The knowles sisters have taken the opportunity to weigh in on Black Lives Matter. Beyonce + Solange Weigh In On Recent Killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile saying “Stop Killing Us”!!!
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CelebNMusic247.com has two messages from Beyonce + Solange. First the habitually outspoken sister, Solange spoke on racial issues. She is one of the most consistent artist’s voices off wax in the movement against police killings since Trayvon Martin’s death in 2012.
Solange sick from the recent killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. She posted a few seconds of a cappella lines from Syreeta’s “Black Maybe” off the singer’s 1972 self-titled debut on Instagram.
Solange captioned the short clip with:
“Been singing Syreeta’s ‘Black Maybe’ over and over again trying to comfort my weary heart…But what is comfort when the images of slain black bodies left to bleed are sketched into your being…over and over again.”
Solange followed her video with lyrics from Black Maybe – Syreeta Wright 1972:
Then her sister Beyonce responded to the killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile by police with a call to action for her fans.
Beyonce spoke LOUD saying “Stop Killing Us!”
In an Instagram post to her 77 million followers that linked to a full statement on her website, she urges readers to take action by contacting politicians and legislators to demand “social and judicial changes.”
The message in the post is one of unity that calls on all people to come together to rally against injustice and the marginalization of people of color. “This is a human fight,” she writes in the all-caps post. “No matter your race, gender or sexual orientation. This is a fight for anyone who feels marginalized, who is struggling for freedom and human rights.”
The 34-year-old singer has been a powerful voice in the Black Lives Matter movement, using pro-black imagery in her videos and live performances. She was pictured with the mothers of Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Michael Brown for a recent video shoot.
The Black Panther-inspired outfits she and her dancers wore during the Super Bowl half-time show caused controversy last February, with critics speaking out against what they saw as an anti-police message. She clarifies in her post that her message is “not a plea to all police officers but toward any human being who fails to value life.”
Beyonce’s statement reads as follows:
She followed it with this message:
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