White institutions intentionally set Black musicians and administrators up to fail.

I don’t want you to understand me better, I want you to understand yourselves. Your survival has never depended on your knowledge of white culture. In fact, it’s required your ignorance. — Ijeoma Oluo, 2017

There are a lot of questions orchestras should ask.

Look at your orchestras. Look at your administrations. See any Black faces with artistic agency? Is there only one token? Does your orchestra reflect the racial demographics of the community? Is this important? If so, how’s it reflected in the active recruitment of multiple Blacks, the evolution of company culture, cultural sensitivity training, and the granting of cultural membership and agency to Blacks?