The Radcliffe Camera in a near deserted Radliffe Square, with Brasenose College to the left and All Souls College to the right, closed because of the COVID-19 lockdown on Apin Oxford, England. Students should also be allowed to skip musical skills such as learning to play the keyboard or conducting orchestras - because the repertoire “structurally centers white European music” which causes “students of color great distress,” the board reportedly wrote in its report. Teaching it would be a “slap in the face” for some students because of its “connection to its colonial past,” the board reportedly complained. The board seeks to address a “white hegemony” - including the historic use of musical notation which it calls a “colonialist representational system,” the report said.
The faculty board came up with a series of radical changes to “enhance the diversity” of the music curriculum “arising from international Black Lives Matter demonstrations,” The Telegraph said, citing internal documents about the proposals. Woke professors at Oxford University are pushing a ban on sheet music and an end to the focus on classical European composers - claiming the prestigious UK institution would be complicit in “white supremacy” otherwise. Letitia James takes eye off the ball and other commentary
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