SNL mercilessly roasted white people troubled by Beyoncé's blackness

Cecily Strong
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Saturday Night Live always puts its all into Beyoncé humor, and their take on her release of "Formation" was no exception. The single is a celebration of black women and an ode to the Black Lives Matter movement. Some white people (cough, Rudy Giuliani) weren't too pleased with her single and subsequent Super Bowl halftime performance.

Here's SNL's glorious take on what happens when white people realize a popular song isn't made for them. Julie Kliegman

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.