White actor who identifies as black criticised for winning place on scheme for Bame candidates

[snoop1130]

White actor who identifies as black criticised for winning place on scheme for Bame candidates

by Martin Evans

 

 

A white theatre director, who describes himself as an "African born again", has come under fire, after securing public funding intended to help ethnic minorities develop their stage careers.

 

Anthony Lennon, 53, who was born in London and whose parents are Irish, won a place on a two year Arts Council funded scheme, after a leading black theatre company accepted his claim to be of "mixed heritage".

 

He was one of four "theatre practitioners of colour", to be awarded part of a £400,000 talent development grant.

 

But Mr Lennon has been accused of being a "racial imposter" after it emerged that despite changing his name to Taharka Ekundayo at one point, he is unquestionably white.

 

Full Story: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/04/white-actor-identifies-black-criticised-winning-place-scheme/

[sanemax]

He identifies as Black , so he is Black .

[Just1Voice]

He could also easily identify as a full blown idiot. lol

 

[Michael Stribling]

This is the strangest case of white privilege ever. 

[sanemax]

1 minute ago, Michael Stribling said:

This is the strangest case of white privilege ever. 

He isnt White though, he is Black

[klauskunkel]

Well, he got the money. 

I read it here black on white... 

[canuckamuck]

Is there no funding for the Irish?

[RichardColeman]

In this crazy PC lefty claptrap world, if a man cyclist can dress up as a woman and win a woman's race as he identifies himself as a woman then why not ? I fear as a white , hetrosexual male I am becoming obsolete in this new order of things.

[Rhys]

Da brahther be doin it..

 

[sanemax]

Imagine if the roles were reversed : If there were schemes or jobs solely reserved for White people and a light skinned Black person pretended to be White in order to get the job and when some people realised that he wasn't really White , they suggested that he was an impostor and shouldnt be working in a job that is only for White people

[CALSinCM]

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

- Robert Frost

[Krataiboy]

On 11/5/2018 at 6:01 PM, sanemax said:

He identifies as Black , so he is Black .

And you're a tiger.

[Krataiboy]

10 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

In this crazy PC lefty claptrap world, if a man cyclist can dress up as a woman and win a woman's race as he identifies himself as a woman then why not ? I fear as a white , hetrosexual male I am becoming obsolete in this new order of things.

Stop whingeing. We can do without another oppressed minority, even if you and I happen to be among them!

[canuckamuck]

I think this is a real breakthrough, now black people can identify as white and experience white privilege.

However, in this case they guy was identifying as black to get some black privilege 

[chickenslegs]

 

That's him on the right.

 

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His father, Patrick, was born in Waterford,  while his mother Josephine O'Brien was raised in Tralee.

 

He had two brothers and despite their White Irish heritage they all had dark complexions and curly hair.

Genetic traits can skip generations.

 

 

[LammyTS1]

Maybe this is the only way a native white Brit can obtain funding?

[radiochaser]

A little off topic perhaps. 

I identify, in the United States, as Native American and contrary to a female politician's claim, I have two great grandparents that were Cherokee and half Cherokee Native Americans, one on the Dawes rolls.   

But I sure do look white.