An audition for the play Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare, caused outrage among the inhabitants of Chiapas and Internet users on social networks, since discrimination would have been incurred by requesting profiles that are far from the appearance of the majority of Mexican men and women.
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The call was launched by the stage director Hiram Marinawho is also a State Government official, the work will be carried out in Coordination of Theaters and Convention Center of San Cristobal de las Casas.
Among the physical characteristics of the casting is White skin for all the characters—including the equipment for the musical number—, clear eyes both for Romeo and Juliet and for another role, on the other hand, the minimum heights requested range from 1.65 (for the narrator) and 1.80 meters. This phenotype does not correspond to the majority of the Mexican population.
“The most romantic story of all time invades the streets of San Cristobal de las Casas”, could be read in the virtual pamphlet. After the ad went viral, many people and groups —including dark power— disseminated the call with indignation.
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And it is that the request incurs in discriminatory behavior and exclusion, according to the National Council to Prevent Discrimination (CONAPRED).
On this portal, you can read the following:
“Discrimination is considered to be any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference, in any public or private sphere, that has the objective or effect of nullifying or limiting the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, in conditions of equality, of one or more human rights. or fundamental freedoms and may be based on race, color, ancestry, or national or ethnic origin.”
Despite the criticism and outrage shown by many people, Hiram Marina did not suspend auditions or change criteriabecause on February 16 he wrote through his Facebook account that he already got an actress to play Juliet.
Instead, the stage director in San Cristobal de las Casas launched another call for the play palenque redin which only people with brown complexion and indigenous features.
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Among the comments on the pamphlet of Romeo and Juliet, the following could be read: “Only whites do theater in Chiapas?”, “Really, who would have thought that only white people?”, “In a state like Chiapas, most of us are short with indigenous ancestry dark, brown-eyed, shouldn’t they just ask for the experience?” and “Above clear eyes, but Where from? full discrimination”.
This romantic tragedy is considered a classic play, it is believed that it was staged around 1597, the writer was inspired by the poem The tragic story of Romeo and Julietwritten by Arthur Brooke around 1562. Although it has had thousands of different performances and adaptations, in this one non-whites simply don’t get a chance to participate, which is an act of discrimination.
More than 80% of young people in the Metropolitan Area define themselves as having a lighter skin tone to avoid being discriminated against, according to “The lighter the skin, the better they treat it” a publication of the Gazette of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
In the publication, the specialist from the Social Research Institute (IIS), Natividad Gutiérrez Chong, assured that in Mexico “they generate privilege chains or oppression, because just as there are poor indigenous women, there are rich white women.”
On the other hand, in the digital publication of the UNAM Gazette it was reported that the most common exclusion is racial; even so, the majority of young people surveyed answered that they perceive this type of discrimination outside of Mexico and as an external situation.
