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Music Appreciation

ZDU

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7. Damn. Insensitive.

Reply to Jeebo (Original post)

Thu Jun 25, 2026, 05:07 PM

6 hrs ago

Was this post meant to provoke?
I served in the Navy with a man who happened to be black and he loved classical music. So I find this original post to be offensive. That is all.

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enough LoisB

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Why don't black people like classical music? [View all] Jeebo 7 hrs ago OP

Is it that they don't like it or hadn't had the opportunities to be exposed to it? hlthe2b 7 hrs ago #1

Word OC375 7 hrs ago #2

A better question is why aren't more people of color represented biophile 7 hrs ago #3

I wonder why you wouldn't see this as an offensive question Easterncedar 7 hrs ago #4

As a Black woman, I find this question offensive. Some of us do. I also love LoisB 6 hrs ago #5

I do too Bobstandard 6 hrs ago #6

Agreed. ZDU 5 hrs ago #9

No need for an apology. I think they just should not have applied their personal LoisB 5 hrs ago #10

Damn. Insensitive. ZDU 6 hrs ago #7

Okay, let's see tonkatoy8888 5 hrs ago #8