Minister Louis Farrakhan blasted
American rapper JayZ for the revealing outfit Beyonce wore.
Louis Farrakhan is the leader of the religious group Nation of Islam (NOI). He served as the minister of major mosques in Boston and Harlem.
Louis Farrakhan is the leader of the religious group Nation of Islam (NOI). He served as the minister of major mosques in Boston and Harlem.
Jay Z regarding his wife,
Beyoncé. Farrakhan says he holds Jigga responsible for keeping his woman in
check in terms of her attire. While his entire argument involves Queen Beyonce
and not Jay, the Islam leader fails to address her even once.
Louis Farrakhan spoke with
a Muslim woman and man who asked him questions about the recent happenings in
the hip hop community, Farrakhan shared his thoughts on women and their public
appearance in relation to the men in their lives. The woman sitting at the
table asked, "What is [a woman's] specific role as a female artist?"
and Farrakhan's response left many somewhat shocked as he tried to connect
men's rational thinking to a women's physical presentation.
"Today, you strip the
woman of her clothes," he started. "How can a man think straight, looking
at the beauty of Beyoncé? Help us to be more sane. A man is made into a dog by
the way a woman presents herself to a man. There ain't no preacher out there
that's that holy that a woman can disrobe herself and a man can still think
Bible, still think Quran. How do you rule a man? You rule him by the beauty of
your body and the suggestion of s ex."
Continuing to expound on
his stance, the eloquent minister addressed Jay Z, not as a husband, but as a
manager. "You have to educate the managers. Jay Z is a good man," he
said. "Jay Z is a good manager. But now, your woman is on display. Do you
want men looking at your woman, being tempted by your woman, to make advances
at your woman? Who wouldn't want to be with Rihanna? Who wouldn't want to be
with Nicki Minaj? But you strip them then their body is being used as a tool of
the degradation of a woman and the subjection of a man."
Here comes the advice. That
good ol' solemn advice: "So I would encourage Jay Z — and I hope you'll
take it in the spirit that I give it, out of love for your honour and
greatness, for the love and beauty and greatness of your wife –– I would love
to see our women clothed, demonstrating the gift of their talent. The gift of
their form should be seen by those who are worthy... Do you know what that does
to a man, when he can see you and can't have you? Then he wants to go home and
attack a child."
The primal turn of his
response was pretty disturbing, and the BeyHive and crtics alike weren't having
their Queen's name dragged through the mud. Some found it incredibly
misogynistic that Farrakhan chose to address his thoughts on Beyonce through
her male partner and others just felt like he has bigger fish to fry than to
worry about what the most successful female pop star in the world is wearing.
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Why don't you ask Beyoncé to cover up yourself? See how she takes it. @LouisFarrakhan
Surely Minister Farrakhan has more important matters than what Beyonce chooses to wear. #blacklivesmatter #blackclothesmatter
Farrakhan thinks Jay Z is responsible for how Beyoncé dresses. Get that patriarchal juice out your system. It's unhealthy.
Men can chose to look away.
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