Whitey Ford
11-05-2018, 10:35 PM
A white theatre director is at the centre of a debate about racial identity after he was given a job meant for artists of colour. Anthony Ekundayo Lennon was one of four people who won a paid traineeship as a ‘theatre practitioner of colour’ last year. It was funded by a grant worth £406,500 grant from the Arts Council England to ‘deliver a comprehensive programme of talent development for future BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) leaders.’
He allegedly applied and claimed he was of ‘mixed heritage’, despite being born to white Irish parents. Mr Lennon reportedly began as a trainee with the black-led theatre company Talawa, applying as a mixed raced individual’.
https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/04/white-theatre-director-who-got-funding-for-bame-leaders-says-he-is-born-again-african-8104661/?ito=cbshare
He allegedly applied and claimed he was of ‘mixed heritage’, despite being born to white Irish parents. Mr Lennon reportedly began as a trainee with the black-led theatre company Talawa, applying as a mixed raced individual’.
https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/04/white-theatre-director-who-got-funding-for-bame-leaders-says-he-is-born-again-african-8104661/?ito=cbshare