A dynasty.

Posted on 12/23/09, in Uncategorized, by bishoujojade

Shawn Knowles-Carter.

Oh. I see you’re angry; you swarms of fire-spitting old timers and…wait. What is this? Are these people MY AGE? Oh. Wow. They are!

Foregoing and damn near ignoring the reasoning behind Mr. Carter’s request to become part of the Knowles family, not only in spirit, but in name as well, people are tittering on disgust.


Yes Beyonce. Yes Shawn. Yes. Yes…I understand.

The Knowles have no sons, and if subsequently Solange Knowles does remarry, the Knowles name will all but cease to continue on into the forefront.

I can relate to this because under my immediate family tree, there was only ONE son born by a male; my brother. He, of course can get married and our last name continues on into the future. But if my brother had in fact been my sister (born a female) , our family tree halts at my father and his siblings. That worried me, so strongly that I considered keeping my surname SOMEWHERE in my name. The pride of being a Wike almost persuaded me to keep my last name just that, regardless if I was married or not.

Oh, did that get the blood boiling in a few of my exes.

The argument lies in today’s society and the power of it over us as individuals. Our society of course, is patriarchal. The word patriarchal spans back into the age of Aristotle and Plato, under the teachings of Socrates; using the bible as a guide, deemed women the direct connection to divine punishment (that is punishment from God). Terms such as a woman is the halfway mark between man and ANIMAL or that women feel therefore do not think, were thrown around.

Hell, if I told you WHY the Salem Witch trials actually happened (and no it wasn’t based on any kind of Hocus Pocus, unless you believe that a woman being educated and seeking power to be voodoohoodoo) you’d be surprised. And I will suppress the temptation to delve into the absolute LEFT of good common sense of Adam’s supposed PATRIARICAL role over Eve’s life; when he succumbs to her wishes as if he were her child, instead of the head of her house. But I won’t go there. That would turn this into a feminist rant; I won’t do that.

I digress…alot. Where was I? Oh. To get EVEN deeper than I actually wanted to go, we as descendants from Africans are of a culture were surnames were not even a part of our actual cultural history, as the adoption of that practice surmounted as we began our lives as slaves. We have adopted a custom unknown to us in length, YET we are the first ones to throw stones when a man chooses to combine his name with his wife’s name. And we aren’t talking your run of the mill housewife. Beyonce Knowles net worth is 350 MILLION to his 500 MILLION and together (with the added boost from his Live Nation Deal) are worth a BILLION dollars.

Ya’ll think they give a damn about your opinions on what THEY do with THEIR names? Give me a Harlem Shake break. We’ve got a man, so secure in his love for his wife, that he is willing not only to share his last name with her, but allow her to share her last name with him. They are ONE under God’s eyes, so explain to me how taking his last name and his last name only means a hill of fire ant shit?

It doesn’t.

In truth, the word patriarchy is becoming more useless everyday as the divorce rate is sky high, more women are graduating from college than men, the word single mother is synonymous with BIRTH at this point, why do we have a problem when two highly successful and prominent people decide to defy the bounds of this society and do exactly what they want to do?

#kanyeshrug.


Sidenote: If you’re going to use the bible as an argument, don’t. There weren’t any last names in the Bible. Kay! Thanks! Bye!