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The left is coming after Shakespeare now
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:59 pm
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:59 pm
LINK NY Post
“Shakespeare was a tool used to ‘civilize’ Black and brown people in England’s empire,” insisted Shakespeare scholar Ayanna Thompson, a professor of English at Arizona State University.
Teachers also need to “challenge the whiteness” of the assumption that Shakespeare’s works are “universal,” insisted Jeffrey Austin, who is head of a Michigan high school’s English literature department.
Former Washington state public school teacher Claire Bruncke told SLJ she banished the Bard from her classroom to “stray from centering the narrative of white, cisgender, heterosexual men.”
“Shakespeare was a tool used to ‘civilize’ Black and brown people in England’s empire,” insisted Shakespeare scholar Ayanna Thompson, a professor of English at Arizona State University.
Teachers also need to “challenge the whiteness” of the assumption that Shakespeare’s works are “universal,” insisted Jeffrey Austin, who is head of a Michigan high school’s English literature department.
Former Washington state public school teacher Claire Bruncke told SLJ she banished the Bard from her classroom to “stray from centering the narrative of white, cisgender, heterosexual men.”
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Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:03 pm to burger bearcat
I doubt that W.S. ever saw a black person.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:05 pm to burger bearcat
What was the literacy rate in Black and Brown people in 1600?
Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:06 pm to burger bearcat
To be fair it’s also used to civilize heathenous millennials such as myself still today. That’s sort of the point of education.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:08 pm to burger bearcat
That's impossible. The left already told me that Shakespeare was actually black and that a white guy just took credit for it.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:13 pm to burger bearcat
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a professor of English
Most useless department in any university. Literature is stupid. Wasted hours reading Shakespeare and other dumb books in high school. Would have learned more on Wikipedia
Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:14 pm to burger bearcat
Public educators have just been on a tear lately. Most aggressive bunch they are
Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:14 pm to burger bearcat
Remember way back when they told us it was only about the Confederate flag?
Ahhhh...the good ole days
Ahhhh...the good ole days
Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:18 pm to burger bearcat
Expected
Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:26 pm to auggie
quote:
I doubt that W.S. ever saw a black person.
Do you even Othello, Bro?
Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:29 pm to jcaz
quote:This is nonsense. Literature is integral to any cultural and national identity. It is art and it is powerful.
Literature is stupid. Wasted hours reading Shakespeare and other dumb books in high school. Would have learned more on Wikipedia
What ruins literature for so many students is teachers who insist on analyzing various books through absurd lenses.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:30 pm to burger bearcat
We really do have the most ignorant population in earths history. Anyone who believes this constant flood of propaganda is simply stupid. Imagine saying math is racist and people believing it to the extent that it’s being pushed on a semi national level. Like the ancient Black cultures didn’t realize that 2 of something wasn’t better than 1 or 0 of something. Teachers unions need to be destroyed.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:30 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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This is nonsense. Literature is integral to any cultural and national identity. It is art and it is powerful.
What ruins literature for so many students is teachers who insist on analyzing various books through absurd lenses.
100%
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:14 pm to BamaChemE
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Do you even Othello, Bro?
Someone needs to ask that ASU English "professor" about this.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:29 pm to burger bearcat
We could trade Shakespeare out for some works that came from subsaharan africa, but there isn’t any because they lacked this pesky racist thing called a written language.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:37 pm to burger bearcat
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“Shakespeare was a tool used to ‘civilize’ Black and brown people in England’s empire,”
Cultural appropriation is a serious issue, Shakespeare shouldn't be credited with civilizing Africans, just as we shouldn't take credit for "Americanizing" the African slave trade.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:39 pm to BamaChemE
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Do you even Othello, Bro?
well it rhymes with Lemonjello, but I doubt that Bill ever ran into either one of them.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:44 pm to jcaz
quote:Shakespeare and those other “dumb books” are the difference between technical training and an actual education.
Most useless department in any university. Literature is stupid. Wasted hours reading Shakespeare and other dumb books in high school.
I suspect that you have only the former, if either.
This post was edited on 2/18/21 at 11:23 pm
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:51 pm to TerryDawg03
quote:She would likely tell you that a Moor like Othello probably looked like a modern Turk.quote:Someone needs to ask that ASU English "professor" about this.
Do you even Othello, Bro?
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:57 pm to AggieHank86
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a Moor like Othello probably looked like a modern Turk.
I know what Dennis Hopper would say.
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