I Was Fortunate Enough To Have Been

My Father Was A Poor Man, Very Poor In A British Colonial Possession Where Class And Race Were Very Important.

Okay Listen, You Think I'm So Inconsequential? Then Try This On For Size. All Those Who See Unworthiness When They Look At Me And Are Given Thereby To Denying Me Value - To You I Say, I'm Not Talking About Being As Good As You. I Hereby Declare Myself Better Than You.

I Was Fortunate Enough To Have Been Raised To A Certain Point Before I Got Into The Race Thing. I Had Other Views Of What A Human Is, So I Was Never Able To See Racism As The Big Question. Racism Was Horrendous, But There Were Other Aspects To Life.

But I Always Had The Ability To Say No. That's How I Called My Own Shots.

I Was The Only Black Person On The Set. It Was Unusual For Me To Be In A Circumstance In Which Every Move I Made Was Tantamount To Representation Of 18 Million People.