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The FCC received 125 complaints about Kendrick Lamar’s concert, according to public records obtained by WIRED, with many focusing on the lack of white performers.

wrd.cmSuper Bowl Halftime Show Complaints Focused on Lack of DEI for White PeopleThe FCC received 125 complaints about Kendrick Lamar’s concert, according to public records obtained by WIRED, with many focusing on the lack of white performers.

The controversy over Lamar’s performance highlights the hypocrisy around the DEI backlash; experts say the term has come to serve as a modern-day slur wielded against people of color, while at the same time, the people offended by it see themselves as being victims of a lack of diversity.

wired.comSuper Bowl Halftime Show Complaints Focused on Lack of DEI for White PeopleThe FCC received 125 complaints about Kendrick Lamar’s concert, according to public records obtained by WIRED, with many focusing on the lack of white performers.

As we announced a few weeks ago, Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. No paywall here.

wired.comSuper Bowl Halftime Show Complaints Focused on Lack of DEI for White PeopleThe FCC received 125 complaints about Kendrick Lamar’s concert, according to public records obtained by WIRED, with many focusing on the lack of white performers.

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@unclefunker.bsky.social

125 racist Karens is a pretty statistically insignificant number given the total audience size.

evecolie.bsky.social

@evecolie.bsky.social

Truth

chiffonelle29 CATS OF NAFO🇨🇦🇺🇦😻

@chiffonelle29.bsky.social

Thank you