Candice Arancibia

. @TheRoot gave their opinion about Whoopi Goldberg comments about JAY-Z defending the fact that Beyoncé never won Album of the Year at the #GRAMMYs Whoopi said on her show The View that Beyoncé has 32 trophies and that victories are subjective, and those Beyoncé’s trophies are not for one thing, so it doesn’t matter if they give the AOTY trophy to Beyoncé “Whoopi has forgotten more about winning and losing awards than I will ever know. However, as her co-host Sunny Hostin explained, there’s a part of this continued disrespect that feels like they’re saying she’s not the pop star the powers that be want. Choosing Harry Styles and Taylor Swift over her makes it clear she’s allowed to be awesome, as long as she sticks to the R&B and Dance/Electronic categories. Her nominations for Album, Record and Song of the Year say that The Recording Academy is willing to acknowledge her talent and impact, but she and her collaborators won’t be fully rewarded for it. I understand what Whoopi is saying here, but Jay-Z was making a statement to this organization that its disrespect hasn’t gone unnoticed. When you combine that with the fact that SZA was the most nominated artist of the night, but won three awards in R&B categories, a message about where Black women stand in the music industry is being sent. Jay-Z is letting them know that just because we seem unbothered, it doesn’t mean we don’t see the game they’re playing.” —TheRoot.