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Week 7 Roberta Uno

1. Roberta Uno addresses the topic of race and ethnicity in the productions that people put on. There is an inherent bias with the expectations of what different groups of people will display in theater. A young person of color, as Roberta Uno goes on to explain, is deemed "too junior/too emerging".
2. The text emphasized being aware of the content that an individual is working on and how others might interpret it. Uno explains how a female set designer never mentions having children in fear of others no longer viewing her as a professional. That is something I never really considered in my practice but just the notion that others might look at me a think oh, when is she having children is frustrating.
3. A collage of people, backgrounds and practices
4. What was a setback that was faced?

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