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People are rude in general.

Like, you can't tell a certain race, like, 'You're supposed to act this way, and you're not supposed to act this way because of what color you are,' like, that's just holding everybody back, you know what I'm saying?

How dare anyone, parent, schoolteacher, or merely literary critic, tell me not to act colored.

I have never really encountered anybody that was rude to me. Well, not to my face anyway.

I'm very light, so some people don't really know that I'm black. I've been in situations where people will say something kind of racist, and I'll step in, and they'll be like, 'Oh, well, you're light.' That still doesn't cut it, buddy.

I've lived a very colorful life, and I've said some things, But not once have I taken them back, and I've never apologized for them - and I won't.

I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.

To be rude to someone is not my nature.

I never identified with anybody. I have always been very sensitive about my color, because everybody called me 'yellow gal.' I was caught in between both sides - nobody wanted me. I love that my audience is there, but I always feel as though I have to fend for myself.

I've walked away in the middle of a conversation and had no idea that was wrong until someone told me I was being rude.