“I think it’s important to appreciate where I am… I do not have any regrets. I’m worth a lot to myself. Life is long, but...
“Through being part of these struggles of injustice, I’ve learned to find my place. To know that I’m just one person with a lifespan that’s so...
“The characteristics of the characters that I play, I try to tap into that human part of them. That’s what we have in common. Human being...
“I’m trying to build a world where a black girl can be more than a symbol. Where a black woman can be more than a depository for...
“I love what I’m doing. I try to find people who like what they’re doing, and I don’t expect anything other than friendship from my...
“The universe actually isn’t designed to protect you at all. It really isn’t. We’re getting an international reminder of that in spades...
“We need a global strategy, and this is one of the crazy things about the isolationist policies of the last administration. This idea of America...
“I think we’re going to prosper together when we work to make changes in this democracy– to unburden our children from everything that has held...
“We have been beaten down. We have been told to shrink. Why? In our society we are told we are worthless; we are only as useful as what we can...
In collaboration with The AIDS Memorial, we present this special episode of Talk Easy. Five stories of love, loss, and remembrance from those...
“I was like, you know what? I need to have a look at some things. Have a look back, give myself a proverbial winter, and figure out why I stepped in...
“Many times trauma in a person decontextualized over time can look like personality. Trauma in a family decontextualized over time can look like...
“What’s needed is getting people to understand the world in which they live. It’s not a matter of trying to brainwash them with better slogans, but...
“I think for black people, the history remains present because it’s repeating itself in slightly different ways over and over and over again...
“That feeling becomes clearer… each thing is all there is. There isn’t some reward for the work that comes. There’s rewards, but it’s mostly...
“I’m not going to give this country to a racist. I’m not going to give this country to a white supremacist. I’m not going to give this country to...
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