[SML] An Apology

[Bruce]

Is something wrong with the list or a mail client somewhere?  I've received 
this 4 times today.

:Bruce Cooper



On Friday, February 19, 2021 11:35:01 AM CST, Kristi R-C via Stagecraft 
wrote:
> Dave Fox posted info about standards. As an example, his last 
> item was an accepted standard his dad and friends wrote about 
> making a martini and one of the qualities of that drink was that 
> it be "water-white." It's a humorous yet real and authentic 
> standard reminiscent of the SDS for dihydrogen monoxide. 
> Joe posted an "I'm offended" email to the list and recommended 
> Dave be removed from all forms of social media. 
> Dave - being the mensch he is - immediately offered a lengthy, 
> detailed, and heart-felt apology for the offense Joe claimed. 
> Joe privately contacted Dave to tell him it was a joke. This 
> was a mistake on Joe's part because all of the prior 
> conversation had been in this public forum so that apology 
> should have been publicly offered also.
> Today other list members expressed surprise that there would be 
> need for offense.  
> Most importantly, dear SML friends - racism is most certainly 
> NOT a joking matter. Institutional racism has held back many 
> talented theater artists from having great careers. It means 
> BIPOC stories are not shared they way White stories are in 
> western culture. Cultural appropriation, misrepresentation and 
> ignorance abound. People die both because of the racism and 
> because of misunderstandings around it. I encourage you to 
> become familiar with We See You White American Theater as their 
> document explains this in detail from a USA 
> perspective. https://www.weseeyouwat.com
> Joe - your fault is not in clogging  the list; it is in 
> trivializing what is truly a life-or-death situation for many, 
> many folks. You owe the list members - and most especially Dave 
> - a public apology for that. 
> Kristi R-C
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
> To: Randy Porter via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
> Cc: Joe <jdunfee12 at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Fri, Feb 19, 2021 9:50 am
> Subject: Re: [SML] An Apology
>
> Upon rereading the sequence of messages and my post, I see what 
> happened.  I had replied to David Fox's link to his father's 
> safety code for dry martinis, thinking I would continue the joke 
> thread. However, I  must have recently also read some quote 
> somewhere, which was an imagined instance of racism, and the 
> ongoing deplatforming, so that was on my mind. I see now that my 
> "white-water" rant, though intended as sarcasm, was not really 
> following the line of humor that was started. Hence, more likely 
> to be misinterpreted.
> Sorry for clogging the maillist with this stuff.
> -Joe
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