The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race - Farah Karim-Cooper
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As we witness monuments of white Western history fall, many are asking how is Shakespeare still relevant ?
Professor Farah Karim-Cooper has dedicated her career to the Bard, which is why she wants to take the playwright down from his pedestal to unveil a Shakespeare for the twenty-first century. If we persist in reading Shakespeare as representative of only one group, as the very pinnacle of the white Western canon, then he will truly be in peril.
Combining piercing analysis of race, gender and otherness in famous plays from Antony and Cleopatra to The Tempest with a radical reappraisal of Elizabethan London, The Great White Bard asks us neither to idealize nor bury Shakespeare but instead to look him in the eye and reckon with the discomforts of his plays, playhouses and society. In inviting new perspectives and interpretations, we may yet prolong and enrich his extraordinary legacy.
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This post has 42 comments with rating of 3.8/5
November 29th, 2023
Oh, go fornicate with yourself. What a miserable bunch of Maskubators
November 29th, 2023
Aka ‘How to take the whiteness out of a white authors books’, racist AF! woke conditioned publishers allow this crap to be published.
November 29th, 2023
Author should be banned for racist writings. That is hate speach!
November 29th, 2023
When William Shakespeare began his dramatic career the fashion was for stories set ‘A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….’.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, the Comedy of Errors, As You Like It …. are all set in imaginary places during imaginary moments in history. There is no real reason why they shouldn’t be played by all-African casts, by Maoris, or by animated gnomes.
Later in his long career popular taste shifted towards more realist narratives. Ben Jonson’s Citizen Comedies (The Alchemist, Every Man in His Humour, The Staple of News) show typical Londoners going about a typical London life.
Which is why Ben Jonson - great as he is - is now lost in the mists of history; while Shakespeare’s plays are still as in the moment as they ever were.
November 29th, 2023
This seems to be yet another book where an “acclaimed” race issues author celebrates the “toppling of white western monuments”.
These people will never be happy until they’ve rewritten, destroyed or changed all the achievements of the past in favour for fictional versions that look like them.
November 29th, 2023
It’s the upset anti-woke/MAGAt crowds displeasure that makes this book so special.
Well done author, can’t wait to read and review this book positively across social media.
Die mad haters:)
November 29th, 2023
Black people crying because they have no high culture other than hip hop.
November 29th, 2023
Well, there really isn’t a heap of culture that has come out of the USA just yet.
Though most of what there is, is Black.
November 29th, 2023
who is the black shakespeare? I’ll wait…
November 30th, 2023
And who is the white Jimi Hendrix?
November 30th, 2023
Lail, it’s a racist book, swap out white for another race and the author would be cancelled. There are plenty of racists in the world and they come in all colors and are on both political sides.
November 30th, 2023
Shakespeare would have our swarthy modern invaders burnt alive, and rightly so. Then he’d write a play about it. To my dark friends: don’t despair. If you want to live in a civilization capable of inventing the wheel, indoor plumbing,–let alone creating art– all we ask is that you play nice and follow our laws. You don’t have to “appropriate” our culture so desperately.
November 30th, 2023
Shakespeare’s greatest villain appears in his most mixed-race play, and is white.
But if you’ve never actually seen a Shakespeare play, how would you know that?
November 30th, 2023
Macbeth is a mixed-race play? P’haps the Wayward Sisters were somewhat diverse.
The “motiveless malignancy” of Iago can’t compare to the multidimensional energy of Richard III’s villainy; or the all-consuming nihilism & tragic weight of Macbeth.
November 30th, 2023
HAHAHA oh well, you got me! Shakespeare MUST have been THE proto-SJW! After all, his “greatest villain appears in his most mixed-race play, and is white.” Whatever that means. Thank you for the laugh, you clown.
You refer of course to Iago in Othello. Well I love Othello, so I’ll only say that you’ve outed yourself as a midwit, otherwise you certainly wouldn’t have cited a play in which the Moor who, entrusted with power and social capital by his host-civilization, throws up all over himself and kills his wife, proving himself tragically unfit for the power given him.
It’s funny. Whenever I see some viral video of a black man striking some old, defenseless woman on the subway, I think of that scene where Othello is losing his grip and slaps Desdemona to the horror of the Venetian envoy, who just can’t believe he could see such lack of civility in a Venetian domain.
November 30th, 2023
The racism of these comments is repellent (I note the usual suspects). The superlative achievements of humanity represent our common inheritance, to be valued & savoured by all.
One of the greatest geniuses in history hailed from Africa, the philosopher & theologian St. Augustine. Although I see plenty of ignorant hatred directed at him on this site also, by those who take pride in their unlettered backwardness.
Aside from anything else, the entire human family originated in Africa.
November 30th, 2023
No one is selling Africa short, Caesar, after all, you come from there–you must. I mean, when they posted your instagram, I said “there’s no way a non-refugee black dude could be that skinny, emaciated, and feeble-looking.” Lift a dumbbell my dude.
