Read on Twitter
- 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
- 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
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
11% of the public overall think these songs should go. 7/10 don't. This highlights the potential for pointless and distracting cultural polarisation https://twitter.com/GoodwinMJ/status/1286576186915790849?s=19
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
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
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't know) among ethnic minorities for removing inappropriate portrayals of ethnic minorities in popular culture. (It'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'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
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
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
That also commands a very broad public consensus https://twitter.com/sundersays/status/1285656425231011841?s=19
