Minaj, Nicki(Nick Minaj). “When the “other” girls drop a video that breaks records and impacts culture they get that nomination.”. 21 July 2015, 12:23 PM. Tweet.<\/p>\n
The controversy I chose is the double standards between women of color and white women in the media. The source I decided to use as an example for this controversy is the \u201cfeud\u201d between rapper Nicki Minaj and singer Taylor Swift on Twitter. The feud is about Nicki Minaj\u2019s tweets on her stating that she released a groundbreaking video but didn\u2019t get nominated for MTV video of the year award. Nicki Minaj points out the racism in the media, but is seen as the \u201cangry black woman\u201d when most people thought she was attacking Taylor Swift even though Minaj was not talking about her but the media in general. This Twitter feud is related to my controversy, because it is the perfect example how there is white privilege and double standards regarding women in the media.<\/p>\n
Nicki Minaj has always stood for women, especially women of color. She encourages women to stay in school and become independent. Nicki Minaj was actually courageous enough to speak about the issue, in a very popular social website, of racism in the music industry knowing she will get backlash from the media as \u201cthe angry black woman\u201d stereotype. Nicki Minaj has been in the rapping industry for years now and has the experience enough to know it\u2019s a man\u2019s game. Although, she has said before \u201cI do not see myself as a female rapper anymore. I see myself as a rapper\u201d. She is making a stance for women, especially women of color, in rap and media.<\/p>\n
Nicki Minaj started her tweets by expressing how black women don\u2019t get recognized in the media when she didn\u2019t get nominated for her \u201cAnaconda\u201d music video but Taylor Swift got nominated even though Minaj\u2019s video also broke records. She shows she is tired of the same injustice when she tweets \u201cI\u2019m not always confident. Just tired. Black women influence pop culture so much but are rarely rewarded for it\u201d. Minaj is speaking up about how women of color, in this case black women, are robbed of the influences they provide in the media. She is not attacking Taylor Swift but attacking the media when she tweets \u201cHuh? U must not be reading my tweets. Didn\u2019t say a word about u. I love u just as much. But u speack on this\u201d.Minaj knows the influence Swift has on the media and pop culture which is why she asks her to speak on the double standard issue. Nicki Minaj is a hip hop icon and knows the dark side of the media which makes her argument with Taylor Swift a great source for the double standard controversy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Minaj, Nicki(Nick Minaj). “When the “other” girls drop a video that breaks records and impacts culture they get that nomination.”. 21 July 2015, 12:23 PM. Tweet. The controversy I chose is the double standards between women of color and white … Continue reading