Bruno Mars Is The Least Of Our Cultural Appropriation Problems

Bruno Mars has been in the news the past couple of days. And not from a headlining performance or a controversial interview — but, of course, a viral Twitter moment. The brouhaha began last Thursday, when an episode about Bruno Mars on The Grapevine, a panel-style web series that explores issues amongst Black millenials, went viral, mostly thanks to a clip of an opinion from writer and activist Seren Sensei. "Bruno Mars 100% is a cultural appropriator. He is not black, at all, and he...