Essiedu has described in interview with the Guardian how teacher at prestigious school used racial slur
, said: “Guildhall School apologises unreservedly for the racism experienced by Paapa Essiedu, Michaela Coel and other alumni whilst they were studying at the school. The experiences he shares were appalling and unacceptable.
The racial slur was used in an improvisation in which the teacher played a prison officer looking for drugs among prisoners, played by students. Essiedu said the incident was so horrifying that neither he nor Coel knew how to respond. Coel previously referred to the incident in the MacTaggart lecture she delivered at the Edinburgh TV festival in 2018.I May Destroy You
The principal of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Gavin Henderson, resigned in 2020 after studentsabout “systemic racism” at the college. In 2018, Henderson had said he felt quotas to address the imbalance of black and minority ethnic students studying at the school risked diluting the quality of students.
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