November 30th, 2023
…QED right there. Dumb as a box of racist rocks.
November 30th, 2023
LOL, Shakespeare is “great” because white people say he’s great… Like the mona lisa, pasta or the bible, white people love stuff that nobody else likes and the rest of us are just SUPPOSED to like too, simply because they say so… Keep in mind, this “great” white european culture only emerged after they went around the world committing genocide, stealing things and forcing everyone to worship their zombie gods… before that, they were living with pigs and taking dumps together… LOL
Anyone who reads Shakespeare without being told that they’re SUPPOSED to like him usually thinks he’s boring, pointless and silly - or in other words, white. LOL!!
November 30th, 2023
Then why, Koloko, do you suppose so many of your brethren insist on leaving the comforts of the tropical canopy to impose themselves on the west?
Also, in case I ever make it out to your neck of the woods to experience some REAL culture: just what is your favorite dish in your native cuisine: the banana, or the fly picked out of the hair of the ape in front of you? “LOL!!”
November 30th, 2023
So, the alternative to great literature, art, & high culture, Special K? Is it celebrity worship? Buying shyte you don’t need? Tik Tok vids? Wrestling? “Reality” tv? Game shows & soap operas? Pathological onanism?
Hating people & shouting at them?
November 30th, 2023
Still waiting for some examples of white American culture. As in, culture that doesn’t originally come from the European country before.
Oh wow! That’s because THERE ISN’T ANY!
American culture is Black culture. It encompasses music, literature and art. And it makes you dumb crackers LIVID
November 30th, 2023
The Declaration of Independence?
I don’t recall seeing any black fellows signing.
By the way koloko, who invented the things that you’re using to post on this site? Oh yeah, white men.
LOL etc
December 1st, 2023
@caesar963
I hope you aren’t conflating St Augustine, a Berber, with being black. While technically African, he isn’t what anyone thinks of when hearing ‘African’.
@koloko
Shakespeare is boring.. to low IQ, poorly educated people with short attention spans. Guess that explains all your comments.
@pryderi & tenbenson
If you want to give blacks all the credit for the state of American culture, you be my guest. Personally, I’d like to also give credit to Jews. Surely something to take pride in.
December 1st, 2023
Well its too bad Bitch, because we will ALWAYS “persist in reading Shakespeare as representative of only one group, as the very pinnacle of the white Western canon”. Go FK yourself racist POS.
December 1st, 2023
@entonbray - So, Berbers - people native to Africa who predate the arrival of the Arabs - are not African? I hope you’re not suggesting that.
Yeah, a Berber who is born & dies in Africa tends to be “technically” African, at the least; although no reasonable, colour-conscious person could logically allow such a person to be African. Can a significant number of Ethiopians not also be Jewish - simply because of their colour, the sole criterion? Is it all just about colour fixation?
December 1st, 2023
West is deep in the mire of mass psychosis .and I as a “third world citizen” can’t help feeling disgusted by your superiority complexes.
December 1st, 2023
the black and brown replacement of whites is happening, with a helpful 5th column within white society helping it along. btw, im sure caesar963 know who they are…
December 1st, 2023
…the insistent voices in your unusually small head, monkey?
December 1st, 2023
@caesar963
If you toned down the verbose sophistry you might have some brainpower left over for comprehension.
Your usage of Augustine as a foil against the “racism of these comments” is intellectually dishonest. My point was clear and you slithered by it like the serpent you are.
Again with the sophistry. As you’re no doubt aware, Jewish is both a religious and ethnic designation. Ethiopians may be one but not the other.
Your word games are neither amusing, nor are they clever.
December 1st, 2023
WHITE PRIVILEGE?
YOU MEAN WHITE ACHIEVEMENTS
December 1st, 2023
Well that’s all very charming! Have you got the painters in, or what? I didn’t bring up colour, you did, you mindless twat. And you prove my point - your sole sleazy criterion is skin colour.
Your own “point” had all the subtlety of a racist sledgehammer. I said Augustine was from Africa - & you blundered in to set your small-brained colour bar.
That I condemned the obvious racism in the comments seems to have provoked your hysteria. (You clearly don’t condemn it). You even “hoped” I wasn’t suggesting Augustine was black! You’re bloody terrified.
“he isn’t what anyone thinks of when hearing ‘African’” - What do you “think of” when you hear “African?” Do you think to leap under the bed? Hide behind the drapes? Oy.
On the Beta Israel not being Jewish enough for you: the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Shlomo Amar, ruled that even descendants of Ethiopian Jews who had converted to Christianity are “unquestionably Jews in every respect.” I doubt very much that you know more - in any respect. (Ethnicity is just about colour as well, eh?)
Where did this enton halfwit pop out of, anyway?
December 1st, 2023
Wakanda Forever!
