easyt65
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"I am not a 'Black Actor'."

I can't believe he actually received backlash from this and had to defend his comment.
Attempting to label him a 'black actor', as he explains, is an attempt to put him in a 'racial box'.
He is an ACTOR. His race does not define what he does.
As he points out, no one says they are a black architect or a black heart surgeon. They say they are an architect or a heart surgeon.
Ildris Elba is an ACTOR...and a damn good one!

Idris Elba fires back after receiving backlash for saying he stopped describing himself as a 'Black actor'
Idris Elba is standing behind his initial statement that he no longer calls himself a "Black actor" after receiving backlash for his comments to Esquire U.K.