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What Beyoncé Means By 'Becky With The Good Hair'

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Beyoncé released her new visual album, "Lemonade," over the weekend on Tidal. (Tidal)
Beyoncé released her new visual album, "Lemonade," over the weekend on Tidal. (Tidal)

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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This segment aired on April 27, 2016.

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