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EBONY: The Cast of Harlem Cover Shoot
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1/23/2025
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Harlem specifically, on-screen and off-screen, I've learned so much about
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sisterhood and the support system of something that's unconditional. They are
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there with you through the good, the bad, and the ugly. They hold you accountable
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but will always be there to hold your hair back if you got a cry or shoulder
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to lean on, and I didn't realize how unconditional sisterhood could be until
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watching the show. We have the most fun together. It really means a lot to be
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able to create art with other women of color, strong, powerful, beautiful black
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women who just want to inspire the world with their art, so it's a blessing.
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Harlem has shown me that sisterhood is healing and essential, especially black
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sisterhood. We need each other to thrive. We need each other to be our sounding
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boards, to be the backbones. It has taught me so much about loving other women in
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sisterhood. It's taught me so much about how much sisterhood being on screen can
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help heal those who are watching as well. We definitely need the power of
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sisterhood, and it's just shown me that it's very necessary, that we really,
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really need it. We need each other. We need our village. We need our tribes. It
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made me feel like I wasn't alone in my journey. I hope that we
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touch lives in that way. When I talk to people, one thing that I can feel is that
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they, you know, they really, I feel like they empathize with, you know, where his
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heart is at. You know, this is someone who loves deeply, you know, he's in love
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with Camille even as their relationship continues to redefine itself, and you
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also see how fiercely he fights for what it is that he, you know, wants to
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do in life, so I think that's something that they can all connect with. It has
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been truly delightful to wake up in the morning and to go to set with girls that
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that you really do genuinely love, you know. I, we talk all the time, we text all
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the time, you know, I'm always busting in their dressing rooms like, what y'all
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doing up in here, you know? I think what I missed most about being a part of
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Harlem is being able to go down to the corner store, get that chopped cheese,
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dawg. And to arrive on set on that first day when we begin a new season, it's
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always so special. The table read is so special, and I remember once we were at a
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dinner, and we said, you know, Tracy, you chose all of the oddballs, people who
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have been oddballs in other situations, and we've come together, and so we have
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an innate understanding of each other, and that is just unmatched.
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What you can expect for, or in this next, this next season of Harlem is, you know,
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it's really just that joy at the end of the tunnel. You know, I can speak a little
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bit in terms of my own experience with Ian, like, you know, we see, we see what it
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is that he wants, we see some of the obstacles that are standing in the way,
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and in this third season, you get to see, you know, what it's like when you go
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through some of those obstacles, and actually see the light that's at the end
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of the tunnel, and be able to experience some of that joy with them.
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As a queer black woman, I hope that Ty can continue to be a joy and uplift the
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queer community by just being authentic, by showing other sides, by breaking the
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boundaries in the boxes, by showing us that, like, queerness doesn't look one way
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or the other. And I just hope that she continues to show other queer women that
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you can slay all day. Can't nobody check you, boo.
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I hope that the show's legacy is long-lasting. I hope that it provides
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representation like the ones I needed so much as a young black girl growing up.
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I remember how amazing it was to see Maxine Shaw and Khadijah James on screen,
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and so I hope that there's another generation of black women who see the
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show and feel inspired to create their own, or pursue artistry, because now they
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can see that there's someone like them who made it, and also to really form
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friendship groups that are long-lasting and beautiful as well.
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I think what I'll miss most about my experience here is, again, just that
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sense of family. I'm an only child, and in a strange way, I always wanted a
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sister or some sisters, you know? And I think what I'll miss the most is just
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having that family environment full of sisters that really got my back, and
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that I can show up and have they back.
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I've been blessed with friendships I didn't know existed. I've learned about
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self-forgiveness. I've learned about kindness, support, love, grace, and
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inclusion from these women. So yeah, y'all. I'm gonna miss my girls.
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