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I& #39;ve been feeling a bit bemused reading the various statements from theatres about anti-racism plans or how black lives are going to matter more in the future. Mainly because, as a freelancer who has worked in loads of buildings/companies, not a single one has reached out to...
me to ask what my experience working for them was like. As freelancers there is never a point for us to debrief from our experiences - it& #39;s just press night, boom, and you& #39;re out the door. Moreover, we want to work again, so maybe we keep the racism we experience to ourselves...
Most of the black theatre makers I know haven& #39;t been asked anything. So I& #39;m wondering who theatres are "consulting" with for these statements? Just current employees? Let& #39;s ignore that the majority of black and brown people are stalled at assistant/entry level jobs...
What& #39;s the likelihood that a current employee is going to expose the racism within your company? They have to protect themselves. Also, getting the one black employee in your company to do your anti-racism work for you isn& #39;t progress - it& #39;s torture. It& #39;s reminding them every...
single day that now, as ever, the weight of anti-racism falls illogically on black bodies, because white people are dodging actually having to look at themselves and consider that a lot of their every day behaviour impacts on us negatively. I would love to see a large scale...
project that invites black theatremakers to submit their experiences anonymously (or not) to buildings/companies. I know, it won& #39;t be for everyone. It& #39;s more unpaid emotional labour. But we gotta expose the scale/pervasiveness of the problem if we gonna cut it out once & for all.
Ps. I know we all worried about the financial state of the industry. I want it to survive. I want it to thrive. But if when it starts up again it’s the same racist broken mess it always was, then it can go in the bin, frankly.
