A Blackface ‘Othello’ Shocks, and a Professor Steps Back From Class

Students objected after the composer Bright Sheng showed the 1965 film of Laurence Olivier’s “Othello” to his class at the University of Michigan.Students objected after the composer Bright Sheng showed the 1965 film of Laurence Olivier’s “Othello” to his class at the University of Michigan.Read MoreColleges and Universities, Black People, Discrimination, Race and Ethnicity, Academic Freedom, Apologies, Classical Music, Chinese-Americans, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Cultural Revolution, Michigan Daily, The, University of Michigan, Michigan, Dream of the Red Chamber (Book), Othello (Play), Olivier, Laurence, Sheng, Bright

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