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Funbazooka
02/09/18 6:32:12 PM
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/06/high-school-cancels-musical-after-white-student-lands-lead-role.html

Social justice activists at a New York high school successfully shut down a production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame after a white student landed a lead role.

Protests of the production began when an African-American student quit Ithaca High Schools musical production due to the role of Esmeralda being given to a white classmate.

It shows you that theater wasnt made for you," the student told the Ithaca Journal. "And it shows you that, if you cant get the parts that are written for you, what parts are you going to get?

Student activists then banded together under the umbrella of Students United Ithaca and wrote a letter that included a list of demands, saying that, while the young lady cast as Esmeralda was a stellar actor, singer, and dancer any production would be lucky to have, she couldnt be cast in this role because she is the epitome of whiteness.

At best, this is cultural appropriation, the student group wrote, alleging racial bias within the Performing Arts Program at IHS, and at worst, it is whitewashing, a racist casting practice which has its roots in minstrelsy.

While the student activists demanded brown and black female students be considered for the role, the character in question is half Roma, half French, according to the novel by Victor Hugo. SUI stressed the book and the musical should not be conflated because the musical is only inspired by Hugos manuscript.

The group points out that the Musical Theater International production guide lists her role as a Romani woman who is an outcast racially and culturally.

The Ithaca City School District announced it canceled the musical in an attempt to be more inclusive and culturally responsive in their efforts to eliminate institutional biases.

The high school is planning on putting on another collaborative project instead, adding that this is not about any particular faculty member or ICSD employee.

We thank everyone for their contributions as we delve further into complex conversations, the district said. In addition, we ask that you please stay engaged as we continually work to create community-wide support for our students and school community.

After the cancelation, the student group made more demands in a recent Facebook post.

Stop the racist and openly stated policy of color blind casting in the ICSD, the group wrote, adding because of institutionalized racism this results in white children being cast in roles written as white parts and also white children being cast in roles that were specifically intended for people of color.

Members of the group told Fox News that their ultimate goal is in line with Martin Luther King, Jr.s message of love, unity, understanding, and inclusion.

Our endgame, the group said, is a performing arts program with more unity, more inclusion, and musical where we can all experience the joy and bonding of inclusive performing arts following best theatrical practices.
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FLUFFYGERM
02/09/18 6:34:46 PM
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So having a white girl play Esmeralda is whitewashing and cultural appropriation, but having a black girl play Mary Jane is ok?

What the fuck people make up your minds.
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FLUFFYGERM
02/09/18 6:37:14 PM
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Also kinda funny how they cancelled it so they could be more "inclusive." Now no one can participate in the play or watch it.

Reminds me of the time when leftists got Stanford to take down hundreds of high quality free lectures because the videos didn't have captions for the hearing impaired. In the name of "inclusion" no one gets to listen to those lectures anymore.

FFS.
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0TiamaT0
02/09/18 6:38:53 PM
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Another stellar justification for all of the millennial hatred.

The parents that allowed these kids to turn into this are the scum of the earth.
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Rhylos
02/09/18 6:40:54 PM
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Well she's white, so it's okay. That's not racism. kappa
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SideshowBob311
02/09/18 6:42:14 PM
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Further proof that the new definition of "racism" is "anything that doesn't work in favor of a minority group".
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Damien747
02/09/18 6:42:47 PM
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FLUFFYGERM posted...
So having a white girl play Esmeralda is whitewashing and cultural appropriation, but having a black girl play Mary Jane is ok?

What the fuck people make up your minds.


You can change the race from white to anything else, and "it's ok". However, you cannot cast white people in non-white roles because that would be racist.
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Looked gf
02/09/18 6:43:32 PM
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ModLogic
02/09/18 6:44:18 PM
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FLUFFYGERM posted...
So having a white girl play Esmeralda is whitewashing and cultural appropriation, but having a black girl play Mary Jane is ok?

What the fuck people make up your minds.

remember allocated bus seating, then fools these days crying FOR segregation
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YourDrunkFather
02/09/18 6:44:31 PM
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I love how the "anti racism" crowd features some of the biggest racists on the planet
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ModLogic
02/09/18 6:46:33 PM
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YourDrunkFather posted...
I love how the "anti racism" crowd features some of the biggest racists on the planet

ive pointed that fact out many times here and it always triggers the "anti racists"
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thelovefist
02/09/18 6:47:05 PM
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Literally foxnews
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Funbazooka
02/09/18 6:47:18 PM
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Some white people are unequivocally accepting racial subjugation because they've been brainwashed into believing there's no such thing as racism towards whites.

