Here’s how we can begin fixing Hollywood
WHEN I FIRST STARTED ACTING, I WAS ALWAYS CAST AS THE sassy, asexual black best friend. My peers were shoved into similar, limiting boxes, as there weren’t a lot of opportunities for actors of color. The available roles were oftentimes racist, sexist or woefully underdeveloped. I would read certain scripts and think, You can’t be serious.
But if you dared to speak up, you—not the
