Awakened to the Death of Criticism

Two music critics differ on how to critique Beyonce's album Renaissance. The first critic feels that the album should be critiqued honestly. He feels that the second critic is being dishonest in his evaluation of the album because he doesn't want to appear insensitive. The first critic fails to recognize a conundrum of postmodern criticism based upon identity politics, Post-structuralist criticism or what I label as Representalism judges art not on the conventions of its genre but on how well the artist represents his/her identity group. Therefore, if a critic gives a negative review, the negative review is reflective upon the identity group the artist represents.