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http://stuffgirlslike.net/2010/08/11/open-hate-letter-to-the-beyonce-generation/

But what is up with these people making everything meaningless like that?

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What’s hilarious is that you actually thought your comment was uplifting and held worthy advice. Tsk

And please Kenya, cut it out with the us, we, all mess. You DO NOT speak for all black women. The supposed “black women obsession with beyonce” is something you conjured up in your head.

Oh and P.S. there is one side of the black community that celebrates the features you mentioned with more enthusiam and pride then the other. Im sure it’s not to hard to figure which side that is.

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I don’t get the fascination with Beyonce. I don’t like her nor her cheesy, terrible music. But what I can’t stand is her fans. Her fans make me sick to the stomach. Young black women need to stop celebrating famous chickenheads like Beyonce, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Kelly Rowland and Keri Hilson and look more intelligent Black female role models like Desiree Rogers, Michelle Obama or if you have a good woman in your family–CELEBRATE HER!

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1.) This is a slap in the face for any hardworking journalist or anyone aspiring to be.

2.) While she didn’t ask for it she could’ve humbly ask to give it to someone else knowing darn well she didn’t deserve it.

3.) What kind of example outside of our families is this showing. Honestly, she has a great a career but on whose back?

4.) If we’re to consider this a success I fear it’s not just the youth of today and tomorrow that’s fooled but the leaders of today.

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leave beyonce alone. let her live. and then, go get and make you own life.

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That was kind of f………..Nah, it was lame and dumb

Thanks for playing.

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Actually Bey has many awards for that(Why not give her awards that are aligned with her actual talent instead of pretending she has skills she doesn’t have?) but many don’t think she deserves that either.

Many people seethe when Bey wins anything and gets accolades for anything and the author of the article isn’t any different. I don’t think Obama is a good president(for example) but it’s not the end of the world that he has the office. People are too passionate for the wrong things, especially Concerning Blue Ivy’s mother.

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Now take a deep breath and “STRAP IT ON!

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I said GET A LIFE, because you are subtly attacking Beyonce for something she has no control over- how she looks; who her parents are and what her ancestry is. Beyonce is innocent, as is everyone else, because she did not get a choice of who her parents are and how she got here.

So, yes, get over it and get a life!.

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There is no defending this garbage, point blank, period! And the fact that Beyonce’s vain ass will accept it shows the type of person she really is!

I don’t like her and I don’t need a disclaimer to say it!

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You get a life.

Ella Fitzgerald was adored, but who got paid the most? Who had the most social ‘power’?

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I agree that it’s a real up-yours to writers and journalists who really invest in the craft so they can write news and stories that inform and empower readers. There are many categories for the Grammys that allow different kinds of people to win different kinds of awards, so ain’t no random non-professional encroaching on Beyonce’s territory. Now if this was the “Best Writing by a Pop Singer and Non-professional Journalist” celebrity category, then cool.

But hey, whatever. It’s one year, one award and it’s another win for the B machine. That doesn’t make this writer a hater. It makes her a truth-teller but c’est le vie (unless this becomes a trend and they start handing out random awards in every profession). 

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Your condescending tone was/is a turn off. If you want to win an award for your journalism, may I suggest you tighten up on your skills, as you have several grammatical errors in this piece.

You are just way too mad at Beyonce, not a good look. Otherwise your article raised some very valid points. Thank you.

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The perfect example of journalism gone awry is when TV Networks hire the children of ex-presidents, who were not educated or trained in that field, yet get selected over thousands of qualified individuals I suppose to generate high ratings. But then also, like alot of a million Americans, the owners of media are also obsessed with celebrity.

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Seriously, its scary how much anxiety Beyonce provokes in some people especially black women. Its sad. Take away her stardom and she is a regular woman like so many other women in America but her normalcy makes too many black women uncomfortable. Maybe if she were a mental maniac like Lauryn Hill or like Erykah “Aint never met a rapper I didn’t want to have a baby by” Badu or Fantasia, would they feel more comfortable with her. No disrespect to the aforementioned artists. I enjoy their music.

