The Racism of Classical Music

Alex Ross the one of the leading classical music critics in the country writing for the New Yorker apologizing for himself being white and curating a tradition that is he as he puts it blindingly white. Anthony Thomasini of the New York Times has called for making orchestral editions auditions color conscious so that musicians can be hired on the basis of race currently they often start for several levels behind a screen so that the auditioners do not know the identity of the performers. If red light cameras show us that in certain neighborhoods blacks are running red lights or speeding at higher rates then the camera is racist and will be thrown out. museums now erecting wall labels that teach their viewers to see the great