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Young Vic director Kwame Kwei-Armah says white woman removed her mask to cough in his teenage son’s face
Kwame Kwei-Armah, the Young Vic’s artistic director, shared details of the distressing incident on Twitter on Monday.The playwright, who is black, said the white woman said to her son: “This is what you people do.”He added that his son has since tested negative for coronavirus.Kwei-Armah, 53, tweeted: “I don’t speak of my family on social (media) but last week my 15-year-old was on a train when an adult white woman out of the blue removed her mask and coughed in his face.“She ran off the train shouting, ‘This is what you people do’.“Covid test has just come in negative. We are relieved.
