thenoobyorker:

Did you read about the protest at The Grammy Awards? From Favianna Rodriguez on Facebook,

This year’s Grammy Awards faced protest after 31 categories of music were ruthlessly cut by the producers of the event. And not just any categories. The fact that almost half of the categories that were cut were dominated by Latinos and other people of color is hard to ignore.

In the largest cuts in Grammy history, categories like Latin Jazz, Blues, Gospel, Zydeco, Cajun, Hawaiian, Polka, Native American, American roots music, and classical were slashed. Iconic artists like Etta James, who recently passed away on January 20th, received two of her last Grammy Awards in both the Traditional and Contemporary Blues categories, both of which were just eliminated.

Read more about it here. [Also at the CS Monitor][Neon Tommy]