Culture Vulture: A poem dedicated to Taylor Swift and her Swifties and all other biters of Black culture
By Mona Austin During the 2019 BMA's Taylor Swift's performance of her hit "Me" took inspiration from Beyoncé's Coachella performance. Ironically, she was singing about being herself while emulating someone else. Apparently Swift likes marching bands because she has used them in several songs, but not in the video for this one. The Beyhive noticed the similarities swiftly accused Taylor of copying Beyoncé, starting a war of words between the two fan bases online. The comparison could not be avoided for obvious reasons. A drumline was the most prominent feature of Beyoncé's recently released Netflix documentary Homecoming , which was all about her behind-the-scenes journey to the Coachella stage in 2018. Beyoncé brought the Black college homecoming experience to the masses and it was distinctively cultural, creatively addressing the discriminatory issues Blacks face in American society, a literal music/entertainment dissertation on Civil Rights and...