“No more cop shows for me.”
But I know that’s not enough.
But what else can I do?
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Yes, I have privileges in this industry, but that isn’t always the same as power.
I want straight white people to stop relying on a false sense of superiority to stake their success on.
Instead, it was just a story about one cop.
One “good” cop.
One cop who was intentionally being cast as a person of color.
A prison system withracial-based inequitiesso vile that they are hard to fully comprehend is not occasional.
So, no more cop shows for me.
This is where my power, where all of our power lies in naming ourselves and naming our futures.
In refusing to be defined by anyone else’s words or through anyone else’s lens.
In telling our own truths.
I want to get better at learning how to turn my privilege into power.
Hopefully, Hollywood will want to do the same.
Jasika Nicole can be seen now on Peacock’sPunky Brewsterrevival.
