Why Are There So Few Black Oboists?

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The reason that there are very few black oboists is because most black people don't particularly care about obos. That is not a moral judgment, it's just the way it is. The idea that there's thi special kind of sociology where everything is about racism,. But frankly, that's junk sociology.

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