'We're living in an age in time where there is this movement,' Leslie David Baker tells USA TODAY. 'We would have thought that these issues would have been rectified years, decades ago. They have not. As a matter of fact, they've gotten worse.'
But he says reactions to his post overall have been mixed, with some accusing the actor of perpetuating racism by exposing it.
"That's like blaming somebody who gets mugged for being mugged and daring to talk about it," he said."If you're on the receiving end of a racist diatribe, and then you pretend that it doesn't exist, that does not help people learn from it.""Racism doesn't care whether or not you're an actor on TV or if you won awards," he said."This is something that faces minorities on any job, not just because they're in show business.
"I kept getting asked the same questions over and over about the character of Stanley," he said."'Well, what is he doing now? Does he still do crossword puzzles? He went to Florida and retired and was supposedly doing woodwork. Is he still doing that? What is his journey?' According to the audience, they didn't feel that his journey was over yet, so we're gonna see where that takes us.
Now that Baker and his collaborator Sardar Khan have met their fundraising goals, the next step, Baker says, is to meet with their writers and casting director to discuss plans for moving forward with a quality pilot. Though"Uncle Stan" is not yet attached to a network, Baker hopes that soon will change.
" want to see what happened next, and with any luck, we will give them the 'What happens next?' scenario," says Baker.
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