Looking back on the world, very few would have guessed we could have come so far. The “Black Lives Matter” movement has been one of the toughest things people have had to deal with and finally there is the beginning of process, although there is still a long fight left ahead of us. When Martin Luther King Jr., began his movement in the 1950’s he wouldn’t have ever thought it would have gone like it has. There are so many great things that have happened in the civil right movement that finally allow for the African-Americans of the world to have rights. Yet some people are still stuck back in a time where it was only whites that had rights. In Bell Hooks story, “Moving Beyond Pain”, there is a portrayal of how a black, female acts in times of outrage. Beyoncé’s new album Lemonade came out and it was a hit, between all the races. Beyoncé took to the album all the, “portraits of ordinary everyday black women are spotlighted, (and are) poised as though they are royalty. The unnamed, unidentified mothers of murdered young black males are each given pride of place. Real life images of ordinary, overweight not dressed up bodies are placed within a visual backdrop that includes stylized, choreographed, fashion plate fantasy representations” (P3). She has both types of the story to show in her new music video. On the first side you get the beautiful, rich black women, but she made sure to incorporate the other side of how black people are portrayed. She took the mothers, and the ones hurting and made sure they got their debut in her video. Young innocent black children are getting murdered every day because they look suspicious. Then you have to say if you saw a young white male with his hood on walking home from the store, you would shoot him too correct? Just because he looked suspicious? There are so many stereotypes that humans overcome every day, being black in a stereotype in itself. Black women, are crazy and you wouldn’t want to mess with them. Black men, are drug dealers and you don’t ever want to be caught in a back ally alone with one of them. How can someone overcome such a strong stereotype when we aren’t even giving them a chance to speak? The Black Lives Matter movement doesn’t want to come across as only black lives matter; they are trying to say that all lives matter. They don’t want more than anyone else they just want equality. To be looked at the same as everyone else in this world is one of the main goal for everyone. Beyoncé states that she is a strong women and always makes it known to young girls that they can do whatever they put their minds to, but then why does she still put in her music videos that females are the victim? Maybe it is hard for anyone to try and diminish the stereotypes, or maybe just because money is more important to some people they choose to make money over doing the more ethical thing. Women and men of all colors and race deserve the same respect and rights as anyone else. And there should be no discrimination based on stereotypes.