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[quote=Anonymous]Wellesley College is one of a handful of colleges that upholds rigor. And here's a student's saying why Shakespeare has to go (advice hopefully not heeded by Wellesley's English department): "Shakespeare’s works contain many problematic undertones. Thus, to hold so strongly on to Shakespeare is also to hold onto the dominating perspective of white-cis-males in literature and writing. It is to hold onto the racism in “Othello,” the antisemitism in “The Merchant of Venice,” the toxic masculinity in “Romeo and Juliet” and the misogyny in “The Taming of the Shrew."...English is more than just the giants who are considered canon, “great literature” is not exclusive to them. We do not need to continue to fetishize and bandwagon one white man’s perspective of the world and of the human condition." https://thewellesleynews.com/2021/10/13/wellesley-ditch-the-barb-drop-the-shakespeare-requirement-for-english-majors/[/quote]
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