Fringe Actress Jasika Nicole Talks Racism Endured on Show, Racist Joke About Astrid's Name

[hewontgo]

#Fringe star #JasikaNicole opens up about the show’s running joke about mispronouncing her character’s name https://t.co/RDfWlFrlGX
- ET Canada (@ETCanada) August 25, 2020
Jasika Nicole played Astrid on the sci-fi series from 2008 to 2013

Comments

[adb7]

Happy to see a post about this! I followed her on ig for her sewing and DIY stuff then realized she was on Fringe. She eloquently stated her thoughts on the show and the first comment was from a white preson saying "I'm sorry but I enjoyed the jokes and they are not racist." I just don't get how white people think they can decide this.

[strawberrytatoo]

Wow I never considered how the joke could be racist back when I loved this show. I suppose that´s why her name was Astrid, and not something more 'ethnic', so they could get away with it.

I always found it so cute on the show because of Walters and Astrids special relationship, how horrible that they treated her this way :(

Glad she´s speaking up!

[hotel]

same on everything

[saintclaire87]

“Spending a lifetime of trying to fit in and laugh WITH the white... kids instead of being laughed AT was a coping mechanism that followed me into adulthood.”

Whew, can relate to that. 😢 Good for her for speaking up and fuck those racist producers and show runners.

[numara]

i'm currently re-watching fringe and she is absolutely right. both astrid and jasika are treasures who shouldn't have been made to deal with all the bullshit they got

[citiesofnight]

My boyfriend and I are in the middle of a rewatch too! It’s his all time favorite show and I had never seen it. She’s been a fave from the start so it’s a bummer to see how hard of a time she had.

[la_loony]

She noted that certain directors on the show refused to get her real-life name right, getting support from co-star Joshua Jackson.

I first thought Josh was giving support to the directors for not getting her name right.
Glad to read that he was not such a dick.

I loved her on the show and she was fantastic on Welcome to Night Vale and Alice isn't dead, her voice is so calming to listen to.

I remember some of the wrong names Walter used for Astrid and thinking it was a fun little running gag, but I clearly wasn't thinking about the optics of it, especially in the long run of the shows story and how Walter and his relationship with Astrid developed.

[lyra_loo]

Yesss I love her podcast work!

[ritaamber]

Stfu that's her in wtnv. I had no idea. Omg thank you for posting that.

[la_loony]

Yessss she is the greatest of all interns <3 Once I realized it was her voicing the character I got so excited when Dana was featured in an episode.