Yara Shahidi Introduces Fans To Her Family In New Glamour Interview

Yara Shahidi is featured in the new issue of Glamour magazine. The young actress is in the magazine to introduce the world to her amazing family. Highlights from the interview are below.

On how her upbringing prepared her for her role on black-ish: “My parents did a great job teaching us about both [African-American and Iranian] cultures. As an entertainer, that adds another layer. No matter how cutting-edge Hollywood may seem, it is still delayed in how it views people: If [producers] do not perceive me as an Iranian girl, then I cannot play an Iranian girl. If you aren’t perceived as a full black girl, then it makes it more difficult [to play a black girl on TV]. Now that I’m going out for movies, I’m picking up on things I never picked up on before: It’s like, ‘Oh, you think I’m not black enough. You don’t think I’m Iranian enough for this role.'”

On the next phase of her life: “Now that I’m getting ready to go to college, the questions are: What do you want to be? Who do you want to become?. My parents taught me that it’s not a monolithic answer. You can be anything.”

You can check out even more from Yara’s interview here.