Hi Liz, I appreciate you writing about this and only came to your site to find out bits about Barbershop, perhaps female Barbershop. And you brought to my attention the "White Frame" issue and I'm glad you pointed it out in a further article as really "White Male Frame". Of course nothing new, but glad it is getting attention.
What amazes me, I'm seeing in the whitesplanin' / mansplainin' is that you cannot even have a debate, let alone acknowledge or other people to acknowledge this issue on some forums. There is no voice in some places. (Ok, I'm on the wrong forums!) But I am tired of the "Oh it always has been this way" and "[this certain person] ... didn't mean it that way ..." or "No, I'm not speaking about that issue [despite referencing a video where Phil Ewell is featured throughout the 45 minutes!]"
I was looking a few months back about the petition about the ABRSM piano syllabus and it not featuring black composers. And I thought, well what about black female composers, British ones (best I found was Avril Coleridge-Taylor) and I actually feel as if surely my conditioning cannot be that bad that I can name only one.
The "White Male Frame" is so blatantly obvious, staring you in the face, been going on for (is it hundreds of years(?)) and there's either delusion, lack of accountability. Where I am in my conclusion is: complete conditioning that the mindset is: this is how it is, it is acceptable (which of course I don't agree with). And then there's further ideas: Can you fix such a broken mindset or is it a continual fight? I try to be aware, but can fall into the "what's the point? It's a waste of time" category at times.
Furthermore there is black people and women in academia debate (I'm sure things yet to be written) and it is an echo chamber where the prominently white male academics are surely just going to perpetuate white male ideas and values. I suppose that is the essence of the issue: old boys' network: It's a rigged game!
[Long time fan from Colchester 1998/1999? Please edit reply if needed, if suitable as reply]
Hi Liz, I appreciate you writing about this and only came to your site to find out bits about Barbershop, perhaps female Barbershop. And you brought to my attention the "White Frame" issue and I'm glad you pointed it out in a further article as really "White Male Frame". Of course nothing new, but glad it is getting attention.
What amazes me, I'm seeing in the whitesplanin' / mansplainin' is that you cannot even have a debate, let alone acknowledge or other people to acknowledge this issue on some forums. There is no voice in some places. (Ok, I'm on the wrong forums!) But I am tired of the "Oh it always has been this way" and "[this certain person] ... didn't mean it that way ..." or "No, I'm not speaking about that issue [despite referencing a video where Phil Ewell is featured throughout the 45 minutes!]"
I was looking a few months back about the petition about the ABRSM piano syllabus and it not featuring black composers. And I thought, well what about black female composers, British ones (best I found was Avril Coleridge-Taylor) and I actually feel as if surely my conditioning cannot be that bad that I can name only one.
The "White Male Frame" is so blatantly obvious, staring you in the face, been going on for (is it hundreds of years(?)) and there's either delusion, lack of accountability. Where I am in my conclusion is: complete conditioning that the mindset is: this is how it is, it is acceptable (which of course I don't agree with). And then there's further ideas: Can you fix such a broken mindset or is it a continual fight? I try to be aware, but can fall into the "what's the point? It's a waste of time" category at times.
Furthermore there is black people and women in academia debate (I'm sure things yet to be written) and it is an echo chamber where the prominently white male academics are surely just going to perpetuate white male ideas and values. I suppose that is the essence of the issue: old boys' network: It's a rigged game!
[Long time fan from Colchester 1998/1999? Please edit reply if needed, if suitable as reply]