It’s just not fair to not say anything. It’s really unfair,” said Turner-Smith of the studio ignoring racism "The Acolyte" costar Amandla Stenberg received.

“The Acolyte” alum Jodie Turner-Smith is calling out “Star Wars” parent company Disney for not thwarting racist backlash to the franchise’s actors.

Jodie Turner-Smith played Aniseya, the mother of the sisters played by star Amandla Stenberg. The actress recalled being quite excited when Stenberg handed her a literal essay about her character so that the two would be on the same page regarding how she was planning to play the role.

"They've got to stop doing this thing where they don't say anything when people are getting f—king dog-piled on the Internet," the "Acolyte" actress says The post Jodie Turner-Smith Says It’s Unfair Disney Gets to Ignore the ‘Racism and Bulls—t’ Its Actors Face Online appeared first on TheWrap.

The Acolyte actress Jodie Turner-Smith is not happy with how Disney handled things when some of the cast members of the series were being attacked online by racist Star Wars fans. During a recent interview with Glamour ,

Of course, Star Wars: The Acolyte isn't the only recenty Star Wars product to underwhelm. The latest Star Wars video game release, Star Wars: Outlaws, has also failed to meet commercial expectations. And much like The Acolyte, it was engulfed in the ongoing culture war that continues to dominate the discourse around entertainment.

An unsettling pattern has formed when people of color are called to lead Disney sci-fi projects, which includes backlash and alarmingly disgraceful comments rooted in bigotry, and Jodie Turner-Smith has had enough of it.