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Actor Diggy Simmons speaks about Grown-ish and the role his character Doug plays in bringing the issues about black men to the forefront.
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00:00Your character, Doug, on this show has been used to kind of talk about a lot of issues
00:06with black men and self-image, masculinity, interracial relationships, all that sort of
00:13thing. I guess, how does it feel to kind of be at the forefront of that conversation for a younger
00:18age group? And do you ever get to kind of give your own input on how these things are tackled
00:24with your character? Yeah, I mean, I'd say my input would really only be my approach and the emotion
00:33that goes into it, which is so much of it, right? But I think we've been seeing a lot of, you know,
00:39progress, you know, with a lot of our age group, whether it is, you know, toxic masculinity things
00:44or what we're learning about gender, you know, what we're learning about race and, you know,
00:49what things used to be like compared to what we're hoping to see them become in a societal
00:55point. So, yeah, it's been really cool to be a part of that conversation.
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