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Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Fans Are as Stupid as Trump’s Voters

Friday, December 8, 2017 at 7:58 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

When Beyoncé performed in North Carolina last year, I argued that it was tantamount to endorsing that state’s anti-LGBT law. Further that, in doing so, she was being every bit as mercenary as entertainers who performed in South Africa during the Apartheid regime. More to the point, though, here is what I wrote about her… Read more.

For LGBTs in North Carolina, Beyoncé Is a Sellout

Friday, May 6, 2016 at 8:20 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

In the mid-1980s, Miles Davis, U2, and Run-D.M.C. headlined a long list of entertainers who boycotted South Africa. They did so because they knew performing there would be tantamount to endorsing the Apartheid government’s discrimination against blacks. Bear that in mind as you read the rest of this commentary. Laws in North Carolina and Mississippi… Read more.