# No racism intended

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-racism-intended/33122>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 14, 2000, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-racism-intended/33122 "2000-09-14T03:08:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![tradesilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tradesilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tradesilicon)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-racism-intended/33122/21 "2000-09-15T18:20:41Z")

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One of the great tragedies that occurred due to our blundering Government’s way of dealing with Cuba, is that we’ve missed out on incredible music from that country…

Not that there isn’t enough good Latin music, but Cuba had some amazing sounds in teh 50’s.

The Latin Grammys don’t bother me for the reason in the OP, but they did have a distinct lack of good Latin music in th moments that I caught. I do love Santana, and Espinada Corazon (sp?), but not much more was too exciting.

Better next time I hope.

Adios!

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**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-racism-intended/33122/22 "2000-09-15T20:14:42Z")

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> \*Originally posted by pothole2 \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by pepperlandgirl \*  
> > \*\*There is the Country Music Awards…anybody go Apeshit over that? The CMA doesn’t allow hip-hop and rap, or Latin music for that matter.  
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> It does allow Black people, however… \*\*

Of course they do. That’s because these people are African American **Country Music Artists**. They sing country music, why wouldn’t they be allowed? :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-racism-intended/33122/23 "2000-09-15T20:31:30Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by pothole2 \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by pepperlandgirl \*  
> > \*\*There is the Country Music Awards…anybody go Apeshit over that? The CMA doesn’t allow hip-hop and rap, or Latin music for that matter.  
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> It does allow Black people, however… \*\*

Of course the CMA allows black people. If they sing country music, why wouldn’t they be allowed? :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![TampaFlyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@TampaFlyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TampaFlyer)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-racism-intended/33122/24 "2000-09-15T21:03:11Z")

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I think the songs should have to be in Latin to qualify for the new show. Don’t the real Grammys have a Latin music category?  
\> there is an “Anglo Grammys.” It’s called the Grammys.

So that’s why no nonwhite artists are included? Santana, Christina Aguilera, Lenny Kravitz, Whitney Houston, Barry White, all winners from last year, are now considered Anglo? That’s quite a wide definition.

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-racism-intended/33122/25 "2000-09-15T21:24:09Z")

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Maybe there _is_ a debate in here somewhere and I’m missing it. Man, I _hate_ it when that happens and I can’t be contradictory.

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**Author:** ![Keenan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@Keenan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keenan)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-racism-intended/33122/26 "2000-09-15T21:59:22Z")

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No, you don’t.

(There, does that help?)

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