With her spectacular intervention in front of millions of TV viewers,Beyoncé brought radical politics to mainstream pop. What is behind her journey to the heart of the unusual civil rights movement?It could be considered deeply ironic that a group plans this week to protest outside the National Football League’s headquarters in unusual York against Beyonc’s “racist” half-time performance at the Super Bowl. For the performance was all about the unusual-style protests against racial discrimination that have been surging through America, in the form of civil rights grassroots movements such as Black Lives Matter.whether it goes ahead, and the demonstration will protest about … another protest: a far larger,infinitely more famous one, dealing with what it means to be black in America, and the kind that doesn’t fit neatly outside the NFL’s HQ. Related: The Anti-Beyoncé Protest Rally – who's racist now? Related: Black Pride at the Super Bowl? Beyoncé embodies a unusual political moment | Suzanne Moore Related: Beyoncé's Formation reclaims black America's narrative from the margins | Syreeta McFadden Continue reading...
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