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14. Orson Welles and many other white actors have portrayed nonwhite Othello. Racism?

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 11:30 AM

Feb 3

Critics and other literati still debate whether Shakespeare's play is racist or anti racist.

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Nazi say what? eom SalamanderSleeps Feb 3 #1

Fuck off racist malaise Feb 3 #2

Musk is still in his Apartheid mindset sakabatou Feb 3 #3

Says the guy who was too evil / boring for even Epstein newdeal2 Feb 3 #4

Spoken like a true NAZI. Kid Berwyn Feb 3 #5

For the same reason Jesus is EdmondDantes_ Feb 3 #12

An insult to the author? patphil Feb 3 #7

And Odysseus never visits Epstein Island Johonny Feb 3 #8

So typical of the South African Nazi dalton99a Feb 3 #9

He would have DIED in Elizabethan England leftstreet Feb 3 #10

Fuck off musk. spanone Feb 3 #15

Eloon SkuM is the last person who should Hey Joe Feb 3 #16