continue to inspire and be inspired.

He made an example. He pointed to a kid across the way and said, ‘That kid’s an Oreo.’ And I didn’t know the kid’s name at the time — I saw this nerdy black kid with glasses hanging out with white friends … And that was the first introduction of this concept, inauthentic blackness because you’re comfortable around whiteness.

I often say that I love animation because it’s the most collaborative art form there is. At its best, animation brings together the work of many people to create a single, unified whole - one that seems to have sprung into existence as a complete creation.