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Obvious statement is obvious.

Bullshit.

She is a singer an actual singer opposed to a gimmick, she cleaned up just like Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, and  Beyonce, did so shut that shit up. If you take a look at patterns Black women have swept it up in major categories. So no.

Silly shit.

Only, no. Being white has definitely helped her gain as much recognition as she has know. Can she sing? Sure.

But being white still has a lot to do with it. 

I mean look at how many years it took artists like the aforementioned to get the praise Adele’s getting? (with the exception of Alicia who won 5 grammys as a new artist in 2002, I think…)

This isn’t new either. Look at eminem. Misogyny aside for two seconds, he can rap—but even he knew that being white helped him gain the clout he has now.

So yeah Adele can blow, but it sure as hell helps that she’s white. 

^^^^^ that

oh, my god who the FUCK cares

Not your white ass, clearly. But hey, why should you? You’ve got privilege to worry about.

Agree with both, but all in all: who the fuck DOES care? Privilege is important to recognize, white skin gets you that- why aren’t we talking about how celebrity drives capitalism, and how capitalism hurts all? Who the FUCK cares about fake celebrities whether they are black white or any colour? 

OMG. LMFAO. That is some regular old white-occupy-er-esque BULLSHIT. “Yes I have white privilege, but clearly we need to be talking about capitalism because it hurts us ALLLL!!1!!!”

What’s that you say, PoC, ya’ll be down here for centuries suffering at the hands of capitalism? Don’t be silly, that’s only be a problem since white kids had degrees and couldn’t get jobs.

What’s that? I have huge privileges because of my skin? Pish-posh, let’s talk about finances!

Please. The derailing. I cannot.

really tho? stop that. just stop.

first of all let me just say how annoying it is that every time something like this is pointed out some YT always has to jump in with “BUT REMEMBER THAT TIME WE GAVE TWO OR THREE OF Y’ALL SOMETHING? OMG WHY MUST YOU ALWAYS COMPLAIN, BE HAPPY WITH WHAT WE’VE GIVEN YOU.” man, fuck all that. this is as bad as the “we have a black president, therefore we are totally post-racial” arguments. it doesn’t change the fact that yes, if Adele was a black woman she likely wouldn’t be getting near the recognition that she is now. now let me go into why/how you should recognize this.

black people do not get rewarded for doing typically “black” things. let me repeat this: black people do not get rewarded for doing what we are already expected to be able and used to doing. the number of awards aren’t even the issue here - i remember pretty much this same argument cropping up when Amy Winehouse became popular, and it was just as true then as it is now. it’s about the overall recognition and immediate commercial success that comes with being a recognized  ‘blue-eyed soul’ artist. these types of artists always get heralded b/c people get blown away by all that soul coming out of that white body. like, omg, can you ever imagine?

but black artists, we sing like that all the time, right? it’s what you expect from us. hell, it’s what WE expect from us. so no one bats an eye at that. no one is overwhelmed and shocked and floored and ready to bestow all sorts of accolades on a black soul artist for being able to sing the way Adele does. let’s be real, Adele’s sound is very old school, not contemporary at all. people think it’s “refreshing” amidst the current wave of electro-pop but if this were a black artist do you really think CHR, HAC, and AC would have all taken to it the way they did? no. the artist would have been labeled and marketed as r&b, would have gotten no adds date at the aforementioned formats because of said label, and would have been lucky if she managed to even chart in the top 40 at urban b/c contemporary urban stations would consider her too out of fashion to play in between Trey Songz and Drake.

since Alicia and Beyonce were brought up let us recognize the fact that at the time of their initial successes, they were contemporary and CROSSOVER acts. that is, they were for all intents and purposes r&b, but their songs blended in perfectly with what was being played on pop radio at the time and they had pop-friendly images that could appeal to pop fans as well as r&b ones. for a good while there would even be debates on whether Beyonce should be considered an r&b artist b/c she leaned so heavily to pop. but it is no coincidence that Alicia’s wane in mainstream popularity coincided with The Element of Freedom, which was released right at the moment the current dance-pop craze took over. Her style suddenly sounded woefully out of place and she had no successful pop singles. it also should not be a surprise that Beyonce finally stumbled a bit commercially speaking with 4, undoubtedly her most pure r&b-influenced (and quite retro-sounding) album yet. both of these albums went ignored by the grammys…strange way to treat two people who before were automatic grammy darlings. and especially strange with 4…21’s retro sound racked up while 4’s clear 80’s/90’s influence was pretty much ignored. it is to both these ladies’ credit that they maintained their r&b fanbases and went platinum, but the mainstream basically washed their hands of them as soon as they chose to stick to their r&b roots and not pander to pop. will be interesting to see if either of them manages to work their way back to that crossover success, and if so, how pop they will have to be to do it.

I will give you Lauryn though b/c she was unapologetically hip-hop. i still find it kind of amazing how she broke through to the mainstream masses that year with her album (and sad how she never followed up on that musical genius). Lauryn to me is the one genuine exception. not so much feeling that way about Alicia or Bey.

thing is, people see posts like this and immediately feel it is an affront to [white artist in question] or that we’re trying to say that they are nothing special. we are not saying that at all. i fucking love me some Adele and have watched her grammy performance like 10 times in the past 24 hours. there are plenty of black people who like Adele, who liked Amy, who liked Timberlake when he did make music, who like Christina, who will not hesitate to swear Kelly Clarkson must have some black in her somewhere. we are not begrudging your blue-eyed soul artists their due. what we’re saying is that being white almost guarantees one being recognized for that kind of talent wile that being black increases the chances of a comparable talent being taken for granted and/or ignored.

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