Yes, friends, in the midst of the anti-diversity agenda being pushed onto our country by our new broligarchs, February remains Black History Month. And the garbage-spewing MAGA crowd is celebrating like it’s 1949. Case in point: performances at the Super Bowl this past Sunday.
For starters, there was Ledici performing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” also known as the Black national anthem, as part of the pre-game ceremony. Keep in mind the song has been performed at every Super Bowl since 2021. But this year, MAGA mouthpieces went nuts, calling the song a “racist relic” and claiming that it promotes divisions between Americans. Read more at HuffPost and Newsweek.
Then of course there was Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance. MAGA goons claimed not to know who Lamar is, despite his (count them) 22 Grammys, an Oscar nomination and a Pulitzer Prize. Highlights of their racist rants include calling it a “DEI show,” an example of “fading white culture” and impossible to understand. (We’re looking at YOU, Lauren Boebert!) Read more at Rolling Stone and HuffPost.