The ten-minute oration aired yesterday as part of YouTube's 'Dear Class of 2020' special
: a statement of support for new graduates, a shoutout to the Black Lives Matter movement, callouts about sexism in the entertainment industry, and a brief moment where she bemoans the fact that she never got to attend any college parties "that left you struggling the next day in class." Aired yesterday, the multi-hour livestream event celebrated all the Class of 2020 students whose graduations were canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Throughout her ten-minute speech, the multi-Grammy winner called attention towards the Black Lives Matter movement, both explicitly — like when she said, "Thank you for using your collective voice in letting the world know that Black Lives Matter" — and implicitly. Late in her speech, she told the Class of 2020 graduates that their thoughts, actions, and words are powerful.
Elsewhere, Miss Knowles-Carter celebrated some of the students whose accomplishments might hold more weight than their peers. "Some of you might be the first in your family to graduate from college. Maybe you did not follow the path that was expected of you and you questioned every decision," she said.
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