this complaint about black families they have worked for 🧐🤷🏾♀️
We must unlearn our worship of money and all who represent it. The effort to reprogram our urges to protect old, destructive ideas is one worth making to stop the toxic fetishes with race and caste/class/capitalism. It’s not easy when the same system that blossomed you simultaneously crushes you; however, remembering that we’ve all still blossomed in spite of and not because of can help. ✨
I have nothing in me to be sycophantic at all! That being said...I could truly love and adore your work or you as a person, you do some shit i don't agree with im callin it out!
@@indiefairy09we as African Americans shouldn't care about that stupid nonsense we've got wayy too many of our own issues to deal with and nobody fighting for us like we do for everyone else.
At all. These people are just fine. Yes they deserve grace and mercy but I don't know if we should be trying to grant it? Let God deal with them like he's dealing with us.
It is sad, you can respect someone success and hold them accountable. I will always respect Taylor swift for how she outsmarted the industry, but that doesn't mean she hasn't been a mean girl and still can be even now. Look what she did to Olivia Rorigo just because she was unsecure about being replaced by her. But black people are the worst when it comes to black powerful men. You can see that even after Kanye disrespected our ancestors how black men then wanted to be for mental health because it's a powerful black man but let that be anyone else, they will never let it go.
Facts to your thumbnail however, we are not in a society where the masses have independent thought. The pile on I hate to see, jumping on a bandwagon is problematic.
We should hold people accountable but it always seem that we hold other people to a higher standard than we do ourselves and a lot of the times you who give much of the criticism aren’t even constant across the board. Every screamed about Beyoncé not speaking about palenstine and Israel and her moving being played there. Yet, majority of the people have not said anything about color purple. Taylor swift concert movie did not get reviews mentioning Israel but Beyoncé did. Y’all didn’t even hold drake who is one of the most well known Jewish people more accountable for not doing more and Dj Khlad who has ties to Palestine. Y’all didn’t say anything when rihanna new shoes are now selling in Israel. So my issue with you guys giving criticism is that it’s very pick on 1 person for a week and then you move on with your life. You guys hate billionaires but Beyoncé isn’t a billionaire but rihanna, jayz, Kanye are. But most videos about billionaires are centered around Beyoncé. Y’all hate billionaires and Taylor and Beyoncé tours making all this money but they have contributed to giving billionaires of dollars to the economy which in turn help you. I work for tax revenue. I see the money both artist brought in and it got sent out to cities all around the world to help with running those cities. I’m not saying anyone is above criticism but let’s be consistent for one in criticism for ALL and let’s not get mad for one week and then y’all forget. Let’s also not hold others to a higher standard and then say well I can use Twitter even though it’s ran by Elon, who openly supports Israel just because your a regular person and not famous. Regular people have buying power and the power to protest.
Ahhh. That's what this is about? Beyonce is doing the right thing. She doesn't have to side with anyone. If she comes out in support for Israel, people are going to be mad. If she comes out in support for Palestine, people are going to be mad. In reality this has nothing to do with her or any other person(fuck a celebrity TBH) that have no ties there. That war is between to foreign countries that have different governments involving themselves. Celebrities are pedestrians too. Our government is the one that voted against the cease fire. Beyonce saying something changes that? Our government are the ones supplying Israel with weapons and money and possibly even troops. Is Beyonce saying anything about this war changing these facts? This is not about protection. It's about the same people with anti celeb rhetoric being pure hypocrites. Why do you care what Beyonce FEELS about a war she didn't start, is not profiting from and has no direct impact to? I'll tell you why. You want what she "feels" to line up with what you feel. If that's not placing someone on a pedestal I don't know what is. This is why people are picking and choosing who they take to task for not speaking. I watched Selena Gomez get dragged up and down SM for saying she wishes healing or something very generic not taking a side, but rather saying war is bad. People wanted her to take a side. Society today is unhinged.
And this is always what puts me on the fence with this. I completely agree with what Kim said, but why is it that Beyonce and black folks (or often just black women, in general) get the MOST smoke when it comes to ANYTHING. Like, no one bothers Taylor Swift about this stuff and I even asked a black TS fan why she was upset about Beyonce, but not Taylor. And you know what she said to me? "Well, you know we don't expect stuff from her like that, she's white and just a pop girly." Okay, but why is SHE EXEMPT??? That's what never makes sense to me when it comes to these discussions. Black people or any person of color is always asked about their culture and any issues going on in their culture/community, but we NEVER see white people grilled like this about anything. Why don't people ask what TS thinks about why most mass shooters are white? But I will disagree about these billionaire helping us in the economy. Okay, these tours gave SOME people jobs, but it didn't give us all jobs, it didn't put money in all our pockets, it didn't make groceries go down, so while I get what you're saying, I also don't think you're seeing the big picture and why these people are being rightly hated... billionaires don't help us, at all. If they did, we wouldn't be where we are right now, with more people in poverty than people living comfortably. Not rich, but just not having to worry about money. And you say you work in tax revenue, so you should know this better than anyone else.
