Don't be confused by the title of this post, because it makes total sense. Donald Faison agrees that he's a big screen (Clueless) and small screen (Scrubs) star, but one thing he isn't is a white black man. He says people totally read him wrong, and he wants to set the record straight.
The biggest misconception about me that I think people view me as is the black white dude. I think that's what they view me as. I haven't been in Jet, Ebony or any of those magazines and I imagine that's one of the reasons why. Maybe people can't relate to me. Maybe my journey has been a lot different than others actors have. For the longest time, I have been the only Black guy in anything. All of my successful projects, [like] Scrubs and Clueless, I was the best friend or the token [Black]. I'm not saying that's a bad thing because it paid my rent for a very long time. From my past projects, I think I'm looked at as the white-Black guy; the guy who hangs out with the White folks.
Right after this interview, he sat down and sipped on a 40 while eating some scones.
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