Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” album has sent pop culture critics and gossip columnists into overdrive. One line in particular, “Becky with the good hair,” raised questions about infidelity and marital strife, but MTV’s Rebecca Thomas says it’s also a carefully coded lyric that says something much more complicated about black women in America.
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- Rebecca Thomas, deputy managing editor at MTV News. She tweets @rebeccabuilds.
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