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Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff.

For my own part, once I became a teenager, I experienced severe and violent racism.

I've certainly experienced racism, but it has not made a great impact on me. I have always thought, as I got older and older, I was more in charge of who I was. What someone thought about me or said about me made less of an impression on me at very vulnerable times.

I sometimes feel that racism is getting worse.

Every now and then I'm in a situation where someone doesn't recognize me, and I experience racism. Things like not being buzzed into a store or sitting in first class on a plane and having someone ask to see my ticket four times.

Racism is a physical experience.

In England, I've never really had a problem with racism.

You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.

I went to an all white school where I dealt with racism.

My encounters with racism are sort of second-hand situations where I might be standing around with a group of white friends and someone makes a comment that they wouldn't make at my family reunion.