Actor Explains Call to Identify as ‘Non-White’ and Not ‘Black’: ‘It Was a Call to Action for Diversity’

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YOBA: “First of all, I was on my way to a meeting, and it was just a stream of consciousness. It really wasn‘t that deep for me, other than, you know, this thought that occurred to me the night before. Like, you know, we are living in a world where in real time, you know, our history is being wiped away in front of us. And all of the key words black and bipoc and all those things, you know, those are the words that we‘re told that are searched, on using algorithms and a.I. to identify why jackie Robinson is removed from the Department of Defense or tuskegee. And so it was a call to action for diversity. It was about all diverse people who don‘t identify as these labels that have been placed upon us, because None of us are white or black or any of that. Right? I was raised to believe we‘re all human, and that‘s the work I‘ve done my entire life around bringing people together of diverse backgrounds to work together, to find agency, to use their voice.”