https://wiki.ncac.org/index.php?title=Down_in_Mississippi&feed=atom&action=historyDown in Mississippi - Revision history2024-03-28T17:18:45ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.6https://wiki.ncac.org/index.php?title=Down_in_Mississippi&diff=340865&oldid=prevNCACAdmin at 14:43, 27 March 20232023-03-27T14:43:50Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|description_of_content="Down in Mississippi<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</del>" <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">taking </del>place in 1964<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>begins with a white character <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">calling </del>a Black man <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a racial slur 13 times and threatens him in reaction to </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Black character helping </del>register other Black <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">people </del>to vote. The university had cautioned potential audience members that they should expect to hear vulgar and offensive language.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|description_of_content="Down in Mississippi" <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">takes </ins>place in 1964 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and tells the story of student activists who travel to Mississippi to register black voters. The play </ins>begins with a white character <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">repeatedly spewing racial slurs and threats at </ins>a Black man <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">while </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">latter helps </ins>register other Black <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">citizens </ins>to vote. The university had cautioned potential audience members that they should expect to hear vulgar and offensive language.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|description_of_incident=Texas Wesleyan's Black Student Association spoke against the play <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">calling </del>it harmful to Black students and having a marginalizing effect <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">throughout the school</del>. They cited the repetition of racial slurs as disturbing and unnecessary.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|description_of_incident=Texas Wesleyan's Black Student Association spoke <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">out </ins>against the play<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, accusing </ins>it <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of being </ins>harmful to Black students and having a marginalizing effect <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">upon them</ins>. They cited the repetition of racial slurs as disturbing and unnecessary.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|description_of_result=The play was cancelled following the protests of students. The decision was made <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in collaboration </del>with school and theater officials, the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"Down in Mississippi" </del>playwright <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Carlyle Brown</del>, and students. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </del>playwright explained that the use of the word was meant to be historically accurate and provocative. University board chairman Glenn O. Lewis reasoned that the play takes audience members out of their comfort zone in contemplating roots of racism and that censorship of Brown's play is not a valid solution.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|description_of_result=The play was cancelled following the protests of students. The decision was made <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by school officials following a public meeting </ins>with school and theater officials, the playwright, and students. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Carlyle Brown, the </ins>playwright<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>explained that the use of the word was meant to be historically accurate and provocative. University board chairman Glenn O. Lewis reasoned that the play takes audience members out of their comfort zone in contemplating roots of racism and that censorship of Brown's play is not a valid solution.</div></td></tr>
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</table>NCACAdminhttps://wiki.ncac.org/index.php?title=Down_in_Mississippi&diff=340845&oldid=prevIntern3ncac: Created page with "{{Display censorship incident |ongoing=no |year=2022 |region=North America |artist=Carlyle Brown |subject=Political/Economic/Social Opinion |confronting_bodies=Texas Wesleyan..."2023-02-27T21:10:29Z<p>Created page with "{{Display censorship incident |ongoing=no |year=2022 |region=North America |artist=Carlyle Brown |subject=Political/Economic/Social Opinion |confronting_bodies=Texas Wesleyan..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Display censorship incident<br />
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|confronting_bodies=Texas Wesleyan University<br />
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|date_of_action=September 2022<br />
|location=Fort Worth, TX<br />
|description_of_content="Down in Mississippi," taking place in 1964, begins with a white character calling a Black man a racial slur 13 times and threatens him in reaction to the Black character helping register other Black people to vote. The university had cautioned potential audience members that they should expect to hear vulgar and offensive language.<br />
|description_of_incident=Texas Wesleyan's Black Student Association spoke against the play calling it harmful to Black students and having a marginalizing effect throughout the school. They cited the repetition of racial slurs as disturbing and unnecessary.<br />
|description_of_result=The play was cancelled following the protests of students. The decision was made in collaboration with school and theater officials, the "Down in Mississippi" playwright Carlyle Brown, and students. The playwright explained that the use of the word was meant to be historically accurate and provocative. University board chairman Glenn O. Lewis reasoned that the play takes audience members out of their comfort zone in contemplating roots of racism and that censorship of Brown's play is not a valid solution.<br />
|image=Screen Shot 2023-02-27 at 4.09.11 PM.png<br />
|source=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2022/09/30/texas-wesleyan-cancels-play-after-student-uproar-over-racist-language/, https://ncac.org/news/joint-letter-calls-on-texas-wesleyan-university-to-reschedule-down-in-mississippi<br />
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