{"id":1220771,"date":"2022-01-17T19:22:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T00:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1220771"},"modified":"2022-01-17T19:22:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T00:22:44","slug":"denzel-washington-promotes-the-importance-of-looking-beyond-race-diversity-shouldnt-be-mentioned-like-its-something-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/denzel-washington-promotes-the-importance-of-looking-beyond-race-diversity-shouldnt-be-mentioned-like-its-something-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Denzel Washington Promotes the Importance of Looking Beyond Race: &#039;Diversity Shouldn\u2019t Be Mentioned Like It\u2019s Something Special&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdenzel-washington-promotes-the-importance-of-looking-beyond-race-diversity-shouldnt-be-mentioned-like-its-something-special%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1220771&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">In a recent interview for his film, <i>The Tragedy of Macbeth<\/i>, Oscar-winning star Denzel Washington spoke about how he feels the U.S. should already be considered a \u201cpost racial\u201d society and why actors should reject the preoccupation of racial \u201cdiversity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film, released on Apple TV+ in December, and in theaters this month, is the latest adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy about a Scottish general who\u2019s life spirals into despair as he commits a series of murders to protect his political position after being told by three witches that he will become the King of Scotland.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The <i>Training Day<\/i> star plays the lead in a story traditionally focused on a white protagonist, but Washington thinks the diverse casting decisions for the Joel Coen-directed film should not be a big deal. Washington added that he does not want fans to watch the film merely because it has a \u201cdiverse\u201d cast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously we are diverse, so I think that\u2019s a great thing,\u201d Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/nbcblk\/denzel-washington-wants-viewers-look-macbeths-race-rcna12143\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> NBC BLK on Jan. 11.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19523874\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/methode-sundaytimes-prod-web-bin-84cc7b0c-72ee-11ec-b318-3e3a5d689572.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19523874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/methode-sundaytimes-prod-web-bin-84cc7b0c-72ee-11ec-b318-3e3a5d689572.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Denzel Washington in \u201cThe Tragedy of Macbeth\u201d (Apple)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>But the <i>Equalizer<\/i> star went on to tamp down all the talk of diversity in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, in my humble opinion, we ought to be at a place where diversity shouldn\u2019t even be mentioned, like it\u2019s something special. These young kids \u2014 Black, white, blue, green or whatever \u2014 are highly talented and qualified. So that\u2019s why they\u2019re there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch below:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Washington\u2019s philosophy of life often runs contrary to Hollywood\u2019s reactionary left-wing. Just last month, for instance, he said he hoped his film, <i>A Journal for Jordan<\/i>, would \u201cplease God.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe spirit of God is throughout the film,\u201d Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/12\/23\/denzel-washington-hopes-to-please-god-with-new-film-a-journal-for-jordan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Religious News Service after admitting that he often led prayer circles on the set. \u201cCharles is an angel. I\u2019m a believer. Dana\u2019s a believer. So that was a part of every decision, hopefully, that I tried to make. I wanted to please God,\u201d he said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the year, Washington spoke about the importance of prayer and insisted that you have to \u201clisten to God\u201d to lead a proud and upright life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt 66, getting ready to be 67, having just buried my mother, I made a promise to her and to God, not just to do good the right way, but to honor my mother and my father by the way I live my life, the rest of my days on this Earth. I\u2019m here to serve, to help, to provide,\u201d Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/09\/24\/denzel-washington-to-christian-mens-conference-pray-daily-listen-to-god-remember-strength-and-leadership-are-gods-gift-to-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> participants at The Better Man Event hosted by First Baptist Orlando in Florida last September.<\/p>\n<p>Washington also recently argued against the anti-police narrative so popular with most of Hollywood\u2019s leftist stars.<\/p>\n<p>The Oscar-winner made his support for America\u2019s police and soldiers clear in an interview in February in which he called out people who \u201cput down\u201d America\u2019s law enforcement and military, men and women for whom Washington said he has \u201cthe utmost respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have the utmost respect for what they do, for what our soldiers do, [people] that sacrifice their lives. I just don\u2019t care for people who put those kind of people down. If it weren\u2019t for them, we would not have the freedom to complain about what they do,\u201d Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/02\/02\/denzel-washington-i-dont-care-for-people-who-put-down-the-police-and-soldiers-who-sacrifice-their-lives-so-we-have-the-freedom-to-complain-about-what-they-do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> while promoting his film, <i>The Little Things<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent interview for his film, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Oscar-winning star Denzel Washington spoke about how he feels the U.S. should already be considered a \u201cpost racial\u201d society &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1220771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1220771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1220771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1220771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1220771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}