How to engage with experiences that are not your own without imposing your own biases, preconceptions, and privileges? It’s one of the most pressing and complex questions of our time, and for writers and artists, it’s a minefield. How far does artistic license go when representing characters not like yourself, and situations you haven’t been in? Article Continued BelowThe situation is this: Lila (Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah) is a Black former cop who left the force when she shot an unarmed Black youth. She’s back living with her psychologist mother Karen (Karen Robinson) and is reclusive and depressed.

Source: thestar February 03, 2018 04:52 UTC