| re: Ragtime... for our time |
| Posted by: whereismikeyfl 02:41 pm EDT 08/27/20 |
| In reply to: re: Ragtime... for our time - showtunesoprano 12:17 pm EDT 08/27/20 |
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The "blindness" is the privilege.
A black person cannot be blind in a similar way without facing danger. A white person faces no danger if he or she is blind--they have the privilege of ignoring certain realities.
I think your judgement of Ahrens is much more harsh than calling her comments "classic white privilege." If she indeed "was saying was that in 1998, white Americans were not aware of this kind of treatment. Therefor, the show depicted a time in the past, with characters/actions that no longer seemed present," then she is stating that her work was for white audiences and excluded the perspective of black people. If you really believe that, it is a pretty awful accusation.
I am more generous and think it was only classic white privilege and not something more disturbing. |
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