Idris Elba has decided to speak out about #OscarsSoWhite and the general controversy surrounding the Oscars. Unlike other celebrities that have added their own two cents, Elba’s name was actually tossed in the ring when people started to boycott due to his snub for Beasts of No Nation.
In a conversation, actor Idris Elba told the parliament about the subject of diversity.“I’m not here to talk about black people, I’m here to talk about diversity. Diversity in the modern world is more than just skin color – it’s gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, social background, and most important of all, as far as I’m concerned – diversity of thought. Because if you have genuine diversity of thought among people making TV and film, then you won’t accidentally shut out any of the groups I just mentioned.”
None of us are just one flavor or one color. If we were, we’d be one- dimensional, and that’s what used to drive me mad as an up and coming actor. My agent and I, we’d get scripts and we were always asked to read the ‘black male’ character. Or ‘the athletic type.’ But when a script called for a ‘black male,’ it wasn’t describing a character. It was describing a skin color.”
No comments:
Post a Comment