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people pushing back on Bruno more has a lot to do with the rise of woke culture IMO
it wasn't as prevalent when he first came out.
if anything i think this is the biggest contributing factor to the seemingly sudden rise in backlash and harsher overall criticism
this BuzzFeed article from 2021 literally references him using his racial ambiguity to mess a bit
something i touched on earlier in the thread.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/natashajokic1/bruno-mars-cultural-appropriation QuoteIf you need a refresher, the debate around Bruno hit its peak in 2018 — after a video of activist and writer Seren Sensei went viral. In it she said, "Bruno Mars 100% is a cultural appropriator. He is not Black, at all, and he plays up his racial ambiguity to cross genres."