Idris Elba has stopped describing himself as a black actor. The 50-year-old actor – who has starred in a host of big-budget films and TV shows during his career – has revealed that he’s reluctant to be put “in a box
The London-born star explained: “As humans, we are obsessed with race. And that obsession can really hinder people’s aspirations, hinder people’s growth. Racism should be a topic for discussion, sure. Racism is very real.
“But from my perspective, it’s only as powerful as you allow it to be. I stopped describing myself as a black actor when I realised it put me in a box. We’ve got to grow. We’ve got to. Our skin is no more than that: it’s just skin. Rant over. Idris went to school in Canning Town in east London, and the acclaimed actor admits he never really felt at home there.
He told Esquire UK magazine: “I didn’t like Canning Town, didn’t like it at all. I was like, ‘When can we go home to Hackney? Go Ridley Road Market.’ It was a right-wing, white, working-class community.
“There weren’t that many black people, weren’t that many Asians. In my school there was a lot of black and brown, but the neighbourhood, not so much. Idris also insisted that he’s “the same black” regardless of where he is in the world.
Source: People
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