<div style="color:black;font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looks like there was a glitch somewhere, cause I only sent it once. (at least it's only in my "sent" box once.) <br>
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From: Bruce via Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net><br>
To: stagecraft@theatrical.net<br>
Cc: Bruce <bruce@ledworklights.com><br>
Sent: Fri, Feb 19, 2021 12:26 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [SML] An Apology<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Is something wrong with the list or a mail client somewhere? I've received <br clear="none">this 4 times today.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">:Bruce Cooper<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">
<div class="yqt7621865494" id="yqtfd07533"><br clear="none">On Friday, February 19, 2021 11:35:01 AM CST, Kristi R-C via Stagecraft <br clear="none">wrote:<br clear="none">> Dave Fox posted info about standards. As an example, his last <br clear="none">> item was an accepted standard his dad and friends wrote about <br clear="none">> making a martini and one of the qualities of that drink was that <br clear="none">> it be "water-white." It's a humorous yet real and authentic <br clear="none">> standard reminiscent of the SDS for dihydrogen monoxide. <br clear="none">> Joe posted an "I'm offended" email to the list and recommended <br clear="none">> Dave be removed from all forms of social media. <br clear="none">> Dave - being the mensch he is - immediately offered a lengthy, <br clear="none">> detailed, and heart-felt apology for the offense Joe claimed. <br clear="none">> Joe privately contacted Dave to tell him it was a joke. This <br clear="none">> was a mistake on Joe's part because all of the prior <br clear="none">> conversation had been in this public forum so that apology <br clear="none">> should have been publicly offered also.<br clear="none">> Today other list members expressed surprise that there would be <br clear="none">> need for offense. <br clear="none">> Most importantly, dear SML friends - racism is most certainly <br clear="none">> NOT a joking matter. Institutional racism has held back many <br clear="none">> talented theater artists from having great careers. It means <br clear="none">> BIPOC stories are not shared they way White stories are in <br clear="none">> western culture. Cultural appropriation, misrepresentation and <br clear="none">> ignorance abound. People die both because of the racism and <br clear="none">> because of misunderstandings around it. I encourage you to <br clear="none">> become familiar with We See You White American Theater as their <br clear="none">> document explains this in detail from a USA <br clear="none">> perspective. <a shape="rect" href="https://www.weseeyouwat.com/" target="_blank">https://www.weseeyouwat.com</a><br clear="none">> Joe - your fault is not in clogging the list; it is in <br clear="none">> trivializing what is truly a life-or-death situation for many, <br clear="none">> many folks. You owe the list members - and most especially Dave <br clear="none">> - a public apology for that. <br clear="none">> Kristi R-C<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> -----Original Message-----<br clear="none">> From: Joe via Stagecraft <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>><br clear="none">> To: Randy Porter via Stagecraft <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>><br clear="none">> Cc: Joe <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jdunfee12@yahoo.com" href="mailto:jdunfee12@yahoo.com">jdunfee12@yahoo.com</a>><br clear="none">> Sent: Fri, Feb 19, 2021 9:50 am<br clear="none">> Subject: Re: [SML] An Apology<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Upon rereading the sequence of messages and my post, I see what <br clear="none">> happened. I had replied to David Fox's link to his father's <br clear="none">> safety code for dry martinis, thinking I would continue the joke <br clear="none">> thread. However, I must have recently also read some quote <br clear="none">> somewhere, which was an imagined instance of racism, and the <br clear="none">> ongoing deplatforming, so that was on my mind. I see now that my <br clear="none">> "white-water" rant, though intended as sarcasm, was not really <br clear="none">> following the line of humor that was started. Hence, more likely <br clear="none">> to be misinterpreted.<br clear="none">> Sorry for clogging the maillist with this stuff.<br clear="none">> -Joe<br clear="none">> ____________________________________________________________<br clear="none">> For list information see <<a shape="rect" href="http://stagecraft.theprices.net/" target="_blank">http://stagecraft.theprices.net/</a>><br clear="none">> Stagecraft mailing list<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Stagecraft@theatrical.net" href="mailto:Stagecraft@theatrical.net">Stagecraft@theatrical.net</a><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net" target="_blank">http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">____________________________________________________________<br clear="none">For list information see <<a shape="rect" href="http://stagecraft.theprices.net/" target="_blank">http://stagecraft.theprices.net/</a>><br clear="none">Stagecraft mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Stagecraft@theatrical.net" href="mailto:Stagecraft@theatrical.net">Stagecraft@theatrical.net</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net" target="_blank">http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net</a><br clear="none"></div>
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