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I went to a school called Chapman University, which is a wonderful film school. It was a great program, but it was very white, and it was a culture shock for me because I grew up in Houston, Texas, and I went through what they call magnet schools, so my friends were like a Benetton ad.

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That is just the reality of being a marginalized person in this country: you have to deal with the psychological impact of your oppressor – whether that’s being a woman dealing with men or gay people dealing with straight people or trans people dealing with everybody else.

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Any time a black person has the audacity to tell everybody else that they’re also human beings, they are confronted with all kinds of malice and violence and ill will. It’s been that way since black people were brought to this country.

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May 3, 2024

Any time a black person has the audacity to tell everybody else that they’re also human beings, they are confronted with all kinds of malice and violence and ill will. It’s been that way since black people were brought to this country.

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May 3, 2024

That is just the reality of being a marginalized person in this country: you have to deal with the psychological impact of your oppressor – whether that’s being a woman dealing with men or gay people dealing with straight people or trans people dealing with everybody else.

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