Thanks! I read the link. Do you have a link to where he mentions CRT? I think I may want to take this on. I taught theater, and most useful was The Merchant of Venice.
Thanks! I read the link. Do you have a link to where he mentions CRT? I think I may want to take this on. I taught theater, and most useful was The Merchant of Venice.
Money quote: ‘we want more women and more writers of colour in our curriculum, so something has to go and and Shakespeare should equally be on the chopping block. You can't make room for new voices without getting rid of some of the old.’ Here’s the link where CRT is referenced.
Thanks so much! This is truly appalling. By take it on, I mean that I may write about it on my Facebook page or the local paper or on the Substack site I’m about to create. I used to be a critic as well as a teacher.
You’re welcome. I certainly wish you all the best in tackling it. The humanities in general, English in particular, are imploding before our eyes with travesties like this. The department is a pale shadow of what it was when I graduated in 1983. Gunning for Shakespeare? There is no ‘what’s next? with that.
He's a (straight) white male which by default puts a target on his back. Ironically, in the name of anti-racism/sexism. It's the English dept, they should read 1984.
Thanks! I read the link. Do you have a link to where he mentions CRT? I think I may want to take this on. I taught theater, and most useful was The Merchant of Venice.
Money quote: ‘we want more women and more writers of colour in our curriculum, so something has to go and and Shakespeare should equally be on the chopping block. You can't make room for new voices without getting rid of some of the old.’ Here’s the link where CRT is referenced.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/shakespeare-theatre-colonial-history-1.6372904#
I’m curious, what do you mean by take it on?
Thanks so much! This is truly appalling. By take it on, I mean that I may write about it on my Facebook page or the local paper or on the Substack site I’m about to create. I used to be a critic as well as a teacher.
You’re welcome. I certainly wish you all the best in tackling it. The humanities in general, English in particular, are imploding before our eyes with travesties like this. The department is a pale shadow of what it was when I graduated in 1983. Gunning for Shakespeare? There is no ‘what’s next? with that.
He's a (straight) white male which by default puts a target on his back. Ironically, in the name of anti-racism/sexism. It's the English dept, they should read 1984.