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<Shared with permission> There's a debate unfolding on FB about the microaggressions white audience members inflict on black people in theatres, following this spot-on post about the dangers of #theatreetiquette "policing the responses of black people in our safe creative space" 
as ALWAYS HAPPENS, this has descended into a lengthy back-and-forth about the precise point at which theatre behaviour goes from appropriate to inappropriate, according to the (predominantly white) commentators' opinions - which AS ALWAYS are framed as common-sense & obvious.
... which of course has meant the poster - a BW - has been forced to spend the last hour patiently explaining that the kind of engagement she's talking about isn't 'background noise' or rude distracting behaviour, it's an active, engaged, culturally-informed 'call and response'.
