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By Will Crois
Special to the Express
Maybe you didn’t like Bad Bunny’s halftime show.
Maybe it was because he sang in Spanish.
Funny thing is, Spanish is the second-most spoken language in the United States—something you’re reminded of every time you make a business call and hear, “Para español, oprima dos.”
Maybe you forgot La Bamba.
Maybe you forgot Macarena.
Maybe you forgot Despacito—one of the most popular songs on the planet.
All in Spanish. All embraced when it was convenient.
Maybe you thought Bad Bunny was somehow “un-American.”
But he was born in Puerto Rico—which makes him a U.S. citizen, whether you like it or not. Maybe you didn’t care to know anything about Puerto Rico’s history, because you live in what you think of as the “real” America.
Maybe you tuned in expecting an All-American halftime show—where Kid Rock led the cast. A man who once produced a porno film, but somehow that’s not the danger.
The danger is this:
It plants the idea that this is American, and that is not.
That English is patriotism.
That whiteness is culture.
That Bad Bunny is foreign,but Kid Rock belongs
