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BY: NOAH WASHINGTON The Entertainment Industry can be a dangerous minefield. Very few have been able to walk through it, let alone know the direction to step in. But Paige Simpson walked through it, built a cottage, and put the Hollywood sign on the hill; her name being whispered in the winds of Hollywood. Due to the anti-hero era of television, we have been programmed to think that all entertainment executives are tall, intimidating, white men with amazing hair. This may very well be accurate for certain companies, but the inspiring thing is that more and more people of color are breaking the door down and entering these key decision-making roles. One of these gamechangers is Paige Simpson. Simpson started her foray into the great unknown freshly coming out of Spelman College in 2009. Continued on next page...
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