am i ________ enough?

Zazie Beetz. Photo by Colette Aboussouan. Styled by Danielle Nachmani. Courtesy of The Cut.

good interview with zazie beetz of atlanta:

While the show explores many kinds of blackness, Beetz also worries about what [the character] Van’s called upon to represent. “I just feel like I’m among so many black women’s stories, right? She is one of them, and I am one of them.” Beetz pauses. “Growing up I definitely, definitely had a bunch of things of, Um, am I black enough? — and I guess specifically, Am I German enough?”