'Now it's a little tricky because you have to be very careful, which makes it really hard for comedians,' said the actress, who starred as Rachel Greene in the beloved sitcom (via toofab)
"It was after what happened to George Floyd that I began to wrestle with my having bought into systemic racism in ways I was never aware of," Kauffman admitted."That was really the moment that I began to examine the ways I had participated. I knew then I needed to course-correct."
Part of that work included a $4 million donation to Brandeis University in Boston. Specifically, the funds will establish an endowed professorship in the African and African American studies department. Kauffman said that while she feels she has perhaps made"some difference in the conversation," she by no means feels this"unburdens" her from the mistakes made with the show's diversity, or lack thereof.
"It didn't unburden me, but it lifted me up," she said, but insisted it wouldn't be made right until she makes it right with properly representative casting in a future production. "I want to make sure from now on in every production I do that I am conscious in hiring people of color and actively pursue young writers of color," she explained."I want to know I will act differently from now on. And then I will feel unburdened."
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