Article: When I was an undergrad I had had a teacher tell me that Black people shouldn't do Shakespeare because their tongues are too thick," she says. "I always thought it wasn't for me. I didn't do Shakespeare for a long time; until Cal Shakes." Less
My comment: Some people are sometimes bad at believing that certain things, activities, or jobs are for some races. If you have the potential, do it. We should not have them for what others believe about you.
"Who has the power?" Hall asks. If a white critic reviews Black Odyssey, a reviewer who is a person of color should be given an equal platform. "The way the world is set up, especially in our theater community, there are only so many voices that are heard. And a lot of those voices are white. I have nothing against her, but giving (SF Chronicle theater critic) Lily Janiak all of that power and then she'll speak to something that she does not have a clue about?
Your race or skin color does not define who you are. We are all equal and important only that society has encrusted to create stereotypes and that is not correct because nobody should feel superior or inferior than another person
"Part of me feels compelled to advocate for stories about Black historical figures that people may have never heard of."
In my English class we talk and I learned a lot about them. How they suffered as slaves. I think that English classes talk a lot about them because sometimes we do not know the background of their lives and the injustices they suffered