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Podcast: #WeNeedToTalk
Episode: #WeNeedToTalk- Chas Jackson
Description: On this episode of #WeNeedToTalk, Malynda talks with TV writer, Chas Jackson. They chat about how his path led him to be a writer on the television show Grown-ish, the adversity he faced as a Black male writer and achieving his dreams, the struggle of being a diversity hire versus being hired because you're qualified, and the importance of being able to tell authentic stories from the Black experience. Chas is an award-winning slam poet from the Bay Area. After completing his studies in Writing for Television at UCLA he lived in Cameroon West Africa creating original c...