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Nadiya Hussain says the responsibility she feels to challenge the lack of diversity in TV can be “exhausting”
The Industry Oct 20, 2020
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Celebrity Speaking in a new interview, Great British Bake Off star Nadiya Hussain spoke about the struggles she has faced in creating space for herself in the predominantly white TV industry – and opened up about how the responsibility she feels to challenge racism can be “exhausting”.
Nadiya Hussain isn’t one to stay silent when it comes to conversations about racism and diversity in the entertainment industry – but that doesn’t mean doing so is at all easy. Speaking in an interview with The Guardian to talk about her new book and series, Nadiya Bakes , The Great British Bake Off winner explained how the responsibility she feels to start conversations and push for greater diversity can be draining – and that she hasn’t always wanted to start these “uncomfortable” conversations.
“What I’ve learned in the past five years is that the change I want to see, I have to see in myself first,” Hussain explains. “I am a brown Muslim woman, working in a very male-dominated, Caucasian industry. And if you’d asked me five years ago, what does it feel like to be a Muslim, I wouldn’t have entertained it.” She continues: “Five years ago, I wouldn’t have […]
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