By Tom Grater International Film Reporter UK actors’ union Equity has set up an independent commission to address the org’s anti-racism work following the mass resignation of its existing Race Equality Committee after an incident involving the actor Laurence Fox.
Fox provoked controversy on an episode of BBC show Question Time when, among numerous comments about race, he claimed it was “racist” for him to be called “a white, privileged male”.
The actor was widely condemned for the remarks and Equity’s Race Equality Committee publicly labelled him a “disgrace” on social media.
The post prompted Equity to apologize to the actor, and the Committee resigned in protest. Now, the org has set up an Independent Commission for Race Equality
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