With the idea of sharing the lives of the Black community at Washington University, this past Friday marked the first of the two Black Anthology performances, Woke. Woke, a production about the hardships and adversity African-Americans experience daily, consists of an environment much like Washington U. Black Anthology, created in 1989 by Marcia Hayes-Harris, is a yearly student run production run solely by students. The productions highlight the nuances the black community experiences in both past and present America in the hopes to bring forth awareness of black issue to the general community of St. Louis. The audience watched the cast of Woke perform a narrative production revolving around six students and how race affects their daily
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In light of recent widely publicized events such as the death of Michael Brown and its ramifications in Ferguson, Black Anthology has aimed to show Black issues right here on the home front. This was seen in last year’s theatrical narrative The Six which brought to light the events in Ferguson last semester.
About the production freshman Jennifer Meta said, “I feel like it was really nice, because it was relatable. I can definitely see some of the issues that happened on that campus [Bennett] happening on this campus.”
These issues were seen heavily last year through a series of racist comments posted on Yik Yak preceding Black Anthology’s The Six. These posts referred to such things as gun violence and affirmative action.
This has only pushed Black Anthology to spread their message farther.
One of Woke’s main messages is about just that- staying “woke”. “Woke” refers to how Ferguson was a wake up call to Americans of all races. This year’s performance revolved around how to function and still live a good life when you are
In light of recent widely publicized events such as the death of Michael Brown and its ramifications in Ferguson, Black Anthology has aimed to show Black issues right here on the home front. This was seen in last year’s theatrical narrative The Six which brought to light the events in Ferguson last semester.
About the production freshman Jennifer Meta said, “I feel like it was really nice, because it was relatable. I can definitely see some of the issues that happened on that campus [Bennett] happening on this campus.”
These issues were seen heavily last year through a series of racist comments posted on Yik Yak preceding Black Anthology’s The Six. These posts referred to such things as gun violence and affirmative action.
This has only pushed Black Anthology to spread their message farther.
One of Woke’s main messages is about just that- staying “woke”. “Woke” refers to how Ferguson was a wake up call to Americans of all races. This year’s performance revolved around how to function and still live a good life when you are