truth. As a Black man in public view, the margin for error is next to nothing. If I were a white man, I could make a mistake. You can be someone who brags about sexually assaulting women on videotape like Trump and still become the president. I can’t drink and drive—not that I would. I can’t be riding around with guns. I can’t be caught smoking weed in my car, even though I live in a city where cannabis is legal and sold over the counter. I cannot do any of those things. Not only because it would it gut my family. It would define me forever. No matter how much work I do, no matter the message,
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