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- There is clear evidence this is generally unpopular.
- It has not been called for by anti-racism campaigners; (it is projected onto them by a small number of well-wishers)
- most ethnic minority Britons will probably see the row as a big distraction from anti-racism campaigns. https://twitter.com/thesundaytimes/status/1297403345083215872">https://twitter.com/thesunday...
- It has not been called for by anti-racism campaigners; (it is projected onto them by a small number of well-wishers)
- most ethnic minority Britons will probably see the row as a big distraction from anti-racism campaigns. https://twitter.com/thesundaytimes/status/1297403345083215872">https://twitter.com/thesunday...
It was an earlier proposal from the Times Music critic Richard Morrison, who has always disliked the Last Night of the Proms, and who now sees Black Lives Matter as a chance to pursue his long-standing personal view of that https://twitter.com/sundersays/status/1281667446399803392?s=19">https://twitter.com/sundersay...
11% of the public overall think these songs should go. 7/10 don& #39;t. This highlights the potential for pointless and distracting cultural polarisation https://twitter.com/GoodwinMJ/status/1286576186915790849?s=19">https://twitter.com/GoodwinMJ...
On different but analogous issue of statues
By 4-1 ethnic minority respondents (60%) think focus on statues distracts from more significant anti-racism issues (but would remove major slavers)
Majority ethnic minority concern about "PC" going too far https://twitter.com/sundersays/status/1296383634853822465?s=19">https://twitter.com/sundersay...
By 4-1 ethnic minority respondents (60%) think focus on statues distracts from more significant anti-racism issues (but would remove major slavers)
Majority ethnic minority concern about "PC" going too far https://twitter.com/sundersays/status/1296383634853822465?s=19">https://twitter.com/sundersay...
The Sunday Times reports that Dalia Staveska, 35, from Finland, "is a big supporter of Black Lives Matter" and sees a Proms without an audience as a "perfect moment to bring about change". (A very questionable argument).
Indiv views will differ. Some people will be entirely indifferent. More opposition than support.
A white liberal classical music establishment is again imagining & projecting an anti-racism agenda that some may support but many will find a distracting & unhelpful polarisation
A white liberal classical music establishment is again imagining & projecting an anti-racism agenda that some may support but many will find a distracting & unhelpful polarisation
Mixed views/plurality of support (40-31 but 29% don& #39;t know) among ethnic minorities for removing inappropriate portrayals of ethnic minorities in popular culture. (It& #39;s complicated; depends on content/context; suggests caution & differentiate egregious & marginal cases?).
In the ITV poll, a plurality of ethnic minority respondents think it unfair to expect people in modern Britain to feel responsibility for actions of previous generations on slavery. (again, "it& #39;s complicated" may be the median view here).
This proposal does not seem to be coming from the BBC eutgert. But the BBC is a lightning conductor of "culture war" polarisation
The BBC dies much make the proms happen, and gets them to a national audience. So its an own goal to appear anti-proms https://twitter.com/j_coatsworth/status/1282052867910782977?s=19">https://twitter.com/j_coatswo...
The BBC dies much make the proms happen, and gets them to a national audience. So its an own goal to appear anti-proms https://twitter.com/j_coatsworth/status/1282052867910782977?s=19">https://twitter.com/j_coatswo...
A *much* higher priority for many would be to teach the history of Empire fully in schools
That also commands a very broad public consensus https://twitter.com/sundersays/status/1285656425231011841?s=19">https://twitter.com/sundersay...
That also commands a very broad public consensus https://twitter.com/sundersays/status/1285656425231011841?s=19">https://twitter.com/sundersay...
