It’s an argument about which millionaire is profiting from this particular issue. Neither of those guys are out here working on the cause aside from lip service and the occasional check.
THIS!
I think the point being made is only ostensibly related to Kaepernick or Jay-Z. It’s more that there aren’t spaces for productive resistance when resistance itself is commodified by the very entities and systems being pushed back against.
the only thing i got from this article is that ALL his takes are bad.
That is dumb and a oversimplification of a complex issue. People like Oprah and Bill Gates have donated billions of dollars to try and help the less fortunate. Is that a bad thing?
Look, this situation was untenable. Something had to give. And when I look at this situation I place the blame, as I do with most things, fully on Maroon 5.
“There’s no need to ‘take a knee’ when you enjoy Sunday’s NFL games. With the new Jay-Z-Boy™ line of recliners from La-Z-Boy® and hip-hop impresario Jay-Z, you can ‘take a stand’ against discomfort in your living room!
Honestly, who cares what Nike or other corporations actually “think” when they do stuff like this? Motives are interesting but don’t really matter if you’re trying to bring attention to stuff and do change - I doubt every supporter of a good cause in history had the noblest pure intent in doing so.
Yeah, seriously? I don’t get his point as it comes to Kaepernick. The NFL colluded to ensure the man lost his job. While he made a lot prior to being blackballed, he literally gave up his dream and his income by making his stand. He didn’t sell out by taking the Nike money and doing the ad campaign. And as noted by…
As one might expect, Michael Harriot says it best, in his open letter to Jay-Z:
I definitely oppose spending 0.02% of the federal budget on school lunches for poor people because I don’t have freedom if federal dollars are spent thusly, and not because such spending disproportionately provides food for minority children.
Hard to blame New York when the band itself plays Brooklyn on every tour, has special events/anniversaries exclusively in Brooklyn, and refers to themselves as a Brooklyn band.
They look at existing fan bases, not just population.
While not the Hold Steady, I’ve also enjoyed Finn’s solo albums, each on more than the last one. We All Want the Same Things is a great album.
I am a giant fan, and I would suggest that the band dropped (slightly) when Franz Nicolay left for a bit. So glad they brought him back. Nicolay feels a bit like Clarence Clemons to the Hold Steady - this ineffable element that really raises their game. Is it necessary? Not exactly. But I think Boys and Girls in…
If the city is going to actually own the stadium, though, that doesn’t seem unreasonable.
to be fair, st louis is an actual legit soccer hotbed from before it was cool. now, good news there, bad news they invented white boy pay-to-play travel teams, but maybe they can overcome that and actually bring POC into the game.
I’m a mom of a six month old boy, but I’m not a #boymom. Not only do I not have time to read mommy blogs or get into mom culture, but it seems very limiting for mothers to build their outward identity around motherhood. I mean, yeah, I spend like 80% of my time when not working or sleeping with my baby, but at least I…