If Everything's Racism, Nothing's Racism

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So, does Adele winning Album of the Year at the Grammys really mean the awards ceremony is racist? That's what many people think. But Led Zeppelin didn't win a Grammy until 1999, and that wasn't even an official Grammy; it was a Hall of Fame Grammy, which is like a participation trophy. The Eagles lost in 1973 to America for Best New Artist. The entire history of the Grammys is about upsets, not about racism. It kinda seems like many people in America today want to force America to be in the 1950s, when we've already had a black president, a black Supreme Court justice, black mayors and Senators and Representatives and police chiefs and doctors and scientists. And some of the richest people in the history of the planet, the top 0.1% of the 1%, are black athletes and pop stars. So, I ask, why do people say it's racism every single time a black nominee doesn't win? We're not saying it's racism when a black person wins and a white person loses. No white person ever cries discrimination if they lose, to anyone. So, why, then, is racism the first thing some look at when a black person doesn't win? Could it be that Adele is responsible for writing her album, while Beyonce's album, Lemonade, was outsourced to 72 different writers? Could it be because Adele is a great singer, whereas Beyonce is more of an entertainer? The award wasn't for entertainer of the year; it was for album of the year. Maybe Grammy voters liked Adele's entire album, whereas they only liked Beyonce's singles. Adele went out of her way to virtue signal to show she wasn't racist. On the stage with over a dozen white people, she blurted out how her "black friends"--none of which could be seen--felt empowered and stood up for themselves because of a pop album from a pop star. Are we really supposed to pretend that Beyonce is in league with Martin Luther King, Jr.? I tell ya, it rakes my nerves, this stuff. I swear! If everything is racist, then nothing is racist. What say you? Was it racism, or do people just need to relax and realize that someone worth $250 million might not win every single award on the planet?