Some people it seems to me would like for me to crawl in a hole and disappear forever. That's just not in my nature.

Once I had a better beat, I needed to have an even better one. And somewhere in that climbing, I lost sight of, sort of, my moral and ethical underpinnings.

I seek to be authentic and engaging, using my own experiences, being as vulnerable as I ask my clients to be, to enhance the process.

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.

I used to walk around saying that I'm just another black man without a college degree.

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

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