I'm sure they'll also be protesting when a non-white student gets cast as the Prince of Denmark, right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3885280&forum_id=2#35341724)

Shut down production.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3885280&forum_id=2#35341783)

There would be an accompanying shitlibcalypse, but a good case.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3885280&forum_id=2#35341823)

The kid probably needed a psychiatrist, unable to attend school, leave house because of the distress.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3885280&forum_id=2#35341863)

So...yes?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3885280&forum_id=2#35343389)

white person casts white person to play white person (adopted by Roma) = cultural appropriation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3885280&forum_id=2#35341846)

Seems duplicitous.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3885280&forum_id=2#35341855)

https://i.imgur.com/k37Vdfw.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/KavEZ2O.gif

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3885280&forum_id=2#35342249)

drama kids also don't have a lot to look forward to, so it REALLY crushed them

maybe they won't be so raciss next time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3885280&forum_id=2#35341868)

-- LTM

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3885280&forum_id=2#35341887)

lol did Julia write this?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3885280&forum_id=2#35341903)

Stop the racist and openly stated policy of ‘color blind’ casting in the ICSD

Stop the racist and openly stated policy of ‘color blind’ casting in the ICSD

Stop the racist and openly stated policy of ‘color blind’ casting in the ICSD

Stop the racist and openly stated policy of ‘color blind’ casting in the ICSD

Stop the racist and openly stated policy of ‘color blind’ casting in the ICSD

Stop the racist and openly stated policy of ‘color blind’ casting in the ICSD

Stop the racist and openly stated policy of ‘color blind’ casting in the ICSD

Stop the racist and openly stated policy of ‘color blind’ casting in the ICSD

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3885280&forum_id=2#35342022)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3885280&forum_id=2#35342215)

I don't blame these 16 year olds at all. They're just dimly parroting what they're being force-fed by adults. They just think they're being "grown up" and standing up for some amorphous concept of "rights." It's the adults who are encouraging, then caving, to this kind of behavior. They're the real problem.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3885280&forum_id=2#35345530)

The young woman who was cast in this role has hazel eyes, blonde hair, and is the epitome of whiteness. This is an unfair position to put her in. At best, this is cultural appropriation. At worst, it is whitewashing, a racist casting practice which has its roots in minstrelsy. It also reinforces the damaging narrative that only white power structures can save oppressed people, rather than people of color having the fortitude to do so themselves. It is in line with countless movies which portray white people coming into brown and black communities and saving them. We know from our history that it is people of color who have been at the forefront of social justice movements. This white centered narrative is inaccurate, damaging, and should never be reinforced on the stage of our beloved high school.

The arts are the place where we create our narratives about society. This casting can not stand. Not now, not ever. We call upon the adults in the ICSD, the adults who hold the power, to step in and right this situation. We respectfully ask them to either:

1. Choose a different show and hold new auditions.

2. Do the Hunchback of Notre Dame, but recruit the many talented brown and black female students at IHS who have received the message that IHS musicals are a playground of the white privileged students of our school. We ask that these students are actively recruited and encouraged to audition. There are students who have never stepped foot in the choir room but can blow the roof off their church choir. They should be playing this role. It is their story to tell.

THEIR STORY TO TELL. VICTOR HUGO.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3885280&forum_id=2#35345542)

fuck the school for caving to this insane shit. it's their job to tell kids when they're wrong and being stupid and not cave to every bullshit request if they yell loudly enough.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3885280&forum_id=2#35345886)

*Victor Hugo leans into mic*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3885280&forum_id=2#35346128)

White person playing POC: WHITE WASHING! CULTURAL APPROPRIATION!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3885280&forum_id=2#35346190)