Nick Cohen argues that demands placed on the Jewish Film Festival by London’s Tricycle Theatre constitute racism, and if Arts Council England was honourable, it would withdraw funding.
'Would you force anyone else to behave like this?' the promoters of the UK Jewish Film Festival asked the artistic director of London’s Tricycle Theatre.
Indhu Rubasingham and her colleagues dodged and hummed. They didn’t like the question and did not want to reply to it. The silence was an answer in itself. Of course the theatre would not hold others to the same standard: just Jews.
Accusations of racism are made so often it is hard to see the real thing when it looks you in the eye. Let me spell it out for you. Racism consists of demanding behaviour from a minority you would never dream of demanding from your friends; forcing them to accept standards or privations because of their race... Keep reading on The Spectator
'Would you force anyone else to behave like this?' the promoters of the UK Jewish Film Festival asked the artistic director of London’s Tricycle Theatre.
Indhu Rubasingham and her colleagues dodged and hummed. They didn’t like the question and did not want to reply to it. The silence was an answer in itself. Of course the theatre would not hold others to the same standard: just Jews.
Accusations of racism are made so often it is hard to see the real thing when it looks you in the eye. Let me spell it out for you. Racism consists of demanding behaviour from a minority you would never dream of demanding from your friends; forcing them to accept standards or privations because of their race... Keep reading on The Spectator