Renée Fleming is withdrawing from two May appearances at the Kennedy Center. This follows a wave of cancellations since President Trump ousted the previous leadership and announced the venue's renaming.
For anyone wondering about why the Marines aren’t playing, it’s because they were scheduled to perform Equity Arc, an organization that helps black and brown kids have access to the music programs that have been cut from their schools.
Hearing Trump say “color blind, merit based” is infuriating when you live in a city where the kids near the white schools have music programs and the kids near the black and brown schools don’t.
For anyone wondering about why the Marines aren’t playing, it’s because they were scheduled to perform Equity Arc, an organization that helps black and brown kids have access to the music programs that have been cut from their schools.
Thank you for adding context. Trumps DEI prevented the Kennedy Center performance, but a group of veteran military musicians stepped up.
Hearing Trump say “color blind, merit based” is infuriating when you live in a city where the kids near the white schools have music programs and the kids near the black and brown schools don’t.