Why is race so important in music? It's something I've thought about often when i think about who the artists I listen to are. Why is specifying what ethnicity a musician is matter? Why can't we just call them American, or British, or Canadian, or Colombian? Does it really matter.
In general, suc a strong emphasis is placed on race in general. beyond music. In all arts, who the person is is almost as important as what they've done. The 2002 Academy Awards stick out in my memory, not just because Denzel Washington won best actor and Halle Berry won best actress, but because it was pointed out that it was the first time two African Americans won the best actor/actress awards. Did their race make an impact in the voting, I think so. Race is something we use to judge and make decisions by constantly, whether we like it or not.
As pointed out in my last post about the white rapper, race is just as relevant in rap music, if not more. There are a number of African American rock n' roll musicians I know of but their names and other important information I simply don't remember. yet there is so much more about famous white rappers which do stick out and I do remember. Whether be Eminem, Beastie Boys, Snow, Machine Gun Kelly, the color of these rappers stick out. Daddy Yankee and Pitbull are two rappers who stick out to me for being Latina rappers.
No matter how hard we try, race matters. We are not actually colorblind, we see a black person there are certain things we assume. Same goes for White, Hispanic, Asian, Middle Eastern, or whatever. We can try however hard we want, but we all see color.
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