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It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor.

Learn to love being black.

One must learn how to be black in America.

The less I talk about being black, the better.

I don't think being black has held me back at all. Being black makes you strong.

I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love.

I am black, and there's no getting around that, but being black doesn't define every aspect of my life.

I am a black woman, and my experiences would not be what they are if I wasn't. I'm so happy to share those experiences for other people to be able to learn from them.

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.

I went to a segregated school; I was born a Negro, not a black man.