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Petition Demands Adele Admit She’s Successful Only Because She’s White
National Review ^ | 12/07/2015 | Katherine Timpf

Posted on 12/08/2015 7:01:03 AM PST by SeekAndFind

A petition addressed to Adele, President Obama, and Billboard on Change.org demands that the singer admit that she has "little talent" and is succeeding mainly because of her white privilege.

"Adele sold over 3.38 million copies of her album '25' and the media is praising her as if Adele's success has everything to do with talent," reads the petition, written by Rhianna Jones.

"Rather, it's her white privilege that has put her on top," it declares.

The petitioners also "demand that Adele donates her money to African-American causes such as #Blacklivesmatter."

It's not clear why exactly the petition is also addressed to President Obama -- perhaps Ms. Jones is outraged that the leader of the free world hasn't pushed the less important issues like ISIS aside to deal with the more serious ones like a singer's being white and successful at the same time. (I mean, would an executive order requiring Adele to admit she is only successful because she is white and give away her money to people who are not white in order to stay in the country really be too much to ask?)

Honestly, Adele is an interesting target for this kind of criticism. First of all, despite the fact that some might think this would be impossible for a white person, Adele actually had a pretty tough upbringing: Her father was an admitted drunk who walked out on the family when she was just three years old. Second -- white or not -- hardly anyone thinks of Adele as having the typical look of a successful female performer. Whether someone is calling her fat or asking her how she manages to handle weighing more than others in her industry, any discussion of her image concerns how different she looks and how tough it must be to look that way.

Although Jones's petition had just 31 supporters at the time of publication, its very existence is ridiculous enough -- and for so many reasons. After all, even if Adele did have a privileged upbringing and was a size 0 with D-cups, saying that she has just "a little talent" is objectively wrong. "A little talent" is the kind of phrase you use to describe someone who had the best voice in the high-school choir before going on to realize she needed to get a real job. Fan or not, anyone with ears and the ability to know what words mean would have to admit that Adele falls into a different category.

-- Katherine Timpf is a reporter for National Review Online.


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: adele; privilege; whiteness
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To: SeekAndFind

Where were these guys when Miley Cyrus was number one on the charts?


21 posted on 12/08/2015 7:21:22 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Shoot, I can sing. Why not me?


22 posted on 12/08/2015 7:22:07 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: SeekAndFind

For a demo of “little talent”, see “hip hop” and “Dorkbama the Muslim”.


23 posted on 12/08/2015 7:22:26 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: SeekAndFind

As soon as Obama admits he’s in the White House (and still in the White House) only because he’s black.


24 posted on 12/08/2015 7:24:32 AM PST by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: TexasCajun

She got a lot o’ white in ‘dere.


25 posted on 12/08/2015 7:27:54 AM PST by onedoug
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To: VanDeKoik
Rules...


26 posted on 12/08/2015 7:28:43 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SeekAndFind

She looks like a very lovely woman. The picture shows she’s might be wearing a wedding ring, something rarely found with black females nowadays.


27 posted on 12/08/2015 7:33:42 AM PST by laweeks
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To: 31R1O

I’m sure she must be, but MY type of music is generally 60’s and 70’s rock.........................


28 posted on 12/08/2015 7:38:14 AM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: SeekAndFind

Rhianna Jones - let’s talk about no talent!

Born and raised in Chicago, Rhianna Jones left the big city for Tufts University, where she studied International Visual Studies and French Literature before spending a year living in Paris. That time abroad would prove monumental for her career when she was given the chance to write her own book, titled Parisienne French: Chic Phrases, Slang and Style. Currently living in Brooklyn, Bed-Stuy to be precise, Rhianna is working at Dover Street Market in sales which is quickly developing into styling (no surprise for this mademoiselle très chic). We caught up with Rhianna at her favorite haunt, Café Gitane inside The Jane Hotel, located where Jane St. meets the Hudson. As she ate her favorite dish on the menu, avocado and lemon on seven grain toast, Rhianna filled us in on her round the clock lifestyle and the genesis of her book.

