In the light of mass protests after the murder of George Floyd, many comedy series, including, for example, "Your British," were excluded from Netflix, BBC and Britbox mediates after the wave of indignation from the audience. In this regard, Idris Elba stated in an interview with Radio Times that he did not agree with the tendency to cranulate the old Sitkoms as part of the fight against racism. The actor explained his position like this:
I am an unshakable adherent of freedom of speech. I think that instead of restrictions, you need to enter a rating system that will warn the audience that in some films or shows there are insulting points of view. To make fun of the truth, you need to know this truth. But to censure racist themes in a particular show, withdraw them from access ... I think people should know that in the past such shows were produced.
Authorized persons and the guardians of archives are withdrawn what it seems completely bad in the current times - this is true and useful. But I believe that for progress, people need freedom of speech for progress, although the audience needs to be aware of what they go. I do not believe in censorship. We need the right to say all that we want. In the end, we will create a story.
To this, Elba added that to promote a variety of people, first of all, should be changed their attitude towards available issues. The actor noted that financial injections to solve social conflicts are important, but in the first place there is still a change in mentality and the arrival of tolerance.