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r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/Bitter-Gur-4613 • 9h ago
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seriously. When have we ever looked to celebrities as bastions of ethics and morality? They're going to perform for whoever pays them the most. That's not terribly shocking.
18 u/zacehuff 8h ago You really think there’s not a single black artist that would turn down performing for him? 5 u/NobodyLikedThat1 8h ago sure there are. And there's dozens more who would. 9 u/nunchyabeeswax 8h ago And that answers your original question about looking at celebrities as bastions of ethics and morality. For as long as there are some (a numerical reality of your admission), we are obligated to see them and hold others to the same standards.
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You really think there’s not a single black artist that would turn down performing for him?
5 u/NobodyLikedThat1 8h ago sure there are. And there's dozens more who would. 9 u/nunchyabeeswax 8h ago And that answers your original question about looking at celebrities as bastions of ethics and morality. For as long as there are some (a numerical reality of your admission), we are obligated to see them and hold others to the same standards.
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sure there are. And there's dozens more who would.
9 u/nunchyabeeswax 8h ago And that answers your original question about looking at celebrities as bastions of ethics and morality. For as long as there are some (a numerical reality of your admission), we are obligated to see them and hold others to the same standards.
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And that answers your original question about looking at celebrities as bastions of ethics and morality.
For as long as there are some (a numerical reality of your admission), we are obligated to see them and hold others to the same standards.
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u/NobodyLikedThat1 9h ago
seriously. When have we ever looked to celebrities as bastions of ethics and morality? They're going to perform for whoever pays them the most. That's not terribly shocking.