• 'With Height'. Rosalia wins two MTV Video Music Awards

The Spanish singer Rosalia made history on Monday by becoming the first Spanish to win in the prestigious MTV Video Music Awards (VMA), in the categories of Best Latin Video and Best Choreography, a victory that has sparked controversy on the Internet by questioning that the artist be "latin".

While the networks exploded with euphoria with the prize for the Barcelona and the Colombian J Balvin , in social networks questioned the suitability of Rosalía receiving an award in Latin category, when coming from Spain.

"If 'La Rosalía' wins the Best Latino in the VMA, you can say I'm not Latina, but thanks for the honor." This was one of the many comments that could be read on Twitter. Another user quoted the singer in her brief thanks: "'Thank you for letting me express my culture', Rosalia, girl ...".

His was not the only message in that line, like that of another person, who uploaded a graphic that included Spain within the "Hispanic" culture, but not "Latin" , where only South American countries would be included.

"It is a slap that the people who kidnapped our ancestors and have caused our communities so much suffering to this day still find ways to exploit our community. Under the mantle of 'we are all the same people but of different color', miscegenation of miscegenation, "said another tweeter.

The reason for this controversy, explained in the digital media Remezcla, comes from the grouping by the song industry in Spanish in the same category. "Although it is not her fault that the music industry groups artists from Spain, Latin America and Latinos from the United States, she did not take the opportunity on stage to explicitly say that she is not Latin," they criticize in the aforementioned Latin media, which speak of a certain "self awareness" when Rosalia talked about her roots and being able to represent Barcelona and her country.

The music journalist Gary Suárez, on Twitter, talked about this being a case that demonstrates "racism in the music industry and the media." "We are constantly talking about Rosalia (white European, not Latin) without stopping when the biggest single in Spanish in the US right now is from Sech (Afro-Panamanian), who does not get even similar coverage," he said.

In similar categories, Spanish artists such as Alejandro Sanz, Rocío Dúrcal, Enrique Iglesias or Natalia Jiménez have fallen in the past. According to the RAE, the Latin adjective means "belonging or relative to the people who speak languages ​​derived from Latin . "

These accusations of cultural appropriation add to those Rosalía has already received in Spain, specifically from flamenco sectors, which criticize his musical style. Even Catalan receives criticism from sovereign sectors in Catalonia for their use of Spanish as their first language.

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