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Thank you Kim! I can't stand people attempting to silence VALID criticism. I would say it 🗣 louder but I know you're trying not to yell anymore 😂
What does that do when people can’t even name their goddam Senator?
@@lexis4490exactly. Mitch McConnell has been in office forever and a day as an elected official for one of the most educational and economical UNDERPERFORMING states in this country, yet we rather get on SM and whine at celebs...
Somewhere we lost the plot.
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John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." - Ronald Wright
This quote's 🔥!
Will never catch me defending rich folks lol. Not even beyonce 😂
Facts. I never have and I NEVER will.
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Why not? If they're in the right they're in the right. You should be supporting those who are making an extremely large positive influence in this world because guess what- if we don't stick together for or own then then we're only going to digress as a community and become more oppressed
@@Rosemary46840babe there’s no together between us and rich folks. I’m not even trying to be funny like they don’t want to work with us.
Facts! Never! Are they paying me? 😂
Omg yes I’m SO tired of regular degular folks constantly defending wealthy celebrities. It’s so pathetic.
Is the energy I’m looking for going into 2024. No more idolizing the bourgeoisie, either we need y’all to assist with wealth distribution or be ready to get out the way
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Wealth distribution? Beyonces worked for every PENNY she's got and STILL giving away millions what more do you want from her yall really expect African American women to carry everybody's damn weight for them smdh🤮
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SPEAK ON IT KIM, billionares are NOT our friends
My two cents: Celebrity culture has taken on a more cult like behavior amongst fans. While fans have always been determined to underplay their favorite celeb’s bad behavior I think they have become more fanatical than ever. In the case of those Uber rich celebs not sticking their necks out on anything their fans can then say they haven’t done anything. Do those celebs care? I’d say some would say better safe than sorry and continue counting that bread.
The term "Stan" came from that Eminem song about an obsessed fan... Stans are obsessed fans who seem to not be able to understand that these people are just people, too. They treat them literally like they are gods and it's weird. Shoot, I don't even like saying I'm a fan of anyone because Stans make fans look insane a lot of the time.
Shoot, I joined a Beyonce forum a couple of weeks ago and it's full of people who literally LIVE for this woman. Stay up late watching her social media for a hint of anything and then will analyze it for days. If you say anything that is not praising her, they act as if you went to her house and threw a shoe at her and her kids or something. Like, I stopped even posting there because of how they act (literally said I didn't exactly love a song of hers and they came for me, saying I wasn't a real fan and blah blah). And I know people are fans of other celebs to that level (the Barbs and Swifties, a swiftie told me to ksm multiple times for saying I didn't really enjoy her music, lol, and Beliebers come to mind), so it's not just Beyonce. It's just crazy how people get so obsessed. I can happily say it couldn't be me acting like that out here over ANYONE.
@BooDotBoo @outb4thecount
Do you think this attitude was the same with previous stars like Michael Jackson?
@@shamaamamamamaah6928 I don't remember hearing of any fans who where willing to physically fight or threaten a non Michael Jackson fan, so no.
@@shamaamamamamaah6928 yes because people dont let people talk about if he did it or not its out of the discussion you cant speak bad about him same with b.i.g
Race, class, workers, capitalism, pop culture, power, engagement. Kim Nicki Foster slaying the video essay vlog format again. Hair on fleek too. It's been legendary, it's poignant, it's been iconic.
People will make 100 and 1 excuses for those above them but let a poor person make one mistake
This is the one! 💯
Who u tellin 💯 human behavior is disgusting and backwards (not me tho i dont act like that)
Right? A rich person can steal all day long and they do (like wage theft), but let a poor person steal some food from a store and people will ultimately go off about poor people and why they're so horrible, while the billion dollar company is, "Well, they're a company, what do you expect? Just be thankful to work for them." And that's why society is such a mess. We let the rich get away with everything, but the poor are punished to the full extent of the law. People, even other poor people, HATE poor people. It's INSANITY.
I’m a Beyoncé fan and I definitely believe that she should be called out when she is wrong. I’m tired of the Beyhive defending her when she’s wrong. Beyoncé is not above being held accountable.
What did she do?
