Jonathan Capehart:
Because I wanted people to really get to know me.
I am very cognizant of the fact that a nice tie and a nice suit and the way I live my life projects one image of me. And I think, sometimes, it leads people to have misperceptions of me, leading to some people thinking that, oh, well, does he know he’s Black, or is he — does he know he is among us?
I can’t impart the lessons that I learned without writing about the hard things I had to go through in order to learn them. Living through the hard parts, the tough parts, coming through on the other side, being able to share those lessons, so that, if someone else is going through the same thing, that maybe they either see some part of themselves in the stories that I’m telling, or maybe find some solace in the lessons that I have learned, and I’m telling them, I’m showing them, then that’s — I mean, that would be bigger than anyone buying the book.
If someone comes to me and says, oh, my God, you helped me so much by what you wrote, I mean, that’s everything.
