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Demonstrators Protest Los Angeles Opera Casting White Man As Pharaoh

Hank Berrien

Protesters showed up at Los Angeles Opera’s opening night of Philip Glass’ “Akhnaten” on Saturday to rail against the opera company’s casting of a white man to play the Egyptian pharaoh.

Signs emblazoned with “our black history matters” and “Akhenaton was a black pharaoh” were held as the demonstrators handed out fliers.

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