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I'm an African American.

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

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

Most of all, I dislike this idea nowadays that if you're a black person in America, then you must be called African-American. Listen, I've visited Africa, and I've got news for everyone: I'm not an African.

I am an American. Black. Conservative. I don't use African-American, because I'm American, I'm black and I'm conservative. I don't like people trying to label me. African- American is socially acceptable for some people, but I am not some people.

I am viewed as the Negro who has gone outside of the categories assigned to me.

I want everybody to understand that I am an American Negro first before I am a member of any political party.

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.

Growing up in London, with a hippie mom, I don't know that I'm most people's definition of what a black person is. I'm mixed, yes, but in the world I'm defined as black before I'm defined white. I've never been called white.