Jesse Williams and John Legend Talk Race in America

John Legend and Jessee Williams are known mainly as, respectively, a Grammy-winning R&B singer and a lead actor on ABC’s long-running medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. But they are also outspoken about racial injustice and the continuing struggle for civil rights. They say “America is cool because of black people. Our music is black. Our aesthetic is black … We are as American as you can be, and what do we get for it?” Read more about their comments at the Atlantic.