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Most times when I'm stopped on the street, people recognize me for my work as an actor.
But it was my work in activism that really brought me to acting.
Growing up, I knew what segregation felt like when I visited my family in Georgia, we had to use separate bathrooms and drinking fountains.
As a child, I was paying attention to the social movements that were fighting Jim Crowe.
I hoped to join them.
In college, we initiated the longest campus strike in history to create the school of Ethnic Studies.
And I became deeply involved in the struggle against apartheid. Often when we see change, there's certain events that proceed those movements.
Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was pushing against all forms of oppression and built toward what he called a beloved community.
When I saw Bernie Sanders getting arrested for protesting segregation, it was powerful.
A Presidential candidate that had put himself on the line to be on the right side of history.
I think Bernie is one of us. I think Bernie is with us.
I try to follow in the footsteps of Dr. King and his transformation. He moved from being a traditional civil rights leader into a human rights leader as he began to organize the poor peoples' campaign...
where working class Blacks, whites, Latin@s, Asian Americans, coming around an agenda of economic justice and that's what Bernie is trying to do today.
Build an inclusive movement that makes this country work for all of us. That's why I support Bernie Sanders.
I'm Bernie Sanders and I approve this message.