If You're Not Black Don't Sing Black

Okay, are you having a great day so far? Yes? Do you want all that to change in say 2 minutes? Yes?

How, you may ask? Simply click the link and watch the video, below.  But a word of caution, do so at you own risk...

So Much Hate

Click here but don't say you weren't forewarned. Video will open in a new window.

Are you still there?

Did you get to finish the entire 2 minute hate filled rant?

Bruno Mars

Cultural Appropriator

So what is "cultural appropriation"? Here is what Oxford Reference has to say:

cultural appropriation

A term used to describe the taking over of creative or artistic forms, themes, or practices by one cultural group from another. It is in general used to describe Western appropriations of non‐Western or non‐white forms, and carries connotations of exploitation and dominance. 

Okay, Bruno Mars (born Peter Gene Bayot Hernandez), you are guilty as charged.

One, you are half Filipino (half Asian) and 1/4 Puerto Rican and 1/4 Jew. 

Two, you totally took over the Black music scene by winning a Grammy, and yes, maybe by performing in the Superbowl.

Three, dancing next to Beyonce, she totally towered over you.

Four, your songs are word for word recreations of songs written by Black artists.

Five, you have no Blacks performing and working with you and along side you on and off the stage.

Six, you totally do not give credit and pay homage to the legends of the past (Blacks and non-Black) who influenced your music, and

Seven, you are totally exploiting a minority culture, being a minority yourself. And yes passing yourself as Black, when you aren't.

Verdict: Guilty!

Punishment: you cannot and should not sing black music (whatever that means), ever.  And you should just stick with your own Filipino, Puerto Rican (Spanish), Jewish and Hawaiian Pidgin English songs, yes mainly because of the color of your skin and where you were born and grew up in.

Bruno Mars singing 

in English & Spanish

But okay, on another note, where do we line up to sign up Bruno Mars as our wedding singer?

My rant? No I don't have one. Okay, maybe just one, Asians (and Hispanics) are minorities too, and yes, they too are stereotyped,  exploited and descriminated against. And the sad part, not just by Whites, but by other minorities.... the bad part, no one else seems to care. Yes, it is really time to ANTS UP.