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The everyday sexism and racism of traditional rock journalism:
Rolling Stone Founder Jann Wenner Removed From Rock Hall Board of Directors After Comments on Black and Female Musicians
Wenner was criticized for remarks he made in a New York Times interview that were widely seen as racist and sexist
During [a] conversation with The Times’ David Marchese, Wenner discussed his new book, The Masters.
When Marchese asked Wenner about his decision to feature only white men, Wenner called the choice “intuitive,” further stating that “none of” the female artists he encountered during his Rolling Stone tenure were “articulate enough” to merit inclusion in The Masters.
“It’s not that they’re not creative geniuses,” Wenner said. “It’s not that they’re inarticulate, although, go have a deep conversation with Grace Slick or Janis Joplin. Please, be my guest. You know, Joni [Mitchell] was not a philosopher of rock’n’roll. She didn’t, in my mind, meet that test. Not by her work, not by other interviews she did. The people I interviewed were the kind of philosophers of rock.”
Wenner continued, “Of Black artists—you know, Stevie Wonder, genius, right? I suppose when you use a word as broad as ‘masters,’ the fault is using that word. Maybe Marvin Gaye, or Curtis Mayfield? I mean, they just didn’t articulate at that level.”
