Super Bowl Half shows complaints focused on the lack of DEI for white people

As The most watched halftime show of all time – one who exclusively included black performers –Kendrick Lamar’s historical performance during Super Bowl Lix He was obliged to withdraw some complaints.

But according to the Federal Communications Communication Commission of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by Wired, the largest source of anger was not about the presentation itself. It was that there were not enough white people on the stage.

“I think he is a racist that there are no white people in this event,” a complainant wrote. Another Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, added: “There is something wrong when you can’t even put the white people with talent.”

In response to the Wired FoIia request, FCC Published 125 Complaints Sent to the agency by some of the over 133 million people watching. Some complained about the “vulgar” and “obscene” language uses, others focused on their inability to understand “this rap nonsense,” and some asked why Madonna or Eminem did not present themselves. Despite its offenders, the launch of Lamar was considered a cultural feat, coming just a few days after winning five grams for Drake Dis Trans “Not like us.”

But dozens of applicants were open in their beliefs that the presentation of the entirely black half-time ensemble is a racist against white people, in a bizarre turn of the wider cultural war on diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI).

For years, right-wing politicians and individuals have strongly blamed Dei’s policies for everything from The attempt to kill Donald Trump yes Doors falling from aircraft and Bridges collapseS During his election campaign in 2024, Trump firm “There is a definite anti-white feeling in this country.” Since then his administration has burst strongly Dei policies In both public and private institutions.

Some of the original online reactors of the February performance of Lamar blamed the whole show that they were form of deiS But FCC’s complaints suggest that some Super Bowl viewers believe that white people should have been beneficiaries of more diversity.

“There is no variety (white, Latin, Indians, etc.), but it seems that the black community has received its spotlight,” writes a viewer from Clovis, California, in FCC. Another complainant claims that the lack of white people was somehow returning to a previous era, as if there was another period in history when only the black people presented themselves at the SUPER BOWL half. “The lack of representation from other races takes us back in time,” writes a complainant from Monee, Illinois.

Many applicants completely missed what critics said the point of the show, Which had to emphasize the struggle of black artists to achieve the right representation as they see their art, talent and culture, appropriated by others.

Part of Lamar’s message was betrayed by actor Samuel L. Jackson, who played Uncle Sam’s character, but that seemed to be too much for some people. “Why Uncle Sam Black, when Uncle Sam was white,” a viewer from Dayton Beach, Florida, complained until Uncle Sam was a real historical character, not a symbol of military propaganda. “A racist and anti-white NFL show,” wrote another angry viewer. “Samuel Jackson, like Uncle, made fun of the white people.”

Others tried to mask their racist comments thinly, using dog whistles, describing the show as “lots of ghetto” and “low -life garbage”.

The dispute regarding Lamar’s presentation emphasizes the hypocrisy surrounding the reverse reaction of Day; Experts say the term served as contemporary stick Guided against colorful people, though at the same time, people who are offended by it see themselves as victims of a lack of diversity.