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I was born in Columbia in 1954, the year the Supreme Court invalidated racial segregation in public schools. I visited frequently but did not live there.

— Randall Kennedy

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementary school. It was right on the line between Clarksville and Columbia in Howard County. I remember it being just like a peaceful, safe atmosphere. I always felt connected to the woods and that whole suburban feel.

— Gallant

I grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia.

— Ryan Reynolds

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

— Michael Eric Dyson

I was on the campaign trail for 18 months. I never got a question about the District of Columbia in South Carolina.

— Trey Gowdy

I was born in a ghetto on the North Side of Pittsburgh. I was born as Emmett Till was dying and the civil rights era was being born.

— Jewell Parker Rhodes

I was born and raised in Maryland and attended the public school system.

— Brendan Iribe

I was born in Brooklyn, but I never lived there.

— Alice McDermott

✗Opposing Perspectives

I was born in New York.

— Peter Jurasik

It just so happens that I was born and raised in Washington. Had I been born in Chicago or San Antonio, the streets and places would have figured into whatever I wrote. Just so happens that it's Washington, D.C.

— Edward P. Jones

I was actually born in New York, and spent some of my childhood in Boston. But my family moved to San Diego when I was 12, and I went to high school here.

— Jandy Nelson