My mother, a teacher, encouraged me to use my creativity as an actual way to make a living, and my father, a Mississippi physician, did two things. First, he taught me that all human beings should be treated equally because no one is better than anyone else, and he never pressured me to become a doctor.
If my boyfriend finds me sexy, then I don't need that kind of male attention from anyone else.
Our flag is our identity, and we can't disrespect or let anyone else disrespect our identity.
The truth is that I don't work any harder than anyone else in the world. I don't work 18-hour days. I don't stay up until 4 in the morning trying to finish a line.