To all those who feel different, if you're part of a group that's called 'other,' a group that does not get the chance to be center stage — build your own stage and make them see you.
Beyoncé
Dear Class of 2020 Virtual Commencement, 2020
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इस उद्धरण के पीछे की कहानी
Beyoncé extends her own story of building a table into a universal call to action. After telling the young women — 'our future leaders' — to make power moves and be excellent, and telling young men to lean into vulnerability and redefine masculinity, she turns to everyone who has ever been labeled 'other.' Your queerness is beautiful, she says. Your blackness is beautiful. Your compassion, your understanding, your fight for people who may be different from you is beautiful. The instruction isn't to beg for access to existing stages — it's to build your own. 'Make them see you' carries the weight of her entire career: an artist who has consistently created platforms on her own terms rather than conforming to industry gatekeepers.