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I believe that when it comes to major foreign policy issues, many prefer to have black people seen and not heard.
Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.
We've never advocated violence; violence is inflicted upon us. But we do believe in self-defense for ourselves and for black people.
Many people believe that determining who is 'black' is rather easy, a task simplified by the administration of the one-drop rule. Under the one-drop rule, any discernible African ancestry stamps a person as 'black.'
Many black people I know are proud of the Irish part of their heritage - an Irish grandparent, say - but they recognise that many people believe in a form of racial purity. And it is from that belief that prejudice starts.
With theatre, we all agree to suspend our disbelief about so many things, but not about race. It's totally OK to have one actor playing five roles - people are willing to believe that. But they won't believe it if there's a black or an Asian kid who has white parents. What does that say about us?