Thandiwe Newton Issues Emotional Apology to 'Dark-Skinned Actresses': 'I'm Sorry I'm the One Chosen'
etonline.comThandiwe Newton broke down in tears and apologized to «darker-skinned actresses» while discussing colorism and the prejudices that come with it in Hollywood.The star opened up about the plight she's faced as a fair-skinned Black actress during an interview with The Associated Press to promote her latest film,.
In the film, which premiered at Sundance, Newton plays the role of a grieving professor who is thrust into an intense showdown after two white hunters set foot on her property.
The film is based on the short story from James Lee Burke, whose protagonist is an older white man.That the opportunity for the role ended up on her lap is something in and of itself Newton said she struggled with.«I now realize that my internalized prejudice was stopping me from feeling like I could play this role when it's precisely that prejudice that I've received,» she said to the AP. «It doesn't matter that it's from African American women more than anyone else.
I received prejudice. Anyone who's received oppression and prejudice feels this character.»That being said, Newton is also cognizant of the inroads she's made in Hollywood as a Black woman precisely because of the color of her skin.Thandiwe Newton plays a woman confronting white hunters in the Sundance film «God's Country.» She says she's struggled with a different type of prejudice in the U.S.
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