Topic: Urban Culture

1 chapters across the catalog

94: Helping Our People
• 19:56 - 25:41

94: Helping Our People

Beyonce Super Bowl Performance and Urban Culture Branding

The hosts critique Beyonce's Super Bowl performance imagery through the lens of Dr. Welsing's theories on racism and imposed culture. They discuss the industry's use of the term "urban" as a euphemism for blackness associated with negative stereotypes like gangs and "ratchet" behavior. A comparison is made between the marketing of black female artists and white artists like Taylor Swift, suggesting top-tier stars set a tone that trickles down to the rest of the industry.