Comment on [meta] Wanted: Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show, with English subtitles _and_ cultural refernce notes

ieatpwns@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Another reference, the Puerto Rican flag with the light blue triangle is the flag from before America took over the island and changed it to match the blue of the American flag. It’s a symbol of independence and resistance. On his song “La Mudanza,” Bad Bunny raps, “Aquí mataron gente por sacar la bandera / Por eso es que ahora yo la llevo dondequiera” (They killed people here for having the flag / That’s why now I take it with me everywhere). This references the Ley de la Mordaza, or Gag Law, which banned Puerto Ricans from having a Puerto Rican flag, let alone criticize colonialism, from 1948-1957.

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