Posted on 03/29/2021 8:51:51 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
One of the things about living in a totalitarian society is that, once something has been identified as problematic, everyone ends up competing to attack in the most aggressive way. Fail to do so, and you may find yourself being the next person identified as problematic. Perhaps that explains why the University of Oxford, founded in 1096, is contemplating ending sheet music because it’s part of white supremacy.
To be honest, it’s a little bit hard to make sense of the story because it’s so screamingly stupid. Apparently, music professors are claiming that all Western classical music has “complicity in white supremacy.” This seems to include such composers as Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, and Handel, all of whom were living in continental Europe in the 17th through 19th centuries and none of whom had anything whatsoever to do with Blacks, Africa, or the slave trade.
The problem is that they and their musical notations existed at the same time as the African slave trade. And that’s not a typo:
University staff have argued that the current curriculum focuses on 'white European music from the slave period', according to The Telegraph.
Documents seen by the publication indicate proposed reforms to target undergraduate courses.
It claimed that teaching musical notation had 'not shaken off its connection to its colonial past' and would be 'a slap in the face' to some students.
And it added that musical skills should no longer be compulsory because the current repertoire's focus on 'white European music' causes 'students of colour great distress'.
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Writing things down on paper is racist. Recording information in the form of symbols is also racist.
Education itself is racist. Graduate schools and the bestowal of PhDs is certainly racist.
Wonderful! This all would lead one to believe that Pol Pot is the spiritual and ideological mentor of all Woke and SJWs. Imagine, banning anything rational, math, music notation, Shakespeare, American History, movies, books, anything related to learning or knowledge. Impossible!?? It is already happening, as you can see.
Come on, white people. Push back on this nonsense! What are you afraid of?
(Music sting)
White anxiety,
Whenever we’re near,
White anxiety,
Our skin they do fear.
They are afraid to fly,
Success is their bane,
If they ever succeed,
Who will they blame?
White anxiety,
It’s always the same,
Ohhhh ‘xiety,
Excuses and complains.
It’s very clear to me,
They can’t let go or forgive,
White anxiety,
For hate they live!
RE: Come on, white people. Push back on this nonsense! What are you afraid of?
I believe this nonsense was initiated by white people.
The problem is that they and their musical notations existed at the same time as the African slave trade. And that’s not a typo:
University staff have argued that the current curriculum focuses on ‘white European music from the slave period’, according to The Telegraph.
Documents seen by the publication indicate proposed reforms to target undergraduate courses.
It claimed that teaching musical notation had ‘not shaken off its connection to its colonial past’ and would be ‘a slap in the face’ to some students.
And it added that musical skills should no longer be compulsory because the current repertoire’s focus on ‘white European music’ causes ‘students of colour great distress’.
Some of us just don’t interact with any of these idiots.
“ I believe this nonsense was initiated by white people
White people who are scared to death of black people. It is now a race to the bottom for the woke crowd.
And the songs are all covers. I heard a few years ago that over 90% of rock, country, pop, etc stars can’t read sheet music.
Too many notes, dear Mozart. I always said so. Too many notes.
Even worse musical notation provides rythym and melody which rap music lacks. Obviously racist!
If Miles Davis was still alive, he’d find the person who would say this kind of garbage and kick their ass.
By militant Red revolutionary Marxists
Let’s just eliminate the alphabet while we are at it.
Of course it does, many of them don’t have the mentality to read or write music. Seen it, heard it. Studied music for over five years, wrote for a PBS classic music program.
Wynton Marsalis is alive, so he should do it. As should all other black artists who have actual musical knowledge and talent.
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You can like or hate rape, but melody and rhythm rap certainly has.
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