In the US, a classical music academic has called for the decolonisation of Western music departments in American universities. In his book ‘On Music Theory and Making Music More Welcoming for Everyone,’ Philip Ewell states that classical music is a tool used by white supremacists to oppress minorities and that Western Civilisation itself is a ‘malignant fiction perpetrated by whites (particularly white Americans) to subjugate nonwhite cultures.
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