Here is some wider reading that is a discourse on race with a focus on the issue created by Beyonce's 'Formation' lyrics and her performance at the Superbowl. These are controversial texts and should be read with an objective eye as to how race is represented through language choices. This is just a few texts to explore some aspects of the issue. Feel free to leave your own links with suitable trigger warnings.
These are the texts we read in class. BET is Black Entertainment Television, and the first article gives the lyrics of the song (including the taboo language). http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/news/a53296/beyonce-formation-lyrics/ http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/14/beyonce-profile-black-power-super-bowl-civil-rights http://www.bet.com/news/music/2016/02/12/ne-yo-backs-beyonce-saying-she-has-the-right-to-discuss-race-and.html
These are further articles for close consideration of how language is used to represent race (and Beyonce as a black woman):
A student-run news site sums up the issue in a particular light http://easterneronline.com/36992/opinion/beyonces-superbowl-halftime-show-not-racist/
Rod Liddle for The Spectator about football and racism has some controversial aspects: http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/beyonce-at-the-super-bowl-i-prefer-the-anti-racists-of-millwall/
Look at where the emphasis is and the terms applied to race here: http://myfox8.com/2016/02/23/why-the-beyonce-controversy-is-bigger-than-you-think/
This impassioned rant: http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2016/02/22/beyonce/
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