Darren Criss: "Roles are few and far between for someone of my ethnicity"

[cherubrawk]

Darren Criss celebrates milestone win: 'Roles are few and far between for someone of my ethnicity' #SAGAwards (corrected headline)https://t.co/szwTteSuCs
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) January 28, 2019
When asked about being the first Filipino-American to pull off such an awards sweep after this weekend’s win, Darren told EW, "It’s a shame that I’m

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[imabadkid]

um...

[iznanassi]

Err...

[of_angeldust]

that is a whole lot of nonsense

[andisprohi]

plz have two seats, LGBT Jessica Alba

[nohashtag]

He's straight though.

[andisprohi]

[hypertwink]

Where's that Britney, Seacrest gif?

[topismine]

I mean he’s not lying. He’s half Asian but doesn’t look it so he doesn’t think about respresentation in terms of himself. Tbh I would’ve been more annoyed if he tried to victimize himself despite being white passing.

[zoaster_toaster]

Honestly, me too

[2_on]

Yeah, I don't see what's wrong with what he said. He's basically acknowledging he has white=passing privilege and he's benefited from it. He worded it really poorly though.

[calichaos]

This!