tim murphy is coo. >> i think it's really opening up people's eyes. ink thrashleigh johnson, the first black woman on the roster, will be attending in japan. amr has encouraged her since she was a kid. >> it makes me want to fight harder. it lets me know there's so much more change that needs to happen in our sport. >> no one looked at me and said, oh, this guy is going to succeed, they just gave me a million reasons why i should quit. it was just fuel to the fire for me. i'm going to be better and smarter and stronger than all of these people, and someday they're going to give me respect. >> reporter: the son of egyptian immigrants, in his essay amr writes -- >> i am a dark skinned, curly haired, southern californian. i am an american. i do believe we have the power to heal ourselves from the poisonrng," dana jacobson, huntington beach, california. >> love everything about it. your heart goes out to the struggle and shout out to tim murphy who saw that and said my employees need to hear this. that's what i think all this conversation is about -- that