William Shakespeare's birthplace will be de-colonised over fears that portraying his success as the 'greatest' playwright 'benefits the ideology of white European supremacy'. ...I did not know there was a word for not liking Black women.It comes amid an ongoing backlash against the writer. Some productions of his works have been slapped with trigger warnings for misogyny, racism and 'problematic radicalised dynamics' that link whiteness to beauty.
In 2022, a research project between the trust and Dr Helen Hopkins at the University of Birmingham postulated that the idea of Shakespeare's 'universal' genius 'benefits the ideology of white European supremacy'.
This is because European culture is portrayed as the standard for high art and the playwright as a symbol of British 'superiority', according to The Telegraph. ...
'Shakespeare's works are full of problematic, outdated ideas, with plenty of misogyny, racism, homophobia, classism, anti-Semitism and misogynoir,' she wrote, with the last word referring to a hatred of black women.
Yes, the study of great works of literature, art, science, math, architecture, etc. is all to the benefit of White supremacism.
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Shakespeare is 'full of outdated ideas'? Really? You mean ideas about existence, death, betrayal, trust, love, loss, outrageous humor, crippling hatred, obsessive revenge, profound regret, deep remorse, and spiritual repentance?
Me thinks Dr. Helen Hopkins doth bitch too much, filling her cold empty crusty botch of a heart with all the venom and scorn of a shrew that never lived deeply enough to witness the play of her own taming.
Edward DeVere was a great man of many flaws, and much like Othello he was often blind to bad whispered advice, and like Prospero he was a man who once had so much...and lived long enough to witness it all turn to dust and his name to be forgotten...and exactly like Prospero he also took great care to cherish and protect his beloved daughter from his own folly. The great irony of the story is, Susan/Miranda was highly literate and knew of her father's true hidden magic, and sold a half body portrait of her own sire under the clever masque of an actor who couldn't even write his own signature. Those who knew Edward's secret commented how tragic it was that the greatest bard of the ages would not be remembered under his own name...but only by his daughter's clever substitution he would forever be recognized by his own face.
Google a painting of Edward De Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford if you want to see what the greatest bard that ever lived looked like.
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