Adele: White Privilege In Music
Thu Nguyen
Professor Peter A. Aguilera
Sociology 101
07 May 2017
1. Why does the film claim that there is a white privilege in music? Because there is racism among black and white singers, and white singers are always more popular with audiences. Typical in the video, Adele is a British white singer, her new album sells fast, breaking records with copies flying off the shelves. While black singers have a lot of talent but they do not get the attention of the audience because of their skin color. Therefore, in the music world, people call whites "ivory" and black people as "ebony". Grammy 2017 is similar when a variety of artists in some way do not attend the ceremony. Because it's so far, this is a tribute to racist crimes. In 1989, when the best …show more content…
However, the awards for these rappers were poorly respected, not broadcast live. In short, the author wants to reflect the injustice of people with black talent artists but they are not recognized for their black skin. They spend a lot of time practicing for their albums and productions, but they are abandoned because of racism. The evidence is the difference in the number of copies of the album. White artists always pay more attention than black artists although they are equally talented.
2. Do you agree? Explain. I think that there is racism in the field of music. When the world is slowly closer to the multilateral cooperation and the blending of multi-cultural, multi-ethnic. Unfortunately, in many areas people still caught somewhere has the sad stories about bad feces racial, religious affiliation and so on. The music of African Americans (also called black music) is present everywhere in the African-American culture. African-American ancestors were brought to North America as slaves in the cotton plantations, brought with them the songs polyphonic (polyphonic) typical of hundreds of ethnic groups across West Africa and sub-Saharan. Another popular music of the black is soul music. Soul music
Professor Peter A. Aguilera
Sociology 101
07 May 2017
1. Why does the film claim that there is a white privilege in music? Because there is racism among black and white singers, and white singers are always more popular with audiences. Typical in the video, Adele is a British white singer, her new album sells fast, breaking records with copies flying off the shelves. While black singers have a lot of talent but they do not get the attention of the audience because of their skin color. Therefore, in the music world, people call whites "ivory" and black people as "ebony". Grammy 2017 is similar when a variety of artists in some way do not attend the ceremony. Because it's so far, this is a tribute to racist crimes. In 1989, when the best …show more content…
However, the awards for these rappers were poorly respected, not broadcast live. In short, the author wants to reflect the injustice of people with black talent artists but they are not recognized for their black skin. They spend a lot of time practicing for their albums and productions, but they are abandoned because of racism. The evidence is the difference in the number of copies of the album. White artists always pay more attention than black artists although they are equally talented.
2. Do you agree? Explain. I think that there is racism in the field of music. When the world is slowly closer to the multilateral cooperation and the blending of multi-cultural, multi-ethnic. Unfortunately, in many areas people still caught somewhere has the sad stories about bad feces racial, religious affiliation and so on. The music of African Americans (also called black music) is present everywhere in the African-American culture. African-American ancestors were brought to North America as slaves in the cotton plantations, brought with them the songs polyphonic (polyphonic) typical of hundreds of ethnic groups across West Africa and sub-Saharan. Another popular music of the black is soul music. Soul music