I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.
- Audre Lorde
Misty Copeland and her boyfriend, laywer Olu Evans (Taye Diggs’ cousin)
Enter Olu. She met him at a club in Chelsea in 2004. Tall and fit, with a
pair of dimples that made her heart flutter, he was with actor Taye
Diggs, his cousin, when he spotted her on the dance floor. [Eleven] years
later, they’re still together.
“He was my first boyfriend,” says
Copeland, breaking into a huge smile. “He taught me to communicate in
ways I’d never learned before, to not run away from problems, and sit
down and think about things critically. And he made me feel like I
really did have a bright future as a ballerina.” (x)
