Hidden Meanings from Beyonce’s Homecoming (and why they matter)

Whitney Alese
5 min readMay 6, 2019

Hey White People.

I know you watched Beyoncé’s Homecoming, or maybe you were one of the blessed (read paid enough) few to be able to have attended Beychella (which is the name of Coachella 2018 henceforth and forevermore, Amen) and you might have felt confused about some of the moments in the performance

Whitney Alese

Whitney Alese is a writer & podcaster, featured in WIRED Magazine (Sept 2020) & I-D Magazine (Dec. 2021), and NBC (Jan 2023). She is based in Philadelphia.