It takes a lot of strength to let go.

Everything I am I owe to my faith and secondly to parents who were old school.

I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices that need to be heard. I don't claim and pretend to know the thoughts and opinions and ideas of all African-Americans.

Americans are hungry for a discussion on policy solutions to the problems in their communities that work.

If you are explaining, you are losing.

Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious about reparations - in '93 and '94 the Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, and not one single Republican vote was needed for reparations.

The American dream does not happen by asking Americans to accept what's immoral and wrong in the name of tolerance.