@@Five20threeone of the things she did is miss an opportunity to stand in solidarity with Kelis when that Milkshake sample drama happened
preach
@@Five20threenothing
@@aaaiiinnnklv how is that on Beyoncé? Especially after Kelis was dragging her up and down the internet. That energy should’ve been directed towards Pharrell
I completely agree. I just told my friend that 2023 is the year of not taking accountability for one's actions or behaviors. Lol But in all seriousness, we can enjoy the art or product that artists/creators like Beyoncé/Jay-Z, Tyler Perry, Oprah, etc., create AND still critique their politics, especially when it causes harm to others. We can hold two ideas simultaneously, but critical thinking skills seem to be at an all-time low, apparently. Thank you, Kim!
Ok, but buying from them and critiquing them are not the same. If you keep buying from them, you are making them richer. Thus, you are participating in the system of your own “oppression”.
@@Surge700yeah, like all those BW who complained about the Kardashians for years yet they’re selling out Skims and own multiple pieces. 🙄This cognitive dissonance be doing its thang.
Harm to others ? Beyonces politics have literally NEVERRR harmed anyone but only helped millions of people so wtf r u on about SMDHH. Just wanna look for something to complain about since you can't find anything smdh
It clicked when Keith Lee was in ATL and everyone was surprised he didn’t want to be treated like a celebrity.
they are okay with being treated like second class citizens at restaurants in case they become famous one day and can be treated like royalty at these restaurants
Then learn about the politicians just as much as your favorite celebrity and vote responsibly. The problem is you all are WASTING your time going after celebrities when not only they are NOT the richest people in the world who are destroying the planet, your congressperson and senator are helping them. Celebrities are just taking advantage of it.
This! Focusing on celebrities is such a waste of time, and I really hate this for the black community. They focus on the wrong sh^t. I recently deleted IG and “X” for this reason. Not giving them an ounce of my free time.
I got raked over coals for telling people to do this. Stop centering celebrities. Brother Malcolm is rolling in his grave
Ugh such a brain dead take.
Black people too like when their activism is performative. This is why people think we live in a post-racial world because the tone is “shut up and make money”.
EXACTLY. As long as they're "getting a bag" we act as if every action they do is excusable when it's not. And I HATE that about these current times.
Thank you for speaking on Tyler Perry. My mom and I LITERALLY had a heated argument over Perry. She LOVES him, and I cannot stand him. I don’t like that he built his empire on the backs of BW by making us the butt of the joke, misrepresenting us in his crappy movies, and pushing agendas that are harmful to BW at large. But Mom believes that T.P. has done amazing things for Black the community, etc. She literally said I was DISRESPECTFUL!! 🤯
Wow!
The first seconds is a whole 400 level class. And people be skippin’ 😂
Celebrity worship, idolatry and obsession in general has afforded people way too much protection and attention. It’s valid to critique their silence, but I do hope those same people are being as vocal and active in their own spheres of influence as they expect celebrities (or anyone) to be
Yet again, Kim perfectly articulates something I’m noticing in real time. In defense of Black folk… we’re no different than anyone else. We do it because we’re conditioned to do it. Being victims and survivors of injustice doesn’t shield us from all the images and messages we’re force fed under capitalism.
Just want to point out the irony of quoting Michael Eric Dyson. That dude is THE KING of running interference on behalf of Jay Z when he blatantly put a half to Colin Kaepernick’s activism. Like… did it intentionally and to provide cover for Jay when he “needed” it most. He has no more credibility on this subject.
I honestly couldn't even take Jay-Z seriously when he's doing all this pro-black stuff, but you working with the NFL. Or how Rihanna was like, "I'm never doing the Superbowl after the kneeling stuff"... yet she was just there. I wish people would realize celebs and rich people are out for themselves. Can they be passionate about things that affect normal people, sure, but in many cases, if it could mess with their money/lifestyle, they aren't going to say anything. A black capitalist is still just as bad as a white one, so... no celeb is saving us. Enjoy their art, but don't get too involved. That's been my thing for a while now.
I'm a swiftie and sooo many swifties are bootlickers who say, 'Well no one is calling out Jay Z and Beyonce..." and I'm like, yes they are. Let's not have a victim complex. Being a billionaire is wrong, regardless of who the person is.
Facts facts facts. Never have put anyone on a pedestal cause they don’t help me pay my bills AT ALL
I think it also comes down to people having very low self esteem and feeling as though they’re either living vicariously through their fav celebrity or worshipping them as a deity bc they’re in awe of that person’s artistic talent.
