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#1 I have done some of my deepest thinking on that bench, and though it's a common bench, I've had some uncommon moments on that bench. I was trying to keep an old white lady from freaking out as I crossed the street.

#2 I was not laughing at the woman, but at myself. I was trying to figure out why she was so afraid of me, and I realized that it was because she didn't know me.

#3 I want to remind you that there are a lot of people who won't give me or people like me the benefit of the doubt. And I don't have the privilege to guess who those people will be.