By Kehinde Andrews
I obviously kicked a hornet’s nest with the article on Beyonce and the Superbowl in the Independent. I wrote the piece not as an attack on Beyonce, it was more of a response to the overreaction to her symbolic gesture at the Superbowl. If we are so desperate for signs of recognition and respect that we embrace style over substance, then we are in a sorry place in terms of activism. The fact that of everything I have written (Guardian and OBU) this piece is the one that provoked the most discussion also speaks volumes to where our political debate is.
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