via YouTubeMusicNewsLady Gaga condemns white supremacy in Higher Ground Award acceptance speechThe musician was honoured for her art and activism at the King Center’s Beloved Community AwardsShareLink copied ✔️January 17, 2021MusicNewsTextThom Waite Yesterday (January 16), Lady Gaga spoke on systemic white supremacy as she was honoured for her art and activism at the 2021 Beloved Community Awards, organised by the King Center, an organisation that aims to uphold the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Receiving the Yolanda Denise King Higher Ground Award, the Chromatica singer was specifically recognised for co-founding the Born This Way foundation, which campaigns for mental health and provides resources to help marginalised groups. The non-profit has played a role in providing coronavirus relief, with Gaga herself raising $35 million for COVID-19 aid though 2020’s One World: Together at Home concert. Gaga has also been commended for speaking out about racism and white supremacy amid Black Lives Matter protests last year. This award is a huge honor I am so humbled. Since I first heard from @TheKingCenter I’ve been working hard on what to say—almost one month. It’s seven minutes long—but it’s important and it’s from my heart. pic.twitter.com/8i6cqV1gKY— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) January 16, 2021 Receiving the award, Gaga continued to speak out against white supremacy. “I dedicate this award to Black, Brown and Indigenous people, triumphant people, whose resilience is the life force of every beloved community in this country,” she says in her acceptance speech. “Black, Brown and Indigenous people continue to thrive in the midst of systemic oppression, thrive with radical joy, unapologetically creating full and beautiful lives despite the systems of white supremacy that are intended to keep them from doing so.” She also discusses the responsibility of unlearning a white supremacist worldview, as she touched on in an interview last year. “The colour of my own skin is not lost on me,” she says. “I believe the Beloved Community is possible when, and if, people who look like me – other white people – commit to unlearning.” Watch Lady Gaga’s full acceptance speech below. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREThe 5 best features from PinkPantheress’ new remix albumMoses Ideka is making pagan synth-folk from the heart of south LondonZimmermannKindred spirits and psychedelic florals: Zimmermann heads to 70s Sydney Behind-the-scenes at Oklou and FKA twigs’ new video shootBjörk calls for the release of musician ‘kidnapped’ by Israeli authoritiesIB Kamara on branching out into musicEnter the K-Bass: How SCR revolutionised Korean club culture‘Comic Con meets underground rap’: Photos from Eastern Margins’ day festWho are H.LLS? Get to know London’s anonymous alt-R&B trioTaylor Swift has lost her grip with The Life of a Showgirl ‘Cold Lewisham nights’: Behind the scenes at Jim Legxacy’s debut UK tour All the pettiest pop beefs of 2025