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“Tone Deaf” Beyoncé “Cancelled” After Offending Fans With Her “Ignorant” Shirt On Stage
A single T-shirt was enough for fans to turn on Beyoncé during the Paris leg of her Cowboy Carter tour.
After her first show in the French capital, the 43-year-old diva had fans accusing her of “glorifying” a “genocide.”
“That shirt… ma’am someone in your team should’ve done a triple check. That’s tone deaf as hell,” read one comment online.
Highlights
- Beyoncé sparked backlash in Paris over her outfit.
- Her T-shirt was an apparent nod to Black soldiers who served the U.S. military during the post-Civil War era.
- Fans claimed her T-shirt was “glorifying” a “genocide.”
- “Not every piece of Black history is honorable just because it’s Black,” one said.
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Beyoncé sparked backlash in Paris after wearing a T-shirt that fans claimed was “glorifying” a “genocide”
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At some point during the Paris show, Beyoncé was wearing a T-shirt that featured the text, “Buffalo Soldiers”—an apparent nod to soldiers who served the U.S. military during the post-Civil War era.
The front of the T-shirt included an image of horse-riding men, while the backside had a long message about the all-Black military regiments that were called “Buffalo Soldiers.”
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Several paragraphs were printed on the back of the tee to explain the history of Buffalo Soldiers and their legacy in African American history.
But there was one particular excerpt that raised eyebrows and made fans question whether Beyoncé was glorifying a group that helped colonizers crush the Native Americans.
The controversial tee featured the words “Buffalo Soldiers” and a long tribute to the Black military regiments
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“The antagonists were the enemies of peace, order and settlement: warring Indians, bandits, cattle thieves, murderous gunmen, bootleggers, trespassers, and Mexican revolutionaries,” read the text on the back of the T-shirt.
Some netizens felt like the T-shirt was celebrating the genocide of American Indians and the all-Black military unit that played a role in it.
Image credits: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
“CANCELLED,” one wrote, while another simply wrote, “That shirt is so wrong.”
“My sister, you need historians & educators on your team,” one said.
“The Buffalo Soldiers were foot soldiers of colonization. Beyoncé using her platform to glorify them isn’t just ignorant—it’s embarrassing. It screams, ‘I support anything associated with Black history, even if it’s inhumane,’” read another comment. “Not every piece of Black history is honorable just because it’s Black.”
“I love her but I really wish that there was much more thought put into this before giving it the green light,” one commented online
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“Yall are talking about nuance but where is the nuance in labeling Mexican Revolutionaries and Native Americans ‘enemies of peace’ lmfao,” another said.
“It’s an out-of-touch shirt. The Buffalo Soldiers themselves and their history may require nuance to engage with and discuss, this shirt does not,” they continued.
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While the Buffalo Soldiers are often celebrated as trailblazing African American servicemen, their legacy is deeply complicated.
These all-Black regiments were formed in the aftermath of the Civil War and played a significant role in westward expansion, which they did by fighting in the Indian Wars on behalf of the U.S. government.
While often honored in Black history, Buffalo Soldiers also played a key role in displacing Native Americans
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Many find it ironic that Black soldiers—who weren’t even treated equally by the very government they were fighting for—helped in the violent displacement of Native American tribes.
However, at the time, it is possible that these soldiers did not fully know how brutal U.S. policies were towards Native people because of the limited availability of information, according to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
There may also have been some bad blood between the two groups because some Native American tribes supported the Confederacy during the Civil War.
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During Beyoncé’s third and final night of concerts in Paris on June 22, the Grammy winner surprised the audience by bringing out her husband, rapper Jay-Z.
Fellow rapper Cardi B attended the same show in a western-inspired outfit that reportedly included lambskin, cow and calf hair elements, and vintage heels that looked like horse hoofs.
On her final night in Paris, Beyoncé brought out Jay-Z to perform some of their joint hits
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The couple performed their joint hits Crazy In Love and Drunk In Love.
Jay-Z also performed his single N***as in Paris.
The following week, they were pictured stepping out for a date in the French capital, during which the 99 Problems rapper wore his wife’s Cowboy Carter Paris tour t-shirt.
Netizens called Beyoncé’s shirt “embarrassing” and “ignorant.”
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UKGrandad 6 months ago
"Some netizens felt like the T-shirt was celebrating the genocide of American Indians and the all-Black military unit that played a role in it." Then some 'netizens' (I hate that word) need to learn some history. 'All-Black' refers to the rank and file; they were still commanded by white officers and they were fighting for their lives on two fronts. They either fought who they were told to fight or they were exècuted by their own side for either subordination or cowardice.
lolliegag69 6 months ago
It’s important to know that I’m not a fan of hers. At all. I think this entire “Country Girl” bs she has going on is ridiculous. That being said, I also wasn’t there when the black soldiers were, not probably, but more than likely did what they were told by the white officers or paid dire consequences for rebelling. As much of history has repeatedly shown us. I am by the way white. You all know this is true.