December 1st, 2023
“African” as it is colloquially used refers to black people. Duh. Sure, there are some swarthy meds in North Africa but when I consult Google images.. what do you know, a sea of black faces. Again, what normal people expect. But not you, caesar. You don’t see colour. You’re ’special’, only the extra chromosome kind.
No, I don’t condemn racism. It’s not a pathology, just pattern recognition, a natural part of the human organism. Ah yes, I’m just so terrified, utterly hysterical *yawn*. I “hoped” you weren’t being so obviously disingenuous. A false hope, clearly.
It’s irrelevant whether *I* think Beta Israel is Jewish enough. Do the Ethiopian Jews feel a sense of belonging? Do the other Jews welcome them as their own? A public statement from a Chief Rabbi, contrary to your assumption, indicates otherwise. Were it so clear, a declaration would be redundant.
You’re a clown, caesar. May you find your Brutus.
December 2nd, 2023
African refers to African, you boring eejit.
“racism…just pattern recognition” - So, that’s all that was going on during the Holocaust, was it? Just pattern recognition?
“I don’t condemn racism” - No, you embrace it. At least it’s something to embrace, in that lonely basement.
“Chief Rabbi…a declaration would be redundant” - What are you on about? Do you even know?
Various groups have made application under the Law of Return, and the relevant authorities render public rulings under Halakha - Jewish law.
Everything doesn’t revolve around how fearful you are at the thought of dark people.
December 2nd, 2023
Ah, I see. Can’t be racist against Africans as they aren’t a race. Berbers are African. Bantus are African. Boers are African. Hell, the Brits are African too. All one and the same.
Yes, pattern recognition. You are unlike me, ergo you are not my tribe. Me prefer people like me. Even babies can grok that much.
What’s a Holocaust? Do tell.
You keep appealing to legal rulings by “relevant authorities”, whereas I refer to reality on the ground. De jure vs de facto. By that token, as there can be no racial discrimination under US law, it mustn’t exist, correct?
December 2nd, 2023
..QED once again, enton’s utterly incoherent brain farts. Trying to characterise your racism & craven fear of difference as “pattern recognition” is hopelessly clueless. A transparently sleazy attempt to elevate your bigotry. (The population of your night terrors: “a sea of black faces! Nooooo!”)
“Can’t be racist against Africans…” - Oh no, go ahead with your basement bigotry; you’re exercising your “informed” volition, after all. You’re entitled to your own bigotry. But not your own logic. African still definitionally refers to African. Law of non-contradiction, for your edification.
The Holocaust? It’s most likely the favoured subject of your furious onanism sessions.
Genocide being the result of racism, rather than it being “just pattern recognition.”
“You keep appealing to legal rulings” - You falsely ass-erted that Ethiopians could not be religiously & ethnically Jewish. The public ruling was the formal process by which their right of return was established - on all grounds. Even those who had converted away from Judaism were judged “unquestionably Jews in every respect.”
So you’re completely wrong on that, as well.
“I refer to reality on the ground” - Correction: you clearly refer to your own subjective mental state of fearful bigotry. So, your racism does exist, yeah.
Who are you when you’re not terrified of dark people? Just a blank space?
December 2nd, 2023
Are you black, caesar? Is that it? You’re evidently the hapless clown variety, rather than the impulsively violent. Hell, for all your colourful language the only thing I need fear from you is death… from boredom.
The only “furious onanism sessions” taking place are you and a thesaurus as you type your comments on this site. Poor fool me for indulging you.
You devote all this mental energy to convincing me of my racism. To what end? I am racist and never claimed otherwise. Any further interaction with you only serves to bolster my view. That would be the pattern recognition at work.
December 2nd, 2023
No harm in giving a resounding slap to a brainless racist like yourself, it’s essentially a victimless offence. P’haps seek appropriate definitions for the terms you erroneously deploy, especially your single-syllable selections.
How come you tedious, basement onanists end up on a book site, of all things? It certainly isn’t the books that draw you. You’re likely terrified of being “replaced” & losing the basement. Rest assured, no one even knows you’re alive in your bitter, swastika-strewn basement.
Observe the Swiftian wit: “Are you black?!” Recognise the contours & patterns of your subterranean stupidity.
“I refer to reality on the ground” - Underground, more like…
December 2nd, 2023
Bahaha whatever you say, Kevin. If I were built like you, I’d listen to books too. I understand if picking up an actual book isn’t within your physical capability. Didn’t even know stick insects came in your shade. Talk about stones in glass houses..
December 2nd, 2023
“Are you black?!” - “You’re an insect!”
And you’re on a book site? But why?! Get lost on the way to your beloved Hate Site, heinrich?
February 17th, 2024
How to love Shakespeare? You love not on condition. The reason why there was, for a long time, not talked about race and great authors and composers, was consideration for minorities who do not descend from Europe, because they have nothing. Now they have to be reminded of that this is not their inheritance and they have no say in its status or usage, except how it is to be received in their own countries.
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