The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #107884   Message #2241353
Posted By: Azizi
21-Jan-08 - 12:05 PM
Thread Name: BS: In Memory: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Subject: RE: BS: In Memory: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
I'll take what you guys and gals have said under consideration.

But it seems to me that many White folks don't mind saying that the parts of Black cultures or other people of color's cultures that they {White people] like belong to the world, but European cultures are generally referred to by European ethnicities or/and nationalities.

Given what folks are saying here, I suppose that means that all "classical music" that was/is composed by Europeans and all folk music composed by Europeans aren't really European music since they can speak to any and all folks regardless of their race/ethnicity...

Then why is the standard definition for classical music only that music that was composed by European people?

I'm asking not to be argumentative but to "hear" and try to understand your positions on this.