In Renaissance, Beyoncé makes culture reckon with Blue Ivy

One thing about Beyoncé, she is going to have the last laugh and will make it a moment.

During her Renaissance World Tour, there is a dance segment that features her daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. She arises from the floor during Beyoncé’s song “My Power”, a fitting arrival for her as her mother sings “This that war. This that bloodline.”

This segment has become central to the story of the Renaissance tour, a segment many people love and are most excited about. Eleven-year-old Blue joins her mother for a portion of choreography before she is joined by the other Renaissance dancers as the show sets up for its next segments as Blue dances to a portion of “We Gon’ Be Alright” by Kendrick Lamar and her mother’s “Black Parade.” Her segment ends and she is met with thunderous applause and cheers, her mother seemingly pausing the show allowing the audience’s ovation for Blue.

It’s a beautiful moment. But it is also a powerful moment when you consider the criticisms, scrutiny and disgusting cruelty launched at Blue since her birth.

Blue’s features have unfortunately been a topic of grown-ups’ conversation since her infancy.

One woman even went as far as to create a now-defunct Change.org petition to “Comb Her Hair”. Jasmin Toliver’s petition said: “As a…