Rafael Casal

Personal context

Summary

Rafael Casal is a writer, actor, poet, musician and producer who co-created Blindspotting and its television adaptation with Daveed Diggs. His work often explores Oakland, race, class, policing, incarceration and gentrification. He has publicly advocated for inclusion and representation in entertainment, calling these issues central to his work as a writer and activist; he also helped build UW–Madison’s First Wave spoken-word and hip-hop arts program. No public partisan campaigning or party affiliation is on record.