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Black women do not have as many positive images in the media as we should.

~Chirlane Mccray

Topics: Black Images Many Media Positive Should Women

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When you become first lady, it's like, 'O.K., now what do you do?'

~Chirlane Mccray

Topics: Become First First Lady Lady Like Now You

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Telling my story has not been easy for me. I've had to dredge up memories I would have rather forgotten. The lonely, anxiety-ridden months I avoided others, attempting to hide from interrogations about my social life.

~Chirlane Mccray

Topics: About Attempting Avoided Been Easy Forgotten Had Hide Life Lonely Me Memories Months Others Rather Social Social Life Story Telling Up Would

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My life was very compartmentalized. I went to a school that was all white, and then I went home and to my black family.

~Chirlane Mccray

Topics: Black Black Family Family Home Life My Life School Then Very White

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I came out at 17.

~Chirlane Mccray

Topics: Came Out I Came

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I'm a woman and a person of color; I know what it's like out there in the workplace.

~Chirlane Mccray

Topics: Color Know Like Out Person Woman Workplace

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I went to Wellesley College, and it was really hard for me to get a job after I graduated. I would go into places where I would not see any black people at all in Boston - like, zero. And then in publishing in New York City, it was pretty much the same. I knew that it wasn't about the value of my work.

~Chirlane Mccray

Topics: About After Any Black Boston City College Get Go Graduated Hard Job Knew Like Me Much New New York New York City People Places Pretty Publishing Really Same See Then Value Where Work Would York Zero

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We have to think about the state of women in a more holistic way going forward. We can't be segregated by class and race as we have been. Because even the women at the top can do something about violence against women, right?

~Chirlane Mccray

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Violence against women is a huge issue. A good feminist should be working on that - making the world a safer place for girls and women, wherever they live.

~Chirlane Mccray

Topics: Against Feminist Girl Good Huge Issue Live Making Place Safer Should Violence Wherever Women Working World

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Government is not just about maintaining the status quo. It's about helping people's lives to work.

~Chirlane Mccray

Topics: About Government Helping Just Lives Maintaining People Quo Status Status Quo Work

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: November 29th, 1954

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