“I started realizing that it wasn’t equality that I needed: it was identity — ownership of myself.”
Darnell Pierre Benjamin often felt like he was on the outside of his communities, until he came to understand that “if I focus on the things that make me "me,” that is how I’m going to find my place of belonging.” During this talk, he breaks down the problematic concept of equality and encourages us to instead focus on how we’re different and to love & embrace that.
About the speaker
Darnell Pierre Benjamin grew up in a small town in the bayou of Louisiana. He wanted to become a surgeon, a psychologist, an educator and an activist. So he became an actor. He earned a BFA from University of Louisiana Lafayette and an MFA from the University of Houston. He’s performed at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Know Theatre and Ensemble Theatre, and was nominated for CityBeat's Best of Cincinnati Best Local Actor Nominee 2013 - 2016.
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