Lamar filled the stage with performers, but none of them seemed to be white. While most may not even have noticed, some particularly upset users took to X to express their frustration.
“There’s no diversity in the half time show. DEI only goes one direction and this horrible halftime show perfectly represents why DEI needs to die,” a user wrote.
They are using DEI with a hard “R”
Wouldn’t putting even one white performer in the show count as… “Forced inclusion”?
I watched it and thought Kendrick Lamar is awesome! Samuel L Jackson is awesome! Serena Williams is awesome! DJ Mustard is awesome!
I never thought oh they’re all black…
Oh I did. I just sat there with my hands tented together saying good…gooood over and over
Kendrick knew exactly what he was doing by having everyone be non-white. I was all for it.
I spent the entire SB waiting for the halftime show for that very reason. I caught some of it, my environment was too noisy for some of it. But when I heard his opening line about the revolution being televised I knew it was going to be what I was hoping for.
Me too. I was like… ohh they aren’t gonna like this with a big ole smile on my face.
And they did not disappoint. ❄️
It’s a stupid take to complain about no white people, but to claim that it’s intentional and that’s a good thing, is even more stupid.
Uhm, what?
It was intentional. Did you not hear the lines Samuel L. Jackson said and what he wore? He was specifically playing the part of racist america. “It’s too ghetto” “oh see the slow song was nice”. Everyone being black was completely, 100% intentional.
I’m saying it’s a good thing cause it’s a middle finger to uppity white people in this country who clutch their pearls at anything more than a suntan level skin color. Look at this successful black man with all these successful black people in your white America.
Lol well I guess i really can’t say much because i didn’t watch it, but if that’s the message then I’m glad I didn’t bother. Nobody cares if black people are successful, and the couple of “uppity white people” who are bothered by their success don’t matter anyway. Seriously we’ve had successful black people in this country for a hundred years, especially in the entertainment industry. It’s not like it’s notable or offensive to anyone anymore.
Unfortunately the president matters as much as I wish he didn’t.
I just found out DJ Mustard’s first name is Dijon
DJ Mustard will Poupon all the haters.
Why are we still printing articles that quote nothing but tweets as if it’s real reporting on real human opinions instead of a psyop bot farm?
In the event you didn’t know what to think, here’s a large group of possibly real people who have maybe computer-generated opinions, that you can actually agree with, right now!
Look at how many there are, truly this is an accurate representation of your countrymen, and you… disagree with them? What’s it like being on the outside, looking in, nerd?
Thankfully, media literacy is at an all time low. So we can just keep pumping out these open-source articles that masquerade as journalism. Now your relatives and coworkers can sound intelligent and well-informed when they come to talk, even though they may have only read the headline!
For real. We need to ban these articles based on opinions from social media. They’re pretty much never representative of a real person’s opinion, and they’re mostly impossible to verify if they’ve been said by a person.
We WOULD ban them, but the person in charge of banning things is rich, and the media is owned by the rich, so we’re just gonna go ahead and keep doing this.
We could ban them here. We’re in charge here.
Tell them it was all based on merit and watch their heads explode
Affirmative Action. Critical Race Theory. DEI. We fought a Civil War over this. People got lynched. There were protests. People got beaten, bitten by dogs and hosed with water over this. And for what? So it can be taken away with the stroke of a pen. It’s a shame.
It’s very depressing how thin the veneer of progress has been proven to be. After all you mentioned.
I found this somewhere and thought it was a pretty good explanation for all the symbolism in his performance.
And even tho I’m not super familiar with his music, I do respect him and an artist and really enjoyed the show.
Edit: and Serena crip-walking on Drake getting called a pedophile on international TV was just the icing on the cake for me.
I think the stage was PlayStation symbols (play the game) - (game over)
There were four not three. Square, triangle, circle, X
I can’t fathom the logic but maybe that’s because I’m not racist. The best thing here would be if people would just enjoy shit and shut the fuck up. I will straight up admit I didn’t understand a fuckin word Lamar said on stage, but I also understand that my taste in music doesn’t include whatever type of rap it is that he performs. But I cannot fathom sitting there watching that and the only thought on my mind is ‘holy SHIT there’s not a single white person on the stage !!!’ Just…wat.
Audio quality was terrible, i saw a clip online later that was much clearer on audio
If you’ve tuned out the vocals because you can’t understand it, the music because you don’t like it, and have to sit there for 15 minutes with it on because you don’t want to miss the actual game, then that kind of thinking happens. Not saying it’s right. I’ll be honest, it was odd, but IDGAF about the half time show. So yes, people are looking for the opportunity to point this type of thing out.
“DEI only goes one direction” which means what exists when there is no DEI?
Take your time.
I noticed. I intentionally checked. And when I saw there were no white people I chuckled to myself because I know this would make piss the racists the fuck off.
wtf is wrong with people. You watch a show and all you can think of if the race of the ppl dancing? Stop this obsession ppl!
That show was HORRIBLE! There was no DIVERSITY!
-Americans making DIVERSITY, EQUALITY, INCLUSION illegal!
Was never an issue when ya’ll were pouring acid to get us out of the pool. Or when we couldn’t go to “white only” businesses. Or schools.
A white performer can have an entire stage of nothing but white dancers and they wouldn’t say boo, but the black performer does the same, suddenly they see it as unfair. 🙄
Was never an issue when ya’ll were pouring acid to get us out of the pool
Hadn’t heard about this one
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/motel-manager-pouring-acid-water-black-people-swam-pool-1964/
The motel manager, Jimmy Brock, in an effort to break up the party, poured a bottle of muriatic acid into the pool, hoping the swimmers would become scared and leave.
One swimmer, who knew that the ratio of acid to pool water was so great that the acid was no longer a threat, drank some of the pool water to calm the other swimmers’ fears.
It did not scare the swimmers, though it seems like it was effective in making the protesters at least nervous — the amount of acid to the amount of water being so small it was mostly safe—and so a cop jumped in to arrest people.
Ah that’s why. Still a dick move, but definitely not the horror show it is intended to sound like, and not as often as it’s intended to sound, being “once” and all.
An off-duty policeman, Officer Henry Billitz, jumped in—except for his shoes still fully clothed—in an attempt at dragging them out himself; he beat them up as well.
Yeah that’s about what I’d expect.
In 2007, aged 85, Jimmy Brock died at his St. Augustine home.
Well, good news, looks like everyone who threw acid into pools to scare black people 61yr ago is dead! At least there’s that. That whole “policeman” thing otoh…
@2ugly2live @ByteOnBikes Yep! I think a big part of this is the visually organized aspect of it. It touches something deep in observers. Historically, choreography was related to military training. I think that racially uncomfortable people feel subconsciously threatened by large, well-organized performances by non-whites. I know that may sound dumb, but I really believe it.
The Superbowl has had such displays by all-white groups for many years, and who’s heard any noise about that?
X users are taking to the platform to complain amid the [Super Bowl].
Well that’s your problem, you got nazis in your platform.
Got a little platform in all your Nazis*
