The star gets candid about inclusivity, Instagram, and tough choices.
"When you’re a follower, whoever is leading may not lead you where you want to go...This is not what paradise or salvation or freedom looks like to me. You’re leading me and you’re using me to prop up fraudulent systems or to legitimize BS—to legitimize oppression and exploitation.""Don’t be the… I don’t know how honest I should be… don’t be the 'happy Negro' that does the bidding of the status quo because you’re afraid...
"I grew up being called Nicky. ‘Well, I said it in front of Nicky; I mean Nicky’s, like, no I’m not racist; Nicky’s my friend.’ I would be the black Nicky, and immediately you’re always put on the spot of: Well, you let it go down, so it has to be okay for all black people because you didn’t say anything. And eventually I couldn’t sleep...I didn’t have the words at the time as a kid, but I knew I obsessed about every single time I didn’t say something...
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