Beyoncé gave a poignant Grammys acceptance speech about representation and diversity

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The INSIDER Summary:

• Beyoncé won the Grammy award for best urban contemporary album.
• During her acceptance speech, she spoke about the lack of diverse representation in mainstream media.
• She also said "It's vital that we learn from the past and recognize our tendencies to repeat our mistakes."

Music's biggest night was (rightfully) all about Beyoncé. After delivering a stunning performance, she won the award for best urban contemporary album. Beyoncé used her non-singing time onstage to emphasize the importance of increasing the representation of people from all races and backgrounds in our mainstream TV culture.

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 "Thank you to the Grammy voters for this incredible honor. Thank you everyone who worked so hard to beautifully capture the profundity of deep southern culture. I thank God for my family, my wonderful husband, my beautiful daughter, my fans for bringing me so much happiness and support.

We all experience pain and loss and we often become inaudible. My intention for the film and album was to create a body of work that will give a voice to our pain, our struggles, our darkness, and our history. To confront issues that make us uncomfortable.

It's important to me to show images to my children that reflect their beauty so they can grow up in a world where they look in the mirror — first through their own families, as well as the news, the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the White House, and the Grammys — and see themselves, and have no doubt that they're beautiful, intelligent, and capable.

This is something I want for every child of every race, and I feel it's vital that we learn from the past and recognize our tendencies to repeat our mistakes."

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Beyoncé's prepared words were a reminder of the lack of diversity that often plagues awards shows like the Grammys (or Oscars), as well as in many other areas of mainstream culture.

Musician Frank Ocean wrote a Tumblr post about the Grammy awards that reflected a similar message. Ocean said that Taylor Swift's "1989" winning album of the year over Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp a Butterfly" was "hands down one of the most 'faulty' TV moments [he's] seen."

Stay tuned for more news of the Grammys — we expect Beyoncé to take home more awards as the evening continues.

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