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I've always taken risks, and never worried what the world might really think of me.

I think our Western society is very much about, 'Tuck your head in; make sure you're safe. Don't rock the boat.'

I did so many things that made me a threat.

I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture.

I see myself today as Sitting Bull trying to bring a voice of Easternism, holism, community-based thinking to a very Western culture.

I think people seem to sort of associate me with danger. And I don't see that at all.

I'm not concerned with what people think of me.

I got exposed to so many different cultures and people.

To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.

What you believe about who you are, where you came from, affects your whole worldview.