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I don't deny that I had a very privileged upbringing, but my parents and that town maintained a sense of normalcy that I think many people find hard to achieve, and I am so grateful for that.

I was the freak who moved into the nice neighborhood.

I was blessed to grow up in really interesting times and to go back to a home where I was very safe.

I grew up in the suburbs.

I grew up in a small town that was absolutely a perfect embodiment of new urbanism.

I grew up in a very normal home.

I grew up in an all-white community.

I grew up in an environment in Birmingham that was really multicultural, with black kids, Irish kids, Indian kids.