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Well, I tried. Cringe is eating me up alive
They look like his bodyguards đ
this presenter is like what id imagine f1twt to be if it were a person
Just logged in to share how Checo bullies Nico. Love these two, they grew up together and keep bullying each other, if that's not love, then fanfics lied to me all this time.
Max going into a season without Checo and realizing heâs going to be stuck with a whiny kid who makes the cars movie and acting like ken his whole personality
Grab your shirts !!
A Crash Course to Kendrick's Super Bowl Performance, from a Black Woman
Note: this does NOT go in depth into all of the song's lyrics. I don't have time to recount two decades of his discography. This is just a summary of the performance itself.
Let's start with the first visual we get:
UNCLE SAM - most notably recognized from WWII American wartime propaganda, Uncle Sam is the personification of American patriotism and freedom. The term "uncle" is also evocative of Uncle Tom from Uncle Tom's Cabin, an abolitionist book that aided in inciting the Civil War. Uncle is also a very common term (both endearment and derogatory) towards Black men (eg. "unc"). Samuel L Jackson was fantastic.
Uncle Sam also resembles a circus ringleader, notable for my next point:
THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME - no, not Super Bowl. The GAG is us the people being pitted against each other: through late-stage capitalism, through the culture war, through class warfare, through being built of the backs of slaves. We are all players in the GAG because none of us on this site were the oligarchs seated at the inauguration.
This is also seen as Kendrick's stage was a Play Station controller. Not only did it remind of circus rings visually, but it was a game battle stage. The Great American Game is a battle royale of the commoners for the amusement of the rich whites.
Remember the foods / Them color was tin and brown / But now they 100 and blue - For this I'll just say, look what the last election said about lowering the price of eggs... and look at the prices now.
The revolution about to be televised / You picked the right time / But the wrong guy - Election 2024 once more. *Edit to add, the first part of this lyric is in reference to the Black Liberation Song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" by Gil Scott-Heron. Thanks to everyone who mentioned that.
THE FLAG DANCERS - yes, the dancers formed the US flag... off of the backs of Black people. Not a single white person in sight, and that's true of the cotton pickers in the fields. Plantations are part of how the US came to economic prominence after being a "backwater" colony. Remember tobacco? Cotton? Our bloodlines do. *Edit to add: they also all piled out of a clown car. The US flag in a clown car? Brilliant.
The red and blue dancers are also notable for representing the Crips and Bloods, two infamous street gangs. The dance in Not Like Us is the Crip Walk. I recommend researching more on your own time about them, but just know they are a large part of the stereotype of Black people being "ghetto."
TOO LOUD, TOO RECKLESS, TOO GHETTO. Do you really know how to play the game? - This is exactly what Black people, especially Black men, get told all the time. It's why we change our names on resumes if they sound "too Black." It's why we codeswitch in non-Black company. This is especially rich considering how non-Black people love our culture and love to make money off of us, as the latter part of the quote points to. And it's even more profound during the Super Bowl-- the NFL is majority Black players.
STREET LIGHT A CAPELLA -- "thug" stereotype dancers to counteract the a capella connotations, with Uncle Sam then saying that Kendrick figured out "bringing other street guys around being a culture cheat code." Yes, this is a direct hit at Drake (listen to "Not Like Us") but also politically. Look up "model minority". Notably I would point to Candace Owens, or the Miami Venezuelan political group that's been in the news recently, especially as this directly led to Kendrick being surrounded by...
DANCERS IN WHITE -- it's white America. That's... that's the allegory.
NOT LIKE US TEASER -- Kendrick says "Not Like Us" is "their favorite song." -> he means white people specifically here. It comes after he's surrounded by all white dancers, the women around him who are his call and response are also in white (my opinion, they represent the industry). He's saying "Not Like Us" is the favorite of yts because it is about BLACK MEN FIGHTING. This again is reflected in the video game stage and ringleader Uncle Sam.
SZA -- instead of giving what they want, we see SZA. She's one of Drake's exes and Kendrick has always supported her.
