tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083352356164153721.post1847786950148641900..comments2024-02-26T02:55:07.772-05:00Comments on AfriClassical: Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) on Rhythm and Race, in 1963 'Stereo Review' InterviewWilliam J. Zickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17779551426810486040noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083352356164153721.post-48808425506017979362009-11-30T11:47:49.981-05:002009-11-30T11:47:49.981-05:00Instead of deriding Karajan's comment as "...Instead of deriding Karajan's comment as "stereotypical," why not remember that he was one of the world's great musicians and consider the possibility that he might have had something to teach you - and was in his comment honestly stating an observation of his for your own edification?<br /><br />If a million people, including the world's greatest minds and talents, state that blacks often have a certain special and admirable talent, on what authority do you dismiss their observations out of hand? A bogus "moral" authority unrooted in observation and fact, coming mostly from a desire to jockey among people who compete for social status by expressing indignation?<br /><br />I suppose you would shut Karajan up by law on this point were he alive today, because, after all, being the superior person you are (even in musical matters), you have the right to determine what is true and untrue <i>a priori</i> and what great musicians may or may not express or observe without your approval and cesure.<br /><br />If "morality" has not the power to crush the freedom of factual observation, then what good is it, anyway, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com