Posted on 09/29/2024 5:22:48 AM PDT by DFG
Two faculty members condemned “white ownership” of Shakespeare and the state’s manipulation of black history during an “Appropriation Series” at Arizona State University last week.
The scholars are pushing for changes in curriculum and leadership that reflect more “diverse” voices. During the panel, they spoke to eleven ASU students in the audience and other faculty members via Zoom.
English Professor Ruben Espinosa argued that Shakespeare’s legacy has been manipulated for purposes of exclusion and viewed through a lens of “white superiority.”
He said that for the Jan. 6 “insurrectionists” at the U.S. capitol, Shakespeare represents a symbol of “white exceptionalism” and “racial hierarchy.”
The organizers sent a letter to the Folger Shakespeare Library, the world’s largest Shakespeare collection located one block from the U.S. Capitol, and not to other institutions like the Library of Congress to notify them of the protest beforehand, he said.
Espinosa said this act reflects the insurrectionists’ perception of Shakespeare as an emblem of “white superiority,” which is why they deemed it important to protect the library during the protest.
“Shakespeare sits atop of that racial hierarchy. He is the epitome of what they consider white exceptionalism…and this is why he’s valuable,” the English professor said.
Espinosa also argued that the Shakespeare Library has a historical legacy tied to anti-immigrant and white exceptionalist sentiments, reflected in its founding leadership and early rhetoric.
He said that “the first director of the library, Joseph Quincy Adams” saw the institution as “a preservation of the language of the American people at a time when immigrants are coming in like locusts to steal our culture, to steal our language.”
“This is the way he imagined immigration,” Espinosa said.
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Sometimes it looks like Universities ARE the new Insane Asylums.
Pity, Shakespeare not being a POC. He could have been someone.
True.
Diverse voices in theatre just produce slanted garbage about how bad whitey is and the joys of abortion and gun control. Modem theatre isn’t entertaining it’s trash, trash and self indulgent masturbation.
Shakespeare was black, doncha know.
We live in an age where you can build an entire culture around gay sex and venereal disease and call it Pride. But say that you are proud to come from a people that gave the world Aristotle, Shakespeare and Beethoven and you are considered a monster.
“ Two faculty members condemned “white ownership” of Shakespeare and the state’s manipulation of black history during an “Appropriation Series” at Arizona State University last week.”
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In case anyone needs more evidence that fluoridation of tap water decreases IQ.
That has already been tried, a couple of years ago. Those who claimed it were roundly mocked.
Looked it up. This moron was hired in 2021, along with 4 others,
who will work toward the center’s mission of enabling and promoting the most expansive, creative and daring scholarship in medieval and renaissance studies.
This hiring initiative was led by Ayanna Thompson, director of the center and a Regents Professor in the Department of English, in an effort to elevate scholars of color working on issues of race in premodern studies.
“With the five BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) scholars joining our seven other early modernists, ASU will have the strongest Shakespeare program in the country,” Thompson said.
“The university’s investment in early modern studies is groundbreaking, and it will put ASU’s Department of English and the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the forefront of Shakespeare studies.
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All part of the goal of destroying Western Civilization.
“they spoke to eleven ASU students in the audience”....
Eleven.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All the more reason to boycott them.
The only reasonable response to such is: “Oh, pi$$ off.” then walk away.
2 people talking to 11 others should not make national attention. This is pure bullshit and the 2 staff members need to be fired with prejudice.
The things that pass for knowledge I can’t understand
A graduate of ASU should be a red flag on any resume.
I can remember when ASU had the best pizza delivery drivers around.
Clearly, the place has been overtaken with woke BS.
Now the new ‘social currency’ is not how much you make in tips for pizza delivery, but how big a ‘victim’ you might be....
Somehow, cultural appropriation only goes one way.
Professor Espinosa:
“He is the President of the Shakespeare Association of America (2024-2026), and he serves on the Editorial Boards of Shakespeare Quarterly, Palgrave’s “Early Modern Cultural Studies” series, and on the Executive Board of RaceB4Race.”
Seriously, if there is an African writer who produced as much and has as great affect on the English language as Shakespeare please bring him forward.
“Romeo, Romeo. Where da fuq you is, Romeo?
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