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I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.

I'm very proud of my roots, and I would never try not to be who I am.

I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity.

I am proud to be an African.

My roots are African. The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they're African.

My mother's proud of where she's from, and her history, and her past, and same with my dad. I have roots in Africa. Like, I am from Africa as well as from Germany, and I am very proud of that.

My African roots made me what I am today. They're the reason I exist at all.

I am an African and I am very proud of that.

I have deep roots in this Oklahoma soil. It makes me proud.