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Tia Mowry Gets Emotional As She Recalls The Time She & Her Sister Were Denied A Magazine Cover For Being Black

<p>Tia Mowry and her sister Tamera Mowry have been in the game for years&comma; and they have set trends and represented for many generations throughout their careers&period; Recently Tia participated in a segment with <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;-reUofJBdHQ&amp&semi;t&equals;3s">Entertainment Tonight<&sol;a><&sol;em> and revealed something that many fans are shocked to learn about&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During a segment of &OpenCurlyQuote;Unfiltered’ with the outlet&comma; Tia showed off her makeup routine&comma; and during the tutorial&comma; she answered a few questions&period; One of the questions asked was&comma; when was there a time she wished she would have spoken up&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An emotional Tia answered the question and said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It was around &OpenCurlyQuote;<em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tia-mowry-explains-why-a-sistersister-reboot-hasnt-come-out&sol;">Sister&comma; Sister<&sol;a><&sol;em>’ days&period; The show was extremely popular&period; We were beating&comma; like in the ratings&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Friends&&num;8217&semi; around that time&period; So&comma; my sister and I&comma; we wanted to be on the cover of this very popular magazine at the time — it was a teenage magazine&period; We were told that we couldn&&num;8217&semi;t be on the cover of the magazine because we were Black and we would not sell&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As she wiped away her tears&comma; Tia continued&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But here I am as an adult&comma; and it still affects me how someone can demean your value because of the color of your skin&period; I will never forget that&period; I will never forget where I was&comma; I wish I would have spoken up&period; I wish I would have said something then&period; I wish I would have had the courage to speak out and say that isn&&num;8217&semi;t right&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"-reUofJBdHQ" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tia did not name the magazine&comma; 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