{"id":49149,"date":"2016-09-19T00:39:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T00:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=49149"},"modified":"2016-09-19T00:39:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T00:39:17","slug":"elizabeth-warren-and-tracee-ellis-ross-on-the-road-to-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=49149","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Warren and Tracee Ellis Ross on the Road to Activism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elizabeth Warren and Tracee Ellis Ross on the Road to Activism<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/a>
\n2016-09-17<\/p>\n

Philip Galanes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nSenator Elizabeth Warren<\/a>, left, and the actress Tracee Ellis Ross<\/a> having dinner at the Hay-Adams Hotel<\/a> in Washington<\/a>.
\nCredit Justin T. Gellerson<\/a> for The New York Times<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Tracee Ellis Ross<\/a> may be working 14 hours a day in Los Angeles<\/a> on her hit TV show, \u201cblack-ish<\/a>.\u201d \u201cBut when Elizabeth Warren<\/a> says she\u2019ll have dinner with you,\u201d Ms. Ross said, walking into a suite at the Hay-Adams Hotel in Washington<\/a>, \u201cyou get on a plane. I have a million questions for her.\u201d<\/p>\n

And from the moment Senator Warren entered the lobby, friendly to all but racewalking<\/a> toward the elevator, she was happy to offer answers: breaking down complex problems into plain-spoken choices, engaging everyone in sight. When a woman on the elevator said, \u201cYou look familiar,\u201d Ms. Warren introduced herself, shook her hand and asked how her evening was going.<\/p>\n

Of course, Ms. Warren, 67, comes by teaching naturally. A law professor for over 30 years, most recently at Harvard, she specialized in bankruptcy and commercial law. A strong advocate of consumer protection, she conceived and fought for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau<\/a> under the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two years later, the political novice was elected a United States senator<\/a> from Massachusetts<\/a>. Ms. Warren has since emerged as a very popular figure in the Democratic Party and a fierce advocate for the middle class. In June, she endorsed Hillary Clinton<\/a> for president, and has gone toe-to-toe with Donald J. Trump<\/a> in a series of fiery Twitter exchanges<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ms. Ross, 43, has also established herself as a powerful advocate, particularly for self-esteem among black girls in a series of TV specials, \u201cBlack Girls Rock<\/a>,\u201d and through social media. For eight seasons, beginning in 2000, she starred in the sitcom \u201cGirlfriends<\/a>,\u201d for which she won two NAACP Image Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But her greatest exposure and acclaim have come with her starring role on \u201cblack-ish,\u201d about an extended African-American family, whose third season begins on Wednesday. For her performance, Ms. Ross was nominated for an Emmy<\/a> for lead actress in a comedy. She is the first African-American woman<\/a> to be nominated in the category in 30 years, and only the fifth in Emmy history. (The Emmys will be televised Sunday.)…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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