Rolling Stone continues to publicly do penance for its original sin of having been created in 1967 to celebrate white guys playing rock music on electric guitars really loud.

Now, its new list of the<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitarists-1234814010/"> 250 Greatest Guitarists,</a> featuring this illustration.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mdou Moctar, Randy Rhoads, Carlos Santana, Wes Montgomery, Yvette Young, Prince, King Sunny Ade, Jimmy Page and Odetta

Two white men make the collage. The featured guitarist is Yvette Young, a Chinese-American lady whose math rock band Covet has released three albums.

Rolling Stone continues to publicly do penance for its original sin of having been created in 1967 to celebrate white guys playing rock music on electric guitars really loud.{ai:summary}Rolling Stone's new list of the 250 Greatest Guitarists faces criticism for its lack of representation. Only two non-white musicians are featured, with Yvette Young as the highlighted guitarist. #culture

ROLLING STONE's "250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"

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