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1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
5. brown
6. white

[Black-ish creator] Kenya Bariss wrote on Girlfriends. We’ve been friendly since then. He sent me [the pilot] and said, “I wrote it for you.” But I know what that means in this industry.

Tracee Ellis Ross

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