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Nigerian Actor John Boyega Replies Critics On His Role In Star Wars 7 by iamsegsy(m): 6:06pm On Dec 01, 2014 |
The trailer of Star Wars episode 7- The Force Awakens was out over the weekend and there was quite a stir on social media because John Boyega, A Nigerian, is black and acting the role of an Imperial Stormtooper (fictional soldiers); a role that they say has only been played by white people. The hashtag #blackstormtrooper was a trending topic on Twitter over the weekend, leading to some people writing racist comments. John, who also acted in Half of a Yellow Sun as Chiwetel Ejiofor's character's houseboy, maturely handled the critics in one post on instagram. Find what he said after the cut...
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