9AM: I’ve always been an early riser, so even if I get home at 5AM, drunk and incapacitated, I’ll still wake up at 9:00. I’m not the type who roles around; I’m up, always starving, and immediately eat some oatmeal. I’ve had oatmeal every morning for the past five years, so I’m kinda like an old woman in that sense {laughs}, but I’ll put the oatmeal on, sprinkle in the blueberries and the walnuts and the honey, get it crackin, then turn on my computer. I’m addicted to my computer, so I’ll respond to emails and scan whatever Fashionista feed is up. I usually have an hour before work to tool around at home, then play dress up for ten minutes and figure out what I want to channel for the day. I always check the weather, because that’s a huge factor. It could be sunny but 10 degrees outside and you wouldn’t even know it. Since I live in Bed-Stuy, if I’m going into the city I’m usually going to be there all day, so I need to dress from day to night, to early morning…there are a lot of big bags and multiple shoes involved. Typically I’ve tried to curate my wardrobe so I can put anything together and it’ll work. My hair’s very easy, I’m not the girl who takes an hour getting ready, it only takes five minutes or so. I always wear the same day heels and the same jewelry. This ring is an old Margiela I got in Paris, I haven’t taken it off in three years; there’s a permanent welt in my finger from wearing it. {laughs}

10AM: I take a nice long walk to the train, about ten minutes. I listen to music during my commute, and depending on whether I’m feeling super hood or not, it’ll either be hardcore rap and hip hop, so a lot of A$AP, Biggie, and twerk music {laughs} to pump me up, or Nina Simone, who is still sultry and heavy on the beats, but less aggressive. There will always be an element of hip hop in my life.

11AM: Dover Street Market is a very chill environment. Occasionally friends come to visit me, which is nice, but even a lot of my clients have become friends, so even when I’m at work I have a lot of fun. It’s a really great place to network; I’ve met so many people who are editors and photographers, and really well connected, lovely people.

http://www.themagazineofparadise.com/#!rhianna-jones-paradise-magazin/c11tf


29 posted on 12/08/2015 7:38:49 AM PST by kcvl
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To: a fool in paradise

...........for the same reason Hollywood gives Oscars to people who can’t act......................


30 posted on 12/08/2015 7:39:51 AM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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31 posted on 12/08/2015 7:40:35 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t know who she is but being an entertainer one needs to suspect that in some way, shape or form she will apologize for her whiteness.

Hope I’m wrong about that but odds are at least 50/50.

Stand By to Standby This Might Be A Maybe...


32 posted on 12/08/2015 7:43:30 AM PST by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: SeekAndFind
Ia agree with you: Rollin' in the Deep.
33 posted on 12/08/2015 7:44:08 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: Red Badger

See my post #33


34 posted on 12/08/2015 7:45:17 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: InterceptPoint

thank you


35 posted on 12/08/2015 7:46:40 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Rather, it’s her white privilege that has put her on top,” it declares.

No, it was Adele’s voice, song writing ability, her staff and her record label. It’s called hard work and dedication.

I can’t stand these socialist wankers wanting control over everyone else’s fruits of labor.


36 posted on 12/08/2015 7:47:23 AM PST by Read Write Repeat (Not one convinced me they want the job yet)
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To: Red Badger

You probably would, “Set fire to the rain” was played a lot. She’s extremely talented. Yet again, we have blacks being purely racist. It is so childish and insulting to her.


37 posted on 12/08/2015 7:47:25 AM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: laweeks
I don't know anything about Adele other than she's a singer.

Not married but has a baby with her boyfriend.

I don't follow pop music but I do enjoy the Korean singer Jung Eun-ji. She's cute, has a beautiful voice and can hold her own as an actress. My favorite, even though I can't understand a word.

If I Leave

38 posted on 12/08/2015 7:49:14 AM PST by csvset ( Illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: SeekAndFind

Rhianna Jones is a failure because she has degrees in French Literature and International Visual studies.
I will say however I’ve always enjoyed the work of Jean Reno and of Luc Besson.


39 posted on 12/08/2015 7:50:14 AM PST by steve8714 (If black lives matter, why are so many of them wasted?)
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To: TexasCajun

She got 99 problems but black ain’t one.


40 posted on 12/08/2015 7:52:19 AM PST by steve8714 (If black lives matter, why are so many of them wasted?)
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