Beyoncé’s display of the American flag raises questions for Black people
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The pop star has been draped in the star-spangled banner for her album. This pride in the flag is misplacedBeyoncé is coupling her album, Cowboy Carter, with Americana-themed images. She straddles a white horse and holds the US flag in the album’s cover art. In other photos, the flag is everything, everywhere, all at once – capes, boots, bomber jackets with leather frills, durags, sashes, scarves and hair beads. Unlike white artists who drape themselves in red, white and blue, Mrs Carter becomes...

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