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Relavent paragraph, > “I’m the only cast member who had their own unique experience of that franchise based on their race,” he says, holding my gaze. “Let’s ju
by syspec 6y ago
Relavent paragraph,
> “I’m the only cast member who had their own unique experience of that franchise based on their race,” he says, holding my gaze. “Let’s just leave it like that. It makes you angry with a process like that. It makes you much more militant; it changes you. Because you realise, ‘I got given this opportunity but I’m in an industry that wasn’t even ready for me.’ Nobody else in the cast had people saying they were going to boycott the movie because [they were in it]. Nobody else had the uproar and death threats sent to their Instagram DMs and social media, saying, ‘Black this and black that and you shouldn’t be a Stormtrooper.’ Nobody else had that experience. But yet people are surprised that I’m this way. That’s my frustration.”
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Imagine boycotting a movie, because a character is black. Imagine messaging someone just to spew racist comments at them.
The mind boggles
- commandlinefan 6y agoImagine being angry with everybody for something a handful of fringe lunatics said.
- nopeNopeNooope 6y agoWhy wouldn't you? Those lunatics aren't being reined in, in the US at least, because not enough people are willing to step in. So, yeah, being angry at you, because you're enabling this with inaction is a pretty reasonable thing.
- rumanator 6y agoI'd be pissed off if I had to fend off systematic abuse both in my professional and personal life because of my race. I mean, people get pissed because passer-bys drop trash on their lawn. Now imagine that instead of trash you get death threats and insults and denigrating comments based on your race.