John McLaughlin Williams: 'To be fair, no one has written anything referencing Maestro Chen's race, pejorative or otherwise.'

John McLaughlin Williams

On September 5, 2013 AfriClassical posted: Fred Onovwerosuoke: 'I believe we can and should freely opine without reference to Maestro Chen's race.'

John McLaughlin Williams writes:

To be fair, no one has written anything referencing Maestro Chen's race, pejorative or otherwise. What has been written to date about the lamentable situation at the Chicago Sinfonietta is focused solely upon Sinfonietta's original mission and the abandonment of it by its current management. Their intent to misrepresent Florence Price's Symphony is merely symptomatic of Sinfonietta management's ongoing intent to jettison that which Paul Freeman practically bled to establish. That it also amounts to the sullying of Florence Price's posthumous reputation and an insult to a legacy that has long labored for general recognition is something that we should continue to protest in unison.

JMW