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

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.

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

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

The less I talk about being black, the better.

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

I am very aware of being black and female because that's what I am.

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.

There are so many stereotypes of how you have to be as a black man, growing up in the community as a man.