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  1. 2016-03-05, 04:35 PM #1
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    Brit Awards to be more diverse in 2017

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35735617

    Next year's Brit Awards will represent a more diverse range of music, Brits chairman Ged Doherty has said.

    Last week's ceremony was criticised for failing to recognise urban music, particularly grime, with the hashtag #BritsSoWhite trending on social media.

    "There was an elephant in the room last Wednesday," wrote Doherty in an open letter to the Guardian.
    He promised to review the 1,100-strong voting academy who decide nominees, so it "can be more truly representative".

    Doherty said he "suspected" the current members of the voting academy were "largely white and with a bias towards older men".
    "This does not mean that there is an underlying prejudice at play, but the unintended consequence is that emerging genres of music may not be properly recognised."

    His aim, he continued, was to achieve at least 15% BAME [black and minority ethnic] participation in the the voting academy, in line with national population figures, "as well as being more diverse with regard to age and regionality, so that it can be more truly representative of modern British music."
    This is getting ridiculous now >.> Awards getting criticized for racism... ENOUGH ALREADY! Curious if the MOBO Awards will vanish then
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  2. 2016-03-05, 04:36 PM #2
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    yep, fuck your merit as an entertainer, it's completely worthless.
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    WTF is a Brit Award?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tijuana View Post
    WTF is a Brit Award?
    Doesn't take rocket science lol
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    Doherty said he "suspected" the current members of the voting academy were "largely white and with a bias towards older men".
    "This does not mean that there is an underlying prejudice at play, but the unintended consequence is that emerging genres of music may not be properly recognised."
    Lol as if an awards show that rewards almost nothing but mainstream pop, r'n'b, rap and soft rock cares about emerging styles.
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  6. 2016-03-05, 04:45 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by adam86shadow View Post
    Doesn't take rocket science lol
    Sounds like an irrelevant award. Never once heard of it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tijuana View Post
    WTF is a Brit Award?
    Awards for the best Brittiest Brittish person?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kangodo View Post
    How is it enough?
    A voting panel for music awards should be unbiased.
    You want the results of the awards to reflect how the country feels about it.
    If we only had black people voting on rap music, would you accept that as a fair award?

    I don't see how the MOBO is related to this?
    Perhaps you are misunderstanding the discussion.
    People don't have any issue with a "country award".
    But don't say it's a national award and only have people vote that love country.
    Because MOBA is a music awards for black/minority artists voted by black people. I don't see how somebodies skin colour would affect music taste
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tijuana View Post
    Sounds like an irrelevant award. Never once heard of it.
    It is the UK's version of the Grammies.
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  10. 2016-03-05, 04:46 PM #10
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    It never ceases to amaze me how white has become its own epithet.
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    1988

    Best British single: Rick Astley – "Never Gonna Give You Up"


    Serious awards guys. Serious.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tijuana View Post
    Sounds like an irrelevant award. Never once heard of it.
    Sorry not everything has to be American chuckt
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    Whoo! Sing it all over the globe!

    I deserve an award for being black!
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    And the best token niche underground genre award goes to...
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    Quote Originally Posted by klogaroth View Post
    1988

    Best British single: Rick Astley – "Never Gonna Give You Up"


    Serious awards guys. Serious.
    TBF it was hugely popular in 1988
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    So, now the best way to win awards is to be a minority? Not to be the best in your field...
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    Screw merit, 'eh?
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    Quote Originally Posted by adam86shadow View Post
    TBF it was hugely popular in 1988
    Yeah, but I wouldn't look to an award that gave Rick Astley Best British Single and Stock Aitken Waterman Best Producers for a cutting edge insight into underground musical talent.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tijuana View Post
    Sounds like an irrelevant award. Never once heard of it.
    You haven't heard of the Brit Awards?

    Which rock have you been living under?
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    Quote Originally Posted by klogaroth View Post
    Yeah, but I wouldn't look to an award that gave Rick Astley Best British Single and Stock Aitken Waterman Best Producers for a cutting edge insight into underground musical talent.
    But underground artists have won.....
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