I don't have much to say about my life the last couple of days; yesterday I worked on campus, and today I worked from home, and I had quiet evenings both days. But today social media is abuzz with something that makes me very happy: Bad Bunny will be the Super Bowl halftime performer this coming year. Now I am not a particular fan of Bad Bunny - I think he performs reggaeton, which is not my jam; anyway, it's not classic salsa. But ever since people got all weird and racist about Jennifer Lopez and Shakira performing in, I think, 2019, I have just despised all these racist bigots who carp about the Super Bowl halftime show when it's not one of their ancient white male rock idols. Last year they were complaining nonstop about Kendrick Lamar, and how they hated his show. You know what? You don't have to watch it. You can just turn off the TV. There's this contingent of old white guys who only want old white guys performing in the Super Bowl halftime show because apparently they aren't aware that most people watching the Super Bowl aren't as old or as white as they are. It reminds me of when Travalon and I were in Door County and took a boat ride out to Pilot Island, and the captain said he was going to play classic rock because "everyone" likes it. Since the people who like classic rock are overwhelmingly white and male (and older), I don't know what he means by "everyone" unless he means "everyone who matters." When I used to read the magazine Rolling Stone back in college, I couldn't help noticing the critics thought music that appeals to white men is the best music, and anything that appeals to women or people of color just isn't as serious. Any woman can tell you how anything that appeals to women more than men is always denigrated in our culture. Romance novels? Not serious. Dance music? Not serious. Bright colors? Not serious. But if it's about war or anything that interests white men, then it's serious art. One of the funniest things I ever read was a man being interviewed about Kamala Harris and saying he didn't want her for president because he wanted someone who could represent "everyone," and people were piling on him: "Oh, so only white men can represent the rest of us?" This is the sound of all of us who are not white males laughing at your pathetic horror about Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl: HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA!!! And yes, he is a US citizen - he's from Puerto Rico. If you only want US citizens performing, then why weren't you bitching about the Rolling Stones performing? Hmm? I somehow think that's not actually what you're complaining about, you racist freaks. Sit down and SHUT UP!!
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