The ‘Black Actor’ Divide

Essence Magazine:

By Rivea Ruff ·Updated February 14, 2023

Though he’s on a promo run for the upcoming film follow-up to his beloved BBC psychological crime drama, Luther: The Fallen Sun, Idris Elba has inadvertently reignited a conversation about the standing of Black actors in Hollywood.

In his recent feature in Esquire, Elba touched on his classification as a “Black actor.” He says it’s a term he’s no longer using,

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