Having a white parent undoubtedly makes for a different childhood experience than having two black parents.

Popular films are so powerful and compelling that it's often easier to accept their versions of history than the much more complicated true stories.

Look, I grew up in, went to school in, and now live in the American South, and southern white women are interesting, complex and quirky, even the ones with racial anxieties.

I would want to know that my daughter is going to enjoy a long, happy and healthy life.

We have never invested as much in public education as we should have because we've always had a private notion of children. Your kid is yours and totally your responsibility. We haven't had a very collective notion of these are our children. So part of it is we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families and recognize that kids belong to whole communities.

For me, success is when I'm making a contribution and fully engaging all of my talents. In terms of the key quality, it's being willing to continue to believe in yourself even when other people don't, and being able to fail and to come back.

I hate to play YouTube.