Tyler Perry Defends Himself for Casting All White Actors on 'Too Close to Home'

The actor known for his role as Madea says of his TLC show, 'That's totally reverse racism, because it was coming from African-American people.'

January 1, 2017

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Tyler Perry responded to the critics of his new series "Too Close to Home". His project was usually dominated by black stars, but he took a different route with the TLC show. He told The Associated Press, "That's totally reverse racism, because it was coming from African-American people."

"I don't know if it was because they thought I should only be giving jobs to black people. Well, I think that's ridiculous. If you look at the hundreds of black people I've given jobs to and even the ones I've made millionaires, people of color, I just think it's unfair," he continued.

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"I'm just finding out more as I travel the country and world, the more I meet people, we're all the same," he explained. "We all got the same dramas. So I'm not seeing color as much as I did anymore in the sense of our stories. Our stories are so similar."

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