“A Look Inside Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Humble’: Extraordinary Blackness, Grey Poupon & Women”

Jess Brooks
On Race — isms
1 min readMay 19, 2018

“What makes “Formation” and “Humble” resonate deeply with black people is the way it juxtaposes black excellence and authenticity with black struggle and the black come up. In both visuals, we are stunned by the capacity of our wonder, and the gravity of our community’s issues, such as racism, police brutality and more. The result: iconic, moving visuals that speak volumes.”

Pretty much just posting for those 3 sentences. The rest of the post is fine if you are still looking for analysis of Humble

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Jess Brooks
On Race — isms

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