National Arts Centre targeted by Fox News and the New York Post for planned Black Out Night performance of Is God Is
American right-wing news outlets have chosen a surprising new target in their culture war against all things deemed “woke”: an outreach night aimed at Black theatregoers at Canada’s National Arts Centre.
This is an atmosphere that has to be cultivated at mainstream theatres, as Black people usually only make up a small percentage of that audience – whether on Broadway, or at the NAC. Kay’s take on this was that the federally funded arts institution is now offering “racially segregated shows” – a view that was then amplified by fellow Canadian and controversial guru Jordan Peterson, who tweeted: “For shameThings spiralled from there in ways that should be familiar to anyone who has spent any time on the Internet.
Black Out nights have been happening, off and on, in Toronto since 2020. It never occurred to me that they might spark controversy, just as I’ve never thought senior hours at the grocery store or women-only swimming hours at the public pool would.
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