RUSH EXCERPT:
REID: “I hadn’t watched in years but I really enjoyed it, although I’m not sure everybody else did. It was, to put it mildly, the celebration of the very thing the American right has turned into its latest anti-wokeness bogeyman. Diversity, equity, and inclusion. The show opened with Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny singing 99% in Spanish, then host Trevor Noah walked and talked through a room that was diversity, equity, and inclusion in human form. The first country americana artist to perform, Brandi Carlile, was introduced by her wife and daughters. We saw the first trans artist win a grammy, who has a hit song with Sam Smith, the British singer who came out in 2019 as nonbinary. Black actor superstar Viola Davis became an egot, winning a grammy to add to her golden globe, oscar. Lizzo, beyaunsonce took home her 32nd grammy to become the most grammy decorated singer in all time. Besting George sulte. Record of the year went to Harry Styles, a British male singer who frequently puts on dresses to pose in magazines and is a sex symbol to women and men because of it, and there was a 15-minute epic tribute to the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. So yeah. Culture wars are over, and the left won. “