Identity Quote by Jerrika Hinton

“The black woman as a concept has an identity largely based on archaic tropes. This same woman as reality, however, exists at the unfortunate intersection of archetype and living soul.” quote by Jerrika Hinton — Download Open image

“The black woman as a concept has an identity largely based on archaic tropes. This same woman as reality, however, exists at the unfortunate intersection of archetype and living soul.”

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I grew up in the theater, went to school for directing and playwriting.

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I know myself is an asset to every single room I walk into. I am an asset to every company, every show.

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I believe that our entertainment shapes us and we shape our entertainment, and that ongoing dialogue is a fact of nature.

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Our society's framework for black women reads as such: strong, indignant and fiercely independent with endless resilience; a myriad of expectations entirely at odds…

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I like learning languages, I have a huge garden and love gardening, I like life. I like it when life has many components.

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