‘Shouldn’t Be Mentioned’: Denzel Washington Has Grown Tired of Hollywood’s Diversity Obsession

Legendary actor Denzel Washington is tired of all the forced diversity and inclusion foisted on our culture by Hollywood. 

According to his perspective, “Macbeth,” “The Book of Eli”, and other “Macbeth” actors understand that diversity should be celebrated. Pop culture has become obsessed with superficial traits like race, which means that we lose sight of the true talents and human potentials of people from all backgrounds and identities.

In a roundtable interview with NBC BLK (NBCNews.com’s section devoted to the African-American perspective) and various corporate news outlets, Washington claimed he thinks that “diversity shouldn’t even be mentioned.”

“You know, in my humble opinion, we ought to be at a place where diversity shouldn’t even be mentioned, like it’s something special,” the actor told the outlet. “These young kids — Black, white, blue, green or whatever — are highly talented and qualified. So that’s why they’re there.”

Of course, that’s a powerful reminder of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Dream” just one day after MLK Day. Recall how the freedom fighter famously stated, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

We all know that the left’s obsession with race is often less about bridging the divide between different demographics and races, and more often about irritating the differences between these groups to achieve political aims. Remember how they used the Marxist Black Lives Matter (BLM) organization to achieve change? Give people some information about the history of this country that will help them to change their lives. 

On a smaller scale, there’s this obsession in pop culture about how certain identity groups are aggrieved. Many times, the solution to these imbalances is found in the form quotas or other forms of diversity.

Everyone soon starts to talk about how the movie or major awards categories must have at least one person of certain age. But then we are not focusing solely on the actual merits of those nominated or hired and judge them, in part, because of their skin color or sexuality.

Washington commented on this as well in 2016, when #OscarsSoWhite was trending on social media because people complained that not enough African-Americans were being nominated for awards in big Oscars categories at the time. 

Denzel didn’t sympathize with #OscarsSoWhite at the time, saying, “If you’re looking for an excuse, you’ll find one. What is the reason for #OscarsSoWhite? You can find it wherever you like.”

“Can’t live like that,” he added. “Just do the best you can do.”

Something tells us Denzel doesn’t buy into the systemic racism narrative.