I Know I’ve Already Reblogged A Post Like This But Those “the Second Redbull Seat Is Cursed” Comments

The real question within Red Bull (leaving aside what would await it in 2025) is…

Why do CH and HM want Checo out? I think we already know that HM is a [redacted] as hell, a person that you are literally going to dislike because he is ALWAYS going to make [redacted] comments, but… CH??? He really is quite unpredictable in his word, he will NEVER admit a mistake and well, Checo is the scapegoat in RBR, but even so you can see a LOT of difference from last year to this one, last year it was "he get good points, it doesn't matter if Qualifying is bad", this year they wanted to do the same as 23, but OBVIOUSLY it didn't work out, leaving aside the OBVIOUS fact that due to the power dispute and the legal area, really

The idea that RBR is trying to get rid of Checo is already stronger, because it is no small thing. The current situation is just curious, in the middle of the year both Max and Checo were angry with the car situation, but precisely something that started with Brazil's victory made Max calm down, as if "nothing had happened", of course, people in general do not realize that they will use Checo's data (sacrifice) to give it to Max (Qatar is a GREAT example, but it would have also happened in Silverstone), but at the same time In Las Vegas, the mistake they made (coughcof) was not something "light" but rather something that has dragged on. CH prefers to defend the work that Bird does than Checo.

It really made me wonder what the next move for RBR would be. Furthermore, let's not ignore that RBR ALWAYS likes to attract attention, so for them it is being good (using Checo to distract the public from the bad car they gave their drivers). PLUS the incompetence they're giving is already at a beastly level (I really think "they can't go any lower" and they surprise me!), the rear wing of Las Vegas GP is a BIG DISAPPOINTMENT. I really want someone internal to RBR to reveal the WHOLE truth because seriously, it is a big [redacted] that has escalated the situation

I don't care how exhausting it gets, I will never stop defending Checo.

His car is actively working against him and his team (besides his teammate) aren't doing shit to support him or defend him from the media's blatant harassment or the racist and xenophobic remarks from other fans.

It's even more irritating when these are the same fans that preach about the importance of the mental health of drivers and then go and send threats and insults towards Checo for things that are OUT OF HIS CONTROL.

It's genuinely so disheartening seeing the way he's being treated by his team, the media, and F1 fans.

isack don’t ry it’s okay you did great !!!!!!!

sucks that this happened on his first race but he will do great in the next race and following races, trust

GET THAT CAMERA OUT HIS FACE RN

“but real madrid don’t need to act like everyone’s against them..”

mr commentator sir that’s. that’s like. their whole thing. that’s literally all they do. manufactured victimhood is LITERALLY their entire culture

Max as always is the only one who understands anything ever. He's out there defending Checo with his full chest every race, why does the words of a 3-time world champion fall on such deaf ears.

Also Checo knew his quali was ruined before it started because of how poorly Redbull was managing this weekend, that's why he made sure he wanted to help Max and contribute what he could even with such terrible conditions.

This is truly a Checo weekend he is haunting the narrative so bad.

Yuki talking about Checo being like a dad to him, now Max quoting Checo after his win with a voice crack i can't i can't

Max was tweaking on the radio during Hungary. Liam stuck up his middle finger at Checo and has said a bunch of out of pocket stuff on the radio other times. I wish F1 journalists weren't so useless and directly asked Christian Horner why he's racist against Yuki

I am starting to see people praying or hoping that they break up ....these people need help and need to stop acting like they will ever have a chance. The comment section had people praying on the down fall of their relationship which is so disgusting

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEEEEEE GET SOME COMMON SENSE. i can't with some people saying 'alex padilla and lamine yamal aren't dating' WHAT DO YOU MEAAAAAAN. like esp when they say shit like 'her bio says "im married" 🤓' .. if i say im a gazillionaire in my bio does that mean i become a gazillionaire ??? NUH UH. also 'they're just friends' ... wake up 💜 i saw this tiktok account trying to start a rumor about that poor gorgeous, gorgeous girl quoting that she said that lamine is better than ronaldo or something like damn.. let that girlie breathe???? plus starting rumors she's older than him by like five years when she's just a year older is wild.. also the "lamine yamal is mine" comments are so cringe like eugh js put the fries in the bag.. sorry for the yap session but i had to get it out of my system before i combusted into thin air.

A Crash Course to Kendrick's Super Bowl Performance, from a Black Woman

Note: this does NOT go in depth into all of the song's lyrics. I don't have time to recount two decades of his discography. This is just a summary of the performance itself.

Let's start with the first visual we get:

UNCLE SAM - most notably recognized from WWII American wartime propaganda, Uncle Sam is the personification of American patriotism and freedom. The term "uncle" is also evocative of Uncle Tom from Uncle Tom's Cabin, an abolitionist book that aided in inciting the Civil War. Uncle is also a very common term (both endearment and derogatory) towards Black men (eg. "unc"). Samuel L Jackson was fantastic.

Uncle Sam also resembles a circus ringleader, notable for my next point:

THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME - no, not Super Bowl. The GAG is us the people being pitted against each other: through late-stage capitalism, through the culture war, through class warfare, through being built of the backs of slaves. We are all players in the GAG because none of us on this site were the oligarchs seated at the inauguration.

