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" Facebook Algorithms have got us all screwed up, where we only listen and talk to people with the same views as us, and I think it's not helping us as a culture to grow. "

Karamo Brown

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Karamo Brown

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" Literally, I look back on it now, and I often think to myself, 'Karamo you should have done better.' But that's the thing: when you're in that dark space, you can't do any better. And it's for people around you to say, 'You know what? I need to check in with you and be there to support you.' "

" The perpetuation of family and cultural pressures to conform to prescribed masculine behaviors is what creates social isolation and distress in many young gay and trans people of color. "

" Most people have never been listened to, and they've never been asked questions that they want to be asked. "

" Love is love, and people need to just accept that. "

" Most people don't remember the guy from 'The Real World.' They know the guy who is a professional, a father, and a friend that gives great advice. "

" Its rare to see a proud and out LGBT person win an Oscar in a lead or supporting actor role. "

" We must do our part to make ourselves visible to the world. Let everyone see that being a queer parent of color is normal and happening right next door to them. "

" Fatherhood is an honor, and men should be strong enough to step up to the plate. "

" There's a lot of 'how to adopt' books, but there's no practical resource for, say, school supplies. "

" What defines someone as a 'man' should not be the clothes they wear or how deep their voice is. It should be the content of his character, his strength in the face of overwhelming adversity, and his ability to still love and help others when the world has turned its back on him. "

" Although someone's vote may hurt me by supporting the structures in place that hold people of colour, women, and LGBT+ people down, some people just don't realise that these structures exist. The way someone votes doesn't make them a bad person; it just means that, at the time, this was the best decision they thought they could make. "

" When you break finances down in a way that kids can understand, it creates financial literacy that grows with them as they become adults. "

" My goal has always been to help as many people as I can. "

" We're so divided as a world that we don't often have the opportunity to sit down and talk to people who are different to us. We're so ready to always be right that we sometimes forget it's OK to listen. "

" No matter if someone has personal feelings about my sexuality or how they view me, it's all of our job to continue to show up in spaces where we can say, 'You know what? I can figure out how to try to work with you.' "

Karamo Brown

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Job

" The challenges of me being a father are just the same as any other father. "

Karamo Brown

Same

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" I would say for our straight allies, your job is to listen and not judge. Then, listen and not act. "

" People always look at reality shows and think, 'How do they fall in love so quickly?' When you are quarantined with the same people, the emotions you normally feel after a year come within a week. "

" By no means am I excusing homophobic rap lyrics, but as a product of the same environments that birthed hip-hop, I fully understand why those lyrics existed. "

" I think it's just so important that parents actually really study the apps on the phones and figure out what's going on. "

" Homophobia, racism, and sexism are all rooted in the same oppression that causes a group of people to internalize the oppression they've experienced and then continue the cycle of abuse. Simply put, hurt people hurt people. "

" That's the beauty of 'Queer Eye' coming back. No matter how far you think we've come as a society, there's still work that needs to be done. "

" I will kick my best friend out of the way if RuPaul wants to stand next to me as my best man. "

" We have to start making sure that churches start to talk about... black queerness in a way that's affirming. Because a lot of young black men are in the church, and that's where they start to learn this self-hate behavior. "

" I was a social worker most of my life while raising my two boys. "

" So often, we take photos on our iPhone, and then they're gone in a year, and we don't even remember them. I like to experience life and disconnect from that. "

" I always had an ability to listen and give people the space to open up and express themselves, and I was hoping it would translate on TV. "