"I know there is nothing a white person can say to a black person about race which is not both incorrect and offensive" says Jacky Lawson (a white lawyer) to her young black associate, Susan, when she confronts Lawson about her extensive background check on her due to her skin colour in the premiere of David Mamet's play Race that took place at the National Theatre of Namibia (NTN) last Thursday.
Race starts off in the office of a law firm that consists of Lawson (in her 40s) and Henry Brown, a black man in his forties and Susan, a black woman in her twenties who are approached by a white billionaire Charles Strickland (white, mid 40s) accused of raping a young black woman.
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