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I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person.

As you know, I'm a black girl out of the projects of New York City, raised in a single parent home because my parents divorced very very young... welfare and homeless at four and then again at 16 and just not having the things or the necessary tools that society would say I needed to have in order to be any kind of success in life.

My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman.

I'm black because that's the way the world sees me.

I'm just going to live my life and be who I am.

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

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

I am black or white, I'll never be grey in my life.