Citing her “white privilege” for obtaining the role in the first place, actress Jenny Slate announced Wednesday that she will be stepping down from her voiceover gig as a mixed-race animated cartoon character on Netflix’s “Big Mouth,” maintaining that “Black characters on an animated show should be played by Black people.”
According to a statement posted by Nick Kroll, one of the creators of “Big Mouth,” Slate’s decision came after a “thoughtful discussion with our Black collaborators.” Kroll and co-creators Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett “wholeheartedly agree” with the move, the statement said.
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