Grammys called out for racist captions during Bad Bunny performance.
CBS added Spanish closed captioning afterwards.https://t.co/gcV8xqi6zJ
- Paper Magazine (@papermagazine) February 7, 2023
On Sunday, the global superstar opened up the 2023 Grammys with an electrifying medley of “El Apagón” and “Después de la Playa, while the network was able to provide closed captioning for every other performer during the live broadcast, Bad Bunny's lyrics were reduced to a caption that read “[SINGING IN NON-ENGLISH]."
And just to make things even worse, the same thing happened to the chart-topper when he snagged "Best Música Urbana Album" for his latest record, Un Verano Sin Ti, with the Spanish part of his bilingual acceptance speech being unceremoniously transcribed as "[SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH]."
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Ok #Grammys inviting Bad Bunny and not getting a bilingual CC transcriber that just typed SPEAKING/SINGING NON-ENGLISH pic.twitter.com/u9DqcsD3EH
- Armando Tinoco (@armietinoco) February 6, 2023
WTF @RecordingAcad @CBSTweet @Trevornoah Bad Bunny wins a Grammy, and when he speaks some Spanish during his acceptance speech the best you can do in the close captioning is to type “NON-ENGLISH” ?!?!? Just a little racist. Do better. Be prepared with a multilingual captionist. pic.twitter.com/J27xkTpABx
- Voice of Reason (@13thgenusa) February 6, 2023
The network later added Spanish language closed captioning for both the West Coast rebroadcast and Paramount+ replays of the performance.
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ONTD, ¿hablas español?