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The beginning is being there.

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As a biracial woman, growing up it was hard to find my mirrored reflection or family dynamic in the roles of the stars that graced the silver screen.

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I just want to feel like it is okay for me to be the person I am and not someone else. And I want you to feel like it is okay for you to be you, too.

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There’s no doubt that New York’s great virtue is its diversity and its celebration of variety. South Florida is bland, and here everyone hates the outsiders, the ones who are different: Haitians, Spanish-speakers, gays, Jews, people who live in houses made of brick rather than stucco.

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So many are afraid of speaking about the controversial issues we face today, such race, religion, politics, sexuality, and civil rights. We’d rather be silent in our own comfort rather than make noise to inspire communal peace.

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If millennials want to become the most tolerant, open-hearted generation in human history, it starts with taking the right mental posture towards people and ideas we disagree with.

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Civil rights may be seen as a zero-sum game: when policy changes are made for a small minority, the majority may tend to view this as an inherent loss of their own freedoms.

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Why aren’t we talking about Moonlight?

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In reality, we are the generation that is most likely to incite change at this very moment.

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All storytellers, writers, script interpreters, and directors of all race deserve a chance to fail, but also a chance to succeed.