Brown Entertainers Are Having A Moment and It’s F*cking Awesome

We can finally say goodbye to “Slumdog Millionaire” & “Kumar” as the only references to brown entertainers in the media. Don’t get me wrong, “Slumdog” was dope, but there’s recently been an emergence of strong, confident brown voices, many of which have reached their break-out moments in the past couple years.

These are performers who have been grinding, shattering stereotypes, and are gaining massive influence. Their importance cannot be understated, It opens doors for younger performers who come from a similar background, like myself, and allows us to believe that being brown doesn’t mean we have to play stereotypes for your entire entertainment career. It doesn’t exclude us from artful American media. And, yes, even brown people can get the Netflix treatment.