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Idris Elba

45th NAACP Image Awards - Arrivals

“We need to count up what everybody has, see the lay of the land, see who has which careers in TV, who makes TV, who’s allowed on TV. You have to ask the question, ‘Are black people always playing petty criminals? Are women always the love interest or always talking about men? Are gay people always stereotyped? Are disabled people ever seen at all?’ The reason I went to America is because the USA has the most famous diversity policy of all, and it’s called the American dream. The problem is the gap between the dream and the reality; to champion diversity is to champion the American dream. That’s the guarantee I want here in Britain. Where’s the British dream?”

 

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