Last week I had the pleasure of being a substitute journalism professor at Howard University. I taught a Magazine journalism class, which consisted of 10 ladies and one man. I asked them who they liked and they all said - BEYONCE !
Beyonce? Why?
They were thrilled about her new baby bump.
One student explained: "She did it right. She concentrated on her career, became successful, met someone, fell in love, got married and now she's having a baby."
The one guy said: "She not having a whole lotta babies out of wedlock." (Was he making a snide reference to Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu?)
And another student told me: "She is showing us that you can have it all — the successful career, husband and family. She's a role model."
"And he loves her," a student in the back added. "Did you see how happy Jay was?"
They all nodded in agreement.
I smiled. I know these students probably look at women in my generation and shake their heads. We are the ones that the news stories are about: successful Black women who can't find a mate.
They see Beyonce not only as their role model, but as a peer to look up to: If she did it, so can I.
They want the career and success, but they also want a family. Beyonce is showing them that they can have it all.
Thoughts?
2 comments:
my parents did it "the right way." that's who i look up to.
Thank you, Kendra. I'm happy for Bey and Jay, but I would never see them as someone I'd look up to. I would hope my loved ones wouldn't either.
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