Kendrick Lamar, 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show, Political Hyperbole and the Ongoing Frantic Fear of White Fragility and White Supremacy!

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It has been several days, and Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance is still garnering controversy in a multitude of political and social circles. Lamar, a Pulitzer Prize winner, is known for his passionate storytelling, and his performance at Caesars Superdome told a story of Black Americans and their placement within the fabric of American history. It was a performance filled with political references and allusions to Black history. Given the frantic and hostile reaction from many on the pollical, social and cultural right /maga-melts-down-over-kendrick-lamars-super-bowl-lix-halftime-performance/ ,you would have thought that the artist had performed a reenactment of Nat Turner’s Rebellion raid known as the Southampton Insurrection on Southampton, Virginia in a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, the rebels, made up of enslaved African Americans, killed between 55 and 65 White people. The reality of the recent Superbowl performance was much more subdued and culturally relevant.

Lamar’s performance began with the appearance of Hollywood award-winning actor Samuel L. Jackson. Known for his deft timing and, in particular, his penchant for spewing…