Beyoncé is doing her part to make sure her hometown of Houston has a fighting chance against COVID-19.
The powerhouse talent’s BeyGOOD foundation has announced plans to provide 1,000 mobile test kits for Houston residents over Mother’s Day weekend (May 8 and 9), along with supplies like face masks, gloves, vitamins and cleaning supplies. Dubbed the #IDIDMYPART Mobile Testing Relief Campaign, Mrs. Knowles-Carter’s website has more information if you are in the area and would like to receive a test.
In a statement, Beyoncé’s mother Tina Knowles Lawson stressed the importance of people having access to tests.
“The virus is wreaking havoc on the Black community so we need a movement to prioritize our health,” Ms. Tina said. “It is critical that we stay vigilant with social distancing, wearing a mask, and most of all getting tested.”
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Bey previously spoke out about COVID-19’s detrimental impact on black Americans when she appeared on Global Citizen’s One World: Together At Home event in April.
“Black Americans disproportionately belong to these essential parts of the workforce that do not have the luxury of working from home,” she said. “And African American communities at large have been severely affected in this crisis. Those with pre-existing conditions are at an even higher risk. This virus is killing black people at an alarmingly high rate here in America. A recent report from my home city — Houston, Texas — it showed that of COVID-19 deaths within Houston city limits, 57 percent of fatal cases are African American.”
The singer’s collaboration with fellow H-Town native Megan Thee Stallion on Meg’s “Savage” (Remix) also focuses on their hometown during the pandemic. All proceeds from the collab will go to Houston-based charity Bread of Life, which will help in the non-profit’s mission to feed 500 families a week during the quarantine.
Because of their philanthropy, both Beyoncé and Megan are set to be honored by the city of Houston with their own respective days.
Hip Hop has stepped up during the pandemic with many artists contributing to their hometown communities. Eminem recently donated “Mom’s Spaghetti” to local Detroit healthcare workers, JAY-Z and Rihanna’s foundation donated $2 million towards COVID-19 relief efforts, Lil Durk handed out meals to frontline workers in Chicago and Diddy has hosted multiple virtual town-halls to discuss pressing issues during the pandemic.
It’s killing black people for obvious reasons. Not due to any form of racism of oppression… Black people as a demographic also have more health problems and underlying health conditions than other demographics. It’s not racist. It’s just how it is. It’s like how Americans compared to most of the world are sicker and less healthy. Why doesn’t anyone complain men are more likely to die from Corona than women? Is that sexist? Fuck no. If women were dying more then men, then we’d have a problem lol. If you really don’t understand why black people have it worse off with this virus, then take a drive through NYC. Look at groups of people non distancing or wearing masks. Write down what you see. Make comparisons. Than ask, is there a reason some people might be more prone to this than others? It’s very very simply. Not fucking rocket science. Loo Kat poverty, too. People in poverty often have larger families or more packed homes, less space, more human interaction… And eat shitty food. That’s white, black, Asian, ect. Color isn’t what dictates any of this. Cultural norms, diet, lifestyle… THAT is what matters. And although skin color doesn’t depict culture, skin color and culture MOST OFTEN DO GO HAND IN HAND. We can all predict flavors and foods a white person might like, same goes for blacks. It’s hot always true, but is USUALLY is.
Now just think if every celebrity actualy did their part. actialy gave what they could give towards what they care about. not just all these pretenders like beyonce jay z meek mill drake etc who give .000001% of their yearly earnings to a cause then walk around like their buttholes are all freshly polished and go lay their heads on their 10,000+ sq ft mansions pillow. while the people they pretend to care about have a box and bag in an alleyway or are living in the projects. just laugh everytime i hear about people like this being supposedly charitable. the average person gives a higher % of their own yearly earnings to causes they care about than almost any of these celebs do. $50,000 or $1 million dollars they give yes but when you earn anywhere from $1,000,000-$100,000,000+ and give away next to nothing of it sorry your not charitable your a greedy piece of shit. no better than the very elitist people you claim created all the problems this country is hands down retarded.
That is up to them to decide and not you! They can most likely do much better but you can also do much better than what you are currently doing for whoever is in need around you too! It’s very easy for people like you to come here and tell others how they should spend their money and how much of it they should spend but you’re happy to keep yours and spend on whatever vanity you fancy, whether it is changing your phone or laptop to the latest model even though there is absolutely nothing wrong with your current one, buying that big new shining TV or car only because you want to and not because you actually need it, buying yet another Games console even though you already have one or even several, or whatever else you vainly spend your money on. Even if you just have savings that you have been putting away for some time now and would not like to touch that to help others out, you are no better than anyone and have no right to tell people how to spend their money, most especially those people that are even making an effort no matter how little.
But only to black people, right?
PROPAGANDA!!!!!! WE ARE NOT DYING FASTER THAN THE CAUCASIANS ASIANS OR SPANIARDS!!!!!!
THEY START THE PARAGRAPHS OFF WITH STATING OUR BAD ENVIRONMENTS WHICH LEAD U TO THE NOTION BLACKS EASLIY WILL FALL!!! LIESSSSSSSSSSS WE ARE NOT MOREEEEEEEEE INFECTED. THEY USE AFFECTED AND INFECTED TO TRICK US!
HUMAN WILL SUCCUM TO COVID BUT MOST WILL GET EXPOSED AND YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM KILLS IT BEFORE YOU NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCE. THATS LIFEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! BLACKS ARE STRONG. WE ENCOUNTER SICKNESS AND ALWAYS STILL BECOME STRONGER BEINGS!!!!!! DONT BELIEVE OLDDDDDD SCARYYYYYY CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLYING OLDDDDDD PEOPLLLEEEEE.
THEY GREW UP IN A WORLD TOLD AND GIVEN TO THEM BY WHITES AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. WE NOW IN OUR TEENS 20S AND 30S CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. SORRY OLD FOLK WERE NOT SCARED TO CREATE LIFE. IF BLACKS DAMN NEAR OVER CAME AIDS AND WERE TESTERS FOR THE DRUGS…..TRUST ME WE CAN OVERCOME COVID. DONT FALL INTO PROPAGANDA ITS THE ROOT OF ALL MISINFORMATION
It’s a hoax people. Figure it out