"I decided that instead of apologizing for having a lot to say, I wanted to create a format where people would come to hear me sing and speak."

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I try to be sensitive, but the atmosphere I create is very supportive. One overriding premise of the series is that guilt is not heritable. It's good to know about them, but you are not responsible for them. You don't have to apologize for them. It's a process of knowing, and the more you know, the richer the sense of yourself. The firmer your foundation as a human being is

— Henry Louis Gates