We can't afford to deny our past in a bid to be empowered. But what we can do is contextualize the past.
David OyelowoWhen I am playing a role far away from me with an accent that is not mine I always employ a dialect coach. I am almost always playing someone that has an accent that is not mine.
David OyelowoMartin Luther King was a voice to the voiceless, and he did that tirelessly, and his faith was the engine to that. But he was just a human being, at the end of the day.
David OyelowoYou canโt have people curating culture in this way when we need to see things in order to reform from them.
David Oyelowo