tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209019218528901233.post4490549005995587859..comments2023-10-31T08:44:30.377-04:00Comments on AutumnJones: Buying Beyonce Has Ended Racism According to Staffordshire University ProfessorAutumnJoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17210907120585680190noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209019218528901233.post-24906211975212216852010-12-29T22:18:51.356-05:002010-12-29T22:18:51.356-05:00I read the article "Buying Beyonce" the ...I read the article "Buying Beyonce" the author of which makes a very clear point in the abstract of the article : "limitless consumer choice has become a substitute for equality... A refusal to conform to existing categories combined with an insistence on the primacy of the market makes Beyonce an exquisite commodity in a celebrity-fixated consumer culture although an unreliable indicator of black America."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com