• @Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca
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    151 month ago

    70% of NFL fans are white and 53% of players are black.

    So the white fans want to watch black athletes but not have anything to do with black artists. They can probably block out that the players are mostly Black, Hispanic and mixed race because they have helmets on and are just jerseys to them.

    • ajsg
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      41 month ago

      We all are mixed… we are all humans… we all are homo sapiens (modern humans) Race is a concept to divide and conquer by some humans

    • Cid Vicious
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      21 month ago

      The underlying assumption here seems to be that white people don’t listen to hip-hop, which I don’t think is true at all. I think Superbowl audiences just span several generations and Kendrick, while pretty popular, isn’t so famous to be known by a lot of old people. This has been an issue with Superbowl acts for a while now… there’s not as much of a monoculture with pop music as there used to be, and so musicians aren’t reaching the same status in pop culture as they used to.

      • @Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca
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        11 month ago

        Well I didn’t want to type out more stats from where I found them but the bigger majority of the white breakdown was 55+, which probably does have a smaller group of hip-hop listeners than lower age groups.

        • @shalafi@lemmy.world
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          -11 month ago

          I’m 54 and grew up as rap was invented and became popular. I wouldn’t expect many people older than me to dig it. And like country music, I like the older rap. What can I say? Our musical tastes get frozen in our teens and 20s.

          • @Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca
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            11 month ago

            If you start wide with your musical taste then your taste can still be pretty diverse, but I agree older music has more depth than most things coming out now.

            Tool, NIN, Rage against the Machine have messages that are hard and heavy but mean something. They take multiple listens to fully open your mind to what they are saying but sound awesome even before you know the whole point.

  • TheRealKuni
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    81 month ago

    I don’t think it’s racist to not enjoy something you’re unfamiliar with. And I worry that labeling stuff that isn’t racism as racism waters down what racism actually is.

    I didn’t really like the halftime show, but that’s because it’s not the kind of thing I usually listen to. I didn’t dislike it, it was just kind of…neutral to me. I’m guessing if I knew the tracks I would’ve enjoyed it more.

    I did like the set design. It was pretty cool.

    Had it been country music I would’ve actively disliked it.

    • @Chip_Rat@lemmy.world
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      131 month ago

      The difference is you (and I) didn’t make a big fuss to make sure everyone in our social circles is aware of the fact we didn’t like it. If someone asks me, I’ll say “yeah the clown car thing was super fun and the backup dancers did good and the guy on the lamppost, what was he doing up there? But yeah not my thing.”

      But that would imply that I thought the talent was talented and worked hard to put on a good show, which if I was a racist pos I would not want people to think I thought that.

      So to recap: not liking something that isn’t to your taste is not racism, but declaring it excessively within certain social circles certainly can be a form of virtue signalling… The signaled virtue being how white you are.

    • @Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      91 month ago

      The difference is that you’re not calling it “DEI”, highlighting the fact that you just use that as a substitute for the n word, considering that all the performers were black and there was no diversity there.

      I’m just going by what I’m reading online but to me it seems like a fair assumption that the people crying “DEI”, and who didn’t mind being in the same company as neo-nazis when it came to who they were supporting politically, are probably racist.

    • @Mac@mander.xyz
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      21 month ago

      I didn’t like it because i couldn’t understand what the man was saying. HipHop isn’t my jam so i wanted to hear this ultra-popular artist put on a show.
      I didn’t understand 90% of his lyrics.

      Was the mix awful for anyone else?

    • @jacksilver@lemmy.world
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      21 month ago

      Yeah I also didn’t care for it, but that’s cause i don’t listen to Kendrick Lamar and I find rap hard to enjoy if you’re unfamiliar with the artist/lyrics (maybe it’s just me or my hearing, but stadium/concert rap is impossible to decipher).

      Looking around at opinions, a lot of people enjoyed it so seems like he was a good pick.

      • @Mac@mander.xyz
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        11 month ago

        I’m glad i wasn’t the only one who couldn’t hear shit. The mix was terrible.

    • That term was watered down several years ago. Which is sad, because it’s supposed to be impactful and mean something when heard. Now it’s a reactionary term for “thing/person I don’t like”. I know we’ll return to normalcy eventually, but damn, it’s taking a long time.

  • @ickplant@lemmy.world
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    21 month ago

    My husband happens to look like a MAGA person (bald with a goatee and sunglasses) but he is as liberal as they come. At least he doesn’t drive a truck, lol. And he wears rainbow shirts. Cause, you know, rainbow = gay DEI or something.

  • @hddsx@lemmy.ca
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    11 month ago

    As someone who didn’t watch the Super Bowl, can anyone translate to regular people speak?

    • BigFig
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      01 month ago

      Black man do song and dance, white man angry

        • @chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz
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          11 month ago

          Not knowing anything about the performers, I found it boring. But it was totally inoffensive. Just black folks being on stage, front and center, celebrating their culture.

          You know, a nightmare for racists.

    • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      11 month ago

      Usually because they’re in the middle of a messy divorce, and “that bitch took everything.” Never their fault of course.

      • @shalafi@lemmy.world
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        01 month ago

        Been through 2 divorces and known many divorced people. LOL, can’t think of any where the woman took it all. Seems a problem with some folks though, don’t it?

  • @Siethron@lemmy.world
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    11 month ago

    Look, just because I’m balding and wear wrap around glasses doesn’t mean I’m conservative. I just don’t like the sun shining into the side of my eyes when I’m heading north or south which are the directions I primarily travel in.

  • @JakenVeina@lemm.ee
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    01 month ago

    Anyone else in the “I didn’t like the halftime show because it was completely unintelligible” camp? Seriously, I couldn’t understand one single word he was saying. Was everyone else just using captions?

  • @hOrni@lemmy.world
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    01 month ago

    I’m a bit OOTL here. Did Kendrick Lamar do something at the half time or are they actually upset because he’s black.