A thoroughly convincing argument that something is seriously out of balance.

I wonder though, how much of these ill-feelings have to do with attribution? That is, a person or group of people not being assigned credit or allowed to take credit for something that they created.

Example: I have read many books and articles over the years, about the British Invasion (of the musical sort) during the 1960s. How these groups grew up listening to music created and played, predominantly by black musicians in America. And when listening to the musicians themselves talking about their “musical education” they make it very clear that these musicians had a great influence on them. But when reading second and third hand accounts of the process by the American media at large, the black musicians tend to be moved to the background of the entire process. The attribution shifts and the creators of that style of music don’t get what they deserve. Yes, The Stones, Clapton, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Moody Blues, Jeff Beck, John Mayall and others, added to that legacy, but they still freely assigned influence to those who came before them.

I don’t know of anyone, anywhere, who would be thrilled to have someone else win the award or cash the check that rightfully belongs to them.

This isn’t to say the other issues aren’t relevant, only that I’ve seen this effect firsthand; the life, if you will, being sucked out of an individual who spent years creating something original and beautiful, only to have someone else take or be assigned credit for it.