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.
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.
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.