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“This kind of thing unfortunately does happen to guys like me a lot, too much most of the time. At last month’s Grammys, Harry Styles sparked controversy when he accepted the Album of the Year accolade for his third solo album, Harry’s House.
The win immediately ruffled feathers because Harry beat Beyoncé in the category, and he was even heckled by her angry fans as he took to the stage. And his choice of words in his acceptance speech only added fuel to the fire, with the British star earnestly saying: “This doesn’t happen to people like me very often.”
Many people were confused by his remark, with it quickly being pointed out that the overwhelming majority of Album of the Year winners since 1959 are cisgender white men, just like Harry. Meanwhile, a Black woman hasn’t won the award since 1999 — making Harry’s comment after beating Beyoncé all the more frustrating.
But someone who proved to be all too aware of the privilege that comes with being a white man is film editor Paul Rogers, who won the Best Film Editing Oscar for his work on Everything Everywhere All At Once on Sunday. During his acceptance speech, Paul revealed that the movie was only the second film that he’d worked on, but it was what he said in the winner’s room that has really captured people’s attention.
