Popular actor Idris Elba discussed his thoughts on race and identity while promoting Luther: The Fallen Sun, the long-awaited movie sequel to his former televi
in its spring issue, Elba said he came to a realisation, and resolved to do something about it, even if it was a small gesture.“We’ve got to grow. We’ve got to. Our skin is no more than that: it’s just skin,” he said in the interview. Acknowledging that he might be “the first to look like me to do a certain thing,” he emphasised,
“And that’s good, to leave as part of my legacy. So that other people, Black kids, but also White kids, growing up in the circumstances I grew up in, are able to see there was a kid who came from Canning Town who ended up doing what I do. It can be done.”“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.
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