Tonya Pinkins 4 Years Ago

[Owen22]

Posted: 6/18/20 at 9:04pm

I recently recalled this. Seems Tonya was ahead of the curve in calling out white theatre (and that time the accused was male).
https://tinyurl.com/yauzkvlu

[JBroadway]

Posted: 6/18/20 at 9:18pm

She wasn't "ahead of the curve" - Black people have been actively fighting racism in show-business for decades, if not centuries. Everyone else was WAY behind the curve. 

I remember when this happened. It was complicated by the fact that her Black co-star, Michael Potts, supported the director, and then Pinkins called out Potts. 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Exclusive-Tonya-Pinkins-Speaks-Up-About-Responses-to-Her-MOTHER-COURAGE-Departure--No-Man-Speaks-For-Me-in-2016-20160109

I've said this a lot in the past few weeks, but this is yet another case of how intersectionality complicated these social issues.