{"id":804493,"date":"2020-02-23T09:01:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T16:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=956922"},"modified":"2020-02-23T09:01:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T16:01:35","slug":"see-rihannas-powerful-naacp-image-awards-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/see-rihannas-powerful-naacp-image-awards-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"See Rihanna\u2019s Powerful NAACP Image Awards Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rihanna<\/a> delivered a powerful speech after accepting the NAACP Image Awards\u2019 2020 President\u2019s Award, which the singer received for her many philanthropic efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTonight is not really about me, because the purpose is bigger than me, right?\u201d Rihanna said during her three-minute speech. \u201cIt\u2019s not bigger than us together, but it\u2019s bigger than me, because my part is a very small part of the work that is being done in this world and the work that is yet to be done.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2012, Rihanna founded the Clara Lionel Foundation<\/a>, a non-profit organization named after her grandmother that \u201cfunds groundbreaking education and emergency preparedness and response programs around the world.\u201d The singer has raised millions for the foundation thanks in part to her annual Diamond Ball gala.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf there\u2019s anything I\u2019ve learned, it\u2019s that we can only fix this world together. We can\u2019t do it divided. I can not emphasize that enough. We can\u2019t let the desensitivity seep in. The \u2018If it\u2019s your problem, then it\u2019s not mine.\u2019 \u2018It\u2019s a woman\u2019s problem.\u2019 \u2018It\u2019s a black people problem.\u2019 \u2018It\u2019s a poor people problem,\u2019\u201d Rihanna continued. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHow many of us in this room have colleagues and partners and friends from other races, sexes, religions? Show of hands? They want to break bread with you, right? They like you? Well then, this is their problem too. So when we\u2019re marching and protesting and posting about the Michael Brown Jrs and the Atatiana Jeffersons of the world, tell your friends to pull up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRihanna has not only enjoyed a groundbreaking career as an artist and musician, but has also distinguished herself as a stellar public servant,\u201d NAACP Derrick Johnson previously said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cFrom her business achievements through Fenty, to her tremendous record as an activist and philanthropist, Rihanna epitomizes the type of character, grace, and devotion to justice that we seek to highlight in our President\u2019s Award.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rihanna delivered a powerful speech after accepting the NAACP Image Awards\u2019 2020 President\u2019s Award, which the singer received for her many philanthropic efforts. \u201cTonight is not really about me, because the purpose is bigger than me, right?\u201d Rihanna said during her three-minute speech. \u201cIt\u2019s not bigger than us together, but it\u2019s bigger than me, because my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-804493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-21 23:20:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}