This is also seen as Kendrick's stage was a Play Station controller. Not only did it remind of circus rings visually, but it was a game battle stage. The Great American Game is a battle royale of the commoners for the amusement of the rich whites.

Remember the foods / Them color was tin and brown / But now they 100 and blue - For this I'll just say, look what the last election said about lowering the price of eggs... and look at the prices now.

The revolution about to be televised / You picked the right time / But the wrong guy - Election 2024 once more. *Edit to add, the first part of this lyric is in reference to the Black Liberation Song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" by Gil Scott-Heron. Thanks to everyone who mentioned that.

THE FLAG DANCERS - yes, the dancers formed the US flag... off of the backs of Black people. Not a single white person in sight, and that's true of the cotton pickers in the fields. Plantations are part of how the US came to economic prominence after being a "backwater" colony. Remember tobacco? Cotton? Our bloodlines do. *Edit to add: they also all piled out of a clown car. The US flag in a clown car? Brilliant.

The red and blue dancers are also notable for representing the Crips and Bloods, two infamous street gangs. The dance in Not Like Us is the Crip Walk. I recommend researching more on your own time about them, but just know they are a large part of the stereotype of Black people being "ghetto."

TOO LOUD, TOO RECKLESS, TOO GHETTO. Do you really know how to play the game? - This is exactly what Black people, especially Black men, get told all the time. It's why we change our names on resumes if they sound "too Black." It's why we codeswitch in non-Black company. This is especially rich considering how non-Black people love our culture and love to make money off of us, as the latter part of the quote points to. And it's even more profound during the Super Bowl-- the NFL is majority Black players.

STREET LIGHT A CAPELLA -- "thug" stereotype dancers to counteract the a capella connotations, with Uncle Sam then saying that Kendrick figured out "bringing other street guys around being a culture cheat code." Yes, this is a direct hit at Drake (listen to "Not Like Us") but also politically. Look up "model minority". Notably I would point to Candace Owens, or the Miami Venezuelan political group that's been in the news recently, especially as this directly led to Kendrick being surrounded by...

DANCERS IN WHITE -- it's white America. That's... that's the allegory.

NOT LIKE US TEASER -- Kendrick says "Not Like Us" is "their favorite song." -> he means white people specifically here. It comes after he's surrounded by all white dancers, the women around him who are his call and response are also in white (my opinion, they represent the industry). He's saying "Not Like Us" is the favorite of yts because it is about BLACK MEN FIGHTING. This again is reflected in the video game stage and ringleader Uncle Sam.

SZA -- instead of giving what they want, we see SZA. She's one of Drake's exes and Kendrick has always supported her.

ALL THE STARS -- This was in the first Black Panther movie, which I recommend you watch. Rest in Power Chadwick. Notably, this movie was incredibly mainstream as a major Marvel movie, and then we have Uncle Sam say...

"THAT'S WHAT AMERICA WANTS: NICE AND CALM. DON'T MESS THIS UP" -- translation: Marvel (the industry, America, etc.) wanted a safe, semi-pop song because white American likes safe pop songs, not Kendrick's usual heavy rap style about his life as a Black man! Don't mess up what you've got going mainstream for having this "Black rap feud" with Drake, who is an R&B model minority to white people because he's safe.

So what does Kendrick say?

IT'S A CULTURAL DIVIDE / IMMA GET IT ON THE FLOOR -- He was warned not to be political or apologetically Black for this Super Bowl performance, but he is using this big stage opportunity to speak out.

40 ACRES AND A MULE / THIS IS BIGGER THAN THE MUSIC -- 40 acres and a mule are what the freed slaves were promised. Instead, this land went to white sharecroppers. Research Jim Crow laws.

THEY TRIED TO RIG THE GAME / BUT YOU CAN'T FAKE INFLUENCE -- rig the election, rig the industry like with model minority Drake, rig the Great American Game with culture war to distract from active class warfare.

NOT LIKE US -- the only thing I'll mention because it made me holler is Serena Williams crip walking on Drake's metaphorical grave. She's another one of his exes.

TURN THE TV OFF -- exactly like he said! The TV is a distraction, the Super Bowl is a distraction, the mainstream news is often a distraction. Turn it off and get with your people!

GAME OVER — could not see this on my stream but at the end of the performance, the lights in the stadium spelled this out. The world is watching, America…

In conclusion, Kendrick Lamar is a visionary and thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

white people are in shambles over a helmet tap (LITERALLY a tap. george full-on beat bottas on the head when they crashed) in their desperation to characterize a mexican man as a violent stereotype...

checo had his entire race ruined after struggling in a tractor most of the season, his father suffered a pre-heart attack that same morning, his team FINALLY admitted to ignoring his car concerns and blaming his mental health for over a year, all while being letting him be dragged through the mud of horrifically racist and xenophobic press and fans that sometimes even threatened his wife and kids...

brother it is a MIRACLE of a testament to his character that he HASN'T completely broken and gone insane while staying as controlled and gracious as he is. No one deserves to go through that kind of mental and emotional strain. If he had picked up a golf club and started swinging at everyone in sight I would've understood why he snapped. But he can't, white people are already clutching their pearls over him merely being upset on the radio right after his crash. He knows that nonwhite people are never allowed any grace and empathy for expressing any level of anger or frustration. Look at Yuki, look at Lewis! In the end the world will always side with a white man when there's a Person of Color involved.