“We’re trained to be like, ‘If I’m not exceptional, I won’t be loved.’ Certainly, I think that was my thing,” Gatwa shared. “So, yeah, I think I’m just learning now like, ‘Oh, you are allowed to be loved.’ You don’t have to be excellent or aspire to that term, ‘Black excellence’. What the hell?”
He continued, “There’s so much white mediocrity that gets celebrated, and Black people, we have to be absolutely flawless to get half of [that] anyway. So, I’m slowly training myself out of that and being like, ‘No shit. You deserve love just for existing.’ And that has taught me to be a lot more loving as well, in a weird way.”
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Look at this 🥰
Regina King , Tracee Ellis Ross, and Issa Rae
Need a movie NOW !❤️😭
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Black women in country 🎀
Reyna Roberts, Brittney Spencer, Tanner Adell and Teria Kennedy pictured at Country Music Television Awards
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Halle Berry at the Never Let Go Movie Primiere Wearing: Tamara Ralph
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Happy Black History 🫶🏽
Their names are presented below, in chronological order from top to bottom.
Diahann Caroll(Actress & Singer)
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Ethel Waters(Singer & Actress)
Mahalia Jackson(Singer)
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