-The second point is pretty straightforward but it’s still silly at the end of the day because although someone may have put out songs that touch us or can sing phenomenally..that doesn’t actually speak to the person’s character! And just bc someone is artistically talented doesn’t make them better than the rest of us. I believe everybody has a talent, it’s just usually not also paired with fame and that’s where people get lost in the sauce. Like these people believe celebrities are some kinda majestic class of superhuman and the rest of us are peasants lol when if you go into ANY Black church, you’ll hear at least five women who can sing better than or just as well as most famous singers today.
- The low self esteem one really is sad bc some everyday people genuinely just feel like they ain’t shit and so they look at their fav and project onto them, as if this person was their avatar into the upper class/world of fame and adoration…it’s particularly sad to me bc these people don’t care about class loyalty bc they actually literally hate themselves and don’t care about any exploitation or anything the celeb is doing.
-Third group are those who are delusional and truly believe in their hearts that their fav is their bestie/would be if they ever had the chance to meet 😳
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Convince a population that they have no “power” and watch what kind of batshit things they do to reach for it, and, more importantly, when they think they have it. False idolatry is a distraction after all.
It’s super important to realize that there is no ethical billionaires and that rich people never have the interest of the general public at all, if they did .. they’d never hoard money.
The minimizing of pain that billionaires like Beyoncé and Rihanna do cause they’re black women seems a lil dehumanizing and frankly kinda give misogynoir to me 🤷♀️ like they’re people so treat them as such
Thank you for speaking up! I am disassociating from all celeb and black celebrity propaganda. I look back at so many scandals and see how paying attention to that took away from my valuable time. I question everything in regards to how politics is presented to me. I don’t trust celebrity endorsed advertisements these people are being paid to keep us stupid and distracted. There is so much heavy sexual music, movies, ads that I could not avoid growing up and it really influenced my personality and thought process. These rich or influential people don’t care what message their actions send they only want money.
🔥🔥🔥 Fire upload.
Had me finishing ya lines🤣
me: "...GET OUT THE WAY!!!"
This whole video I kept thinking of Kanye West fans. I know there are others but he was the first billionaire celebrity that popped into my head.
As far as the entertainment industry is concerned, I wish a lot of people who aren’t in that industry would just let the people in the industry speak on it, empathize, and support…or not if so compelled.
Absolutely this. There have been a few times I've seen people wielding critiques that made me feel reflexive discomfort, but i had to quickly recognize that that's really my own problem...and while I worked through that discomfort internally, I kept my mouth shut. It's really not hard and it's the absolute least we can do. There's virtually no reason to defend rich people from other regular people.
A few self proclaimed leftists who I respect(ed) threw on a cape and showed their asses in the recent round of (completely valid) critiques towards Beyoncé and I've been looking at them funny ever since.
Idk if Stan culture as we know it was just a result natural happenings or if it was intentional effort by the entertainment industry to use idols to muddy our morals bc if it wss on purpose it worked fabulously and if it wasnt then thats just sad
I’m out of the loop, do you mind giving a rundown on the Beyoncé thing? I’m curious bc I totally agree with you about the way these celebrities are idolized and defended
@@EF-kk3vhshe was critiqued for showing her movie in Israel and not speaking out directly when that young man was stabbed after her concert
the only think i disagree with here is the idea of expecting more. if there's a social power being garnered and given, we should be expecting more. if there's privileges to the class you're in, it doesn't make sense to me to understand the workings of capitalism and not expect more from people who are using the images, visuals, words, symbols, and people of liberation to collect that privilege.
Yasssssssssssss!!!!!! The first couple of minutes👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿. I will be using that on every social media, because period.
Kim we need a full video on this discussion! so good!
I love the way you always get straight to the point with no small talk. I love it. Looking beautiful as usual.
That first line tho! Been saying this for years. They see themselves in those wicked people
Thank you Kim. I needed to hear this message this morning.
Im gonna get some heat for this, but I just came from another video on this. Beyonce and Kelis. And to be fair, I have always been a huge Kelis fan. But, let’s not pretend that her criticisms of Beyonce were not valid. Beyoncé did not ask her permission to use her song influence on her album. She did not pay or credit her properly. She didnt even give her a heads up. Yet people were all up in arms and upset at Kelis that she was like, hey. Please dont steal my music. Why? Why are people so for Beyonce and feel the need to protect a literal billionaire that they have most likely never met and will never meet? Why is she above criticism? Why is it okay for her to steal, embellish, or whatever other similar term you would like to use to justify unfair practices in the music industry? Why was Kelis attacked? Because you dont vibe with her music as much? Because that’s ridiculous. And then be told that we should be grateful that we were even mentioned at all.
This is the problem with this entire Kelis situation. Kelis does not own the rights to her music. Pharrell does and that's who cleared the sample and is actually credited on the damn song in question. That should really be the end of this but because it's Beyonce, people want to skip over these basic facts that should end the conversation.
