seriously, where's ruben studdard, or fantasia? ruben's runner up was Clay Aiken, and he gets more media coverage than ruben. it seems like the white american idols get more coverage than the ones who aren't white. is this an example of racial bias in the media? more importantly, does it reflect the racial prefernce of the country?
2007-11-30 03:46:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
Ruben and Fantasia are both fairly busy, but just not making mainstream music, where they'd get more press.
Ruben's album was almost all jazz...what other jazz singers do you hear about in the news regularly? Not many, I suppose, so I don't think it's a racial thing, I think it's a popularity thing.
Fantasia has done quite a bit of work on tv...mostly voice-over stuff in cartoons (I believe she was on The Simpsons, and I recall another recently, but can't recall what show it was). She was also recently nominated for favorite female R&B artist at the AMA's, and performed in the Broadway musical "The Color Purple".
To be completely honest, I don't see much about Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood in the news, either, except when one of them wins an award, or when they're dating a famous guy.
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2016-10-09 23:05:16 · answer #2 · answered by thao 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it reflects racial preference. I mean what's the dominant music out there? To me it seems to be R & B, rap & hip hop. Who are the artists? Mostly non white people.
2007-11-30 03:53:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well fantasia making it big in the black and hispanics. look on the R & B Charts she had her song when i see you it did pretty good she be on BET and all that good stuff if your not into that type of music than you probably won't hear from her. on the US R& B charts in the summer of 2007 when i see you was number one for 8 weeks !! she doing good
2007-11-30 03:54:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, now we have a bi-racial Idol winner that will take care of that---everything is not racial.
2007-11-30 04:09:50 · answer #5 · answered by ANTM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their music sucks. End of story. Nobody wants to buy their album or go see them because they are boring rubbish.
Not everything is about race. some things are about a lack of talent or other issues. Quit playing the race card, OJ.
2007-11-30 03:52:06 · answer #6 · answered by beautifulirishgirl 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
damn i never noticed that until now... thanks for shedding light on it.
2007-11-30 03:48:54 · answer #7 · answered by *´`*♥♡Sarah☺ Beanz♡♥*´`* 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