College cancels play by black playwright because it might harm black people – IOTW Report

College cancels play by black playwright because it might harm black people

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Silencing artists of color through ‘conversation about care and trauma’

An elite liberal arts college known for disinviting speakers whose viewpoints offended students has canceled a “play-in-progress” because it made student cast members uncomfortable.

The visiting professor who was directing “Beast Thing,” Shayok Misha Chowdhury, withdrew himself as a candidate for a tenure-track position in the theater department because of the “climate” exposed by the cancellation of the play.

In a Facebook post after the play’s cancellation, Chowdhury said the “conversation about care and trauma” on campus was “resulting in artists of color [like himself] being silenced and pushed away from campus.” He plans to stay on the faculty for the rest of the year to “encourage a culture where creation is valued as highly as critique.”

While some cast members said they were upset that a majority of cast members ended up being white, Chowdhury wrote that he heard the play’s content would “disturb and harm audience members—students of color, in particular.”

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8 Comments on College cancels play by black playwright because it might harm black people

  1. Another example of over-educated imbeciles exerting their “superiority” in determining what is acceptable, and what will hurt a community of which they have no idea.
    It is like saying: “This play should not be shown on Mars, some of the residents may not like it”.

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  2. Gosh, don’t recall any similar issues with the play Hamilton. We all know this is really about hating and excluding whitey from everything. It’s never enough now for the woke masses.

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