Well, when I was nine years old Star Trek came on," Goldberg says. "I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, 'Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there's a black lady on television and she ain't no maid!' I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be (x).
As Whoopi Goldberg said, seeing someone in the media that
you identify with is important because it impacts your opinion of how well you
do in life. As a woman, it’s important for me to find accurate and
diverse portrayals of other women in the media that we consume.
