Taraji P. Henson claims to have lost movie roles because she is black.
The ‘Empire’ actress has missed out on exciting parts because Hollywood bosses felt her race would be a turn-off for audiences.
Writing in her autobiography ‘Around the Way Girl’, she admitted: “Time and again, I’ve lost roles because someone with the ability to green-light a film couldn’t see black women beyond a very limited purview he or she thought ‘fit’ audience expectations.”
