Justice Smith Explains Why ‘The American Society of Magical Negroes’ Is About ‘Insidious Racism’ and ‘Neglect of Black People in White Spaces’

Upon his 2013 graduation from the Orange County School of the Arts, Justice Smith assumed he would spend some time “waiting tables and doing small roles in indie films here and there.” Instead, he found himself working the blockbuster space fairly quickly, booking roles in “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” and its sequel “Jurassic World Dominion.” …