Stage makeup brings Paris’ Sorbonne into blackface debate

A theater production promoted with a photo showing actors wearing dark brown makeup has given France's esteemed Sorbonne University its own version of the blackface scandals that chastened politicians in the United States and luxury fashion companies in Italy. Activists from four anti-racism groups blocked the Sorbonne's entrance Monday to stop a performance of "The Suppliants" by ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus. They said African-style masks and dark stage makeup planned for the production promoted racist stereotypes. The Representative Council of Black Associations, a leading anti-racism group, called the Sorbonne production "colonial propaganda." The group, known by its F...

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