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Is racism why Adele beat Beyoncé at the Grammys? - CNN.com
LOL, this is why crying racism has become the equivalent of crying wolf.
Never mind Adele's talent, the fact that she sold a helluva lot more albums last year, and the fact that her album got played a helluva lot more than Beyoncé's. Never mind that Beyoncé has 22 Grammys already.
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But with its racial themes and imagery, some are questioning if the project was "just too black" for Grammy voters.
Kevin Powell, author of the memoir "The Education of Kevin Powell" and a forthcoming biography on rapper Tupac Shakur, thinks so.
He told CNN "Beyonce's 'Lemonade' made a lot of people uncomfortable, because it is so political, so spiritual, so unapologetically black, and so brutally honest about love, self-love, trust, betrayal."
"We are still a nation that does not want to deal so directly with truth," said Powell, who has written about music and race for various publications, including Vibe magazine. "Adele's album is strong, but it is just songs about love. It is safe and uncontroversial; it breaks no new ground. And neither do Grammy voters, generally speaking, when it comes to picking winners of this particular award."
LOL, this is why crying racism has become the equivalent of crying wolf.
Never mind Adele's talent, the fact that she sold a helluva lot more albums last year, and the fact that her album got played a helluva lot more than Beyoncé's. Never mind that Beyoncé has 22 Grammys already.
CNN's favorite game.
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