How Olivia Rodrigo thought that only “white girls could become famous” is present in media

I happened to run into this story on my timeline on Instagram, and it turns out the story was already about a month old. I was already familiar with Olivia Rodrigo even before she pursued a music career because of her debut in the Disney series Bizaardvark.” I don’t pay particular attention to most newer Disney or Nickelodeon stars nor shows nowadays because I’ve moved on from that type of programming. However, slowly but surely, Rodrigo would capitalize on the dualities of having a singing and acting career. When I first saw this comment Olivia made in an interview about the idea of white people dominating the music industry, I immediately thought to myself, “You would be considered white anyway.” But that shows that there continue to be issues of racial identity and racial classification within facets of everyday life, including the music industry that has a history of whitening and cultivating artists to establish a particular racial identity to appeal to the masses. The article may be old, but the concept behind it is still something that happens in the industry, whether we care to admit it or not. <a href="https://medium.com/@sabrinagiles2/olivia-rodrigo-thought-that-only-white-girls-could-become-famous-a71a16532dcb">Read More</a>