ALL THE STARS -- This was in the first Black Panther movie, which I recommend you watch. Rest in Power Chadwick. Notably, this movie was incredibly mainstream as a major Marvel movie, and then we have Uncle Sam say...
"THAT'S WHAT AMERICA WANTS: NICE AND CALM. DON'T MESS THIS UP" -- translation: Marvel (the industry, America, etc.) wanted a safe, semi-pop song because white American likes safe pop songs, not Kendrick's usual heavy rap style about his life as a Black man! Don't mess up what you've got going mainstream for having this "Black rap feud" with Drake, who is an R&B model minority to white people because he's safe.
So what does Kendrick say?
IT'S A CULTURAL DIVIDE / IMMA GET IT ON THE FLOOR -- He was warned not to be political or apologetically Black for this Super Bowl performance, but he is using this big stage opportunity to speak out.
40 ACRES AND A MULE / THIS IS BIGGER THAN THE MUSIC -- 40 acres and a mule are what the freed slaves were promised. Instead, this land went to white sharecroppers. Research Jim Crow laws.
THEY TRIED TO RIG THE GAME / BUT YOU CAN'T FAKE INFLUENCE -- rig the election, rig the industry like with model minority Drake, rig the Great American Game with culture war to distract from active class warfare.
NOT LIKE US -- the only thing I'll mention because it made me holler is Serena Williams crip walking on Drake's metaphorical grave. She's another one of his exes.
TURN THE TV OFF -- exactly like he said! The TV is a distraction, the Super Bowl is a distraction, the mainstream news is often a distraction. Turn it off and get with your people!
GAME OVER â could not see this on my stream but at the end of the performance, the lights in the stadium spelled this out. The world is watching, AmericaâŠ
In conclusion, Kendrick Lamar is a visionary and thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
Some drivers post shirtless pics at the gym but Max only has to post a photo of himself wearing something other than team wear and we are all screaming and going feral and shouting thirst trap. I love that for him.
âbut real madrid donât need to act like everyoneâs against them..â
mr commentator sir thatâs. thatâs like. their whole thing. thatâs literally all they do. manufactured victimhood is LITERALLY their entire culture
i think if Checo joined Cadillac, Max would kill everyone on the track and then himself in front of Checo to change the trajectory of his life forever
christian horner opening his mouth just to talk bad about Checo every time the Cadillac rumors go around saying checo would be the greatest option.. a sick and evil man. when will horner die i am not kidding i need that man dead.
this blog hates donald trump
Look how many people hate him. Iâm pretty damn happy about that đđđđđđ
Okay so I'm looking to get nnta published soon
I mean a steamy mafia romance where the mc is modelled after Carlos Sainz? What more could you want?
honestly i canât even stand âyuki swears so much heeheeâ jokes anymore. He doesnât even swear that much heâs just japanese so you think itâs funny. at this point all youâre doing is feeding into this infantilized stereotype and contributing to the racism that makes the sport refuse to take him seriously for the driver he is.
well đ§ââïž as a reminder this blog is NOT a safe space for trump supporters but it IS a safe place for women, queers, trans ppl, people of color, undocumented people, and any marginalized group.
POV youâre on the track in 2025 after Max Verstappen had his comfort teammate ripped away from him and removed from the grid and the FIA rolled out new rules specifically to target his championship points
official elon musk hate post reblog to hate like to hate reply to hate
Well, well, well.
More truths come out.
Here.
âI hope bad bunny collabs with RBR for the Miami GP this year!!1!â Benito comes out with an album about colonization pushing out latinos from where they belong & u think heâs gonna collab with a REDBULL WITHOUT CHECO? đ
genuinely despondent whenever i remember i wonât see them on the grid next year. they took away my emotional support motorsport minorities
if anyone lives in the US and is an immigrant i hope you are all safe right nowâice trucks are already in cities and trump is issuing a massive raid tomorrow. if ice does come to your door do not open it if they don't have a signed warrant by a judge. they do not have the right to come in a force you from your homes. do not sign anything or answer any of their questions because well! they're authority figures and they're extremely manipulative and it is your right to refuse questioning
people are talking about how terrible it is that non-american f1 creators were talking bad about american f1 tracks and fans and like, yeah thatâs bad and people shouldnât be doing thatâŠ
Where was this energy for when people talk horribly about the Mexico GP and Mexican/latino fans? đ
Elon Musk doing a n*zi salute, Trump declaring he will change the Gulf Of Mexico to the Gulf Of America, ending birthright citizenship, ICE raids starting.
