How Is that Okay Grammys?

I don't think I can sum up my reaction to Chris Brown better than Gossip Columnist Lainey Liu did in a recent blog post.  She wants people to be angry with the academy, and I am.   How could they legitimize a guy who would beat a woman like that? Ask him to perform, and give him an award for his music too.

I get wanting to give someone a second chance. and in most cases I agree, just not this one.  Because what Brown did was unforgivable; he beat a woman.  That should be career suicide, it should mean he's a social pariah.  I remember Jay-Z saying at the time he would make life difficult for Brown; he would ruin his career.  What happened to that? And now he comes back to win a Grammy three years later? What's wrong with this picture?

How is that okay Grammy Academy?  Essentially that's what you're saying by giving him an award.  At one point he may have been a talented musician, maybe.  But his actions have spoken louder than words here; he is a violent, angry man and I just can't get past that- any normal human being shouldn't get past that.

You're setting a horrible for young women. How many women in similar situations to Brown's and Rhianna's won't speak up now, because virtually nothing has happened to him? You had a chance to make him pay a price here by refusing to let him perform, and refusing to give him any awards, and you didn't.  How is that okay Grammy Academy?

There's an old cliche that people often buy awards.  This proves it.  As Lainey says in her column; Be angry with the academy.  And I am.  So are others.  To share your anger sign this petition... because the Grammy academy awarding Chris Brown, is not okay.