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Since Friday, #BlackIsKing 
conversations going a little something like this:
Africans: âOMG BeyoncĂ© got 123 aspects of my culture correct with such respect
â
Not Africans: âsorry that BeyoncĂ© is using your culture as a backdrop to sell imagery & be a capitalist capitalistingâ
conversations going a little something like this: Africans: âOMG BeyoncĂ© got 123 aspects of my culture correct with such respect
âNot Africans: âsorry that BeyoncĂ© is using your culture as a backdrop to sell imagery & be a capitalist capitalistingâ
Africans: âWait, what? But sheâs foregrounding some of our biggest stars and our talented creatives are getting a global platform 
â
Not Africans: âpoor things canât even see youâre being exploitedâ
â Not Africans: âpoor things canât even see youâre being exploitedâ
Africans: âweâre confused by what youâre saying 
Weâre really feeling seen and represented by a big Disney production 
â
Not Africans: âyou donât even know better
this light skin creole is positioning herself as the Queen of Africa right under your colonised nosesâ
Weâre really feeling seen and represented by a big Disney production âNot Africans: âyou donât even know better
this light skin creole is positioning herself as the Queen of Africa right under your colonised nosesâ
Africans: âNo, no, no, sheâs showing our villages, townships, cities and even pieces of wealth in a beautiful way!â
Not Africans: âWeâre pretty sure sheâs showing a false narrative of your countries that weâve never been toâ
Not Africans: âWeâre pretty sure sheâs showing a false narrative of your countries that weâve never been to
â
Africans: âBut we LIVE here and we think she did a great job overallâ
Not Africans: âsmh youâre just happy that you arenât portrayed as savages for once poor things
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Not Africans: âsmh youâre just happy that you arenât portrayed as savages for once poor things
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Did I get all the talking points? 
