Lady A, the Blues Singer, Responds to Band’s Lawsuit: ‘They Always Knew What They Were Gonna Do’

White confirms asking for $10 million in the Vulture interview, and writer Andrea Williams lays out what her intentions had been if the settlement had been agreed to.

She continued, “But here we go again with another white person trying to take something from a Black person, even though they say they’re trying to help. If you want to be an advocate or an ally, you help those who you’re oppressing. And that might require you to give up something because I am not going to be erased.”

On June 15, tensions seem to have eased when White and the group participated in a Zoom call; both took to social media afterward to say that fruitful negotiations were underway and healing was in sight. But Williams writes that White felt pressured when she was “repeatedly asked to take a picture they could post on social media.”

Friday, July 10, 2020: Lamont Dozier, Fernando Frias de la Parra and more | CBC Radio Listen to the part when A.Harmony&Stuart music panel discuss this fiasco. I’ll listen to Lady A, and her blues any day, anytime, over that other band.

They changed their name to show sensitivity to the black community. And then when the black woman who has used the name they want for 20 years wants to get paid to give up her stage name, they sue her. And they don't see their own hypocrisy. Ashamed that I was a fan of theirs.

I don't understand them changing the name and then stealing a black woman's stage name. Supposedly they changed the name because it had a slave connotation. They know she has used it for years and now they are suing her? Hello white privilege.

What a stupid argument about a stupid name change that means absolutely nothing to anyone - boring much ado about nothing 😹

This is insane. 'We're sorry for having what we ourselves consider a racist name, but fear not! We will just steal a somewhat less racist one from a black musician🤷‍♀️ We are quite progressive, trust us!' ~ ladya LadyAntebellum

They should be called Lady Karen...

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