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| Jodie Turner-Smith May Not Raise Child In US Because Of White Supremacy by anonymous6(f): 3:53pm On Jan 30, 2020 |
British-born actress Jodie Turner-Smith and her husband, Joshua Jackson, are contemplating raising their future children outside of the U.S. because of race relations in America. “The racial dynamics over here are fraught,” Turner-Smith told The Times (via People). “White supremacy is overt. It’s the reason I don’t want to raise my kids here. I don’t want my kids to grow up doing active shooter drills at school.” The “Queen & Slim” star is expecting her first child with Jackson, 41, and she said has felt backlash over being in an interracial couple. “There was this wave of people who were upset that I was possibly married to a white man,” she said. “In America interracial dating or marriage is not something that is as accepted. Certain people feel strongly against it, in both communities. I felt it from the black community. It is so complicated. I don’t want to give it too much energy.” Jackson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, so the couple is considering moving to Canada because “England has gone off the rails,” according to the actress. Turner-Smith said she was first “excited” to move to the U.S. and meet other black people, but felt a “huge culture shock” because she claims she was “rejected by the black community.” “They were like, ‘You talk like a white girl,'” she told The Times. “People would call me an Oreo. All I wanted was acceptance.” Turner-Smith and Jackson reportedly tied the knot in 2018 after they were spotted getting a marriage license in August. However, the actress told The Times, “I haven’t said to anybody, ‘Yeah, we got married.’ People are assuming whatever they want, but when people tell me ‘Congratulations’, I say ‘Thank you.'” https://pagesix.com/2020/01/28/jodie-turner-smith-joshua-jackson-may-not-raise-child-in-us-because-of-white-supremacy/ |
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