This is all I\u2019ll say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I worked at The Second City for around 20 years in various capacities. Give or take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is an intense, complicated relationship. More people come out of it with lasting conflict than not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I stand on no ground to question anyone\u2019s experience there, and there are few people, if any, who do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That said, it\u2019s hard to watch this. Because the best thing about the place is the people you take with you. All of the talk of the institution and the work\u2026 that is all secondary to the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is necessary. It has to happen, and it\u2019s been a long time coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I haven\u2019t walked through those doors in over a decade, and I doubt I will. It\u2019s not a healthy place for me. It took me a very long time to sort that out, and I still struggle with it. The reasons are more about what I wanted, and at times was led to believe I would have, versus the reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s a very common story. I\u2019m not unique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m a white guy. The fact is, for whatever difficulties I may have, whatever perceived slights or harm, I have never once thought about the color of my skin in that context. Not once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is white privilege. Even as personal as some of the weirdness was, it never involved the color of my skin. That is something that didn\u2019t happen to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is my experience. I stand on no ground to question anyone else\u2019s experience. Few people, if any, do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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