When we report stories, we don't just want to talk to people who did the right thing. We want to talk to people who did the wrong thing.

Racism built me into a person that was set up to be self-destructive.

You know I am done lying. Obscuring the truth is no longer something I have any interest in doing. I want it all to come out. The good, the bad, the ugly.

I am immensely contrite. And I'm sorry for the damage I've done.

I can't say anything other than the fact that I feel a range of emotions including guilt, shame, sadness, betrayal, freedom and appreciation for those who have stood by me, been tough on me, and have taken the time to understand that there is a deeper story and not to believe everything they read in the newspapers.

If they're all so brilliant and I'm such an affirmative-action hire, how come they didn't catch me?

I don't know how one would define an affirmative-action hire. I ultimately do not know what role race played in my hiring.