Excellent reason to not watch that shit this year.
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I hope Kendrick Lamar makes a pro-Black political statement during his performance, as well as performing Not Like Us.
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People being racially profiled by their neighbors…reminds me of the Terrell Owens video a few years back:
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Ugh… what an asshole that woman is…
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A week old, but I couldn’t find it on this site:
A conservative nonprofit has posted the names and photos of more than 50 federal workers on what it is calling a “watch list” related to diversity, equity and inclusion, asking President Trump to fire them.
The group says the workers named in its “D.E.I. bureaucrat watch list” supported diversity, criticized Mr. Trump on social media or made donations to Democrats. Many of the targets are Black workers at health agencies.
The list was compiled by the American Accountability Foundation, a small right-wing nonprofit that was founded in 2020 to oppose Biden administration policies and nominees. Since Mr. Trump’s election, the group has stepped up its targeting of specific federal workers — some of them career employees with little power — that it believes oppose his agenda.
The list included “dossiers” about individual staff members, listing what it called their “D.E.I. offenses.”
For example, one 24-year-old C.D.C. staff member was singled out for a social media post she published on her 20th birthday about “the harsh truths of racism,” and for reposting a social media item about pain equity — an issue underpinned by research finding bias in how women, Black and Latino people are treated when in pain.
The foundation previously published “watch lists” of workers at the Defense, Education and Homeland Security Departments. This latest list, published on an affiliated website, includes workers from federal health agencies like the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many of them in programs aimed at improving the health of people of color and other vulnerable Americans.
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Oh no, so many white women gonna lose their jobs!
/s
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Watch is the new Enemies.
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It’s funny to think that just a few years ago, this dance cause mayhem.
The difference? The space she was in.
At Wimbledon:
→ “What she did was immature and classless” - Fox Sports
→ “Separated from the violence associated with that dance” - LA Times
→ Faced pressure to apologize for… celebrating her gold medalAt the Super Bowl:
→ Surrounded by Kendrick Lamar’s unapologetic Blackness
→ Standing alongside other Black artists owning their narratives
→ Free to be joyful, petty, and gloriously herself
→ Even joked backstage: “Man I did not crip walk like that at Wimbledon… I would’ve been fined!”Let that sink in.
Some context:
→ 79% of Black women report having to change their behavior at work to make others comfortable (Catalyst)
→ 54% of Black women leaders report feeling pressure to modify their communication style or appearance (McKinsey)
→ Companies with inclusive cultures are 2x more likely to meet or exceed financial targets (Deloitte)Here’s the truth:
When we create spaces where Black women don’t have to shrink…
When we center Black voices and experiences…
When we celebrate instead of police Black joy…Magic happens.
And sometimes that magic looks like a tennis GOAT doing the crip walk on the world’s biggest stage, right after her ex got dissed, while millions cheer.
That’s not just pettiness.
That’s not just dancing.
That’s freedom.
The real question: Why does this freedom only exist in certain spaces? And what are we doing to change that?
Because if Serena Williams—23 Grand Slams, greatest of all time—couldn’t be her full self at Wimbledon but found the freedom to dance without apology at a Black-centered Super Bowl halftime show…
Just think about how many Black women are still holding back their magic.
Still dimming their light.
Still dancing smaller than they dream.
The blueprint is clear:
Create the space.
Center Black joy.
Step aside.
Watch magic happen.
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RE Kendrick’s SBH performance:
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Do they realize that their public disdain is the best kind of endorsement? I mean, if Nugent hates it, it MUST be good!
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Indeed.
About two weeks ago, I said I hoped that Kendrick Lamar performed Not Like Us at the half time show, and that I hoped he made a political statement… and he did both, just not overtly on the latter.
The main message?
For most Black people in America, life is just a rigged game.
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The sooner White people realize it’s rigged against almost all of us, just worse for BIPOC, the better. Even the conventionally pretty White people with “good jobs” and a nice house are in a cage of their own making. That’s why so many are miserable.
Until we’re all free to be who we want, to love who we want, to do what makes us happy and feel valued, none of us are free.
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I’m not seeing the image, which is a shame because I bet it’s a good one.
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huh, no clue why that would be. I can see it. 
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Thank you!
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Some more analysis…
and more from FD…
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