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Glad to hear this discussion on OPB today. But I can't help wondering, in keeping with the occasion, why it is that opbmusic.org is essentially racist? (And for that matter, ageist as well.) I'm not saying that opbmusic is racist by intent, but given that opbmusic offers next-to-no jazz, blues, r&b, hip-hop, music from any part of the African diaspora, in fact, hardly any music by anyone who isn't white, how else can you characterize it? Opbmusic plays basically nothing but young white boys and girls (mostly boys) strumming their guitars and playing rock/pop music. As part of the coming "change" I wish the opbmusic concept could be sent back to Crawford, along with the outgoing president, in favor of a format which celebrates all of our musics.

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