If Kelis has an issue with Pharrell having control over her music, then she needs to take him to task for it. Calling Beyonce a thief(when she is not) doesn't change that fact.
BIA sampled Kelis too. Guess who signed off on it...
and there's not a damn thing she can do to stop it if she has no legal rights to that music.
Once again, this ain't protection. This is about aiming the vitriol at the right people. You mad a song you have no rights to got sampled. That's between you, Pharrell and the record label.
@@Five20threethat’s fair. And she did call Pharell out too. But I still think it should’ve been common curtesy to at least give her a heads up, and not let her find out the same way that fans did. Kelis also said that Beyonce knew well beforehand how much Pharell hurt her. So she feels that it was a blatant attack from both of them.
There’s another artist I love named Ashnikko. And Kelis has made note how nice it was that Ashnikko asked her permission to sample “I hate you so much right now.” Just because she didnt HAVE to ask; it doesnt mean that she shouldnt. It would’ve been nice is all I’m saying. 🤷♀️
@@ashleysartattack5600 This. I know this is full out and away from this, but if y'all know Weird Al, he parodies songs. He actually doesn't HAVE to get the rights or go ahead to do it, but he does, anyway, out of respect. Like, Prince never wanted him to touch any of his songs, so Weird Al has never done a Prince song. So, in that way, I do think Pharrell (who is a mess, anyway) and Beyonce could have at least said something, even if it was a tweet, because it's out of respect. The problem is, so many people just simply don't have ANY respect for anyone else.
@@BooDotBoodidn't weird al disrespect Koolio when he parodied gangster paradise.
As a swiftie, the main problem with her fandom is that it’s full of either white feminists or poc who are conservative in all values except surface feminism. This makes it really hard to criticize her billionaire status
what is a white feminist?
girl you are so consistently smart and wise. i love your videos so mucu
There is a unique position a certain group has managed to maintain where when one acknowledges a bad thing done by someone in that community initiates a barrage of life altering consequences for simply acknowledging a fact. A literal act of congress has been completed against someone making such an acknowledgment of a fact. Rashida Talib. Showing these facts have initiated a lifelong ban for some. Shaun King. A tenure professor almost lost her job, I’m actually still in awe that she didn’t. But let’s just acknowledge the uniqueness of this phenomenon where a particular group has managed to position themselves in a place where even those historically hateful towards them will defend them when others acknowledge that some of them have done a bad thing. The crazy thing is that even as cryptic as I’m being I’m still a little concerned for myself. Just saying. This is a weird situation
Cryptic yet I understood every word 💯
Is this about anti semitism or anti blackness bc there no reason to be cryptic about either
Just say Zionists, those of Jewish descent or otherwise. What the hell?
@@Ultraa_ray thank you! It’s the strangest thing to navigate and it’s incredibly frustrating to me. But it exist. As for this topic I can’t dictate how anyone else’s cost/risk analysis for their own life when it comes to these things, money or not. Also, money dries up. There are legal and financial ramifications involved
I have said many times, ‘if you are a billionaire, you have either been indirectly or directly involved in human sufferings.’
This phenomenon of defending billionaires can also be termed "derived identity" . It goes hand-in-hand with "conspicuous consumption" and "pecuniary emulation."
Idolatry is soul destroying.
I've never sympathized with power, I wasn't raised that way.
thank you 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I definitely need more context for this. I think people look to celebrities to be more than what they are which are entertainers. This leaves the actual people responsible for social positioning unaccounted for. This is why we have career politicians in this consistently eroding country, but instead of taking them to task, we rather hop online and tell Oprah(or whoever else) she doesn't do enough. Or we want to tell celebrities they don't speak up enough, when we really just want them to agree with us. We must stop placing celebrities on pedestals and give our focus and attention to actual elected officials whom are actually being paid with tax dollars to make this country better. I will NEVER take any celebrity to task over social issues. It's not computing for me.
Very well said!
yes Kim! always well spoken and i love your shirt!
Okay however true this is we just don’t want people being exploited by some few individuals. We know it doesn’t help us regular people . But to whom much is given much is expected it’s about ethics . When you are working for someone they don’t have to treat others or you like shit . Example Rihanna we are saying your music and make up is dope however we ask that she should create better working conditions for Savage Fenty employees . Because it’s below standard .
Rihanna does not run Fenty...
But this complaint(I don't know what it is) needs to be taken up with Fenty's parent company whom should be receiving pressure from local government where they employ people.
That's the issue people are having with "going at celebs". It's a spray and pray tactic because you're not aiming at the right entity. If you want real change, you have to take the right people to task or it looks like faux outrage.
