British acting legend Don Warrington opened up to The Big Issue about his career, his childhood and diversity in a Letter To My Younger Self.
The 67-year-old commented on the treatment of Windrush-era immigrants, saying it “doesn’t surprise [him]”.
He explained: “People are very careless about that kind of thing. People don’t realise the history. They are not taught about the contribution these people made or the enthusiasm with which they came.”
The Rising Damp star said the Windrush generation, primarily adults who had grown up in the Caribbean and travelled to Britain between 1948 and 1971, are “heroic”. Warrington was one of them, arriving to the UK from Trinidad with his mother.
“They put up with so much but maintained an affection for this country – and to this day you can still see that in them. And you have a government that is so interested in plugging into what appears to be the popular appeal.
“The fact is that those people were never considered – they became invisible because their contribution was never acknowledged in the first place.”
