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" 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. "

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" We live in a society that has a long history of not valuing people of color or women. "

" Gay men must be more effective caregivers to the women in their lives. "

" I hate chapped lips. "

" 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. "

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

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" My background is in social work and psychotherapy. "

" I know a lot of people who are depressed, and they walk around, and they're smiling every day, but no one's asking them how they're really doing. "

" The black community can be competitive and cautious when it comes to those we want put on display for the world to see and judge. We are a prideful people who believe that anything that will make us seem 'less than' should be hidden. "

" While the Internet has allowed for some extraordinary progress in creating conversations about diversity, it also allows uninformed comments that one has made in the past to live forever. "

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

" 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. "

" Encourage your friend and family member who are queer parents of color to post their stories and share it with the world. It's time for us to be seen. "

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

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

" The worst thing about our political system is that people debate; I wish our politicians were able to talk to each other rather than scream while trying to gain sound bites. "

" The funny thing is, we teach - as a culture, we teach people that it's OK to talk about your fitness goals... Like, I want to be more physically fit, I want to drop 10 pounds, but no one's talking about how I can spend 10 days to get happier. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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" I always encourage people to get out there, travel the world, see new things, experience new people, experience new food, experience new culture. What happens is that helps you to grow and be your best self. "

" We're trying to get the world to see it's not always about the outside, it's about the inside. "