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Alicia Keys declares ‘DEI is not a threat, it’s a gift’ in Grammys acceptance speech

Whereas accepting the Dr. Dre World Impression Award on the 67th Grammys on Sunday, Alicia Keys celebrated trailblazing feminine producers, her fellow musicians and the facility of range.
Keys, who gained the award for musical theater album through the Grammys Premiere Ceremony held earlier within the day for “Hell’s Kitchen,” was described as “a worldwide pressure” as she was offered the Impression Award by Queen Latifah.
“This isn’t the time to close down the variety of voices,” stated Keys throughout her acceptance speech. “We’ve seen on this stage gifted, hard-working folks from totally different backgrounds with totally different factors of view and it adjustments the sport.”
“DEI isn’t a risk, it’s a present,” she added.
Keys’ remarks had been among the many direct rebukes to the present political local weather made by varied musicians over the course of Sunday’s telecast. Earlier within the ceremony, Girl Gaga — who gained the Grammy for pop duo/group efficiency with Bruno Mars — declared “trans folks deserve love” and “the queer neighborhood deserves to be lifted up” when accepting her award. Shakira, who gained for Latin pop album, devoted her win “to all my immigrant brothers and sisters on this nation.”
Different political remarks included these from Chappell Roan, who has spoken out about rising up queer within the Midwest and who gained the Grammy for brand new artist, calling on document labels “to deal with their artists as priceless workers with a livable wage and medical health insurance and safety.”
Keys’ celebration of range comes at a time when initiatives selling DEI — range, fairness and inclusion — have been more and more attacked and rolled again.
“The extra voices, the extra highly effective the sound,” stated Keys in her speech. “When damaging forces attempt to burn us down, we rise from the ashes like a phoenix. And as you see tonight, music is the unstoppable language that connects us all.
“Let’s hold exhibiting up with compassion, with empathy, what I name soul care. Hold opening the doorways, the desires that the world is should be. Dream the world because it should be, as the good Toni Morrison stated.”
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