And I used to say, 'I'm black, too.' In other words, I - my whole life I've been called a half-breed, a convict, king of the trailer trash, this and that. I take that and stand.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I am black, and there's no getting around that, but being black doesn't define every aspect of my life.
There are so many people who have this idea of who I am because I'm black.
I used to walk around saying that I'm just another black man without a college degree.
Growing up in London, with a hippie mom, I don't know that I'm most people's definition of what a black person is. I'm mixed, yes, but in the world I'm defined as black before I'm defined white. I've never been called white.
The less I talk about being black, the better.
I'm black because that's the way the world sees me.
I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person.
I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.
Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being.
There were only ever two black kids at my school. I never considered myself to be 'a black kid'. I was who I was. Which isn't to say things haven't happened to me that wouldn't have happened if I wasn't black.