Actor Jesse Williams before his interview with The Post’s Jonathan Capehart on the “Cape Up” podcast on April 26. (Jonathan Capehart/The Washington Post)
“We don’t have to chase cool. Young, black expressions, trends, fashion, dances, terminology is cool. Talk the way you talk, because everybody’s gonna copy you anyway.”
In the latest episode of “Cape Up,” actor Jesse Williams discusses his new creative project @ebrojiapp. An app that allows users, particularly African Americans, to communicate on all social platforms using GIFs and stickers to express themselves. Emojis with a black point of view.
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“So much of everything we consume is centered around whiteness, and then, maybe they’ll have to fill a quota and splash in some so-called diversity and inclusion,” Williams told me. “It’s starting from a different perspective, a black perspective….
