But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were never involved in the causes I think of when I think of activists.
I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.
Someone I met years ago explained to me the difference between a personality and an actor, a personality being Eddie Murphy or Roseanne Barr, and an actor being Morgan Freeman and Alfre Woodard or Marlon Brando.