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I Felt Like It Was A Courageous Show [black-ish] From The Beginning. We Are A Black Family - We're Not A Family That Happens To Be Black. But The Show Is Not Even About Us Being Black. The Show Is About Us Being A Family. That Is Groundbreaking - On Tv, The Black Characters Either Happen To Be Black Or They're The "black Character," Where Everything They Say Is About Being Black. I Think That's The Genius.

Getting To A Place Where I Am Comfortable Saying Things Was Hard-earned For Me. I've Chewed On The Ground Glass Of My Own Experience. I Saw Gloria Steinem Speak, And I Was Just Like, Shut The Front Door. She Was Saying That She Didn't Come Into Her Own Until Her 40s, And She Was Asking Herself The Question, Why Should She Have To Get Married? And I Just Thank God Someone Asked That Question, Right? I Think We're The First Generation Of Women Asking Ourselves Certain Questions And Deciding For Ourselves.

Someone Asked Me Recently, "do You Get Sick Of People Asking You About Your Hair?" And The Reason I Don't Is Because I Actually Feel Like You Could Chronicle My Journey Of Self-acceptance Through My Journey With My Hair. It's A Badge Of Something Bigger.

I Was Recently Watching Rihanna On The Billboard Awards, And I Was Like, My God, She's Incredible! And Then I Looked Up Her Age [28]. She's Always Been Talented. She's Always Been A Star. But When You See Her, She's Becoming Herself. It's Age That Happens. That's What I Respond To.

My Mom Helped Me. I Was Very Shy Growing Up, But My Shyness Sort Of Manifested In A Big Personality.