Race and Gender/ Beyonce Knowles

With Studying Beyonce Knowles, she has been quite an inspiration to the Black and African American community as well as young women in general. For one, she is young beautiful and has a free spirit about her. Within most of her songs she tries to show power and confidence and some may come across as too confident. I believe the reason is that because she is a young black woman she does have to work extra hard to be noticed and excepted by everybody in the media. However, she knows that not everyone is going to like her but her general audience are young people particularly females. In addition, as far as her identity it seems like she is trying to appeal to the white audiences because her hair was died to a very light brownish gold color. Also her skin is light so more people sadly will be more attractive to her within more races than just one. It is my reason to think that she has this look on purpose to get through the system. Other than her looks her confident song called, "Independent Women", talks about how women do not always have to have a man to feel important. The chorus to the song says, "All my independent women through her hands up at me, and all my sexy women through hands at me, and all my modeled women through your hands up at me". The song represents joy and excitement because it is letting everyone know that I am independent it is OK. Not only am I independent but I am a black woman at that. Some may not read into that but, because I am one and it is easier for me to understand the lyrics to her songs and the inspiration behind it. Additionally, within gender Beyonce's fans seem to gravitate more to the meaning in your songs and her great sex appeal. Furthermore, there is another song that shows more female Independence and it is called, "Charlies Angels". Yes, the song title is from a movie but it show that a relationship should be fifty -fifty. One of the lines says, "Question, tell me how you feel about this, I buy my own diamonds and I buy my own rings and I even buy one own celly when I am feeling lonely. Ladies! It ain't easy being independent.. Jewels on my feet I've got it, the ice I am wearing I've got it, the house I live in I've got it, cause I depend on me if I one it." Those lines are showing that she could have a man to buy her those things but she just wants him to know that she can by them herself. I like her confidence which is encouraging to a lot of young women and hopefully they will see that it is OK to be strong and an independent woman that does not no have a man.