Why are there so few black people in classical music?

[CBHagman]

22. There's so much going on here, and people have already mentioned some of the barriers...

...and I can honestly say that for many years the only Black artists I encountered in working in classical music sales were vocalists, save André Watts, the pianist, who was actually featured on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood back in the day.

Now my local classical station sometimes plays recordings by the Kanneh-Masons (see link below).

http://www.kannehmasons.com/

Concert halls and recording studios and classical stations are starting to improve on their choices. I have been gratified to learn about Florence Price and hear her works on my local classical station and also at the Kennedy Center. Time was when the music stores where I worked had no sections for individual Black composers (William Grant Still and Scott Joplin were notable exceptions).

https://florenceprice.com