10 Things You Didn’t Know About Insecure’s Issa Rae
Insecure’s Title Came From Rae’s Hope to Celebrate “Weak Black Women”
As she said on social media, “It’s because there’s this narrative that’s going around that’s awesome: Black women are fierce, they’re strong, they’re flawless. And I don’t know that life. My friends definitely don’t know that life. So I wanted to center a show around weak Black women and the uncertainty they feel on that journey to get to greatness. It’s like the prequel to Black girl magic.”