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I don't know that I constantly think about being a black woman.

There are so many people who have this idea of who I am because I'm black.

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

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

I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.

I know how it feels to be a woman because I am a woman. And I won't be classified as just a man.

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

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

My mixed-race background made me a broad person, able to relate to different cultures. But any woman of colour, even a mixed colour, is seen as black in America. So that's how I regard myself.