BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com Sunday, February 25, 2018
In the 25 years that he emigrated from Jamaica to the United States, Dwight Campbell doesn't believe that there's been an improvement in race relations.
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| Dwight Campbell did not expect Black Panther to be so successful so soon. |
Campbell, who once aspired to become a psychologist, worked as a camera assistant on the box office hit Black Panther.
“Racism was new for me, coming from Jamaica. In Jamaica we experience more classism than anything else. It wasn't until I came to the States that I realised that hey, I am different, I am a black man and I am treated differently from people with other skin colour,” said Campbell.
“I don't think it has gotten better. As a black man, you can't give into racism. People were a lot more hopeful during the Obama Administration than they are in this current Administration. I think that its how you view the world. As a black man, you have to understand that racism does exist,” Campbell continued.
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| Campbell on the set of Baby Driver. |
Campbell is originally from Portmore in St Catherine. He attended the Portmore Preparatory school and Bridgeport Primary. He presently resides between Atlanta, Georgia, and Johannesburg, South Africa.
Having been involved in the motion picture industry for the past 10 years, it hasn't been an easy road for Campbell, a graduate of the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. more
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