“I think it needs to be put out in the forefront because it’s been so glossed over, because it’s so taboo to speak about.” “I do feel like it’s a conversation that needs to be had so I don’t regret anything that I’ve said,” Cartwright continued, referring to the Vulture interview. That’s a systematic problem not necessarily this movie.” “Across Hollywood, in general, there’s a lightening of our stories for mass consumption. This time it is the book’s illustrator Debra Cartwright - who created the eye-catching cover that is now being used as part of the film’s promotion - that is speaking up about colorism in Hollywood.Ĭartwright said in an interview with Vulturethis week that she was disappointed the film did not cast a darker skinned character in the lead role of Starr although the book, and subsequently the cover, describe a very brown skinned protagonist.īut clarifying to ESSENCE, the illustrator said the issue is not specific to the film. The film adaption of Angie Thomas’ bestselling young adult novel The Hate U Give is ramping up for its release this fall, and the colorism controversy surrounding Amandla Stenberg’s casting in the lead role is back in the headlines.
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