They've literally been conditioned to distrust their own eyes and their own brains. It's legit scary.
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MrPeppers
02/09/18 6:48:00 PM
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thelovefist posted...
Literally foxnews


So wait this never happened?
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chrono625
02/09/18 6:48:41 PM
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Funbazooka posted...
saying that, while the young lady cast as Esmeralda was a stellar actor, singer, and dancer any production would be lucky to have,


Ok, what exactly is the problem? Seems as if the best candidate landed the role.
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silentwing26x
02/09/18 6:49:38 PM
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chrono625 posted...
Funbazooka posted...
saying that, while the young lady cast as Esmeralda was a stellar actor, singer, and dancer any production would be lucky to have,


Ok, what exactly is the problem? Seems as if the best candidate landed the role.


She's white. Only the most minor supporting roles for her. Gotta get in the back of the bus too, to show you regret American slavery and imperialism and Jim Crow laws.
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sktgamer_13dude
02/09/18 6:50:39 PM
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FLUFFYGERM posted...
So having a white girl play Esmeralda is whitewashing and cultural appropriation, but having a black girl play Mary Jane is ok?

What the fuck people make up your minds.

Shes not Mary Jane
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chrono625
02/09/18 6:53:28 PM
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sktgamer_13dude posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
So having a white girl play Esmeralda is whitewashing and cultural appropriation, but having a black girl play Mary Jane is ok?

What the fuck people make up your minds.

Shes not Mary Jane


She's not, but she is MJ.
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UnholyMudcrab
02/09/18 6:53:32 PM
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Funbazooka posted...
Some white people are unequivocally accepting racial subjugation

Oh for Christ's sake
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Cookie Bag
02/09/18 6:54:25 PM
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Funbazooka posted...
"And it shows you that, if you cant get the parts that are written for you, what parts are you going to get?

Are you being serious right now?
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FLUFFYGERM
02/09/18 6:54:54 PM
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sktgamer_13dude posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
So having a white girl play Esmeralda is whitewashing and cultural appropriation, but having a black girl play Mary Jane is ok?

What the fuck people make up your minds.

Shes not Mary Jane


I don't remember if this ended up being the case or not, but you can't deny that people were justifying it when the rumors were everywhere.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/zendaya-spider-man-homecoming-and-the-beauty-of-a-black-mary-jane
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SpreadManning
02/09/18 6:55:19 PM
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Yikes
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Funbazooka
02/09/18 6:55:57 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Funbazooka posted...
Some white people are unequivocally accepting racial subjugation

Oh for Christ's sake


How on Earth could I come to such a conclusion?! Inconceivable !
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thelovefist
02/09/18 6:58:47 PM
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Funbazooka posted...
UnholyMudcrab posted...
Funbazooka posted...
Some white people are unequivocally accepting racial subjugation

Oh for Christ's sake


How on Earth could I come to such a conclusion?! Inconceivable !

thelovefist posted...
Literally foxnews

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UnholyMudcrab
02/09/18 7:00:06 PM
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Funbazooka posted...
UnholyMudcrab posted...
Funbazooka posted...
Some white people are unequivocally accepting racial subjugation

Oh for Christ's sake


How on Earth could I come to such a conclusion?! Inconceivable !

I'd point out the very exclusive company this attitude puts you alongside, but somehow I doubt you'd be all that bothered by the comparison.
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Fam_Fam
02/09/18 7:05:44 PM
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this is dumb
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Bagamak
02/09/18 7:10:26 PM
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Esmeralda is not black, she is a gypsy. I don't even understand this controversy why are black people trying to claim gypies?
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Skye Reynolds
02/09/18 7:11:16 PM
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YourDrunkFather posted...
I love how the "anti racism" crowd features some of the biggest racists on the planet


But they use archaic definitions to push the notion that only white people can be racist. The term originally meant government backed prejudices toward minorities. That definition makes it inherent that only white people can be racist.

The first step in justifying your prejudices is justifying your double-standards. :v
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Skye Reynolds
02/09/18 7:11:40 PM
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Of course, I always like to point out that, if racism can only be prejudice from white people, prejudice toward white people should rightly be known as "reverse racism."
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Funbazooka
02/09/18 7:13:07 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Funbazooka posted...
UnholyMudcrab posted...
Funbazooka posted...
Some white people are unequivocally accepting racial subjugation

Oh for Christ's sake


How on Earth could I come to such a conclusion?! Inconceivable !

I'd point out the very exclusive company this attitude puts you alongside, but somehow I doubt you'd be all that bothered by the comparison.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_the_messenger
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Quicksilver
02/09/18 7:13:45 PM
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Sounds like some one is mad they didn't get the lead role.
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YourDrunkFather
02/09/18 7:18:20 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Funbazooka posted...
UnholyMudcrab posted...
Funbazooka posted...
Some white people are unequivocally accepting racial subjugation

Oh for Christ's sake


How on Earth could I come to such a conclusion?! Inconceivable !

I'd point out the very exclusive company this attitude puts you alongside, but somehow I doubt you'd be all that bothered by the comparison.


