The actor said it is "embedded in the fabric of society" Noel Clarke has spoken out about racism in the UK saying that it isn’t just a “US problem.” The Star Trek Into Darkness actor made the statement following the death of George Floyd earlier this week after an altercation with police officers.
Floyd, who was African American, was killed when a white police officer appeared to kneel on his neck as he lay on the ground during an arrest. “People on here acting like this is just a US problem,” he tweeted yesterday (May 29). “#Racism is prevalent here too.
Embedded in the fabric of society, the industry I’m in. Sometimes it’s hard to keep fighting, when whenever you speak up, you’re silenced or labelled as aggressive, difficult or ‘Chippy’.”
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