Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
As the list of Black women lost to domestic violence continues to grow, so does the urgency of a conversation many have tried to avoid. Black femicide is not new, but it is being named more clearly, and the truth is impossible to ignore. In a conversation with theGrio, Sterling K. Brown reflects on this painful reality through the lens of his role in Is God Is, pointing to something deeper than individual acts of violence: a long history of division that has separated Black men and women by design.
“There is a way for us to be in concert, not competition,” Brown said. “We don’t have to drink the Kool Aid.”
He challenges Black men to see Black women not as adversaries, but as partners. To reject the narratives that pit us against each other. To recognize that division has always been a tool, and that we don’t have to keep playing into it.
These conversations aren’t easy, but the actor tells theGrio he hopes the film #IsGodIs opens the door for viewers and communities to start having them.
Check out the full convo #OnTheGrio.
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As the list of Black women lost to domestic violence continues to grow, so does the urgency of a conversation many have tried to avoid. Black femicide is not new, but it is being named more clearly, and the truth is impossible to ignore. In a conversation with theGrio, Sterling K. Brown reflects on this painful reality through the lens of his role in Is God Is, pointing to something deeper than individual acts of violence: a long history of division that has separated Black men and women by design.
“There is a way for us to be in concert, not competition,” Brown said. “We don’t have to drink the Kool Aid.”
He challenges Black men to see Black women not as adversaries, but as partners. To reject the narratives that pit us against each other. To recognize that division has always been a tool, and that we don’t have to keep playing into it.
These conversations aren’t easy, but the actor tells theGrio he hopes the film #IsGodIs opens the door for viewers and communities to start having them.
Check out the full convo #OnTheGrio.
Connect with theGrio
Subscribe: youtube.com/c/thegrio
Instagram: instagram.com/theGrio
Facebook: Facebook.com/theGrio
Twitter: Twitter.com/theGrio
Website: theGrio.com
