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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Karamo Brown

Best

Decision

Hurt

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

" Being vulnerable is not a sign of weakness. It's a sign of strength. "

" My life is an open book. There is nothing to hide here. "

" Unfortunately, a lot people still don't understand queer culture. "

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

" My family is Jamaican and Cuban, but we would go to see our Jamaican side every summer for three months and every Christmas. One of the things I used to love was climbing trees and picking ackee fruit for breakfast. "

" We all are scared. First of all, as a culture, we're constantly told that if you start to express yourself or express your needs, you're needy. You're too emotional. And they put all these negative connotations on it. That has started since we were kids, especially for men. "

" My background is in social work and psychotherapy. "

" I have such a deeper respect for firemen knowing how much they get paid and how much they put themselves on the line. "

" We, as communities that are marginalized, need to open up our minds and realize that we should be asking and advocating for more of everyone. Let's get more gay black men; let's get more trans women. "

" 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. "

" What does culture mean? It's not a physical thing. I love a museum, but that, for me, doesn't make you a better person. "

Karamo Brown

Love

Culture

" Bomber jackets, for me, are the new blazers. They're something I can wear with suit pants or slacks - or I can go really urban with it. I think, as men, we don't have the little black dress that women do to go from day to nighttime, but the bomber can be the LBD for men. "

" In 2007, I discovered I was a father to a little boy who I did not know about. After being on MTV's 'The Real World' and traveling the world, I was greeted by a stack of papers on my doorstep informing me that I had a child. "

Karamo Brown

World

Know

" 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. "

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

" Historically, hip-hop is about a generation of artists rapping about the realities they see in their neighborhoods or the 'truths' they hear growing up in their homes. "

" In our country, being from immigrant parents, growing up black in the South, coming out at 16 years old, being a teen parent... you would assume that my life would amount to nothing. And here I stand today. So, if I can do it... you can, too! "

" I don't like the term 'coming out' because it gives the power to the other person. "

Karamo Brown

Because

Coming

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" Being an openly gay black man, unfortunately I've had experiences working with individuals who've tried to exploit my blackness or my gayness in a way that doesn't make me feel comfortable, or they try to manipulate me into being a caricature of myself. "

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

" I think dating apps are keeping us apart. "

Karamo Brown

Keeping

I Think

" I've been on reality TV since I was 23. "

" Hollywood, at the bottom of it, is about money. "

" My household runs the same way it was with my parents, who were a mother and father with their kids. "

" For many gay and bisexual men of color, economic inequalities add to the pernicious effects of oppression and homophobia. "

" A lot of times, we look at people who have disabilities as, 'Oh, we can't invite these people here or there.' And I hate that, because it's inappropriate. It's so weird to me when people say they don't have friends who have disabilities. "