About the article, I assume the writer is banned from theatre after that? That is one of the most rude articles I have read. Who does the writer think she is?
"my mother is doing what black folks do at a musical, she sang along."
"And then from two rows in front of me, a balding white man turns towards my mother and says, “SHUSH!”
"This man shushed my mama?"
"When intermission hit, I walked up to that man."Was that you who shushed earlier?” I asked.
“Yes,” he said, open and pleasant, as if he thought I was going to thank him for lending a hand to the larger, “well-trained” theater-going community.
“Please don’t shush my mother again. I just wanted to let you know that it was not kind what you did and if you shush her again, I’m going to sing along with her.”
“Well,” he said, “I didn’t pay money to hear your mother sing.”
"Oh, Black Jesus, help me. Was that a snub about my mama?"
"And so I said, “Let me tell you something—When you entered this theater, you entered into black culture. People will sing along. It’s what we do. And if you wanted a quiet theater, you should’ve seen My Fair Lady.”
When I went back to my seat, my mother asked, “What did you say to him?” And I told her. And she laughed and laughed.
This author and her mother are 2 of the rudest people I have seen in a long time. I truly hope I will not encounter them in a theatre ever. Props to the gentleman fighting for decency and respect but it was a lost cause unfortunately. Because the gentleman was right, he did not pay this amount of money to hear her mother sing. The fact that he had to explain himself is bad enough. How extremely rude to try and silence this gentleman by saying "when he walked into the theatre he entered black culture". He did not. He visited a show he was interested in and he wanted to concentrate on the actual show. I am wondering how other audience members reacted on this? Were these 2 racist ladies removed or fined afterwards? Did the gentleman take steps afterwards? The disdain for other people and races of this lady is unbelievable.
Updated On: 5/17/19 at 06:10 AM
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