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Sony Producer Says Black Actors Shouldn’t Have Lead Roles Because International Audiences Are Racist

An unnamed producer wrote in an email to Sony chairman Michael Lynton that films with black actors — using Denzel Washington in The Equalizer as an example — don’t perform well because the international audiences are “racist,” according to documents found in the Sony hack.

An unnamed producer wrote in an email to Sony chairman Michael Lynton that films with black actors — using Denzel Washington in The Equalizer as an example — don’t perform well because the international audiences are “racist,” according to documents found in the Sony hack.

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Sony Producer Says Black Actors Shouldn’t Have Lead Roles Because International Audiences Are Racist

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