The problem is that Blacks were never a part of opera. Classic example of cultural appropriation.
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Akin to whites demanding equal representation in hip-hop. Eventually they'll issue you a mandatory black doppelganger to follow you about.
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colonial mindset - "equality means everyone likes the same things affluent SWPLs like"
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Maybe they make up 10% of the cast but they certainly don't make up 10% of the audience.
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There are phenomenal black opera singers (Jessye Norman) who deserve every role they can get... But watching opera is as white as get.
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Also, at 60, opera audiences make me feel young.
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The trap they depend on people falling in to is that there is a certain number/point at which they'll be satisfied. There isn't.
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Dare I ask about the audiences? Let's prorate it that way!
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Exactly. Blacks (particularly Black women) have been well represented in opera for nearly 100 years: Price, Norman, Battle, etc.
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Not dominance: total displacement. In other words - Full "Diversity"
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liked when Idris Elba demanded BBC write more series for him
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This is why I stopped watching the NFL and NBA. Over representation of blacks relative to the general population.
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going to operas on the reg?? (Pretending to be cultured is probably the saddest thing I've seen on here yet, but I'll keep reading) -
I tolerate going to opera ~once a year without paying for it in Alabama, and also see a performance by simulcast. Why assume pretending?
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I'm absolutely not cultured, I find the singing headache inducing, but I'm much further removed and still deal with it & (usually mock it)
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