The reality is that race in the United States operates on a spectrum from black to white. Doesn't mean that people who are in between don't experience racism, but it means that the closer you are to white on that spectrum, the better off you are. And the closer to black that you are on that spectrum, the worse off your are.

Every successful social movement in this country's history has used disruption as a strategy to fight for social change. Whether it was the Boston Tea Party to the sit-ins at lunch counters throughout the South, no change has been won without disruptive action.

We need to make sure we're creating spaces to create new leaders and new types of leadership.

I think that there is an element where leadership is lonely, but I also believe that it doesn't have to be like that.

My mom has this thing where she doesn't sugarcoat stuff.