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Zoe Saldaña Just Said What Every Woman of Color in the Room Is Thinking

Zoe Saldaña put words to something brown and Black women know well: the exhausting, unpaid labor of being expected to represent an entire community.

Zoe Saldaña Just Said What Every Woman of Color in the Room Is Thinking

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Zoe Saldaña put words to something brown and Black women know well: the exhausting, unpaid labor of being expected to represent an entire community.

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Zoe Saldaña put words to something brown and Black women know well: the exhausting, unpaid labor of being expected to represent an entire community.

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