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And by the way, that's not a shot at some of the amazing people I worked with there, obviously. | |
I loved my publisher. | |
She really fought for me every step of the way. | |
Her name was Natasha, and she understands me. | |
And I'm so pleased to know that she can go into those meetings with an I told you so. | |
You know, I told you so. | |
I knew this book would be a success. | |
And I'm just grateful to so many Americans, and not just Americans, people all over the world are buying this book. | |
For helping me win, you know, for helping me win. | |
And the battle was really just me saying, I am allowed to exist, right? | |
And that's such a sad thing, but I had to fight to exist, to be seen outside of the box of what the media and the politicians are insisting that Black Americans must think and feel. | |
Basically, the moral of my book, the irony, is I am not a victim, and we should be responsible for ourselves, personal responsibility. | |
We live in an age now, Dennis, where you have to fight to publish a thesis about being personally responsible. | |
And that is, that's sad that that's the state of things today. | |
That's right. | |
That is the state of, well, it's been the state of things consistently because, you know, I've been in this so long and that's been the fight the whole time. | |
We're not individuals. |