To live with faith meant that I would not compromise those aspects of my religious appearance that bothered racists. To live with integrity meant that I would continue to do what I thought was right in terms of racial justice and social justice activism. To live with love meant that I would continue on the path that James Baldwin quote had put me on: that loving people means showing them what they cannot see on their own. To live with service meant that I would continue engaging and educating, not for my own benefit but for the enrichment of those around me. To live with excellence would mean
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