Several days ago on the Ink Desk I posted my article for Intellectual Takeout about the removal of Shakespeare’s portrait by the English Department at the University of Pennsylvania on the racist grounds that he had the wrong skin colour. As a follow-up to this story, I’m delighted to share this excellent article by an undergraduate English major at U-Penn defending Shakespeare:

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443062/banishing-bard-banishing-bard-students-should-read-shakespeare-dismissing-him