Stranger Things star Caleb McLaughlin opens up about fan racism
Stranger Things star Caleb McLaughlin opens up about fan racism
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Strange r Things star Caleb McLaughlin has said he experienced racism from fans of the show. treated to being one of the few black cast members in the hit Netflix. >
"My very first Comic-Con, some people didn't toe my line because I was black," he told fans during a convention in Belgium.
Caleb, who joined Stranger Things at age 14, is one of five original main characters alongside Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo , Noah Schnapp and Millie Bobby Brown.
Other actors have more Instagram followers than Caleb - something he discussed with fans during his stage appearance at Heroes Comic Con in Brussels .
In a video shared on Twitter by a participant, he says he asked his parents why he was the "least favorite" even though he was "in the same show as everyone else.
"My parents had to say 'It's a sad truth, but it's because you're the black kid on the show'.
"Because I was born with this beautiful chocolate skin, I am not loved."
Strange r Things star Caleb McLaughlin has said he experienced racism from fans of the show. treated to being one of the few black cast members in the hit Netflix. >
"My very first Comic-Con, some people didn't toe my line because I was black," he told fans during a convention in Belgium.
Caleb, who joined Stranger Things at age 14, is one of five original main characters alongside Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo , Noah Schnapp and Millie Bobby Brown.
Other actors have more Instagram followers than Caleb - something he discussed with fans during his stage appearance at Heroes Comic Con in Brussels .
In a video shared on Twitter by a participant, he says he asked his parents why he was the "least favorite" even though he was "in the same show as everyone else.
"My parents had to say 'It's a sad truth, but it's because you're the black kid on the show'.
"Because I was born with this beautiful chocolate skin, I am not loved."
Image source, Getty Images
