Actor Harold Perrineau Upset Over Comments Saying His Daughter Isn't 'Black Enough' For Role

Hollywood, CA (CBS Sacramento)-- Actor Harold Perrineau wrote in a recent blog for TheWrap that he felt his daughter was attacked recently after being cast in the film "Jem and the Holograms."

His daughter, Aurora, has a white mother and Perrineau is black. He says for some her race was not "black" enough to play the characters.

"Her blackness or lack thereof is so offensive to some that they've written articles about it. They've gone onto social media and spewed their vitriol directly at her. Some went so far as to suggest that she "kill herself" for taking the role. All, without ever seeing her work in the role. All this anger based solely on the color of her skin," Perrineau said.

Perrineau reflects back to Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech which said, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day grow up in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

Perrineau expressed that the day Dr. King once dreamed of still hasn't come. He explained that by him acting and creating things for a living is his "sword" against injustice. Perrineau wants to create a space that might allow conversation for matters of this subject.

He mentioned,"The character Shana was created by someone that does not identify like Shana would. The film 'Jem and the Holograms' is brought to us mostly by people that do not look like me. Why would I consider these images as anything but entertainment? Why would I consider these images as definitions of who I am or what I represent in the world? I wouldn't."

Perrineau says while growing up he never saw people that looked like him on television, while today we see more diversity in television and said.

"My hope is to reach the folks writing these articles and pointing fingers at young artists like my daughter and get them to use all of that creative fire and create characters that look, sound and feel like yourselves."