“Beyoncé deserved the award. Something was unfair and West sensed it, but his douchebaggery and Swift’s country-bumpkin innocence completely overshadowed the racial politics of the incident. Even West himself was forced to declare that it wasn’t about race, even though it most certainly was. West’s anger (while fueled by alcohol and NEVER directed at Swift herself) over one of the best videos of the year – ‘Single Ladies’ by Beyoncé, a black woman – being ignored was never, unfortunately, heard.”