Drama school training and inclusive practice. How does training apprentice us into whiteness? #ShakeRace Colorblind casting manages diversity by de-emphasizing inter-group difference.
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Color blind casting is rooted in systemic racism. It is erasure by telling people that it is a version of "I don't see color." What we need is color conscious casting. Actively drawing attention to the ways race informs relations.
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"Theater is a house of cards built on white supremacy and white fragility."
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"Double existential threat financial and ethical. It is no longer ethical to operate w/o antiracist practices. It was never ethical but a white light is now being shown."
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You have to account for the visibility of the audience as well as the visibility of their experiences. There is, then, a demand for accountability.
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The Globe is also a white space, made up of interconnected white spaces. The Sam Wanamaker playhouse: "a space of empire."
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My comments were substantiated by my own eyes, as well as from artists and theater makers of color.
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How to come to terms with our internalized imperial and racial ideologies. FKC exposes the affective relations that can undergird our experience as BIPOC in these spaces and in our education in the imperial space that is the Shakespeare industry.
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"Crucial to the survival of a Shakespeare performing venue is the integration of anti-racism into its recovery plan."
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You can still watch the talk here.https://www.st-annes.ox.ac.uk/this-is-st-annes/about-us/the-oxford-renaissance-online-seminar/ …
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