"I was in the middle of it, and then I was out of it. They were doing their thing and I was doing mine."
"Sometimes people need to see the humanity behind these things that they assume the worst of, which isn't true, she says. And I'm an immigrant, my parents are immigrants It's an interesting conversation. And it's interesting to see [it unfold] in a country that has done so much to other countries historically"
"I try and find the peace, she says, sounding understandably a little exhausted by it all."
Letitia Wright found herself caught amid a far-right march on London’s South Bank and struggled to get out of the crowd near the London Eye. Wright has portrayed refugees twice, once as a Somali teenager in Glasgow Girls and once as a Nigerian woman navigating Ireland’s immigration system in Aisha. Wright identifies as an immigrant and as the child of immigrants and emphasizes the need for people to see the humanity of those they assume the worst of. She notes the historical context of British actions abroad, expresses exhaustion, and searches for peace amid tense public displays.
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