Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

When MTV launched in 1981, viewers struggled to find videos featuring black artists. The network so sparingly showcased African Americans in its early days that Rick James and David Bowie publicly took it to task. Despite the channel's embrace of black musicians such as Beyonce, Jay-Z and Kanye West today, there's no denying MTV's rocky history with black music. https://www.whytheracecardisplayed.com/post/how-mtv-handled-accusations-of-racism-and-became-more-inclusive

UK rapper Stormzy said the UK is "definitely, 100 per cent" racist in an interview with an Italian newspaper. https://www.whytheracecardisplayed.com/post/rapper-stormzy-says-uk-is-100-per-cent-racist

By 1775 Saint-Georges was so well established as a composer, soloist and orchestra director, that he was considered for the post of artistic director of the Royal Academy of Music at the Opéra. According to Baron von Grimm in his Correspondance littéraire, philosophique et critique (1776), Saint-Georges’ nomination collapsed in the face of strong opposition from some of the female artists at the Opéra, including the famous singers Sophie Arnould and Rosalie Levasseur. Baron Grimm described Saint-Georges to his readers as: Full Article: https://www.whytheracecardisplayed.com/post/before-there-was-mozart