Sir Lenny Henry has said he is “always surprised” by the lack of black and brown people at Glastonbury, as he called for better representation of ethnic minorities in all facets of British society.
The actor and entertainer, whose new BBC documentary exploring identity and belonging is out later this month, said festivals were an area of British life where proper integration was still missing.
“It’s interesting to watch Glastonbury and look at the audience and not see any black people there,” Henry said in an interview with the journalist Clive Myrie in the Radio Times.
“I’m always surprised by the lack of black and brown faces at festivals. I think, ‘Wow, that’s still very much a dominant culture thing.’”
Henry’s Caribbean Britain, a two-part documentary, features a host of famous names from the arts including Sonia Boyce, David Harewood, Trevor Nelson and Benjamin Zephaniah sharing their stories and experiences of Caribbean culture in the UK.
His comments came as Glastonbury’s co-organiser Emily…
