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Idris Elba was born, raised, and educated in England and is as entitled to play the role of James Bond as any Briton, though none of that should matter. By your logic Pierce Brosnan's (Irish) turn as Bond was an even larger case of cultural misappropriation due him not being a Briton.

Then why is it a big deal to have a white actress play Tiger Lily in the current Pan film?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/07/tiger-lily-pete...

Would you have been happy with a white south African playing Nelson Mandela?

Daniel Craig is no more culturally Scottish than Idris Elba.

Black people first came to the British isles during the Roman occupation.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/