{"id":14152,"date":"2021-02-17T14:37:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T03:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=186266"},"modified":"2021-02-17T15:11:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T15:11:03","slug":"michael-b-jordan-coach-conversations","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/michael-b-jordan-coach-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael B. Jordan: “I’m A Reflection Of Those That Came Before Me”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New York luxury fashion house, Coach, has premiered its second episode of Coach Conversations\u00a0<\/em>overnight, starring global ambassador, Michael B. Jordan<\/a>. The actor, producer, and activist joins The Cut\u00a0<\/em>editor-in-chief, Lindsay Peoples Wagner, and hip hop artist Cordae, to speak on nurturing Black creatives in the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a reflection of those that came before me, and I stand on the shoulders of those that have lifted me up,\u201d Jordan said in the new episode that coincides with Black History Month. \u201cI feel it\u2019s only right to give back to the community that gave so much to me and passing the torch to the next generation is part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jordan starred in Just Mercy<\/em><\/a>, a film following Bryan Stevenson who battles the American justice system to save innocent Black men from death row. When the Black Lives Matter protests hit boiling point in 2020, the 34-year-old felt it “weighed more” on him than in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis particular time everything was sitting still,” Jordan says. “It was at a time when there weren\u2019t as many distractions. It was in solidarity. People didn\u2019t have any excuses for choosing not to see or not to pay attention.\u201d<\/p>\n