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Jan 28 14 2:03 PM

esettle0 wrote:
MisplacedValidity wrote:
^ Is she saying the AMAs are better? That's based on fan polling. We already have that, so why would the Grammys do it?

No that's not what she is saying. She is saying that the AMA's are a popularity contest and the Grammy's are NOT supposed to be like that, but about the music.


First of all, anything that involves humans voting is going to involve bias on some level. And, really, is India.Arie consciously voting for black artists any less political (or "popularity") than someone else voting for white artists?

In the end, while I see race as a factor, it's more about the mainstream. Mainstream music tends to win over less mainstream music. It's not like Radiohead, Wilco, Fiona Apple, etc. have ever won big at the Grammys. Kanye West doesn't win big because of his personality. Macklemore & Lewis swept the Rap categories in large part because they were the most popular of the nominees. It wasn't directly about them being white. I notice India.Arie didn't mention that the black Darius Rucker won Country Male. I guess that wouldn't support her point.