Lena Waithe, Yara Shahidi, and More Join Variety's

Gina Prince-Bythewood ("The Old Guard"), Lena Waithe ("Boomerang," "The Chi"), Yara Shahidi ("Grown-ish"), Rashida Jones ("On the Rocks"), and Mara Brock Akil ("Being Mary Jane") join Variety's #Represent Black Women Creators Roundtable to talk about the trials and triumphs of being a dual minority within the entertainment industry and telling stories that are true to their lives.
This conversation is part of Variety's Power of Women Event.
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[@aureliere]

Wow, thank you Variety for bringing these powerhouses together. It fed my soul!! Not only as a creator but as a human!! Gratitude to all of them!

[@prettyeyes3990]

Amazing, awesome, intelligent and strong women! ♥️👏🏼✊🏼

[@scriptwritersmultiverse609]

This is just what I needed to hear today. Thank you, goddesses!

[@th2k864]

As supportive as Rashida has been to the Black women in entertainment and politics she doesn't belong on a panel like this one. She did not have to forge her own path the way these women did. Her friends are all as privileged as she is. I'm kind of sick of seeing her get a chance to speak like she knows anything about struggle and breaking through barriers. Appreciate all she has done but it's time she shut the fuck up and sit down in a corner somewhere. By all means continue to help but let others have the spotlight, you've had more than your share already. One other thing, I've never been aware of her plucking some unknown out the crowd and pushing them forward. She helps the family members of other privileged people like herself, not those with no connections trying to catch a break. Like she said #noknewfriends.

[@sophiadavenport3959]

All I see is 4 women and one man.

[@chinwedaniella1337]

all i see is 6 beautiful women