I too face racism: Emmanuel
Game of Thrones star Nathalie Emmanuel says racism and sexism are realities of her life. She shares her experience on social media to send out a message on racism. “A lot of people have a perception about somebody like me who lives in the public eye. They think that you (do not face) racism and sexism because you are famous and in a privileged position... which of course is not the case,” Emmanuel said.
The actor says she has taken it upon herself “to teach people and to show people that racism is universal”. “It doesn’t matter where you are in your career, or which career you are in, racism happens, sexism happens. I thought that instead of carrying the anger of that hurt and the insecurity that I might have as a result of such comments, I would rather have some young person somewhere say, ‘Oh, that happens to her too’, and be a little bit less lonely,” she said.
Emmanuel shared a screenshot of a racist and misogynist comment from an online troller back in April. The comment was, “Go back to Africa you black c--t, you are famous on white man’s land not in your black monkey ancestors country.” While sharing the abusive comment, she wrote: “In case anyone was wondering what having to deal with regular misogyny and racism is like... Here you go.... Sending love and thanks to everyone fighting the good fight, whatever background you come from.”