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I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.

I can't even see me wasting my time or my talent to disrespect another black man.

I went to a predominantly white school, and I was the only black girl. I can remember thinking, 'I don't want to be as dark as I am - I want to be a little fairer.' I didn't want to be me.

I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man.

There's no question that I'm African-American. OK? I'm a black man. We're not going to escape that.

I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.

Only white men have the luxury of ignoring race.

There are so many stereotypes of how you have to be as a black man, growing up in the community as a man.