John Mayer's Interviewer Speaks to the L.A. Times
As you’ve no doubt heard by now, John Mayer is catching a lot of heat for some things he said in an interview with Playboy magazine. Things like the N-word and referring to his male member as “David Duke.”
Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times reached out to Rob Tannenbaum, Mayer’s interviewer, about the controversy, and how it reflects on racism in America. An excerpt of Tannenbaum’s response:
“Take away his use of the N-word, and you have a white musician commenting on the privilege of race, and warning other whites that they can’t ever presume to know racial disadvantage.
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