Issa Rae

In Conversation with Dr. Kumea Shorter-Gooden

In The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, the YouTube sensation and one of Forbes’s “30 Under 30”—whose web show has attracted over 20 million views—explores what’s it like to be awkward in a world that equates black with cool and appeals to anyone who has ever felt they were on the outside looking in.