On July 4th, Variety dropped a tweet that would resonate on Twitter with anyone who had even a bit of knowledge about rock and or roll. Variety totally disregarded that you can take the origins of “rock ‘n’ roll” back to the 1920’s with Trixie Smith and the more well-known Chuck Berry, who was covered so effortlessly in Back To The Future, to claim that Elvis created rock n’ roll:
How Elvis invented rock ‘n’ roll 60 years ago: https://t.co/RHWHziF8Ai pic.twitter.com/TQKYTBJNum
— Variety (@Variety) July 4, 2014
OK, well opinions vary on the topic and you’re entitled to that opinion, Variety. But then the #VarietyHeadlines was created and users decided to have a little fun:
The story of Paula Deen: “How I battled Racism” #VarietyHeadlines — DAVIANTÉ THE GREAT (@NahDaveNah) July 5, 2014
Kardashians paved the way for women all around to embrace their natural curves #VarietyHeadlines
— FatBellyElla (@EvanCymone) July 5, 2014
Clinton Election as First Black President Heralds End of Racism in America. #VarietyHeadlines #BlackTwitter — Chris Baker (@folkengine) July 5, 2014
A closer look into how taco bell invented it’s delicious Mexican food empire #VarietyHeadlines — submodality (@oliverthoreau) July 5, 2014
And then it went full bore and called out the elephant in the room:
White people invented everything, picked all the cotton and we didn’t need your black asses to do it. #VarietyHeadlines — Monique (@thejournalista) July 5, 2014
I think it’s safe to say that one must look into things a little bit more before just doling out credit to someone. You can trace back the creation of rock ‘n’ roll to the early 1800’s and still get crap for it.
