Last month, the Grammy Awards announced five new categories: Best R&B Collaboration or Duo/Group Performance, Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, Best Traditional Folk Album, Best Latin Song, and Best Asian Pop Music Performance.
One of those categories is not like the others.
Anyone can participate in an R&B Collaboration, a traditional pop vocal performance, a traditional folk album, and sing a Latin song. But in order to qualify for Best Asian Pop Music Performance … what? Obviously you must be Asian.
The Korean supergroup BTS looked at this new category and knew exactly what the Grammys were doing — creating a ghetto for Asian artists. In protest, BTS announced on...
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