The Theatre Royal Stratford East, in east London, said that white people should not come and watch a performance of Tambo & Bones on July 5th so its audience should be “free from the white gaze”.
Organisers said they are hosting the one-off “Black Out” event to create a “safe, private” space for an “all-black-identifying audience” to explore race-related issues the Telegraph reported.
The show is described as “A Black Out night is the purposeful creation of an environment in which an all-black-identifying audience can experience and discuss an event in the performing arts, film, and cultural spaces – free from the white gaze.”
Social media users have been quick to point out that had the races been reversed in such an instance the organisers of the event would be facing criminal investigation along with universal media and political condemnation as well as public protest.
Anti-white racism and hysteria, promoted by the media and entertainment industry as well as certain political groups, has reached new heights in white majority, Western nations.
One example being highlighted recently was an instance where a pregnant white woman, coming off a 12 hour hospital shift, was demonised and even put on official leave after she refused to let five black men steal her bike.
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