Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Wasn’t a Performance—It Was an Insurrection

How Kendrick Lamar Just Staged the Most Radical Protest in Super Bowl History—And Why Most People Missed It

I. The Illusion of Black Success in America

Black America has always been expected to entertain, not educate. Dance, but don’t disrupt. Be loud in the arenas, but silent in the boardrooms.

This is the deal they’ve handed us since the plantation days:

• We can sing, but not own the stage.

• We can rap, but not own the masters.

• We can dribble, but not own the team.