You Know I Am Done Lying. Obscuring

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.

Once I Had A Better Beat, I Needed To Have An Even Better One. And Somewhere In That Climbing, I Lost Sight Of, Sort Of, My Moral And Ethical Underpinnings.

I Don't Know How One Would Define An Affirmative-action Hire. I Ultimately Do Not Know What Role Race Played In My Hiring.

I Fooled Some Of The Most Brilliant People In Journalism.

I Believe My Own Demons Would Have Caught Up With Me Regardless Of My Race And Regardless Of Whether I Worked At 'the Times.