Lonnie Chavis, 12, stars as young Randall in This Is Us and he’s sharing his experiences with racism in a poignant and heartbreaking essay. “I can recall a time on set when I started crying listening to an actor portray a racist grandmother toward my character.
The director and writers told me that they didn’t need me to cry for the scene. However, it was hard for me not to cry as I witnessed what I had just learned was my reality.
I wasn’t acting, I was crying for me. Can you imagine having to explain to a room full of white people why I couldn’t hold back my real tears while experiencing the pain of racism?
I can,” Lonnie wrote in an essay for People. He continued, “I was racially profiled at a restaurant in San Diego while visiting one
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