UKGrandad 6 months ago
Why is her current 'Country Girl's phase 'bs' and 'ridiculous'? From the blues and jazz through to rock and roll, soul, R&B, disco, rap, and much more, white people have profited from black music styles. Why shouldn't she do the same with country music?
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zxfscyf22w 6 months ago
These Native Americans were genocided and ethnically cleansed had never seen an Africans or an African slave in lives were attacked by White Europeans and their freed slaves to steal, k**l, r**e and main Indigenous bodies, and they had every right protect their lands from Black and White colonizers! This is why it is wrong for African Americans to get any reparations from California or any state that were impacted by foreign colonizers army’s! The Western tribes never had African slaves so I don’t want to hear how native Americans had blage slaves! No they didn’t! The tribes blak and WYT folk claim the most did! Western indigenous groups never seen a black man before.
zxfscyf22w 6 months ago
What pisses me off is people saying she did not write the poem, but did in a way because it was a much longer poem and she literally picked out this paragraph specifically to highlight so yes, I blame her for the paragraph she chose to highlight with her historical revisionism and White washing the Buffalo soldiers part in genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Native American homelands, and their role in usurping half of Mexico for both white and blackfolk benefit from! This is why they do not deserve reparations in California or any land they stole from Mexico 🇲🇽 or Native Americans! I also don’t to here justifications for the Africans slaves of the 5 civilized tribes when these are the tribes that both white and black colonizers usurp for their own identity foramation and family folklore of a Cherokee l/ Choctaw/Chickasaw great grandmother to claim a fake indigeniety!! These people had tears of contact with the colonizers and their slaves and they were more white than indigenous.
nm 6 months ago (edited)
You're using the Ethics of 21st century to judge events and behavior of the previous centuries? The white people had used religious or philosophical excuses to enslave the Africans or k**l the savage Indians and had no scruples at all. Violence is integrated part of Homo Sapiens.
Diemond Star 6 months ago
If I wore a T shirt that was grateful to White soldiers I would be very racist but this ugly T shirt is ok.
Gozer LeGozerian 6 months ago
Please tell us the story of when white people were opressed and enslaved in the US
Load More Replies... UKGrandad 6 months ago
"Some netizens felt like the T-shirt was celebrating the genocide of American Indians and the all-Black military unit that played a role in it." Then some 'netizens' (I hate that word) need to learn some history. 'All-Black' refers to the rank and file; they were still commanded by white officers and they were fighting for their lives on two fronts. They either fought who they were told to fight or they were exècuted by their own side for either subordination or cowardice.
lolliegag69 6 months ago
It’s important to know that I’m not a fan of hers. At all. I think this entire “Country Girl” bs she has going on is ridiculous. That being said, I also wasn’t there when the black soldiers were, not probably, but more than likely did what they were told by the white officers or paid dire consequences for rebelling. As much of history has repeatedly shown us. I am by the way white. You all know this is true.
UKGrandad 6 months ago
Why is her current 'Country Girl's phase 'bs' and 'ridiculous'? From the blues and jazz through to rock and roll, soul, R&B, disco, rap, and much more, white people have profited from black music styles. Why shouldn't she do the same with country music?
Load More Replies... zxfscyf22w 6 months ago
These Native Americans were genocided and ethnically cleansed had never seen an Africans or an African slave in lives were attacked by White Europeans and their freed slaves to steal, k**l, r**e and main Indigenous bodies, and they had every right protect their lands from Black and White colonizers! This is why it is wrong for African Americans to get any reparations from California or any state that were impacted by foreign colonizers army’s! The Western tribes never had African slaves so I don’t want to hear how native Americans had blage slaves! No they didn’t! The tribes blak and WYT folk claim the most did! Western indigenous groups never seen a black man before.
zxfscyf22w 6 months ago
What pisses me off is people saying she did not write the poem, but did in a way because it was a much longer poem and she literally picked out this paragraph specifically to highlight so yes, I blame her for the paragraph she chose to highlight with her historical revisionism and White washing the Buffalo soldiers part in genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Native American homelands, and their role in usurping half of Mexico for both white and blackfolk benefit from! This is why they do not deserve reparations in California or any land they stole from Mexico 🇲🇽 or Native Americans! I also don’t to here justifications for the Africans slaves of the 5 civilized tribes when these are the tribes that both white and black colonizers usurp for their own identity foramation and family folklore of a Cherokee l/ Choctaw/Chickasaw great grandmother to claim a fake indigeniety!! These people had tears of contact with the colonizers and their slaves and they were more white than indigenous.
nm 6 months ago (edited)
You're using the Ethics of 21st century to judge events and behavior of the previous centuries? The white people had used religious or philosophical excuses to enslave the Africans or k**l the savage Indians and had no scruples at all. Violence is integrated part of Homo Sapiens.
Diemond Star 6 months ago
If I wore a T shirt that was grateful to White soldiers I would be very racist but this ugly T shirt is ok.
Gozer LeGozerian 6 months ago
Please tell us the story of when white people were opressed and enslaved in the US
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