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Post by jonksy on May 22, 2023 4:16:23 GMT
NANA AKUA: The London theatre holding a 'black only' performance to keep the play free of the 'white gaze' uses the language of apartheid
he idea of a specific race being excluded from a British theatre performance is so appalling that, when I learnt yesterday that this was happening at the prestigious Theatre Royal Stratford East, I simply could not believe it.
Stars: Rhashan Stone, left, and Daniel Ward
Segregation goes against every principle I hold dear as a black Briton.
Yet on July 5, a performance of Tambo & Bones – a play said to explore 300 years of African-American history – will be staged for an exclusively black audience.
The theatre may claim that ‘no one is excluded’. But it also makes clear that white people will not be welcome at the so-called ‘Black Out night’. The aim, organisers insist, is to create a ‘safe, private space’ for an ‘all-Black-identifying audience, free from the white gaze’.
Needless to say, this is an openly racist policy. To suggest that the mere presence of a certain race is somehow harmful or not ‘safe’ is obviously every bit as exclusionary as any other law or policy that discriminates against one race.
Stone and Ward will star in Tambo & Bones at the Theatre Royal Stratford East
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2023 5:35:30 GMT
Shoe on the other foot comes to mind.
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Post by jonksy on May 22, 2023 5:48:42 GMT
Shoe on the other foot comes to mind. Pillock |
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2023 6:40:41 GMT
Shoe on the other foot comes to mind. Pillock I agree I don't like the idea of 'black only events' but when the 'pearl clutches' get going when the roles are somewhat reversed it makes me laugh, get over it snowflake. |
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Post by jonksy on May 22, 2023 6:55:42 GMT
I agree I don't like the idea of 'black only events' but when the 'pearl clutches' get going when the roles are somewhat reversed it makes me laugh, get over it snowflake. Why stir a non existing pot dead nag? |
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Post by Fairsociety on May 22, 2023 7:01:45 GMT
What needs to happen now, but we know it wont, we need to stage a event with a notice 'white audience' only.
If the event is stopped or action is taken, then we just quote this case, and ask why blacks can get away with being racists, but white people can't.
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Post by Fairsociety on May 22, 2023 7:03:41 GMT
I agree I don't like the idea of 'black only events' but when the 'pearl clutches' get going when the roles are somewhat reversed it makes me laugh, get over it snowflake. You'd be the first screaming racism if this was the other way round, you are true lefty, you're only outraged to suit your own agendas. |
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Post by sheepy on May 22, 2023 7:06:00 GMT
I didn't know any of you white folks had bought tickets, ask for your money back.
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Post by buccaneer on May 22, 2023 7:20:12 GMT
Another fad that was imported from the US, well Broadway actually.
No matter though, this is the sign of a "progressive society", apparently...
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2023 7:28:45 GMT
I agree I don't like the idea of 'black only events' but when the 'pearl clutches' get going when the roles are somewhat reversed it makes me laugh, get over it snowflake. Why stir a non existing pot dead nag? It's your pot/thread. |
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2023 7:30:14 GMT
I agree I don't like the idea of 'black only events' but when the 'pearl clutches' get going when the roles are somewhat reversed it makes me laugh, get over it snowflake. You'd be the first screaming racism if this was the other way round, you are true lefty, you're only outraged to suit your own agendas. Watch those pearls dear.😂 |
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2023 7:36:39 GMT
Some people are just so gullible, and fall for it
Its an advertising gimmick designed to draw attention to the play, and white people are not barred from attending.
The adverts state that white people are "ADVISED" not to attend ( its called "tongue in cheeck" )
Its a reversal of what was once commonplace in this country, when black people were barred from pubs, bars, cafes, boarding houses and from applying for jobs.
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Post by om15 on May 22, 2023 7:47:16 GMT
When was that, about 1600 or so? It is nonsense like that statement that eggs on the black people and gives them a sense of grievance that doesn't help anyone, least of all them.
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Post by jonksy on May 22, 2023 8:48:16 GMT
Why stir a non existing pot dead nag? It's your pot/thread. Pillock |
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Post by jonksy on May 22, 2023 8:49:04 GMT
Some people are just so gullible, and fall for it Its an advertising gimmick designed to draw attention to the play, and white people are not barred from attending. The adverts state that white people are "ADVISED" not to attend ( its called "tongue in cheeck" ) Its a reversal of what was once commonplace in this country, when black people were barred from pubs, bars, cafes, boarding houses and from applying for jobs. Pillock |
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