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Grammy Children’s Award Nominees Ask to Withdraw Over Lack of Diversity

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn what is surely an unprecedented moment for the Grammy Awards Best Children’s Album category, three of the five 2021 nominees  are asking the Recording Academy to rescind their nominations.“We are deeply grateful to the Recording Academy and its voting members for the honor we’ve received, but we can’t in good conscience benefit from a process that has — both this year and historically — so overlooked women, performers of colors, and most especially Black performers,” wrote Alastair Moock & Friends, the Okee Dokee Brothers, and Dog on Fleas in a social media post.

The news was first reported by Pitchfork.The musicians say that it is “not an aberration” that all of the 2021 nominees are white and only one.

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