January 03, 2020

"Asians are both the 'model minority' and an invisible minority": Creating space for conversations about racism against East Asians in classical music. A Chat with Mina Yang, pianist, professor, and writer.

45 minutes

In my conversation with pianist, professor, and writer, Mina Yang, we discuss the complicated experiences of racism against East Asians in Classical Music and in the dominant culture, how Western Classical Music proliferated in East Asia through imperialism and colonialism, and how the myth of the “universal” nature of Western Classical Music discourages conversations around politics and race.

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January 03, 2020

"Asians are both the 'model minority' and an invisible minority": Creating space for conversations about racism against East Asians in classical music. A Chat with Mina Yang, pianist, professor, and writer.

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"Asians are both the 'model minority' and an invisible minority": Creating space for conversations about racism against East Asians in classical music. A Chat with Mina Yang, pianist, professor, and writer.

"Asians are both the 'model minority' and an invisible minority": Creating space for conversations about racism against East Asians in classical music. A Chat with Mina Yang, pianist, professor, and writer.