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Art Imitates...White Privilege

A new stage play exploring the world of white privilege forces its' audience to reflect on the dangerous role this privilege plays and how it can so easily lean into the institution of white supremacy

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Kendi King
Apr 10, 2022
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“Ideally, the system is not the person. But the critique of a system must feel like a critique of the people” - Claudia Rankine, Help. 

Last night, I saw a stage play, written by a brilliant Black woman, an established poet and playwright. Claudia Rankine’s Help centers around a Black woman’s experience in the white corporate world a…

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