‘Doctor Who’ Star Ncuti Gatwa Complains That “White Mediocrity” Is Celebrated While Black People Struggle To Get Half That

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Ncuti Gatwa, the first Black Doctor Who, was extremely outspoken in a new interview. Gatwa is an LGBTQ Rwandan immigrant to the U.K.

and made his comments to the magazine Attitude for its May/June issue. Asked about backlash on his assuming the role of Doctor Who, he said that it’s all part of a shift. “We do see a shift happening in casting, in positions of power and in the status quo.

I mean, not a fast shift, things could tip over the other way a little bit quicker. But you see people kind of malfunctioning because things are changing.” Ncuti talked of his battle for acceptance. “There’s so much White mediocrity that gets celebrated, and Black people, we have to be absolutely flawless to get half of [that] anyway.

So, I’m slowly training myself out of that and being like, ‘No sh–. You deserve love just for existing.’” Gatwa was asked about the U.K.’s struggle with gender diversity and trans identities. “Everything trickles down from the top, and when you see politicians openly attacking marginalized communities, when you see our politicians openly attacking trans people, it makes it OK for everyone else,” Gatwa said. “And it is scary to see that we’ve got to a point where it is fine to attack vulnerable people because that’s essentially what’s happening.