'I wanted to make her acceptable and all of the things I thought she needed to be to be a respectable Black leader,' she said.
The actoron Thursday that she “put a muzzle” on her character, Isis, who led the cheerleading squad for the fictional East Compton High School.
The rivalry between the two schools also served as a commentary on race and cultural appropriation since East Compton was depicted as being a predominately Black school and Rancho Carne overwhelmingly white. “I thought that was being the bigger person,” Union told People. “But instead, I wasn’t giving full voice to the frustration and harm that cultural appropriation causes. I didn’t allow her to be as angry and disappointed and frustrated as she should have been.”Gabrielle Union at the 2021 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Sept. 13 in New York City.
Union told People that she feels accountable for letting herself, the audience and her character down.
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