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The Grammys 2027 Best Asian Category Is Just Another Form of Segregation | Teen Vogue
— Some might insist that these new rules and categories will diversify the Grammys, that we should celebrate these changes and view them as baby steps toward equity from an earnest awarding body. But to me, the awarding body has always seemed more committed to exclusion. In reality, these changes contribute more to segregating non-white artists within the major awards. An out-of-touch Grammy voter who is unfamiliar with K-pop’s influence can feel satisfied in voting for #BTS for best Asian pop and never have to think seriously about Arirang for album of the year..
— The addition of these new Grammy categories is not progress; it is tokenistic inclusion that dresses up white bias as recognition. The myth these measures help maintain, intentionally or not, is that non-white/non-English speaking artists exist in a vacuum, that their work is somehow less essential — that it does not help create the very fabric of culture..
— The mere existence of #BTS threatens the myth that the only art worth engaging with comes from our side of the globe..
— On Arirang, #BTS’s song “Aliens” addresses the colonial eyes that appraise and other them in the West. It’s almost as though they could see the panic their success would trigger in the American music industry, even before they released the project..
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ART HAS NO ALIENS
#ArtHasNoAliens
BTS posted 3 sentences, made their stance clear, and then carried on with theirs. The whole entertainment world and media are talking about it and the implications of that brief statement still, days later. They shone a spotlight, started the discourse, and let their words speak.
@dreamjeons@ARTSEOULVK_ 🐰: Where did my doll (keychain) go?
🐰: *looking for it*
🐰: …it disappeared/gone.
?? : What disappeared?
🐰: my doll (keychain), it’s gone.
🐻: Doll (keychain) ?
🐻: Oh, I found it on the floor & blew it off/ threw it away.
🐰: Aishh…