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Miley Cyrus on the music industry: 'People are still racist'

'Wrecking Ball' superstar Miley Cyrus has revealed that she has noticed there is still a clear race divide in the music industry. 

Speaking to Rolling Stone magazine, she explained that chatting with Mike WiLL Made It in the studio showed her how much of a double standard there is where race is concerned and how artists of different colour working together is perceived:

"Me and [producer] Mike WiLL were talking about it. He said, "For me, my biggest achievement has been working with a white girl—but for a white girl to work and associate with black producers, you're being ratchet." He's like, "Why am I on the come-up if I work with you, but if you work with me, it's like you're trying to be hood?" It's a double-standard. I didn't really realize it, but people are still racist."

She also opened up about the criticism she faced following her VMAs performance, where she was accused of using race as an accessory, and added:

"It's kind of insane. Like if I had come out [at the VMAs] with all white-girl dancers, and done the fucking "Cha Cha Slide"— same outfit, same everything — it wouldn't have been bad. But because of who I came out with, people got upset. Because they were girls from the club. They had thick asses. They were twerking. That's what I want, though — I want real girls up there who can really party. The Baker girls [her backup dance crew, the L.A. Bakers] don't give a fuck about me. They love me, but they're not kissing my ass. They're just excited to not be dancing at the club."


 

 

 

 

Watch the music video for '23', which features Cyrus, below: