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Originally posted by IcarusIsFlying
Anaconda not getting a VMA nom isn't even a race issue though, so yes it is making a mockery of people standing up to actual racism.
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it is an intersectional issue
as much as i love Beyoncé, she is given a pass because as a pop / R&B singer her image is nonthreatening to white people.. that's why Bey is successful at having so many white fans
Kendrick is a male and thusly privileged with being able to speak about the same topics without being seen as annoyingly outspoken
but because Nicki is an aggressive female who comes from a very male dominated genre, she is viewed as 'being a bitch', 'playing the race card', 'making it all about her', 'picking on [insert any white celebrity who isn't negatively affected by Nicki Minaj's correct opinion one way or the other]