LogFAQs > #946045615

RedJackson posted...

Let's try mathematics: Are '0's and '1's racist? No, absolutely not - they only describe the mechanism of 'being' vs something 'not being'

Pogo claims it's the 0'1 and 1's that are racist

Going back to the comment of mine you quoted, I don't think this works as an analogy...but maybe the difference can clarify things (note: I'm not super familiar with theory nor have I been able to watch the Adam Neely vid yet, so correct me if I'm way off with things; I'm just reasoning it out from what I've read here)

As I understand it: given that music, unlike math, doesn't suppose necessary relations, theory would describe usage in a given set. So e.g. the people of Java have one valid understanding of musical relations, and then the Germans, say, have another valid theory. When one is held up or taught as "THE music theory" or to go further, maybe the theorists propogate the view that another is wrong and backwards, that's where racism can come into it

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