Michaela Coel has vowed never to stop speaking about racism after encountering incidents such as being followed around shops by security guards.
The I May Destroy You star and creator, 33, revealed that she still experiences racism daily in places where she is not recognised.
Michaela, who is Elle UK’s October cover star, explained: ‘I am a Black woman and that will always be true.
‘And, for me, there is nothing like going to a different country where nobody knows me and experiencing the way security guards follow me around the pharmacy or the grocery shop. The dirty looks I receive, the fact that cars don’t want to stop on a zebra crossing.
‘All these things reinstall that I am a Black woman. As long as these issues are still happening, I am happy to speak, because I could be deluded and forget that that’s a part of me.
‘I’m really lucky that there are places where I’m not known and so it allows me to still experience it.’
The six-time Bafta award winner also spoke out on being sexually assaulted on a night out, which led her to write about her experience in I May Destroy You.
She says: ‘I think [about] what happened to me. It’s really horrible and f**ked up, and to automatically feel angry, sad, revengeful, those are good things.
‘And then your final destination is empathy. But then there’s also things like the law and we need both of those things.
‘I think the cycle of grief has to be ridden all the way around. It’s easy to remain in a place of anger, sadness or shock.’
The October issue of Elle UK is on sale from September 2.
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