Wednesday, April 24, 2024
David Harewood Clarifies He Does Not Support Blackface: It's 'Grotesque'
variety.com: Speaking to The Guardian, Harewood, who also serves as president of prestigious British drama school the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, said: “We’re at this strange point in the profession where people go: ‘Oh, you can’t play that role because you’re not disabled, or you can’t play that because you’re not really from there.’ The name of the game is acting.”
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I can not believe that Harewood publicly said those comments about blackface and representation. It really is not strange that people are fighting for characters in marginalized communities to be played by actors who are from that same marginalized community. There are so many talented actors and actresses that are from certain marginalized communities that never get roles because of that, so when a role does come up that represents them, they should be able to play that role, instead of a privileged actor who can get any other role that they want. The arguments that Harewood makes, supporting blackface, are more about the fact that it is appropriate that black actors can play white characters. The difference is that for centuries black people have been negatively portrayed in art and have been played by white men (with black face), essentially creating caricatures out of black people. This has historically not happened with the roles reversed.
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