My Partner Is A Frenchman, So I

We've Become Obsessed With Beauty And The Fountain Of Youth And, Frankly, I'm Really Saddened By The Way Women Mutilate Their Faces Today In Search Of That.

Being A Black Woman, I've Often Felt I've Been Judged By My Sex And My Race, And I Have Always Known That It Shouldn't Hamper Me.

My Mother Never Wanted Me To Focus On My Physical Self. She Always Said That Beauty Is What You Do.

Most People I Know Of That Mix Have A Real Ability To Be In A Room With Anyone, Black Or White.

I Used To Have To Downplay My Sexuality Because I Wanted To Be Taken So Seriously As A Thespian And As An Artist And As An Actor, So I'd Play Crack Heads And Down Trotting Women And Disguise Myself, And I Think As I've Gotten Older, I Become More Comfortable With Who I Really Am And All Parts Of Me Knowing That My Physical Self Doesn't Diminish Me In Any Way Or My Talent.