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When Im aroundblack people, Im made to feel other because Im dark-skinned, he said.
Ive had to wrestle with that, with people going Youre too black.
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Then I come to America, and they say, Youre not black enough.
I go to Uganda, I cant speak the language.
In India, Im black.
In the black community, Im dark-skinned.
In America, Im British.
I really respect African-American people.
I just want to tell black stories, he continued.
I have to show off my struggle so that people accept that Im black.
No matter that every single room I go to, Im usually the darkest person there.
You know what Im saying?
I kind of resent that mentality.
Im just an individual.
There are a lot of black British actors that work in this country.
All the time, he said.
Because Daniel grew up in a country where theyve been interracial dating for a hundred years.
Britain, theres only about eight real white people left in Britain.
So what would a brother from America made of that role?
Im sure the director helped.
Some things are universal, but everything aint.
Kaluuya concluded, I see black people as one man…
I resent that I have to prove that Im black.
I dont know what that is.
Im still processing it.
Read his full interviewat GQ.
