Racism is everywhere, but British-born actress Jodie Turner-Smith and her husband, Joshua Jackson, are contemplating raising their child outside of the U.S. because of white supremacy.
“The racial dynamics over here are fraught,” Turner-Smith told People.com. “White supremacy is overt. It’s the reason I don’t want to raise my kids here. I don’t want my kids to grow up doing active shooter drills at school.”
The ‘Queen & Slim’ star, 33, is expecting her first child with Jackson, 41. She said she has felt hostile reactions from the Black community over being an interracial couple.
“There was this wave of people who were upset that I was possibly married to a white man,” she said. “In America interracial dating or marriage is not something that is as accepted. Certain people feel strongly against it, in both communities. I felt it from the Black community. It is so complicated. I don’t want to give it too much energy.”
She said she was initially excited to move to America and meet other Black people, but it felt like a “huge culture shock” because she claims she was “rejected by the Black community.”
Turner-Smith and other British actors were criticized by the Black community for taking acting roles away from American-born Black actors.
