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John Boyega Wasn't A Victim Of Racism. He Was A Victim Of Disney's Misguided Attempt At Feminism
Yesterday, John Boyega made headlines after he revealed in an exclusive interview that he believes his Star Wars character was given a lackluster storyline because…he’s black.
By Erica Jimenez4 min read
Boyega is angry about how Disney misled him and the fandom in general, about his character Finn, a former storm trooper who escapes to join the Resistance: “I would say to Disney is do not bring out a black character, market them to be much more important in the franchise than they are, and then have them pushed to the side. It’s not good. I’ll say it straight up.” He believes the same thing happened to his co-star Oscar Isaac, an American actor of Guatemalan descent, who plays the Han Solo-reminiscent Poe Dameron.