Edmund H. North was the winner of an Academy Award.
Rockism is a perceived bias in rock music communities that discriminates against other forms of popular music , especially producer-driven genres like disco , R&B and hip-hop .. bias. bias. rock music. rock music. popular music. popular music. genres. genres. disco. disco. R&B. R&B. hip-hop. hip-hop. Coined in 1981 by English rock musician Pete Wylie with his Race Against Rockism campaign , the term was used humorously by self-described `` anti-rockist '' critics in the British press .. Pete Wylie. Pete Wylie. British. United Kingdom. A `` rockist '' may also be someone who regards rock music as the normative state of popular music .. rock music. rock music. popular music. popular music. The term was not generally used outside the confines of small music magazines until the mid 2000s , partly due to the increasing number of bloggers who used it more seriously in analytical debate .. In the 2000s , poptimism -LRB- or popism -RRB- represented a critical reassessment of pop music , and in the 2010s , it supplanted rockism as the prevailing ideology in popular musical criticism .. pop music. pop music. Opponents of poptimist discourse have criticized the movement , believing that it has resulted in certain pop stars being prevented from negative reviews as part of an effort to maintain a consensus of uncritical excitement .