Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is.

The same crime element that white people are scared of black people are scared of. While they waiting for legislation to pass, we next door to the killer.

The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.

I should not have to prove my ethnicity to anyone. I know who I am.

What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.