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Jenny Slate quits 'Big Mouth' because the character she plays is biracial

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Jenny Slate has quit cult animated show Big Mouth, because her character is supposed to be biracial.The 38-year-old has announced she’s stepping down from the role of Missy on the hit Netflix series, because a black actress should voice the part.“At the start of the show, I reasoned with myself that it was permissible for me to play Missy because her mom is Jewish and white – as am I.

But Missy is also Black and Black characters on an animated show should be played by Black people,” Slate said in a statement, explaining she felt she was “engaging in an act of erasure of Black people” by playing her.“Ending my portrayal of Missy is one step in a life-long process of uncovering the racism in my actions,” she adds.The show’s creators have

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