@@Five20three Rihanna is THE FACE, though, and it is HER company. If she wanted, she could definitely say people need to fix the working conditions and pay better wages or she would X the company... and, guess what? It would happen because it is HER company. Y'all act as if these celebs, even if they aren't the exact people who run things, have absolutely no say or power behind anything. The reason they have these companies is because of who they are and their influence, they would not have it otherwise... if they said they'd pull out from a company for not doing something to help employees, that company would either drop them (which could cause a huge PR nightmare) or do it because they would lose the face of the company. Be real. Now would going after one company fix things? Maybe not, but if we could get a few celebs standing up, then more would follow suit because, let's be honest, celebs tend to follow trends. Because trends and their fans KEEP them being celebs.
Like, if we led with these attitudes y'all have, slaves wouldn't be free, we wouldn't have rights, but y'all turn every which way to excuse celebs, like we keep saying.
@@Five20three your literally defending a billionaire
@@BooDotBoo when fenty was under investigation she was its rihanna company
was very confused to see perspectives that i typically regard as well-informed and grounded in this shared ethic of liberation aligning with black billionaires to say “leave us alone” against globally oppressed people???? it was so bizarre and jarring and upsetting
It's because people will excuse black billionaires because they, somehow, see it as uplifting for us all. I could agree with that IF these black billionaires were actually putting that money back into the community, speaking on our issues with more than empty gestures (yes, even if they donated $500k to Africa, it won't do much), but they don't. They're literally just handing their money over to more white folks (white designers, white business owners, etc), so the power never really shifts, but black billionaires have fooled many into thinking it has. Having a $2 million chain and driving a nice car isn't doing anything for anyone except the people they bought it from. And that, somehow, this stuff will shift power for us regular folk... it won't. We've had rich black people for a long time, even during our worst times as black people, but has that changed anything in all this time? Black billionaires and capitalist never saved us and it never will.
it definitely feels like a “nothing matters”. live by your morals and values ppl. grow a backbone. have some integrity.
This is a very important topic thank you!
Well said...
Thank you Madame, INTELLIGENT NUANCE is the motto.
Also black capitalism is still capitalism . Still bad & the trickle down effect is NOT real
The title of this video will be in my arsenal of facts from here on. Thank you Kimberly! Hi from Houston 🩵
I still haven't forgiven some of y'all for coming for bell hooks when she talked about Beyonce that year.
I am a bell hooks Stan, so you’re not talking to me
@@KimberlyNicoleFoster89 definitely not you, they know themselves
I love your sweatshirt! You're absolutely correct!!! Great video!
Thank you!! They are definitely gonna be alright
Yes yes yes lmao‼️ Girl a much needed conversation. ❤
Oof! This is THE one right here. This will ruffle feathers.
1:30 - It's like that quote about the proletariat not seeing that they are soon to be millionaires.
Sis I’m laughing at you trying to use the sports lingo! But the message is there
I wish there was more free content. You provide such great content
You insult someone fave billionaire on these internets and one of their stans guaranteed to come for your neck. It’s def a problem 🤦🏽♀️
I don’t worship nor defend nobody. I realize that people are not perfect even when they have power and money…
Power can lead to many opportunities and people want to have access to opportunities so that is why the support and condone people, and systems they deem as powerful.
I never thought of us being socialized to protect power. That's crazy to me. I don't feel that way at all and I feel I might be powerful one day. But I'm also not worried about being taken down because I'm not out here walling. It's crazy people identify with the worst ppl ever out of aspirational envy
The Swiftologist talked about how good your content is and I agree with him you are wonderful. Stan culture is out of control. I really liked your video on critical thought and culture. I am glad I found your site. ❤
Is this Christian Keyes adjacent? Him exposing, yet protecting the identity of his accuser? Am I reading too much into it?
That’s what I read from this.
LOUDER!!!
Billionaires don’t need protectimgyamd the devil doesn’t deserve an advocate 💯
Great commentary aside, Kim you look amazing. I see a glow for sure
Spot on
Facts on facts on facts
Even if I had some semblance of power, it wouldn't be like that
4:30 Fenty....
You are the smartest girl in any room. I Stan.
This has been a topic in my mind for the last two weeks. The worship if celebrities had really gotten out of hand.
I've been watching you for years. I don't know that I've ever commented, but I really just think you're amazing.
Yes, yes and yes.
Nothing to add.
When someone does that I just see desperate, pathetic pick-me's who think one day, those celebrities will acknowledge them and their uneventful lives will finally have meaning. It's really a bad look.
