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"I was really moved and saddened by the level of kind of self-awareness that he had to develop at a very young age without a lot of guidance," E says. "My dad made me, especially when I was getting in trouble in school, he made me cut my hair." His parents weren't doing it because they're ignorant racist, which is how he's positioned. They just know that the world looks at those cornrows absolutely. The grown-up version of E wanted to go back in time and give young Colin a lot of hugs.