White Sign-Language Interpreter Claims Racial Discrimination After Being Fired from ‘The Lion King’

A white sign-language interpreter filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the Theatre Development Fund (TDF) after he was asked to leave the April production of The Lion King, The New York Post reported.

Keith Wann, 53, is suing the TDF, a nonprofit that staffs Broadway shows with its American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters, and its director of accessibility programs, Lisa Carling. He alleges that the organization fired him because of his race.

According to the news outlet, the firing was based on the group’s decision that it was “no longer appropriate to have white interpreters represent Black actors in Broadway shows.” Wann is one of at least two interpreters who were asked to leave.

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