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Are We Black Enough? Earlier this year, Daniel Kaluuya (pictured) made history as he became the first Black British actor to win an Academy Award, for his portrayal of Fred Hampton, the chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, in Judas and the Black Messiah (2021). Kaluuya’s win highlights how far he has come as an actor in a
relatively short period of time. As the first Black British actor to win an Academy Award, it also, however, recalls the familiar discussion on the place of Black British actors in Hollywood. In a 2017 interview with New York radio station Hot 97, Samuel L. Jackson criticised the casting of Black British >> 23
