“I am hopeful that change is afoot, but I am also waiting, along with my BIPOC colleagues,” Ybarra said, using an acronym for Black, Indigenous and people of color. “As at so many organizations and institutions, people are seeing that they can take control of what’s happening in their workplace,” said Susan Bernfield, a member of the alliance’s executive committee. In the commercial realm, change is less obvious, but there are some noteworthy data points. The musical “Company” has pledged to hire 10 paid apprentices, all of them Black, when Broadway resumes. The musical “Wicked” is sponsoring the Broadway Advocacy Coalition’s “artivism” fellowship, which plans an inaugural class of Black women artist-activists focused on systemic racism and criminal justice reform.

Source: New York Times August 19, 2020 16:41 UTC