Meet Rashida Jones

Meet Rashida Jones — women's equality advocate and a jane-of-all-trades in the entertainment world.

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00:00I've often been told by trolls to stick to acting or to shut up because I'm a stupid celebrity

00:05But you know what? I don't care. I don't care

00:13It's not enough to talk amongst your friends about the problems you see in the world. Now is the time to be vocal

00:19You're very tan, very tropical. I mean, you know, I'm ethnic

00:30Once I experienced his sincerity, he endeared himself to me. There was no way I couldn't like him

01:01I kind of fell in the middle somewhere because I'm biracial

01:06So, you know, I'd go in for parts where I'm supposed to be black and they would be like, you're too light. What are you doing here?

01:19I'm in an industry that's obsessed with looks and youth and I know that I have more to give

01:24and I want to make sure that I don't feel limited by the way other people see me

01:38The younger the girl, the easier it is to get her consent in not a meaningful way

01:43The average age to watch your first porn is 11. It's actually teaching people how to feel about sex

01:55I think that people equate it with being a man-hater, which it's not that

02:00It's just about gender equality and I think the word exists

02:05and until we have actual equality between men and women, it's going to exist

02:09The only thing that separates you and me is a cup of water

02:12Young, unarmed black men are being killed in record numbers

02:17States are passing laws that are systematically stripping away women's reproductive rights

02:25We as humans are not great at learning from our collective mistakes

02:30But it's nothing we can't recover from

02:33It will take us a long time to learn from our collective mistakes

02:37But it's nothing we can't recover from

02:40It will take a generation of compassion and empathy and action to make it happen

02:45Our freedoms are at risk of slipping away

02:48I'm aware this could make me unlikable

02:51I'm aware that being political could open me up to criticism

02:54People tend to find it a little annoying for celebrities to be vocal about politics

02:58You know what? I don't care. I don't care. There's too much to fight for