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PEEP THIS: Misty Copeland and President Obama Keep it Real on Being Black in America

On the last day of #BHM2016, TIME magazine reporter Maya Rhodan sat down with Misty Copeland and POTUS, where they kept it all the way 100 on everything from racism to beauty standards to empowerment. Misty, the first Black principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre — and collaborator on the President’s advisory Council of […]

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