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RE: It is unfortunate, but classical music continues to take it on the chin for past sins of

Posted by Todd Krieger on October 6, 2020 at 21:58:54:
I blame the mainstream media and education system...... It's not just minorities, but young people at large......

Several years ago, I asked a young man (about 15 years old at the time) about Beethoven...... I was shocked when his response was, "Oh, you mean the racist? ..... " ..... He was apparently taught in school that Beethoven was one amongst many "racists" in history..... He didn't even know that Beethoven was a music composer. He only knew him as a "racist."