#ChiwetelEjiofor “The way we’re educated often escalates some of these feelings that have no real merit, and only continue to create division in our discourse. There was a time when these structures created extraordinary wealth for a limited number of individuals, and that’s why they were enforced as an idea. But we’re past that time. Now we as people collectively need to embrace moving past the idea of nationality,” says Ejiofor. “I was born in London in the late ’70s, and that on paper means x, y, and z, but the question for me is does it need to continue to be something that we collectively engage with? Is there a way of de-escalating concepts of nationalism and elevating the idea that we’re all connected, we’re one human race, and these things” – nations, he means – “are like a football team. These things are not things to fight over. They’re not things to kill over. They’re not things to destroy other people and their lives over. They are simply inherited labels that are ultimately completely meaningless.” @britishgq @adambaidawi @robin.key @luke_jefferson_day @kingsdrawingclub