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I was reading comments the other day on Yahoo, and it struck me... racists have no idea that they’re being racist. They’re just doing what comes naturally to them, thinking it’s “normal.”
The discussion was under an article about Bad Bunny and the idea of him holding an “English-only” concert. What stood out was how some people were outraged at the thought of hearing Spanish in a show, as if it were an offense.
What they don't seem to understand is that disliking music because of the language it's performed in is, by definition, racist—or at the very least, xenophobic. It’s one thing to dislike a genre (K-pop, Latin, hip-hop, whatever). That’s a personal taste. But when your problem is the language being spoken or sung, that moves beyond taste and into prejudice.
Personally, I don’t care for Latin music much, or K-pop, or even hip-hop. Give me some old-time rock and roll! But here’s the thing—I don’t hate those genres because of the people who perform them or the language they use. It’s just not my style.
Take Santana, for example. They crossed cultural lines with ease. They were one of the best bands of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, and their hit “Oye Como Va” made it to the top of the charts—in Spanish! Back then, nobody called it unpatriotic. Now, apparently, if you don’t speak English at the Super Bowl halftime show, it’s “un-American”?
Let me tell you what’s truly un-American: racism.
Yet these MAGA-types lose their minds when someone speaks Spanish during a halftime show, as if patriotism is tied to one language.
If your idea of patriotism means silencing other cultures, then maybe you're not being patriotic—you’re just being a bigot.
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