It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I am black, and there's no getting around that, but being black doesn't define every aspect of my life.
The less I talk about being black, the better.
I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood, so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else, or as smart, or whatever.
It's very hard to be black in this country and hate America. It's really hard to live like that. I would actually argue it's impossible to fully see yourself.
I'm black because that's the way the world sees me.
There was a while when I was feeling like, 'Damn, if I'd just been born black, I would not have to go through all this'.
I was brought up in black neighborhoods in South Baltimore. And we really felt like we were very black. We acted black and we spoke black. When I was a kid growing up, where I came from, it was hip to be black. To be white was kind of square.
I don't think being black has held me back at all. Being black makes you strong.
I never learned how to be adequately black. I never learned how to be black at all.
I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love.