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What Shakespeare can teach us about racism

  • Written by David Sterling Brown, Associate Professor of English, Trinity College
What Shakespeare can teach us about racismA scene from Shakespeare's play 'Othello.'Universal History Archive/ Getty Images

William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy “Othello” is often the first play that comes to mind when people think of Shakespeare and race. And if not “Othello,” then folks usually name “The Merchant of Venice,” “Antony and...

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