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Because, also the world of showbiz is not just black and white, good and bad.

You know, growing up, I lived in a neighborhood in Long Island where there was basically one black family. And I remember hearing all the parents and the kids in the neighborhood say racist things about this family.

Like any family, like any group - the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, EPMD, Public Enemy - they've had bumps in the road. I just think that because A Tribe Called Quest is so precious to fans, they were concerned about unveiling some of those things.

Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.

Being a fan of someone's show and the way they still hold a family together doesn't mean I am OK with all they say.

Black music is too big and too powerful not to have its own awards show.

Fashion is one big family.

We were the only black family in an estate with 1,000 white families. Liverpool being quite racist in the Sixties, it was a bit grim growing up.

There's a time when it was an event for a black person to be on television. Where black households would gather around, 'Oh, you know, Sammy Davis is going to be on 'All in the Family' tonight! Let's go check it out!' It was a big, big thing.

It's not a common thing for a Southern white family to go out and seek their black cousins.