Yara Shahidi Is Redefining The Voice Of A Black Artist

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Yara Shahidi is honouring her passions. The “Grown-ish” star is in the new issue of WSJ. Magazine, and in the issue she discusses being a Black artist and activist.

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Being amenable has oftentimes been weaponized against [Black artists] because we operate in the binary of either you’re amenable or you’re aggressive,” she says. “As we create things that haven’t been seen before, we’re also saying, ‘OK, let’s redefine the concept of risk when you’re bringing in a young writer of colour or a young writer of any [race, sexuality, gender, etc.].’” Shahidi adds, “It’s a thrilling