Is there really SO much xenophobia in our society? I was not prepared for it.

Lamar also performed surrounded by dancers arranged like a divided American flag, symbolizing a nation split. Overall Lamar’s performance can be viewed as a form of resistance against Trump's cultural & political agenda that seeks to actively sweep people of color off the main stage of America. /fin

Lamar made few concessions to the sort of conservative NFL viewers who had criticized Kaepernick's 2016 protests. Further, Lamar included lines that could be interpreted as disses of Drake or Trump: "Once upon a time, all of us was in chains / … / Fast-forward, 2024, you got the same agenda.” 4/

Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show, however, was "unapologetically black,” with a performance that featured dense, cryptic rhymes, Samuel L. Jackson as “Uncle Sam,” and an all Black backup cast. 3/ www.cnn.com/2018/04/21/u...

“…sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield.” — George Orwell, In Front of Your Nose, 1946 www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...