Veteran actor Isaiah Washington! has never been afraid to speak his mind on controversial topics, and he recently gave some insight about growing up in a racially-charged environment down south.
According to Vibe, Washington dropped his comments on Instagram.
The platform took down his post, but the actor was adamant the world had to know his thoughts, so he reuploaded it.
Isaiah Washington Loves Courting Controversy
In his post, the former Grey’s Anatomy star opened up about his childhood, where he and his classmates would visit each other’s homes and hang out, but with clear racial “boundaries” on both sides.
The actor even shared that some of his elementary school teachers and neighbors were Klan members.
However, the KKK teachers still played with their kids, only with a few restrictions like not going in their house to eat or drinking from their outside water hose.
But here’s where it get interesting.
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Despite experiencing racism, Washington wondered whether his family’s kindness towards the community positively impacted his classmates’ view of him and his success as an actor today.
Isaiah Washington also revealed that his family’s home was often better off than his neighbors’.
“My mother never refused to let Their kids into her house to eat a summer lunch and drink from our vintage JFK water glasses.”
His folks would even offer summer lunches to the other kids, complete with fancy JFK water glasses.
And now, he wonders if those kids who couldn’t publicly show him love and respect back then now secretly support him as an A-list actor.
