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Super Bowl fans whine over Kendrick Lamar's halftime show - 'DEI only goes one direction' (www.irishstar.com)

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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.

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[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

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. 🙄

[-] wesdym@mastodon.social 1 points 1 week ago

@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?

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