‘I Want People To Know We Are Enough’: Issa Rae Was Told An All-Black Show Wouldn’t Be A Hit

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‘I Want People To Know We Are Enough’: Issa Rae Was Told An All-Black Show Wouldn’t Be A Hit

'Insecure' has an all-Black cast now, but Rae was dissuaded against that in the beginning.

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