Are all pianists racists? There are more white keys than black keys, yet they play the damn things anyway. I’ll bet neither Stevie Wonder nor his famous black predecessors Scott Joplin, Ray Charles (and I know there are over 100 famous, highly talented AfAm pianists) seemed to care. They just made beautiful music. I know Nora has made a thing about it – but, she’s kind of a limited range pianist.
Yet, they’ve all became rich and never insisted on all black keys, or all other-color keys, even though Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder could have played the keyboard with exquisite talent if someone had changed the color of their keyboards without telling them they changed the colors. Were they great because they were B,L,-ack, or B, L, -ind? I’ll bet neither one of them gave the matter a moment’s concern—why are so many black people making such a big thing about what we all should be BLIND about – THE COLOR OF A PERSON’S SKIN!
Yet, they’ve all became rich and never insisted on all black keys, or all other-color keys, even though Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder could have played the keyboard with exquisite talent if someone had changed the color of their keyboards without telling them they changed the colors. Were they great because they were B,L,-ack, or B, L, -ind? I’ll bet neither one of them gave the matter a moment’s concern—why are so many black people making such a big thing about what we all should be BLIND about – THE COLOR OF A PERSON’S SKIN!