An Amazingly Well-Written Article: I’m Not Ok With Chris Brown Performing at the Grammys and I’m Not Sure Why You Are
by Sasha Pasulka
I’m sick and tired of people acting like it’s no big deal that Chris Brown will be performing at the Grammys.
I’m frustrated that the mainstream media is covering this story like it’s any comeback story, like an exiled prince’s return to a former glory, like this is another political timeline — as though some rich and powerful old white men in the music business have not just issued an enormous ‘f**k you’ to every woman who has been, is or will be on the receiving end of domestic violence.
We should be furious.
Why aren’t we?
http://hellogiggles.com/im-not-okay-with-chris-brown-performing-at-the-grammys-and-im-not-sure-why-you-are
This is…. just….. just read it!
Wow, only three notes?!?? Reblogging for truth and because more people should read this (dammit!).
I think something people are missing here is the fact that Chris Brown, apart from being the person shitty enough to beat his girlfriend, is also an entertainer. An entertainer who —despite all that he has done— has fans and followers. You can’t just blame the media for his appearance. Some blame has to also be placed on those who support him. The industry runs on supply and demand; if the vast majority really hated him as much as some do, then he wouldn’t have been there. But the fact is this, people do like him and even for those who don’t there was still the group of people who wanted to watch the performance just for the shock value of it all. That’s the way the world runs and unless you convince the vast majority otherwise, that’s how it’s going to stay.
Reblogged for truth. It’s a sad reality, but you’re absolutely right. :(
