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Black-White Relations Name: Candace Rembert
For this assignment you will be creating a short (approximately 500 words) reaction
essay based upon two sources:
1)Choose one of the three interviews from the Charley Gerard reading, Racial Identity
and Three Lives, fromJazz in Black and White, 1998.2) Read A Statement about Making Music in the World,
http://www.billbanfield.com/world-according-to-bill.html
I agree with everything John Loehrke said in his interview. I cannot speak from
experience since I was not around during the 70s, but I can only imagine that things were
more docile and friendly because of the civil rights movement being so recent. It was
almost as if whites were scared to do anything that would seem too racist for fear of a
revolt, considering there were groups like the Black Panthers and other originations that
prided themselves on being 100% black. Now, however, society is truly starting to treat
blacks as equals and that doesnt settle well with some people, making racism even worse
than it was. I believe that people back then had a place, and now days some racist people
indirectly think that blacks have lost their place. In other words, blacks havebegun to
become too equal. When Loehrke talked about a black violinist in the Baltimore
Symphony, that struck a chord in me. Too many times have I found myself in that exact
same position. The look that you get when you finally come in for a live audition that
says, Youre a very fine musician, but youre black and that doesnt fit in our orchestra.
Sometimes it feels as if it doesnt matter how talented or prepared you are, you can never
be 100% equal because of the color of your skin. When Loerke told his violinist friend
that he should audition for the New York Philharmonic and. His friends response was
Oh, no, I would never even bother. When Loerke asked him why not? His friend
simply pulled the skin on his cheeks. I remember a very similar conversation I had with
a good friend of mine. She told me that I should audition for this position in a local
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orchestra, and my response was very similar to Loerkes friend. I also agree with Loerke
when he said that the same thing happens in jazz. While some orchstras say we dont
want no niggers in this orchestra. Many jazz bands might say we dont want no whites
in this band. I know this was not mentioned in the interview, but now days people
always want to say how color blind they are. In my opinion, being color blind is just as
damaging as being racist. When one says he/she is color blind, that is ignoring the
race/identity of a person. People should be able to recognize the color of another persons
skin and still be able to treat them the same as everyone else.
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