I wouldn’t buy an album by Beyonce or go to a concert and the number of songs I have illegally downloaded by her I can count on one hand that is missing a finger. I love her for reasons that are unrelated to her career.

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“We lost one more opportunity to do that by giving an award to Beyonce. ”

Really? You’ve got to explain that to me. Im being honest.

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I have two degrees. My experiences have made me very disillusioned with the whole education industry. Did you know that student debt has reached one trillion dollars, the repercussions of which can be as devastating as the housing crisis?

I don’t like when the e-du-ma-cated start tooting their horn.

Lets also not forget that its other journalist and the media companies who are selling out the little guy in the industry not Beyonce. That is what this article should have emphasised not the length of Beyonce’s skirt while on stage.

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Seriously?
Why you mad,You don’t have a degree?
Because you’re just harboring and just relishing all these things and finding stuff that’s not in my writing at all. I’m an advocate for doing and having something -you don’t need to go college but you need to have some sort of paper that says “I am skilled in ___”
Not everyone can be a Bill Gates, they need to say I am a professional in my field in some sort of way.
But I digress, why do I have to even say such a thing? OH Because you somehow found in my comment a person with a degree should look down on those who don’t. You’re reading too much into what I wrote. It’s like you’re searching through out this comment section to find something to argue on.

Taking courses/classes to hones the skill you need to become stronger in what you’re studying, is not saying I’m better and IF that wasn’t the case we wouldn’t even need Primary schools, universities etc. So YEAH when you go and get a degree in particular to say I have dedicated “__ hours” in trying to perfect this skill it DOES looks good –Do you need to go to class to do this? Can you dedicate your own personal hours and self study SURE!!!
By why the fudge that needs to be mention? Shouldn’t that be self-explanatory?
No one formula fits everyone. Does that need to be a disclaimer before I write anything?

And a lot of what you read online, even some blogs and gossip sites — big journalist companies have move online and it’s still JOURNALIST making the news only now they have a new avenue to reach the masses. People still goes to these companies online because they have been around since the good ol’ age of newspapers and radio–establish a reputation –aka people TRUSTS these sources. So yeah, journalist will not become obsolete, because even now anyone can write anything but how many people is going to put complete trust in the information? Either way trusted journalist sites still trumps whatever people that won’t read them.

So Calm down, I’m not saying a person with a degree is a “proper negro”
I’m saying, those who have dedicated hours in writing and trying to be known and acknowledge in their field shouldn’t be overlook for a one time writer with a nice story.

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What Black American doesnt. Ella Fitzgerald is a legend and is still adored by many, especially White people. I wonder if they thought they shouldnt have adored her because her white ancestry was more hidden. GET A LIFE!

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Its her dont give a damn, Ill wear what I want, dance how I want, have the hair and hair color I want, and happy, successful and slaying itches left an right attitude that makes them mad, and I love it too. GO BEY!!!!

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I totally agree with you. I don’t think that most of these people even read the entire article. The NYABJ was dead wrong for even considering using that piece (which was pure fluff and could have been written by an 8 year old). I don’t know what their intention was, but it actually makes them lose credibility.

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Gyrating and writhing? really sis? Beyonce CAN sing and she sings like the best of them. I get your point but you contradict yourself and attempting to subtly shade process in the process. Something about Beyonce makes black women so angry. I love it.

#KINGBEYSTAYSWINNING

Mad? I know.

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I agree with Kirsten about NABJ – by giving that award to a celebrity who allegedly wrote one article about her self-imposed nine-month exile (which she already talked about taking before this article was published) is sending a message that once again, it’s better to aspire to be a celebrity than to do anything else.

