After the letter writing campaign, started by the VanCorts, and joined by other parents, inwhich they demanded more diversity in casting.
In response, the school cancelled the show, but after more pressure from the students, decided to produce a collaborative production.
The new project “will provide young people and our community the opportunity to engage together while fully expressing the talents of our students,” the statement says. “A new project is currently being discussed by students, families and educators. This project will also engage the talents and skills of students previously cast,” the school said.
But when one begins the habit of bowing to social justice warriors they find that the demands never end.
The students wrote more demands for the school in a statement on Facebook.
“Stop the racist and openly stated policy of ‘color blind’ casting in the ICSD,” the group wrote, adding “because of institutionalized racism this results in white children being cast in roles written as white parts and also white children being cast in roles that were specifically intended for people of color.”
