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Nicki Minaj’s Racist Media Coverage

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Sadly, the tabloid media—and by extension, much of the pop culture media landscape—can’t stop painting the pop diva as the “angry black woman.” And it needs to stop.

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According to Us Magazine, Page Six, and a bunch of other people with a lot of time on their hands, Nicki Minaj “shaded” Jennifer Lopez at the AMAs.

The alleged “shading” took place when host Lopez opened the ceremonies with a medley of the year’s biggest tracks, including Minaj’s “Anaconda.”

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