The singer Beyonce gave this Friday his support to the candidacy of the vice president Kamala Harris and asked Americans to vote for the democrat to change the destiny of the country.
During a speech at Houston – the artist’s hometown – and less than two weeks before the elections, Beyonce drew Harris as a figure that will cement the promise of “freedom“inscribed in the idea of the American nation.
“The generations of our forefathers They are whispering a prophecy (…) it is time for America to sing a new songa song of unity, dignity and opportunity,” he said in a poetic intervention.
Before giving a hug to the vice president, Beyonce connected the candidacy of Harris with the fight for the rights of women in the US: “imagine all the sacrifices that have had to be made so that we can witness the strength of a woman.”
African American culture
He stadiumwith a capacity of more than 20,000 people, was packed. Attendees were given an electronic bracelet that lit up with the colors of the US flag and dotted the stands and grass with lights.
Among the crowd were people of all ages: families with small children, young university students, retirees. The night passed between dancing and laughter, especially honoring the culture African American, strongly rooted in Houston where more than 20% of the population is black.
- Harris already did history by becoming the first Afro-descendant woman to be chosen as a presidential candidate for one of the country’s two main parties and, if elected, her Government would mark a milestone.
He rally was focused on the consequences that the decision of the Supreme to revoke protection abortion at the national level.
Harris He insisted on his promise to restore access to this procedure at the national level if he becomes president and criticized the “hypocrisy” of conservative politicians who celebrated the decision of the Supreme that revoked the protection to abortion in 2021.
On stage they took the floor women and families directly affected by restrictions on abortion in different parts of the country, including Ondrea, a woman who almost lost her life after giving birth prematurely to a baby who died “5 minutes” after being born.
“For every history what we hear, there are thousands of stories that have not been heard (…) of women who are suffering in silence and who have been left alone and made to feel like criminals,” said the vice president.
The relationship between Beyonce and the party democrat It’s not new. The singer gave her support in 2016 to the candidacy of Hillary Clinton, the first woman to be a presidential candidate for one of the two main US parties and who led a historic race against Trump.
Democrat-friendly
The artist, winner of 32 Grammy Awards, was also close to the former president’s government. Barack Obama (2009-2017): sang at the two inauguration ceremonies of the democratthe first African-American president in the history of the country.
At the same time, in 2012, shortly before the re-election of democratposted a handwritten letter on social media celebrating your leadership: you are “the reason my daughter and nephew will grow up knowing that they really can be anything they want.”
Beyonce authorized the use of the song ‘Freedom‘ (Freedom, in Spanish) to the vice president’s campaign at the end of July and, since then, it has become a kind of anthem of her candidacy.
‘Freedom‘it’s part of the album’Lemonadea disk visual that broke ground when it was loaned in 2016 due to the combination of audiovisual narrative styles, with songs in which it explores autobiographical themes.
InLemonade‘, Beyonce She exposed her suffering to the world after going through infidelity in her marriage with Jay-Z and explored her identity as an African American, delving into the culture of the southern United States and denouncing the double discrimination that women face women black people in the country.
In the video of the song, Beyonce pays homage to the movementBlack Lives Matter’, against police violence towards the African-American population, giving a space to the mothers of several young people murdered by police officers.
The lyrics, which wink at the song ‘Wade in the Water’, an anthem of resistance by people who were enslaved in the United States, talks about the freedom and, in particular, about what that word means to African-American people.
The freedom is, precisely, the central theme of the campaign Harris; The vice president describes her political commitment as a defense of American “freedoms” that the right has wanted to “take away.”
In it act the candidate also participated democrat to the Texas Senate, Collin Allred, at the same time as the country icon Willie Nelson and her own mother Beyonce,Tina Knowles.
