If they're all so brilliant and I'm such an affirmative-action hire, how come they didn't catch me?

I fooled some of the most brilliant people in journalism.

I seek to be authentic and engaging, using my own experiences, being as vulnerable as I ask my clients to be, to enhance the process.

I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.'

Racism built me into a person that was set up to be self-destructive.

I have lived a life that has been beautiful and painful at some moments. But I am convinced others can learn how to control a certain kind of rage that bubbles up in many Americans, particularly, but not limited to, women, blacks, and other minorities.