It says that a celebrity can easily have the access to submit an article to a national, mainstream black publication and if even slightly decent, will be quickly put into a category to receive an award that professiional journalist spend years working to become good enough to qualify for.

Again, in my opinion and in accord with Kirsten, it says that the only apiration young people should have is to be able to obtain celebrity, and by doing that all doors will open to them (and in these times, maybe that’s the only door left, so as I am writing this, maybe not a bad thing:))

It says that magazines these days can only remain relevant if they choose to promote celebrities over other talented artists.

I’m not without my judgemental stake in this. I know what it’s like to watch editors that I’ve submitted ideas to say they don’t have time to consider my queries, while they are online at that moment tweeting about hanging out with rappers. I’ve worked on staff at a tabloid, dripping in celebrity gossip and innuendo.

I also worked for and at regular publications and know what it’s like to keep trying even into middle age to become better at what I try to do.

I am a Beyonce fan. She’s pretty, talented and seems like a fun person. I enjoy her music and acting.

I have not read the article she did. It might be good but I question the quickness that her celebrity gave her to be able to even have it published, let alone nominated for an award that is supposed to come from due diligence and talent in another field.

What does it say to kids – don’t work hard, work hard to become a celebrity.
To journalists – become a singer, actor and then a celebrity. You can be a journalist.

Journalists are not getting VH1 or MTV awards the very first time they try their hand at songwriting.

In truth, celebs have been penning columns, commentating, becoming hosts on TV shows, etc. for years but each new easily acquired position and accolade just makes it harder on people who have dedicated their lives to some aspect of journalism.

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Anyhow, many of us, especially those of us in NYC who just lost our beloved KISS FM, which had a bunch of great on-air journalists in addition to deejays, understand how important it is to support black media outlets and black journalists. We lost one more opportunity to do that by giving an award to Beyonce. It’s so stupid, I don’t see how anyone can defend it.

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I got your article completely & I thoroughly enjoyed it! I have a cousin with a BA from Morehouse and a MA from Columbia who is striving to make it as a journalist. From the stories he’s told me, I can appreciate & understand the hard work and dedication that it takes to make it in the journalism profession.

Beyonce is a beautiful woman & extremely talented performer.But, IMHO, she is not a journalist by any stretch of the imagination. I agree with you that her Essence article is not deserving of a journalism award. I also agree that she is not to blame. Rather, the NYABJ is to blame, as it seems they are simply kissing her arse because of her celebrity.

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“Just because one can pick up a pen or can type does not mean they have the skill and the training one usually receives when they study this particular profession. How insulting too say anyone can become journalists and they are becoming obsolete. Ignorant just ignorant. As long as this skill can be perfected–they’re always room to become a stronger better writer– this skill should be respected and admire.”

How soon we forget our history. Blacks have historically been shut out of officially recognized institutions. We have had to be self taught in academia, we had to teach ourselves how to read, we had to teach ourselves instruments, how to dance, how to paint and sketch, how to write etc. Who taught blacks how to rap? What university did we go to? Who taught us graffiti art? What degrees did we need for that?

So now you talented 10th Negros want to come around and flash your degreeeezzzz in our faces like that makes you some God? Girl sit down.

We dont need a cadre of self appointed Negros giving us their blessings. Im not here to debate the merits of the award given to Beyonce but I am very disgusted about how you are looking down on others because they werent churned out by some second rate university with a few alphabets behind their name.

And yes, journalist are becoming obsolete. With the internet there is so much access to so much information youre not exactly needed during a time when few people had T.V or radios or were illterate.

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Lena Horne was great…She actually had a knack for presentation and interpretation. Although, technically, she wasn’t the finest at either of her crafts, she was classy, well spoken, beautiful and thorough as a professional. She was also an activist and stood ground on something she very well had the option to leave alone and still succeed in her line of work (passing as). Horne adored throughout the nation; received many accolades in her life and death. But notice, she’s the posterity of notable white lineage (John C. Calhoun).

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