… My conversation is not about Joe Rogan. I and other creators are making choices about the space we want to curate. And so, Spotify is making a choice about the space they choose to curate. She said this is not censorship this is about curation - curation meaning choosing what you want in a space, choosing the space you want around you. INDIA ARIE: Censorship is being at the threat of loss of life or freedom for your words. Arie also cited writer Roxane Gay and others in clarifying she wanted Spotify to curate its content, not censor what is on its platform. I haven’t said it in years.ĪMY GOODMAN: In a video response Wednesday, India Arie said she thought some of Rogan’s apology was disingenuous, and added, “Spotify is built on the back of the music streaming, so they take this money that’s built from streaming and they pay this guy $100 million but they pay us 0.003% of a penny?” she said. Now, I know that, to most people, there is no context where a white person is ever allowed to say that word, never mind publicly on a podcast. It’s a video that’s made of clips, taken out of context, of me of 12 years of conversations on my podcast, and it’s all smooshed together, and it looks horrible, even to me. There’s a video that’s out that’s a compilation of me saying the N-word. JOE ROGAN: I’m making this video to talk about the most regretful and shameful thing that I’ve ever had to talk about publicly. Rogan posted an apology video on his Instagram account last weekend in which he addressed the video supercut. ĪMY GOODMAN: Other resurfaced videos show Joe Rogan saying Black people have “different brains” and comparing a neighborhood with “no white people” to the Planet of the Apes. Last Friday, the Grammy-winning singer India Arie joined other artists who have pulled their music from Spotify as she shared a viral video showing Rogan using the N-word on his show two dozen times. I’m Amy Goodman.Ĭalls are growing for the audio-streaming app Spotify to remove Joe Rogan’s podcast from its platform after he promoted misinformation about COVID-19 on his show and as video resurfaced showing Rogan making repeated racist comments. This is_Democracy Now!_,, The War and Peace Report. Neil Young’s former bandmates have also asked to remove their music from Spotify in protest of Joe Rogan. AMY GOODMAN: “Find the Cost of Freedom” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
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