Riz Ahmed has said he has lost two family members to coronavirus, adding the pandemic crisis is “reflecting and revealing the faultlines in our society”.
The Venom actor and rapper said he hopes the surge of appreciation for the NHS draws attention to prejudice against the ethnic minorities that keep it running.
He told GQ Hype: “I’m seeing reports of India, where the government are calling it ‘corona-jihad’ and they’re trying to blame it on the spread of Muslims and they are segregating hospitals between Muslims and non-Muslims. “Trump is using it as an excuse to try to ban immigration and the Hungarian government is centralising power off the back of this. “I’m looking at the fact it’s hitting African-Americans twice as hard; I’m looking