{"id":63529,"date":"2022-03-22T20:29:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T20:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=63529"},"modified":"2022-03-22T20:29:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T20:29:56","slug":"theres-a-sense-of-gratitude-in-her-voice-as-she-describes-championing-the-black-community-im-really-happy-that-i-did-take-that-opportunity-because-i-am-very-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=63529","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a sense of gratitude in her voice as she describes \u201cchampioning the Black community \u2026 I\u2019m really happy that I did take that opportunity, because I am very much part of that community. I am a Black woman. I have a lot of things to say, which I hadn\u2019t had the confidence to speak about.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After the murder of George Floyd<\/a>, and a renewed energy around the Black Lives Matter<\/a> movement in 2020, [Adwoa] Aboah<\/a> found her conversations on her Gurls Talk<\/a> podcast getting \u201ca lot deeper. Everyone had so much to say, and everyone was going through such personal experiences, growth and sadness.\u201d It also led to a second Vogue cover<\/a>, this time alongside Marcus Rashford<\/a>, shot in the footballer\u2019s garden in Manchester<\/a>, for an issue spotlighting \u201cfaces of hope\u201d. It was a huge moment \u2013 and one she almost turned down. At the time, Aboah says, she \u201cdidn\u2019t think it was my place to be that person. I think it\u2019s because I hadn\u2019t really delved into race and my feelings around it, and what I had been through. My mum\u2019s white, my dad\u2019s Black, and there had been a lot of confusion personally as to how I felt about it all. And, actually, it was great.\u201d There\u2019s a sense of gratitude in her voice as she describes \u201cchampioning the Black community \u2026 I\u2019m really happy that I did take that opportunity, because I am very much part of that community. I am a Black woman. I have a lot of things to say, which I hadn\u2019t had the confidence to speak about.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hannah J. Davies, \u201cAdwoa Aboah on acting, recovery and her racial awakening: \u2018I am a Black woman. I have a lot to say\u2019<\/a>,\u201d The Guardian<\/em>, March 19, 2022. https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/2022\/mar\/19\/adwoa-aboah-acting-recovery-racial-awakening-black-woman-lot-to-say<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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