Remember, I Have A Ph.d. In English

The Dominican Republic Says 'we're Black Behind The Ears.' And In Mexico, 'there's A Black Grandma In The Closet.' They Know, They've Just Been Intermarrying For A Long Time. But If We Did The Dna Of Everyone In Mexico A Whole Lot Of People Would Have A Whole Lot Of Black In Them.

It Turns Out One Of My Ancestors Fought In The Continental Army, So I Was Inducted Into The Sons Of The American Revolution.

That's What I Mean By Being Bilingual: Comfortable In Your Skin, Comfortable With All Parts Of Who You Are.

Really, The Values Under Which My Generation Was Raised In The '50s Were Immigrant Values Even Though We Weren't Immigrants. The Greatest Thing You Could Be Was A College-educated Negro.

Like The Amazing Story Of Anthony Johnson. This Man Was A Slave, Then Became Free, Accumulated 250 Acres, And Even Had His Own Slave, A Black Man Who Took Him To Court In Virginia In 1654.that Man Argued That He Should Be Freed Like An Indentured Servant. But Johnson, Who We Believe Was A Pure African From Angola, Said, "no Way, You're My Slave." And The Court Agreed.