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The Grammy Awards, according to The Daily Beast, had a whiteness problem. Plenty of others criticized the awards show for having race issues as well. And what prompted this criticism, you wonder?

Adele, the vastly talented English singer, won Album of the Year over Beyonc.

Mind you, at Sunday nights ceremony, the rap group A Tribe Called Quest rocked the stage and lobbed direct Donald Trump insults while African-American artists like Chance the Rapper walked away with multiple Grammys. Even Beyonc didnt go home empty-handed. Her Lemonade album won for Best Urban Contemporary Album.

Still, outlets like The Daily Beast insisted the night was an example of institutionalized racism.

Accusations of racism at Hollywood awards shows are about as predictable as the aggressively liberal stances spewed from the stage. Whether it's #OscarsSoWhite or other charges, Hollywood awards shows cannot escape criticism from those obsessed with identity politics. It seems impossible in today's world of entitled social justice warriors and social media trolls.

Adele and Beyonc both put out high-selling and highly praised albums this year. You can likely find just as many people arguing for Adele's "25" as the Best Album of the Year as you can for Beyonce's "Lemonade."

There's a simple explanation for why Adele won her album was better. It connected more with people and on a bigger scale. That says nothing bad aboutBeyonc's "Lemonade" album. Adele likely didn't win by much.

The singer even humbly acknowledged Beyonc onstage and had her award broken in half so she could share it with Beyonc. "My artist of my life is Beyonc," said Adele in her acceptance speech Sunday night. "This album for me the 'Lemonade' album was so monumental, Beyonc."

She continued, "So monumental, and so well thought-out and soul-bearing, and we all got to see another side to you that you don't always let us see. And we appreciate that. All us artists here adore you. You are our light."

Beyonc appeared genuinely moved by Adele's words.

This humility and an example of artists coming together does not, however, please the sharks looking for blood in the water. They're more interested in being divisive and using identity politics to shame winning artists.

People who complain of racism at the Grammy Awards do the world a disservice. There is very real racism in the world. It is blatant and it is ugly and has nothing to do with an awards show meant to celebrate art, and at which performers of all backgrounds were able to take the stage.

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Perhaps if Beyonc and other black artists had been snubbed in the nominations, there would be an argument. However, break down the nominees of Sunday's show and you'll see how ridiculous the "outrage" is on this topic.

Both Beyonc and Drake were nominated for Best Album of the Year. Rihanna and Beyonc were both nominated for Record of the Year. On and on it goes. Chance the Rapper walked away with three Grammy Awards, and Drake walked away with two.

At its best, art especially music can help people of all kinds, of all income levels, of all backgrounds, come together and forget identity politics. Unfortunately, many today are not satisfied until art itself is crippled into something divisive and aggressive.

Adele won Best Album of the Year because she had the best album of the year. Period. End of story. She didn't win because voters preferred her "whiteness." Her rich voice and vocal range have been widely praised by critics for a number of years; Jon Pareles, the chief music critic for The New York Times, once said of Adele, "She can seethe, sob, rasp, swoop, lilt and belt, in ways that draw more attention to the song than to the singer."

She and Beyonc are two impressive and accomplished artists regardless of skin color who put out very popular and influential albums. However, when there needs to be a winner, there will be one no matter how close the race is. And, in this case, it had nothing to do with skin color, no matter what some people would have the rest of us believe.

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