Theatre show with ‘all-black audience’ that aims to explore race-related issues ‘free from the white gaze’ is accused of setting a ‘dangerous precedent’
Theatre show with ‘all-black audience’ that aims to explore race-related issues ‘free from the white gaze’ is accused of setting a ‘dangerous precedent’
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Segregation in the 21st century. Imagine me wanting to have a
> Theatre show with ‘all-white audience’ that aims to explore race-related issues ‘free from the black gaze’
American cultural imports are utter shit
Is it just me who remembers a time when we all agreed segregation was bad? It was a pretty brief time, but it was quite nice. Why did we get rid of it?
I don’t like the phrasing of “dangerous precedent”.
That phrasing to me sound like the kind of thing you would say about something that might not be a bad thing in itself, but you are worried could lead to something bad in future building from it.
This is itself a bad thing.
So basically, self organized apartheid theater that wants to keep its racism behind “closed doors”
Basically a cult at that point
How do you go about stopping racism and then come up with shit like this, it’s Americanism gone mad, just stop it, things are so much better here and are moving in the right direction.
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I thought we collectively agreed that segregation was bad and should be consigned to the history books ?
What are their boundaries for black? Can black people with a white parent attend? Can people of Asian ethnicity attend as they’re non-white?
Not quite sure what magical thing is supposed to happen when zero whites are present.
Whatever it is, would it still happen if, say, only one white was present, or would the presence of even one ruin the magical thing altogether?
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From the same newspaper that bought you “Protect Women-Only Spaces!”. These are complex issues, and this sort of bullshit rage-bait doesn’t help.
There are people making money and getting power/influence by segregating races and peoples. Be it so-called conservatives or so-called liberals segregation seems to be in vogue. What’s particularly insidious about this is that its done and the people that would usually be jumping up and down wiht righteous anger just nod it through….Just think the precedent we are setting….anyone want to go back to ‘No Blacks, dogs or Irish’ again cause thats where this stuff is heading? Everything should be open to all.
Serious question here, can I pick up the phone right now and call the police to report this ad as hate speech?
This must surely be illegal under some sort of anti racism legislation???
There is no such thing as the “white gaze”. They’re co-opting the language of feminism where the “male gaze” describes art made from the perspective of men that shows women in a sexualised light when it isn’t necessary.
What is the “white gaze”? White people coming into the theatre to watch a play in a particularly white way?
Reddit just starting to scratch the surface of the anti-white agenda. At least you’re noticing and calling it out where you see it, but this goes way deeper than a segregated theatre performance.
Oh god not another culture war talking point that were gonna here for another 3 years.
A minority of one race want to explore their racist ideals regarding another behind closed doors. I think I’ve heard this one before… it didn’t end well.
Lets call it what it is.
It’s a marking stunt for their month long show.
Not to mention a good one because if they want to look at race-related issues, they now have national media talking about their show and race based segregation.
It’s not segregation. Nobody is turned away. Mail have taken this and run with it to try and use dividing politics for the *1000th* time. It’s a night where black identifying audiences can consume art created for and by them. But <and this is crucial> if a white person wants to go to the night, they’re allowed to go..,
*Although organisers said on the theatre’s website that ‘no one is excluded’, it has been made clear on promotional material that white people are not wanted at the production that night.*
The mixed signals are confusing more than anything else here…
Racism portrayed as anti-racism, and everyone is fine with it. The world is well and truly fucked
I thought this shit only happens in America, why are we importing this nonsense
This is a terrible idea
Art should be for everyone, theatre should be for everyone
You want to know how you actually create a show ‘free from the white gaze’?
black director, black writer, black cast
Simple as fuckin that, the audience shouldn’t be apart of the equation, also if it’s exploring race-related issues surely the group who are most likely to be ignorant of those things should be able to view it? Theatre is a great avenue to teach, why not take advantage of that
Sharing English language with the US has been a disaster for this country
£10 says when it flops they’ll blame white people for some convoluted reason.
Yeah that’s racist. Reverse the situation and see what response you get.
Why are people defending this? It’s clearly meant to stoke tension and you’re giving them what they want. To be clear I don’t support it either.
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Can this be actually implemented without breaking the law?
It seems like discrimination based on a protected characteristic.
I’m brown and I promise we don’t care about this “white gaze” , the UK is a predominantly white region with lots of diversity and we don’t need manufactured problems dividing us. If you want to speak about racism then appeal to your audience without this sanctimonious attitude, it won’t be received well.