But tears rushed to my eyes as I watched a video of a little Black girl calling herself ugly. The young queen nonchalantly makes a comment that she’s “so ugly” while she’s getting her locs ...

We caught up with the cast of "Straw," Taraji P. Henson, Teyana Taylor and Sherri Shepherd, who opened up about being advocates for other Black women and the Black women who've advocated for them.

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