Reply #104: "you could find better in almost any African American church choir."

[intheflow]

Excuse me, but this sounds like racism to me.

To clarify: I'm not saying you are a prejudiced person, or that you have any conscious biases against (or for) people of color. I'm making a distinction between being prejudiced and engaging in the more subtle and nuanced white privilege of unconscious racism.

I believe in reality you're just as likely to find extraordinary singing voices in any random church choir in the US, whether those voice boxes are covered in white, yellow, red, black, or brown skin. To say someone is more likely to find beautiful voices coming from black bodies sounds not that far from the stereotype of "Those darkies sure can sing!" If your experience with white churches is poor choir quality, the blame lies with the choir director, not the skin color.