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There are a lot of challenges I undeniably have faced as a black person both in the U.K. and in the U.S. that contrived to make me feel lesser than what I am.

I don't think being black has held me back at all. Being black makes you strong.

We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think about as a black woman - the challenge that lies ahead - you are thinking in the wrong direction, in my opinion.

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

Normally I don't race other people; I challenge the environment and my own limitations.

Try not to turn your life into a race, least of all an obstacle race.

I was so beat down as a young person - being black, being gay, being unable to assimilate because I could never, ever pull off being butch.

I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.

In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious.

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.