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Lenny Henry Comic Relief will stop sending white celebrities to Africa after Stacey Dooley backlash
![]() Lenny Henry has confirmed that his Comic Relief charity will no longer send white celebrities to Africa after it was accused of perpetuating the ‘white saviour’ stereotype. The charity has come under fire previously with Stacey Dooley at the centre of controversy last year when she posted a photo of herself carrying a Black child from Uganda with the caption ‘obsessed’. In 2017, Ed Sheeran’s campaign video was branded ‘poverty porn’ after he was filmed paying for a young boy’s housing in Liberia. Comic Relief videos are typically filmed on the ground in disadvantaged African countries with celebrities, who are often white, usually seen meeting local children to Lenny said: ‘A lot has changed over Comic Relief’s 35 years, and so the way we raise money and talk about the issues we are here to tackle, and the people we are here to support, must change as well. Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/28/sir-l...5/?ito=cbshare Last edited by Crimson Dynamo; 30-10-2020 at 06:11 PM. |
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