We just skip Rihanna every time and go straight to Beyoncé
Rihanna is their untalented fave who they can "relate" to and they hate Beyoncé who is not "relatable" and make her the face of black capitalism despite Rihanna being richer. Make it make sense. They swear "she's not God" but everytime there's a conflict, war, genocide, huhurricane.... They make Beyoncé the center of it. They are the ones who actually think she's God
Rihanna is right up there with her, and the public puts her on a pedestal! Just as bad as the rest of them.
Y’all Beyoncé fans get so triggered. 😅😅😅
@@Aries16603nope you're just jealous of beyonce and reaching for the stars for something to hate on when there is nothing, shes only made an extremely positive impact in this world.
@@Rosemary46840 the jealousy rebuttal is so played out. Find a new script. You sound like a 3 year old child. Go TF to bed.
I like Kim so much, she is so sober in everything sh says. I feel like the political discourse in the US is too two sided and gets lost in frivolous debates at times and, unfortunately, it trickles down to my home country and others who, in a weird way, look up to the US. But Kim always seems to be able to step outside all of it. I'm not as smart as her, but I always find myself going "YES UH HUh" while watching her.
That's why so many Americans hold onto capitalism as if it is the greatest and only possible economic system. Even as the material condition of their life gets worse and worse year by year they hold onto this wild hope that they too can one day become millionaire capitalists.
So they vote against their own current best interest for the current best interest of millionaires and billionaires reasoing that this is how they eant the system to treat them when they become onenof the 1%.
Amen
Call a thing a thing!
Kim can we please get a color purple review? It was phenomenal GIVE FANTASIA HER OSCAR
WOOOOyes. Because some people literally act as if these billionaires will go broke if you don't buy a ticket or if a few thousand people don't fw them. These people will be alright. They are better off than most of us on their WORST days. I'm not trying to say they don't go through things, but think about the difference between you and them. And the fact that people act like you can't give rightful critiques on them or even just not like them without being called a "hater" is annoying. And, yes, unfortunately, your favorite can cause harm to the environment, the certain groups, to whatever and it can and should be called out. None of these people are above anything because they are just people and I think way too many people forget that. Enjoy their work, think their work is amazing, but they are NOT perfect. And, tbh, a lot of rich people have sucky politics BECAUSE they are rich. Things that matter to us do not HAVE to matter to them. You really think Oprah is caring if your school discriminated against a couple of black/gay/female students? Maybe back when she was coming up because it was highly important to making her into who she is today, but now, she couldn't care less, despite what she says she stands for. Money changes people in most cases... and often their politics right along with it, sadly.
It's not new thereis just social media making it morr visible
They sure dont. Ppl like who are like me who are going through hell on their job. Can yall pray for bc i am going through hell daily. Smh. I deal with nepotism and haters and former haters. N i just get sic and tired of these ppl bs. Smh. I been asking these ppl for peace and better communication. N they continue to do bs. N i seriousness don't know y they r doing this to me. N i have told the manager a few times. N she hardly ever there to take control of the situation n us somewhat blinded to fact that there r problems. I just get sic of my job n i wish i can walk off. As stated biggest problem is the nepotism of 2 of the ppl that is there. Smh. N that is major part of company problem smh. They bring n ppl bratty kids. Smh.
I don't resonate with what you're saying. I think there are a lot of us who don't see capitalism as "bad", the problem is when the owners of capital are greedy, selfish, power hungry. Because of this, leaving it up to everyone's discretion to be fair doesn't work but on an individual basis capitalism is not bad. Entertainment is a great example of this because most of the people you name got their wealth by exploiting themselves and their art, not by exploiting people. So going after them just feels nitpicky when there are actual people with actual power causing actual harm. Unless, of course, these celebrities are inflicting harm on others, then I think most people are happy to critique and withdraw support. Maybe, I'm missing something?
This makes me think of my black Nanny friends and how they prefer to not work for black people. From THEIR experience they have all had the same issue of not being paid well when they are employeed by black families vs white families. My non-black Nanny friends do not have this complaint about black families they have worked for 🧐🤷🏾♀️
We must unlearn our worship of money and all who represent it. The effort to reprogram our urges to protect old, destructive ideas is one worth making to stop the toxic fetishes with race and caste/class/capitalism. It’s not easy when the same system that blossomed you simultaneously crushes you; however, remembering that we’ve all still blossomed in spite of and not because of can help. ✨
Fugg I love your hair
I have nothing in me to be sycophantic at all! That being said...I could truly love and adore your work or you as a person, you do some shit i don't agree with im callin it out!
I feel like I need more context here, like what Beyoncé conversation is she talking about?
Her film showing in Israel and staying silent
@@indiefairy09we as African Americans shouldn't care about that stupid nonsense we've got wayy too many of our own issues to deal with and nobody fighting for us like we do for everyone else.
