In a recent discussion with Guardian, rami malek Detailing his experiences with racism as an Egyptian-American, pointing to a racial profiling incident where he found himself on the hood of a police car.
“I was thrown over the hood of an LAPD police car because someone had robbed a liquor store and stole a woman’s backpack,” Malek said. “He said (the thief) was of Latin origin and, ‘You fit the description.’ I remember how hot that engine was, they would be running in there, and it was almost burning my hands.”
Fortunately for “Mr. Robot” star, he had a “clever” friend who could clarify Malek’s ethnicity to the arresting officer.
“My friend, who was Caucasian, was smart enough to say, ‘Actually, sir, he’s Egyptian. Not Latin,'” Malek recalled. “I remember laughing at the police car, thinking ‘Well, it’s a very uncertain situation. I might have to go to jail for something I haven’t done.”
Malek said he is worried that discrimination against immigrants in the US could get worse donald trump Taking charge on 20 January. He noted that former President Barack Obama’s book “Dreams from My Father and the Audacity of Hope” remains a major source of perseverance, even when elections do not yield the preferred results.
Malek said, “The idea that a man with a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas could become president of the United States was one of the most promising moments of the story of the American dream.” “It has been turned upside down. I always look at situations like this and hope that it brings out the best in us.