stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoHillsborough schools cut back on Shakespeare, citing new Florida ruleswww.tampabay.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1117arrow-down1external-linkHillsborough schools cut back on Shakespeare, citing new Florida ruleswww.tampabay.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
The decision is aimed at better performance on state tests and avoiding sexual content found in some of the Bard’s work.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoYeah, but Shakespeare was a white, (probably) heterosexual Englishman who mostly just wrote about other white people. How much more ethnic whiteness do they want? It’s Othello, isn’t it? They’re objecting to Othello.
Yeah, but Shakespeare was a white, (probably) heterosexual Englishman who mostly just wrote about other white people. How much more ethnic whiteness do they want?
It’s Othello, isn’t it? They’re objecting to Othello.