And what line of company do you think defending this type of crap puts you in?
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UnholyMudcrab
02/09/18 7:19:58 PM
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YourDrunkFather posted...
UnholyMudcrab posted...
Funbazooka posted...
UnholyMudcrab posted...
Funbazooka posted...
Some white people are unequivocally accepting racial subjugation

Oh for Christ's sake


How on Earth could I come to such a conclusion?! Inconceivable !

I'd point out the very exclusive company this attitude puts you alongside, but somehow I doubt you'd be all that bothered by the comparison.


And what line of company do you think defending this type of crap puts you in?

I'm not defending anything here.
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eston
02/09/18 7:20:59 PM
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Coffeebeanz
02/09/18 7:25:29 PM
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at worst, it is whitewashing, a racist casting practice which has its roots in minstrelsy.

Not as racist as cancelling a musical over someone's race.
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OwlRammer
02/09/18 7:32:05 PM
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Funbazooka posted...

Members of the group told Fox News that their ultimate goal is in line with Martin Luther King, Jr.s message of love, unity, understanding, and inclusion.

lmao yeah right
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prince_leo
02/09/18 7:33:41 PM
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0TiamaT0 posted...
Another stellar justification for all of the millennial hatred.

there are no millenials in high school
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Ilishe
02/09/18 7:35:36 PM
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Roma aren't even black lol, not by a long shot.

And she's half French (Caucasian).

Ridiculous, all of it.
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yusiko
02/09/18 7:35:46 PM
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thats stupid.
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Capn Circus
02/09/18 7:39:38 PM
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And liberals just go along with it and put up with the demands. "Oh please don't call me racist!"
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CM_Short
02/09/18 7:42:30 PM
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Imagine being white and so inadequate at life you still find things to complain about. lmao
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FLUFFYGERM
02/09/18 7:47:42 PM
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Ilishe posted...
Roma aren't even black lol, not by a long shot.

And she's half French (Caucasian).

Ridiculous, all of it.


Yeah you can even be Roma and have white skin.

CM_Short posted...
Imagine being white and so inadequate at life you still find things to complain about. lmao
.


What?
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Bagamak
02/09/18 7:47:58 PM
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CM_Short posted...
Imagine being white and so inadequate at life you still find things to complain about. lmao
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this implies that white people shouldn't have anything to complain about. you make it sound like all white people are royalty born into richness and luxury.
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CM_Short
02/09/18 7:50:10 PM
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Bagamak posted...
CM_Short posted...
Imagine being white and so inadequate at life you still find things to complain about. lmao
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this implies that white people shouldn't have anything to complain about.


Duh.
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FLUFFYGERM
02/09/18 7:51:19 PM
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CM_Short posted...
Bagamak posted...
CM_Short posted...
Imagine being white and so inadequate at life you still find things to complain about. lmao
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this implies that white people shouldn't have anything to complain about.


Duh.


Why would you hold to a belief that is that stupid?
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CM_Short
02/09/18 7:52:38 PM
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FLUFFYGERM posted...
CM_Short posted...
Bagamak posted...
CM_Short posted...
Imagine being white and so inadequate at life you still find things to complain about. lmao
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this implies that white people shouldn't have anything to complain about.


Duh.


Why would you hold to a belief that is that stupid?


It's not stupid. You're white. You must really be bad at life if you think you have something to complain about. *shrug*
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Skye Reynolds
02/09/18 7:53:11 PM
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CM_Short posted...
It's not stupid. You're white. You must really be bad at life if you think you have something to complain about. *shrug*


xD
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andel
02/09/18 7:53:54 PM
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this is incredibly dumb as esmerelda was originally a french girl adopted by gypsies...so she was white according to hugo
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YourDrunkFather
02/09/18 7:54:09 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
YourDrunkFather posted...
UnholyMudcrab posted...
Funbazooka posted...
UnholyMudcrab posted...
Funbazooka posted...
Some white people are unequivocally accepting racial subjugation

Oh for Christ's sake


How on Earth could I come to such a conclusion?! Inconceivable !

I'd point out the very exclusive company this attitude puts you alongside, but somehow I doubt you'd be all that bothered by the comparison.


And what line of company do you think defending this type of crap puts you in?

I'm not defending anything here.


Well, you're certainly not condemning anything either.
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Bagamak
02/09/18 7:54:24 PM
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CM_Short posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
CM_Short posted...
Bagamak posted...
CM_Short posted...
Imagine being white and so inadequate at life you still find things to complain about. lmao
.


this implies that white people shouldn't have anything to complain about.


Duh.


Why would you hold to a belief that is that stupid?


It's not stupid. You're white. You must really be bad at life if you think you have something to complain about. *shrug*

gee. so just cause I am white, it means I actually DON'T have a mental disability. whoa. this changes everything. I didn't know white people don't get disabilities. I wish someone had told me.
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