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I had this meeting with a
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big studio Hollywood casting director.
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and he looked at me and he said,
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"Everybody knows you're a
beautiful, talented Black girl.
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But what do I do
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with a beautiful, talented Black girl?
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Do I put you in a movie with Tom Cruise?
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Does he kiss you?
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Ugh.
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Who goes to see that movie?"
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He hurt me so deeply,
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I was actually thinking about quitting.
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Until ...
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I started to think.
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He said that everybody knew
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that I was a beautiful,
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talented Black girl.
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So what was meant to break
me did not break me,
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it built me up.
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And I walked out of there giving
myself permission
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to take up space in Hollywood,
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knowing that I belonged there
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no matter what anybody
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