Whites are always the decision makers. You decide who's deserving in classical music, which makes the system based on white supremacy. You’re assuming that whites can be objective in absence of race. I don’t.
Human beings make decisions based on what they know already. Many Black musicians are weeded out through the tenure process because they can’t “fit-in” to their sections.
You’re also not accounting for the negative inertia of not being able to audition for orchestra until around 1973 when the white musician’s union combined with the Black unions. Are you thinking about the effect of segregation on denying Black musicians the right to study at conservatories all across the US (Oberlin being the only exception)? Should we consider how taxed based schooling limits music programs to areas that can afford music teachers, which are inevitably areas with a higher income?
How can we create a level playing field in academia to advantage Blacks to give us a fighting chance?
You’re also making an argument for meritocracy, which I’ve made very clear never works in society. The US has the highest tolerance for poverty, more than any nation. This stigmatizes the poor, leaving them with no sense of self-worth. They in turn might seek drugs, alcohol and gangs to compensate for a lack of self worth all because people think they’re just being lazy. Instead of building society from the bottom up, the rich get richer and the poor get poor. Neoliberalism cause this.
