Idris Elba’s success has not “negated” his experience of racism, having been raised with the idea he had to be “twice as good as the white man” to triumph in life.On Thursday (June 25, 2020) the 47-year-old Luther star took part in Intelligence Squared’s a live Q&A, The Reckoning: Kwame Kwei-Armah and Idris Elba on the Arts and Black Lives Matter, during which he touched on his experience of racism.“Success has not negated racism for me,” said The Wire alumni, reported Daily Mail Online. “Asking me about racism is like asking me about how long I have been breathing,” before he went on to explain the first time black people have “any consciousness” around their skin “it is usually about racism.”“That stays with you regardless of whether you.
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