Saunders wrote a letter to Pointe-Claire city council, asking the mayor to cancel the play.
“There are two reasons, the main reason being that imagery and we wanted to look further into it but also because I didn’t feel that the story of Black Beard necessarily was a story that was part of Black History month, even through the presenter is Black and I know he is quite renowned in Quebec, which is wonderful, and we’re happy to have him as a part of our roster regularly.”
Results: white woman stops black artist from performing because of what she considers racist and not the black artist himself. Stainforth is exactly what's wrong with society today.
Let me get this straight. Stainforth, a white woman, doesn't want the play because of the way the puppet looks (racial stereotypes, according to her). But, the artist himself, a black man, author of the play, has no problem with it. Results...(contd in next post)
Maybe bring in a couple of those Drag Clowns for storytelling instead!
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