It takes something pretty incredible to shock me regarding the potential for lunacy among humans, but this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/09/british-conductor-sacked-us-music-festival-joke-labelled-racist/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_fb
is almost impossible for me to believe!
(emphasis mine)
An acclaimed British conductor has been fired from a prestigious American music festival after a seemingly innocent joke he made to a black friend was labelled racist.
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