After Actor Derek Luke’s online followers became concerned with the race of his wife recently, he addressed the issue via Instagram .
Luke has been married to actress Sophia Adella Luke (born Hernandez) for 17 years, and he put critics in their place with a lengthy caption on a picture of him and his wife.
Luke said in the post that who he marries is no one’s business and multi-racial marriages should not be a “problem” in this day and age.
“I never usually entertain the opinions of others because everyone is entitled to they’re own opinion. (Positive or Negative)
But we’re in the year of 2015 & when should it be a “problem” to date outside of your race? Why is that an issue AGAIN? I’m doing the unusual & going through my comments & the comments I see about my wife being another race is bugging me out.
Who one chooses to date is that persons business.
Instead of focusing on (Happiness) & (pure Love) for some reason some folks are still focused on (Color). Doesn’t make any sense to me. But I guess that’s the ignorance of OTHERS.
My wife may not be Black but she is mine. And she’s mine with a heart of gold.
People are so quick to judge but can’t even distinguish the difference of another’s race.
Sophia Luke is Hispanic. She’s not white, she’s not black, she’s not Chinese, she’s Hispanic.
And she’s mine!!”
Luke stars as Malcolm Deveaux in “Empire” on the FOX hip-hop drama. He is also known for his role in Denzel Washington’s directorial debut “Antwone Fisher” in 2002.