Creative NZ Lashes Out, Implies You're a Racist if you Criticise Decision
October 18, 2022
The chief executive of Creative New Zealand has condemned a “racist rhetoric” behind criticism of its decision to cut funding of a popular Shakespeare programme in schools.
“Creative New Zealand does not hate Shakespeare. We support Shakespeare productions and we support Shakespeare being in schools. We simply can’t meet the demand for our funding, and hard decisions need to be made.”
Just an idea, Creative NZ, if you couldn’t afford to fund the SGCNZ then say, “we can’t afford to fund SGCNZ” rather than “it’s located within a canon of imperialism”.