Sitting with family members talking about BTS vs grammys.
And a cousin of mine said, “i actually dont understand why it’s such a big deal. Just accept the award and move on. They want to give it to them right? So just take it.”
I’ll pause here to say that it made my blood boil to high heaven hearing that.
A little backstory. This cousin of mine is doing her phd fellowship in marine microbial something or other. She’s always been too prissy to explain it claiming we won’t get it anyway. A whole other issue entirely.
So I said to her, “you’re doing all this work for your phd right. You’re the best in your field. On the verge of a breakthrough. And you’re about to be awarded for your contribution. The Nobel Prize. Or the Crafoord Prize. Hypothetically. Wouldn’t that be an honour? Of course it would. Now, think about the fact that, just before they decide to honour you with that, *gasp* they realise you’re Asian and far beyond qualified compared to some of their darling non-Asian candidates that were a shoe-in. So in an effort, to placate you instead of giving you the award you were promised. They create a whole new one. Just to sideline you in there. The Asian Nobel Prize. Or the Asian Crafoord Prize. How would that make you feel?”
Her face contorted into this beautiful web of confusion. While all my other cousins around us who were also having this conversation with us went dead silent.
She then proceeded to say, “that wouldn’t make any sense. My field work as a microbial marine biologist should not be accredited to where I’m from. If my finding is a breakthrough, then it’s a breakthrough to all. Not just Asia.”
Me: exactly. And that is the point bts is trying to make. That their music and their contribution to the artistry of being musicians should not be accredited to the fact that they are Asian. Music is music. They are global artists. They are mainstream global artists. Sidelining them to secondary, segregatory categories is not acceptable. They should not have to stand for it. Just like how you would not stand for it in your field of work. Qualification of awards should be measured by merit. Not by geographical borders. And to add to what you said earlier. Why not just take the award. What message do you think that would send to the institution that are trying to normalise and camouflage discrimination as inclusion? It would just give them the leverage to keep doing it to others. To keep doing it to bts. So when is enough enough?”
Silence. By this point most of them either checked out of the conversation or just didn’t want to refute me further.
But at the very least I got them all pondering. And also got the prissy high and mighty one to stfu once and for all 😤 which was my end goal anyway. lol.
She’s never talking to me again I bet. A win is a win.
노벨문학상이 권위있는 이유는
언어와 문화의 장벽을 뛰어넘어
순수하며 보편적인 "문학"적 가치를
발견하고 그걸 인정한다는데에 있는거지
거기서 권위가 나오는 것임
노벨문학상이
노벨아시아문학상, 노벨라틴문학상 이딴걸 만들기 시작했으면 사람들에게 조롱거리가 되었을것
알겠냐 그래미야
🚨 BTS BOYCOTTE LES GRAMMYS !
Caprice ou légitime ?!
Le groupe a annoncé qu’il ne soumettrait aucun titre ni son nouvel album ARIRANG aux Grammy Awards 2027.
Une décision très symbolique, prise après la création d’une nouvelle catégorie consacrée à la « pop asiatique ». Après cinq nominations et aucune victoire, BTS refuse désormais que sa musique soit enfermée dans une case.
Que pensez vous de tout ça ?!
Analyse sur les grammys : https://t.co/CpfC1Hknk1
hace 30 años, Tupac criticó a los Grammys por ser una industria controlada por gente desconectada del arte y del cambio. Años después, Namjoon hace referencia a él en 2.0: “Hit ’em up like (Tu)Pac. Hit ’em with the truth like Ra(kim)”
(Atácalos como Tupac. Enfréntalos con la verdad como Rakim)
ironíco que BTS esté haciendo exactamente eso, decir la verdad y desafiar un sistema que durante años los uso mientras les negaba el reconocimiento, ARIRANG es más de lo que pensamos
À toutes fins utiles, le professeur Souleymane Niang apporte des explications et établit une distinction entre les deux termes wolofs « Kiiraay » et « Kirlaay ».
@Cisse_Maps Nakaté loi yi Makhtar gueye ak frère ram done khekh yeup bame ame (des combats très nobles) mo dougate cci sen birr keur. Li adina di deff 🙂↔️🙂↔️
@mamadusy30@BabaGoudj@Cisse_Maps Ioe nak yaye dof bi. Tu crois que résoudre ap homicide ça se fait du jour au lendemain. L’ autopsie, analyse des preuves matérielles, enquête sur les suspects etc.. surtout mou nek double homicide ak scène de crime bou complexe