#MCO435 Beyonce Formation

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This music video has been a trending topic on social media, especially within Black Twitter; as it raises awareness to several issues within black or African American culture. Of course this video has many comical and sarcastic undertones, but the lyrics clearly reference some serious and powerful racial topics that have been mocked and ridiculed by other cultures, including African American hairstyles and fashion, police brutality on African Americans, treatment of African Americans during Hurricane Katrina, slavery, etc.

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Just in case you have been hiding under a rock for the past three weeks, here is the full video to Formation.

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http://www.thewrap.com/25-best-beyonce-moments-from-formation-music-video-gifs/

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This week in media...

There has been a lot of topics covered this week in my #MCO435 Social media class. The topics most intriguing to me are the most thought provoking ones. On February 6, 2016 Beyoncé dropped a surprise video for a song named “Formation”. The song immediately created buzz and conversation throughout social media. Many were calling it a new black women’s anthem. Some were saying it was great to hear Beyoncé finally embrace her black heritage and a few were actually looking into the deeper meaning of the lyrics of the song and the imagery used in the video. That conversation went into overdrive less than 24 hours later when Beyoncé took Formation to one of the biggest nationally televised stages, Super Bowl 50. But it wasn’t the song itself that brought made the performance controversial. It was the dancers she brought dressed in Black Panther inspire attire that caused a stir I think people were still trying to figure out what the song represented and seeing that imagery gave them an idea of what it could be. Instead of it being a self-love anthem, it is seen as a black power, screw anything that’s black notion and that is not the case.