that was dealing with sexual brutality of Black and brown girls in the Bay Area," she explained to ET ahead of the docuseries' drop."It coincided with the 30-year anniversary of my sexual assault as a teenager in the Bay Area. It was just too much. And that was just one too many things on my emotional house of cards -- I was dust by the time I got on the plane to come to Africa.
"And then slowly we figured out which countries where we might find the most interesting exchanges and the most interesting gifts for everyone involved," she shared."So, there was different things, different people that sort of inspired why we chose different countries." "A lot of times we are so programmed to see everything negatively and to see the worst pieces of each other. And it leaves no room for humanity or kindness or joy. It's always, 'I got to find the angle to get the upper hand.' For what, to harm someone? And it just gave us that extra space and that extra drive to see things clearly," she added."And as we climbed up that sand dune -- which is a lot harder than it looks -- there was something about reaching the top.
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