Beyonce’s complicated ancestry and the scars of our past

New York Daily News quotes me in an article about Beyonce, trauma and healing.

 

The past traumas of Beyoncé’s ancestors have taken a major toll on her.

The pop star told Vogue she had to come to grips after learning she’s the descendant of a slave owner who “fell in love with and married a slave,” and she says her family history is filled with abuses of power and “broken” relationships between men and women.

“I had to process that revelation over time,” she said. “I questioned what it m...