Re: Oxford Music Professors: Sheet Music is White Supremacy

On 5/17/24 11:09 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

On May 17, 2024 at 6:43:52 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
wrote:
 

On Fri, 17 May 2024 00:42:52 -0700
The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
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  On Thu, 16 May 2024 13:09:59 -0700, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    >Yes, and because the current system isn't a dream for sight-readers,
  >that means it's a racist form of white supremacy.
  >
  >(Because only white people can sight read perfectly or something.)
  >
  ><rolls eyes>
    I'm pretty sure there were and are a few black musicians who have
  managed the feat and somehow a lot of the concert pianists these days
  are of Asian origin...

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I wouldn't expect that to continue if I were you.
>
As I understand it, Asian musicians expressed concerns that they
weren't getting performance gigs as white musicians and attributed this
to race. To address that, all or most auditions for orchestras started
being done behind screens so that the judges could only hear the
performance but not see the performer. But apparently Asians are now
seen as white or white allies and a certain group of people who I'll
call People of Darker Colour (PODC) are demanding that they simply be
given positions on orchestras without auditioning because they have
been discriminated against in the past. I assume they're proposing some
kind of quota system but I'm not sure what percentage of the slots
they're demanding.
>
Now, I don't know if this proposal is finding any support among the
people who decide these things but, given the way things are going in
general, I would be surprised if this was NOT done. Competence is going
out of the window to be replaced by hiring on the basis of skin colour.
>
I'm sure the usual suspects will be along momentarily to deny all of
this and/or defend it.

 Yes, during the height of the Saint Floyd of Fentanyl riots,

How did those compare to the Rodney King riots?  Oh, and followup question: isn't it weird how those were predicated by police beating or killing black men?  Is there any way you can get your balls reattached to address this?  TIA.
  where literally

everything in America was discovered to be racist, there was an article in the
New York Times that asserted that the blind audition system used by most
professional orchestras and ensembles was racist because it *prevents* racial
bias in the hiring process.
 The 'problem' is that when musicians play behind a screen and the judges have
no idea who the person is, what race they are, what gender they are, etc., it
takes away the judge's ability to racially discriminate. This used to be
considered a good thing, but in today's woke world, the inability to racially
discriminate (i.e., give preference to blacks over whites) is a major problem
that needs fixing. Blind auditions tend to result in orchestras being
problematically white and Asian. When pure talent and ability are the only
factors available upon which to base a decision, the resulting orchestras
aren't 'diverse' enough for the intelligentsia.
 So now, rather than blind auditions, the wokesters want to remove that screen
so the judges see the players, can actively discriminate against whites and
Asians, and make hiring decisions based on race and gender, rather than
ability to play the music.
 Anyone who thinks a level playing field and the elimination of racial
discrimination is the goal of the modern 'progressive'... well, I have a few
bridges to sell them.
 And with all the hand-wringing over how they needed to get rid of blind
auditions so that they can 'fix' the problem of too many white classical
musicians, there strangely was no plan to 'fix' the problem of too many black
basketball players (or any recognition that it even is a problem in the first
place). Wonder why that is?