Revealed: Guildhall Racism Report Found Black Students At Michaela Coel Drama School Were Called N-Word & “Suppressed” By White Teachers

deadline.com:

EXCLUSIVE: The Guildhall School of Music & Drama, a top London drama school, had a racist culture in which multiple Black students were called the N-word and were “suppressed” by white tutors, according to an external investigation.

Guildhall, which counts Daniel Craig, Ewan McGregor, and Michaela Coel among its alumni, commissioned an independent review into discrimination experienced by students on its prestigious acting course following the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

A document was prepared for the school in 2021 and Deadline is reporting on its contents for the first time as part of our Drama Schools Uncovered series.

The 26-page report, compiled by Freshwaters Consultancy, found that graduates were “consistent and explicit” in their accounts of experiencing or witnessing racism, including “various incidents” in which the N-word was allegedly used during teaching exercises.