The Black Madonna promijenila ime u The Blessed Madonna

Na to se odlučila nakon što je pokrenuta peticija da promjeni ime jer je - problematično

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20 July 2020

DJ-ica i producentica The Black Madonna odlučila je promijeniti ime zbog rasne i vjerske konotacije aliasa kojeg ima već više od deset godina. Pravog imena Marea Stamper, čikaška umjetnica odlučila je koristiti novo umjetničko ime - The Blessed Madoona nakon što je peticiju za promjenu imena koju je pokrenuo kolega producent i DJ Monty Luke, potpisalo više od 1000 osoba sa klupske scene. DJ Monty Luke je, kako je otkrio za medije, kontaktirao Black Madonnu još početkom godine sa zahtjevom da promjeni ime jer “na stranu religiozne konotacije, trebalo bi biti potpuno jasno da je 2020. godine bijela žena koja sebe naziva "crnom" vrlo problematična”. Nakon što nije dobio odgovor, pokrenuo je peticiju na koju je DJ-ica očito reagirala. Na svom Instagram profilu objasnila je razlog promjene imena a mi ga prenosimo u cijelosti.

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Friends, I have changed my name to The Blessed Madonna. I have always been transparent about my faith because I felt a responsibility to be clear about who I was and who I was not. The name was a reflection of my family’s lifelong and profound Catholic devotion to a specific kind of European icon of the Virgin Mary which is dark in hue. People who shared that devotion loved the name, but in retrospect I should have listened harder to other perspectives. But now I hear loud and clear. My artist name has been a point of controversy, confusion, pain and frustration that distracts from things that are a thousand times more important than any single word in that name. We're living in extraordinary times and this is a very small part of a much bigger conversation, but we all have a responsibility to try and affect positive change in any way we can. I want you to be able to feel confident in the person I am and what I stand for. Thank you for listening. Stay blessed. -Love Marea PS: If you read this far, arrest the cops that murdered Breonna Taylor in my hometown of Louisville, Kentucky: Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, Myles Cosgrove.

A post shared by The Blessed Madonna (@blackmadonnachi) on Jul 20, 2020 at 2:56am PDT

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