“A lot of what's in the mainstream doesn't have
people of color. What irritates me is that science fiction is the place where
you could have us. Science fiction is a projection of a time that hasn't even
happened, so if you don't populate that place with people of different skin
tones, shame on you. What it actually is is the reflection of what those makers
do in their daily lives, how little they hang out with people of different skin
tones. These are the key people and it's like, ‘Oops-a-daisy, I don't have a
lot of black friends,’ and that's a reality.” —Actress Thandie Newton (Westworld), interviewed by Audie Cornish
for “Thandie Newton Wants Diversity in Sci-Fi,” The New York Times Magazine, July 8, 2018
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