Shakespeare is apparently the embodiment of the old-dead-white-guy patriarchy or something.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports:
Penn students replace Shakespeare portrait with photo of black writerStudents at the University of Pennsylvania have removed a large portrait of William Shakespeare from a wall in the building housing the English Department and replaced it with a photograph of Audre Lorde, a black writer who died in 1992, the Daily Pennsylvanian reports.The student-run news outlet said the portrait was left in the office of Jed Etsy, an English professor and the department chairman.The portrait had hung for years on the Heyer Staircase at Fisher-Bennett Hall.The English Department voted a few years ago to replace the portrait, but had yet to do so, according to the DP.In an email, Etsy told the DP that “Students removed the Shakespeare portrait and delivered it to my office as a way of affirming their commitment to a more inclusive mission for the English department.”He also was reported as saying the Lorde photo will remain until the department decides what to do with the space.
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