"Genetically, I'm pure Greek. Psychologically, environmentally, culturally, by choice, I'm a member of the black community."

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One of the facets of growing up the way I did, I never had the experience of being solely in the black community. Even my family, my mother is what they call Creole, so she's part French, part black, and grew up in Louisiana. It's a very specific kind of blackness that is different than what is traditionally thought of as the black community and black culture. So, I never felt a part of whatever that was.

— Justin Simien