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Like The Guy I Was Dating. White, Liberal, Educated. I Went To Meet His Family And I Think That They Probably Didn't Know They Had A Problem With It Until He Walked In With Me. And They Definitely Had Issues. Mom Had Issues With It. Could Not, Didn't Want To See Her Son. And I Don't Think She Had Anything Against Me. But It Was About Her Son Bringing Me Home. And I Felt That For The First Time. I Was Like, 'wow, That's Deep.' It's Really Simple: I Don't Fit Their Picture.

I Had Never Picked Up A Basketball Before. I Went Through A Grueling Audition Process. It Was Almost As If I Was Learning To Walk. It Would Be Like Teaching Somebody To Dance Ballet For A Role.

I Don't Know If It's More Acceptable Or If Black Men Are More Comfortable. Black Men Certainly Are More Comfortable With It. I Don't Know That Society, Like White Society Loves It Or Black Women. When You See A Black Man With A White Woman There Is A Feeling That You Have And I Think The Feeling Is An Instinctual Feeling Of You Want Her You Don't Want Me. I Don't Look Anything Like Her, So You Don't Like. You Know What I Mean? Something Like That. It's A Real Instinctual Primal Thing.

When You Have A Play, You Have To Be On Every Night.

The Alien Is Gross, Scary. There Is Something In A Human Being That Looks At Them And Sees It As A Cockroach. You Can Never Feel Nurturing Towards The Cockroach.