'It's about asking people to be empathetic to our experiences and to understand what we're going through so you can join our fight.'
Karamo Brown on the Importance of 'Empathy, Education and Evolving' Both Within & Outside the LGBTQ Communityknows you better than you know yourself. This is equal parts frightening and delightful because, above all else, theAs if that wasn't already obvious by the way one glance from him on the show can instantly spark your soul, the 39-year-old TV host was just as open and honest about himself and the LGBTQ community when speaking to both LinkedIn and ET.
"I think that, a lot of times, we think that the enemy is outside of our community, but there's a lot of individuals within our community who still subscribe to racist, transphobic and sexist ways," he explained.
"I will tell you what I do love about this protest, about Black Lives Matter and support of black lives, it is reminiscent [of the past]. Pride started because of protests because a black trans woman and the trans community stepped up and said enough is enough, and I think what that moment did, what it continues to do for this and how it echoes, is that people have to educate themselves and understand the struggle of what is happening in the LGBTQ community," Brown told ET.
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