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Idris Elba Responds To Criticism After Not Calling Himself A ‘Black Actor’
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A couple months ago, Idris Elba explained that he was no longer referring to himself as a ‘black actor’ because of the limitations he thought it put on his career, and that didn’t sit well with the type of people who like to highlight skin colour every time an actor or artist does something notable.
This week, 50-year-old Idris has addressed the backlash in an interview with The Guardian, saying the following:
In the original interview with Esquire, The Wire and Luther legend said:
It’s always nice when a celebrity shuts down this kind of “woke” backlash rather than backtrack or apologise, so fair play to Idris on that. Of course the guy doesn’t need to distinguish himself as a black actor, or a British actor for that matter. That’s what was so cool about Luther – the character wasn’t a black homicide detective, he was just a homicide detective who happened to be black. Why make it a big deal or any type of deal at all?
It wasn’t that long ago the BBC’s Diversity Chief said Idris Elba’s Luther ‘isn’t black enough’ because he ‘doesn’t have black friends and doesn’t ear Caribbean food’. Sigh…
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