I think we're definitely in a wave of entertainment where -- it sounds how it's going to sound -- being ethnic is cool, i think what writers are doing is taking this idea where networks want ethnicity and diversity and they're taking the opportunity to broaden it and make [characters] not so one-note and simple.

Logan Browning

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They're really taking the opportunity to show the depth and talent of diverse actors, which you didn't get to see before, i talk to my friends who aren't ethnic and they're like, 'It's hard.' And I'm like 'Welcome to the club. It's been like that for me for the last 13 years.'.

Logan Browning

entertainment

We live in a society that wants to label you with a color, sexuality, religion, or ethnicity. It divides us, but it also allows us to find pride in our identity.

Logan Browning

you society identity religion

Being part of social movements like Black Lives Matter or organizations like NAACP, or any group representing a cause, gives you more resources, knowledge, and power. They can help you use your voice.

Logan Browning

you black power knowledge

Making mistakes is how we learn.

Logan Browning

mistakes learn how making-mistakes

I don't even know how to explain the feeling that I get from being a curly girl. There's a whole new personality.

Logan Browning

new feeling girl personality

Everyone that I'm friends with does not have the same party standing. For the most part, my friends are Democrats, but not everyone is, so a lot of times, we just have candid conversations. Sometimes that's the best way that we can educate each other and come to our own decisions about bills and candidates and policies.

Logan Browning

best candid friends sometimes

I think black women feel an obligatory pressure to be stronger than everybody else, not necessarily to suppress the pain.

Logan Browning

feel women black pain

I don't mind failing, because I see it as an opportunity to try again and eventually succeed. Having this attitude and sharing it with young girls encourages them.

Logan Browning

succeed mind opportunity attitude

I'm black, and I'm human. I'm a woman, and I'm human. I believe in God, and I am human.

Logan Browning

woman i-am black god

People look to 'Dear White People' as an encyclopedia of our culture. But it's also art, and there are characters with different perspectives.

Logan Browning

look culture people art

I don't want people to know how I am feeling because it makes you more vulnerable.

Logan Browning

i-am feeling you people

Every morning, when I'm really, really tired... when I'm dead tired is when I feel most alive.

Logan Browning

dead feel tired morning

I have sensitive, acne-prone, stress-me-out skin.

Logan Browning

skin sensitive

I learned that in order to have a strong and credible voice, I needed to do more research into the history of black people in America while simultaneously digesting new and pertinent news.

Logan Browning

black research history people

I'm not gonna respond to people calling me a race baiter. It doesn't serve me. Also, I'm not a race baiter.

Logan Browning

respond me race people

The truth of the matter is, there were shows that depicted black characters that were on in the '90s, and they gave everybody a glimpse into the black experience. And then they disappeared.

Logan Browning

experience black truth matter

I do my research, and if I'm supporting something, then it's because it aligns with me morally and ethically.

Logan Browning

something because me research

I am only here on this earth for a short period of time, like the rest of the country and citizens, and I want the time that I spend here on earth to matter.

Logan Browning

i-am rest matter time

If I choose to keep my opinions and my activism to myself, then I'm not effecting any change in my time here on Earth.

Logan Browning

choose myself change time

It's time for men to be held accountable when they make women feel uncomfortable or do things out of line.

Logan Browning

feel women time men