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I know a lot of people who are depressed, and they walk around, and they're smiling every day, but no one's asking them how they're really doing. - Karamo Brown
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Really, I think the extra layer of raising a son as a gay black man comes from trying to raise a son who doesn't subscribe to masculine stereotypes. - Karamo Brown
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We must do our part to make ourselves visible to the world. Let everyone see that being a queer parent of color is normal and happening right next door to them. - Karamo Brown
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I was on MTV's 'Real World' at the time when 'Queer Eye' came out. I remember, the first time I won an award, I got the award, and they were like, 'It's a tie! With 'Queer Eye!'' I never thought that I would one day follow in their footsteps. - Karamo Brown
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Any parent who says parenting came easily to them is not being honest with themselves. Parenting is hard. - Karamo Brown
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The funny thing is, we teach - as a culture, we teach people that it's OK to talk about your fitness goals... Like, I want to be more physically fit, I want to drop 10 pounds, but no one's talking about how I can spend 10 days to get happier. - Karamo Brown
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I think dating apps are keeping us apart. - Karamo Brown
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My first job ever was, I got hired by Oprah Winfrey. - Karamo Brown
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I want a big wedding. - Karamo Brown
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In 2007, I discovered I was a father to a little boy who I did not know about. After being on MTV's 'The Real World' and traveling the world, I was greeted by a stack of papers on my doorstep informing me that I had a child. - Karamo Brown
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In our country, being from immigrant parents, growing up black in the South, coming out at 16 years old, being a teen parent... you would assume that my life would amount to nothing. And here I stand today. So, if I can do it... you can, too! - Karamo Brown
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The marginalization of African-Americans within their own community based on sexuality is a construct that is more complex than the idea that 'blacks just hate gays.' - Karamo Brown
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Homophobia, racism, and sexism are all rooted in the same oppression that causes a group of people to internalize the oppression they've experienced and then continue the cycle of abuse. Simply put, hurt people hurt people. - Karamo Brown
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Often, men forget to buy their grooming supplies. - Karamo Brown
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Bomber jackets, for me, are the new blazers. They're something I can wear with suit pants or slacks - or I can go really urban with it. I think, as men, we don't have the little black dress that women do to go from day to nighttime, but the bomber can be the LBD for men. - Karamo Brown
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We have to start making sure that churches start to talk about... black queerness in a way that's affirming. Because a lot of young black men are in the church, and that's where they start to learn this self-hate behavior. - Karamo Brown
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Unfortunately, a lot people still don't understand queer culture. - Karamo Brown
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Being vulnerable is not a sign of weakness. It's a sign of strength. - Karamo Brown
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There's so much toxic masculinity out there. I grew up with the notion that the more masculine you are and the less you show emotion, the more of a man you are. - Karamo Brown
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What defines someone as a 'man' should not be the clothes they wear or how deep their voice is. It should be the content of his character, his strength in the face of overwhelming adversity, and his ability to still love and help others when the world has turned its back on him. - Karamo Brown
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Fatherhood is an honor, and men should be strong enough to step up to the plate. - Karamo Brown
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Life experiences with oppression and homophobia often become internalized and can have detrimental effects on the development of positive sexual identity for Southern black gay men. - Karamo Brown
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My family is Jamaican and Cuban, but we would go to see our Jamaican side every summer for three months and every Christmas. One of the things I used to love was climbing trees and picking ackee fruit for breakfast. - Karamo Brown
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