'I am not doing my job if I am not advocating for all voices in the space and speaking to the direct oppression and harm that has been done before.'
“On certain shows I’ve worked on, I noticed different tensions and insecurities than working on a show with all white people,” she tells ELLE.com. “No one in the room had the capability to speak to that.
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