A review by cqs
The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race by Farah Karim-Cooper

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

An absolutely fascinating, necessary text about how our cultural memory of Shakespeare has shifted over time. In the centuries since he lived, Shakespeare has been elevated to white ideals of philosopher-king level gravitas. This author brings him down to earth, placing him in the context of his time and illuminating the many ways in which Shakespeare and his work were the tip of the spear in spreading colonization and a specific Anglo-Saxon brand of white supremacy worldwide.