Pyramids by Kastle (2012) Multiple Elements Electronic / Dance. Bell Hooks pointed out in her novel, “Feminism is for Everybody” that, “For years I have witnessed the reluctance of white feminist thinkers to acknowledge the importance of race. Producers: Frank Ocean, Malay, OmMas Keith.
Although this idea of everyone being seen as an equal and being treated the same no matter their race seems ideal, the fact of the matter is that by discounting their heritage they are making themselves feel better about their own white privilege while ignoring the issue of racism and white supremacy. This idea is often used by feminists, in the sense that they attempt reduce and devalue other women 's race and rejecting their issues as a women of color and to instead to push their own goals as white women.
Psychology Today describes colorblindness as the, “racial ideology that posits the best way to end discrimination is by treating individuals as equally as possible, without regard to race, culture, or ethnicity.” Most often people use this as a way to feel more comfortable when dealing with the conversation of race, completely discrediting someone 's background to feel better about their own discomfort about the topic. Observation of the primitive, subhuman other was central to defining the advanced, vilified citizen, and black women’s supposedly hyper sexual bodies were central exhibits to this “In this sense, modernity offered no possibility of a more accurate recognition of black women. Through an analysis of both black representation and the black experience within the public and private sphere, it will analyse the impacts of …show more content… Harris-Perry also states as to how the defining of black women as being naturally unequal to whites was a crucial part of white society's identity. Indicating that “the Pyramid” is the name of the strip club in which the woman works, the song concludes with the repetition of the line “She’s working at the Pyramid tonight.” This essay will outline how the only way to properly observe the dualistic nature of the song Pyramids is to parallel it with the dualistic way in which Western society views and treats black women. After this revelation, the song transitions into a ballad, the story now pertaining to the relationship between a pimp and a stripper, whom he also calls “Cleopatra.” The reverence with which Cleopatra had been referred with in the first section of the song is blatantly absent, as explicit sexual references are made about the stripper by the pimp. Initially, the song details the fictional demise of the black queen Cleopatra, who, under the guise of being stolen by a thief, had run away with the Biblical strongman Samson and was found to have had a sexual relationship with him. Within the song Pyramids by R&B artist Frank Ocean, we see two largely separate compositions lyrically and structurally merge into one cohesive piece.
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