Now, celebrities like actress Yara Shahidi are speaking out in protest. Shahidi, who plays Zoey on ABC’s Blackish, is black and Iranian, and her parents met after her father immigrated to the U ...

Early life Yara Shahidi was born on Feb. 10, 2000, to Afshin and Kerry Shahidi in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Because her father was born in Iran, Farsi was her first language; she even told Harper ...

P. Claire Dodson Updated January 29, 2017 at 2:53 PM ‘Blackish’ star Yara Shahidi is speaking out about her experience as an Iranian-American ...