Kendrick has not spoken up about the genocide despite having a huge platform and impact. Not only that, his music is very conscious about issues on the world, especially in America, so there’s more irony there.
Kendrick Lamar is a rapper active since 2011 (Debut Album release), however, he’s been making music all his life.
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Position is unknown. Kendrick is a socially consious rappers and has talked about America's corruptions in many of his songs. In fact, thats the main message of his album 'To Pimp A Butterfly.'
Notably, this mirrors Kendrick's silence during the BLM protests. Kendrick has critized those who chase activism trends as "overnight activists".
However, Kendrick Lamar was touring from October-December 2023. He has not used the attention that he garners in-person and online to speak out against the occupation. Being silent during a time of need makes him as complicit as any other silent artist.
Silence = Complicity:
For those who have passionately spoken out against other instances of genocide and massacres, yet fall silent when it comes to the suffering endured by Palestinians, their silence becomes a glaring indictment of the value placed on Palestinian lives and perpetuates a dangerous narrative that suggests Palestinian suffering is somehow less worthy of outrage, less deserving of empathy and less human than that of others.
By choosing silence in the face of Palestinian suffering, those with influential platforms inadvertently contribute to the erasure of Palestinian voices and experiences. They perpetuate a narrative of invisibility that allows the injustices inflicted upon Palestinians to continue unabated, shielded from the spotlight of global scrutiny.
Their silence sends a chilling message of complicity to the world – one that suggests Palestinian lives are expendable, their struggles inconsequential and their humanity negotiable. It emboldens perpetrators of violence and oppression, granting them impunity under the guise of indifference.
To remain silent in the face of Palestinian suffering is to betray the very essence of activism – the relentless pursuit of justice for all, without exception or equivocation. It’s a betrayal not only of the Palestinian people but of the universal principles of human dignity and equality and instead is a tacit endorsement of the dehumanization and marginalization of an entire population.
True activism demands consistency and integrity, an unwavering commitment to speaking truth to power and standing in solidarity with the marginalized and oppressed, regardless of geography or politics.
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