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This interview with John McWhorter on ABC clearly lays out the problems with CRT and antiracism, which are the foundation of Philip Ewell's work. https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/author-john-mcwhorter-wokeness-hurts-black-communities-society-80915974
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Here is an excellent interview with Ian Pace that expands on his article.
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In addition, a new study has concluded that "An analysis of student test-score data shows that employing a chief diversity officer (CDO) in K–12 school districts does not contribute to closing achievement gaps and is even likely to exacerbate those …
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The issue of whether third-wave anti-racism should be tauight in music programs has now been specifically raised by Arizona State University's hiring of a critical race theorist to teach music. The Heritage Foundation, a conservative group, has disc…
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The New York Times (Zaid Jilani) has favorably reviewed John McWhorter's " WOKE RACISM: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/26/books/review/john-mcwhorter-woke-racism.html Excerpts: "In recent years, howev…
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Jofn McWhorter has a new book, coming out this week, which expands on the ideas set forth above: Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America https://www.amazon.com/Woke-Racism-Religion-Betrayed-America/dp/0593423062/ref=rvi_4/139-1015…
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For those who are mocking Stephen on Twitter: Please come here and have a substantive debate. Stephen welcomes your substantive comments about his ideas. I welcome your substantive comments on my posts and comments. If you think there is something …
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I put up my post on Ewell because the foundation of his thought is the anti-racist writings of Ibram X. Kendi. You need to understand what Kendi anti-racism stands for. Kendi believes that all inequalities beween races are due to racism. Kendi writ…
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Nate. 1. I do not know the cause, and I don't want to speculate. All I know is that the bare statistics are meaningless. 2. I believe in racial opportunity in the traditional sense of equality of opportunity. I believe that everyone who is intereste…
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But Nate, does Ewell demonstrate why this is true? Correlation does not equal causation. In other words, this may have nothing to do with discrimination or racism.
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Here is the key sentence in the Pace article: "Invoking Dante, Shakespeare, Beethoven, Virginia Woolf or Pierre Boulez primarily in order to indict them for a range of ideological crimes reveals more about those making the indictments than about the…
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The whole article is worth reading. A sample: "Cheng’s passive-aggressive arguments — employing the tropes of victimhood to propound a highly censorious agenda — and some of the extensive praise they have received, are among the most disturbing deve…
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I just discovered that two music theorists published an article in the Federalist anonomously because they were afraid of retribution. https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/14/how-critical-race-theory-has-poisoned-music-theory/ It is sad that so many mu…
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But, if we are going to "reframe music theory," we need to reframe it a manner that is realistic, not through pseudo-science. Cognitive scientists and many others have demonstrated the theory that culture is socially-constructed, which is the founda…
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Deborah. I have received four emails from music theorists in the last few days that say exactly this. They want to speak up, but they are afraid of being cancelled. SMT needs to create an atmosphere (both explicitly and implicitly) for open debate o…
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Stephen, your comment is beautiful. It describes perfectly why we study music, art, and literature.
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Jason. I originally discussed McWhorter on Ewell, not for his musical insights, but for how McWhorter put Ewell into the proper context. McWhorter is one of the leading Black scholars who have critiqued CRT and anti-racism. As noted above, McWhort…
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Jason. Whorter has elaborated on his ideas in the article I mentioned above. Is Music Theory Really # So White? https://johnmcwhorter.substack.com/p/is-music-theory-really-sowhite Like many music theorists (e.g., Open Letter https://heinrichschenker…
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Devin, I raised this issue because I wanted to open up debate on Ewell's antiracist theory and to show that not all Black scholars share his views. Ewell's theory is based on the writings of Ibram X. Kendi. Everyone who engages in the Ewell debate…
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"The Executive Board of the Society for Music Theory condemns the anti-Black statements and personal ad hominem attacks on Philip Ewell perpetuated in several essays included in the “Symposium on Philip Ewell’s 2019 SMT Plenary Paper” published by t…
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