“British racism is so bad, white people left.”
The actor — who’s up for a Best Supporting Actor nomination at this year’s Oscars for his role in Judas and the Black Messiah — delivered a funny and brutally honest monologue about race and racism in both the UK and in the United States.
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He also said that people frequently ask him whether British racism or American racism is worse.
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“Let me put it this way. British racism is so bad, white people left. They wanted to be free — free to create their own kind of racism.”
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“So that’s why they created Australia, South Africa and Boston.”
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Kaluuya also played a clip from his Zoom-delivered Golden Globes acceptance speech — in which he was accidentally muted due to a technical glitch — while referencing his iconic role in Jordan Peele’s horror film Get Out.
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“I was muted — can you believe that?,” he exclaimed. “I told the best joke of my life, and I was muted. I felt like I was in a sunken place.”
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Who knows — maybe he’ll get a chance to tell that joke again at this year’s Oscars. Good luck, Daniel!
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