Birthright citizenship is protected under the U.S constitution. This is a slap in the face to all the hardworking immigrants who come to America for a better life for them and their families.
As of now, Iâve seen videos and posts that ICE will begin raids in Chicago. To all my immigrant friends in Chicago, stay safe and know that you have rights in this country.
Iâm scared for these next four years. Iâm scared for my friends and family, for the people of color, for the LGBTQ community, for the future.
To the Latinos for trump people, remember that you voted for this. You vote will cause so much damage to families. I donât support all Latinos, some of you are insufferable.
I know I have made several posts about politics, but you have to understand that for me, it has always been politics. My family is going to be affected by all these changes. I hope the day never comes when I get a phone call from a loved one saying my uncle or aunt got taken away by ICE.
Hereâs some cities that are going to have ICE raids in the upcoming days:
Stay safe everyone â€ïž
America is the land of immigrants!
well đ§ââïž as a reminder this blog is NOT a safe space for trump supporters but it IS a safe place for women, queers, trans ppl, people of color, undocumented people, and any marginalized group.
I think this TikTok ban is going to be the thing to radicalize me bc wdym the USâs top priority for the last five years has been banning a foreign social media app that doesnât steal any more of your data than Meta, but not gun control or womenâs rights to their bodies or the economy crisis or global warming or homelessness or world hunger or literally any fucking thing that actually matters?
TikTok being banned is making me have withdrawals
itâs not the fact we donât have the entertainment anymore on tiktok itâs the fact that we DONT have a unfiltered platform to talk about whatâs happening in the world. Maybe this only goes for people in the USA but we donât have a MAJOR PLATFORM THAT IS NOT CONNECTED TO THE US GOVERNMENT TO COMMUNICATE ON.
hear me loud and clear we donât have freedom of speech
and iâm using all the # to get awareness.
Well, well, well.
More truths come out.
Here.
I also just have to say that I know people are worried for Jack Doohan about his seat (and they have a right to!) but I hope this doesnât come with more hatred for Franco and his fans. People can talk about how much Alpine sucks without dragging Franco about it.
people were so terrible about Franco after he replaced Logan and acting like him and his fans were the problem instead of Williams Racing. And its not a stretch at all to say people were being weirdly aggressive and mean towards them because francoâs fans are mostly latine.
âOh people only notice or care about how awfully Williams treats its drivers now that itâs Franco đââ I donât understand, more people were noticing and talking about Williams driver mistreatment BECAUSE with Franco came a new and larger audience who was helping vocalize the issues within F1 fan spaces. Why are you complaining and calling us the problem?
Iâm worried the same convos will come up this season with Alpine. Franco is a delight who is respectful to all the drivers unlike other rookies while also fighting properly for his ambition within the sport. And us fans are there to support that too! Discuss awful F1 business practices without being weird and critical towards minorities.
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS HAVE RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY!!
As the daughter of Mexican immigrants, it hurts my heart to see what is going on in Bakersfield, California. I was talking to my friend about the ICE raids and he told me âwell what do you have to worry about? Youâre a US citizen and your parents have their residency.â And thatâs true, but that still doesnât change the fact that I have family who are immigrants. Iâm extremely grateful that my parents got the opportunity to get their residency and visit their home in Mexico after 25 years. But my uncles and aunts and friends, some who live in California, are living in fear of being picked up by ICE. Theyâve built their family here in the United States, theyâre the most hardworking people Iâve ever met and the thought of them being taken away haunts me.
Sending my love to all the families, especially the children, of immigrants.