Jann Wenner, a founder of both Rolling Stone magazine and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has been removed from the hall’s board of directors after making comments that were seen as disparaging toward Black and female musicians
I saw the headline and was like, "so what'd he say? Was it really outrageous, like antisemitic stuff? Or something vague but problematic?"
And he's just like, "Well, I just want to go on the record as saying that I have a strong unexamined bias against the cultural contributions of people who don't look like me. And even though I know this is outdated, stupid, sand definitely outside the bounds of what I can say without consequences, I do not respect women or black people. Next question?"
I'm now bewildered but how stupid he is than his poor judgements.
Wenner seemed to acknowledge he would face a backlash. “Just for public relations sake, maybe I should have gone and found one Black and one woman artist to include here that didn’t measure up to that same historical standard, just to avert this kind of criticism."
It is especially bizarre considering Rolling Stone is named after a song written by a black person (and a person who definitely meets the definition of a "master" in his book).
I saw the headline and was like, "so what'd he say? Was it really outrageous, like antisemitic stuff? Or something vague but problematic?"
And he's just like, "Well, I just want to go on the record as saying that I have a strong unexamined bias against the cultural contributions of people who don't look like me. And even though I know this is outdated, stupid, sand definitely outside the bounds of what I can say without consequences, I do not respect women or black people. Next question?"
I'm now bewildered but how stupid he is than his poor judgements.
This guy…
It is especially bizarre considering Rolling Stone is named after a song written by a black person (and a person who definitely meets the definition of a "master" in his book).
There's no way this is the first time he's said shit like this, it's just the first time anyone cared.