At all. These people are just fine. Yes they deserve grace and mercy but I don't know if we should be trying to grant it? Let God deal with them like he's dealing with us.
It is sad, you can respect someone success and hold them accountable. I will always respect Taylor swift for how she outsmarted the industry, but that doesn't mean she hasn't been a mean girl and still can be even now. Look what she did to Olivia Rorigo just because she was unsecure about being replaced by her. But black people are the worst when it comes to black powerful men. You can see that even after Kanye disrespected our ancestors how black men then wanted to be for mental health because it's a powerful black man but let that be anyone else, they will never let it go.
Facts to your thumbnail however, we are not in a society where the masses have independent thought. The pile on I hate to see, jumping on a bandwagon is problematic.
We should hold people accountable but it always seem that we hold other people to a higher standard than we do ourselves and a lot of the times you who give much of the criticism aren’t even constant across the board. Every screamed about Beyoncé not speaking about palenstine and Israel and her moving being played there. Yet, majority of the people have not said anything about color purple. Taylor swift concert movie did not get reviews mentioning Israel but Beyoncé did. Y’all didn’t even hold drake who is one of the most well known Jewish people more accountable for not doing more and Dj Khlad who has ties to Palestine. Y’all didn’t say anything when rihanna new shoes are now selling in Israel. So my issue with you guys giving criticism is that it’s very pick on 1 person for a week and then you move on with your life. You guys hate billionaires but Beyoncé isn’t a billionaire but rihanna, jayz, Kanye are. But most videos about billionaires are centered around Beyoncé. Y’all hate billionaires and Taylor and Beyoncé tours making all this money but they have contributed to giving billionaires of dollars to the economy which in turn help you. I work for tax revenue. I see the money both artist brought in and it got sent out to cities all around the world to help with running those cities. I’m not saying anyone is above criticism but let’s be consistent for one in criticism for ALL and let’s not get mad for one week and then y’all forget. Let’s also not hold others to a higher standard and then say well I can use Twitter even though it’s ran by Elon, who openly supports Israel just because your a regular person and not famous. Regular people have buying power and the power to protest.
Exactly the hypocrisy just to hate on Beyonce is astounding
Ahhh. That's what this is about?
Beyonce is doing the right thing. She doesn't have to side with anyone. If she comes out in support for Israel, people are going to be mad. If she comes out in support for Palestine, people are going to be mad. In reality this has nothing to do with her or any other person(fuck a celebrity TBH) that have no ties there. That war is between to foreign countries that have different governments involving themselves. Celebrities are pedestrians too.
Our government is the one that voted against the cease fire. Beyonce saying something changes that? Our government are the ones supplying Israel with weapons and money and possibly even troops. Is Beyonce saying anything about this war changing these facts?
This is not about protection. It's about the same people with anti celeb rhetoric being pure hypocrites. Why do you care what Beyonce FEELS about a war she didn't start, is not profiting from and has no direct impact to? I'll tell you why. You want what she "feels" to line up with what you feel. If that's not placing someone on a pedestal I don't know what is. This is why people are picking and choosing who they take to task for not speaking.
I watched Selena Gomez get dragged up and down SM for saying she wishes healing or something very generic not taking a side, but rather saying war is bad. People wanted her to take a side. Society today is unhinged.
And this is always what puts me on the fence with this. I completely agree with what Kim said, but why is it that Beyonce and black folks (or often just black women, in general) get the MOST smoke when it comes to ANYTHING. Like, no one bothers Taylor Swift about this stuff and I even asked a black TS fan why she was upset about Beyonce, but not Taylor. And you know what she said to me? "Well, you know we don't expect stuff from her like that, she's white and just a pop girly." Okay, but why is SHE EXEMPT??? That's what never makes sense to me when it comes to these discussions. Black people or any person of color is always asked about their culture and any issues going on in their culture/community, but we NEVER see white people grilled like this about anything. Why don't people ask what TS thinks about why most mass shooters are white?
But I will disagree about these billionaire helping us in the economy. Okay, these tours gave SOME people jobs, but it didn't give us all jobs, it didn't put money in all our pockets, it didn't make groceries go down, so while I get what you're saying, I also don't think you're seeing the big picture and why these people are being rightly hated... billionaires don't help us, at all. If they did, we wouldn't be where we are right now, with more people in poverty than people living comfortably. Not rich, but just not having to worry about money. And you say you work in tax revenue, so you should know this better than anyone else.
You sum a lot of thoughts. People are deeply unserious and aren’t doing shit in the real world to fix the issue
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Is Beyoncé a billionaire 🤔