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But we went to school one day and everybody with brown eyes had to stay up to school, get extra homework and got treated like shit. Everybody with blue eyes got to go home and got extra credit. Well, I've got hazel eyes. I'm like, hey, they're green. They're green when I'm happy. They're like, no, no, you're in the brown eyed kids. And it was a horrible week of existence.
But we went to school one day and everybody with brown eyes had to stay up to school, get extra homework and got treated like shit. Everybody with blue eyes got to go home and got extra credit. Well, I've got hazel eyes. I'm like, hey, they're green. They're green when I'm happy. They're like, no, no, you're in the brown eyed kids. And it was a horrible week of existence.
But we went to school one day and everybody with brown eyes had to stay up to school, get extra homework and got treated like shit. Everybody with blue eyes got to go home and got extra credit. Well, I've got hazel eyes. I'm like, hey, they're green. They're green when I'm happy. They're like, no, no, you're in the brown eyed kids. And it was a horrible week of existence.
It was just like, what the heck happened? Why are you being so mean to us and having all this work and picking up garbage? End of the week, the principal calls us in and said, how does it feel? How does it feel? We're protesting. I'm 10 years old. He said, well, it's 1970. All the kids in our community were white. It was Jewish and Italian. Pizza, pasta, matzah.
It was just like, what the heck happened? Why are you being so mean to us and having all this work and picking up garbage? End of the week, the principal calls us in and said, how does it feel? How does it feel? We're protesting. I'm 10 years old. He said, well, it's 1970. All the kids in our community were white. It was Jewish and Italian. Pizza, pasta, matzah.
It was just like, what the heck happened? Why are you being so mean to us and having all this work and picking up garbage? End of the week, the principal calls us in and said, how does it feel? How does it feel? We're protesting. I'm 10 years old. He said, well, it's 1970. All the kids in our community were white. It was Jewish and Italian. Pizza, pasta, matzah.
But in 1970, there was a lot of other cultural things going on. And he said, you know, you can't change the color of your eyes. And look how bad it feels for people who can't change the color of their skin. And it was like, wow. So that was a pretty big like aha moment. Well, when I went to college, the same thing kind of happened again. There was a black and a white acting group.
But in 1970, there was a lot of other cultural things going on. And he said, you know, you can't change the color of your eyes. And look how bad it feels for people who can't change the color of their skin. And it was like, wow. So that was a pretty big like aha moment. Well, when I went to college, the same thing kind of happened again. There was a black and a white acting group.
But in 1970, there was a lot of other cultural things going on. And he said, you know, you can't change the color of your eyes. And look how bad it feels for people who can't change the color of their skin. And it was like, wow. So that was a pretty big like aha moment. Well, when I went to college, the same thing kind of happened again. There was a black and a white acting group.
But now I saw life differently. And I was the one in my college 37 years later just awarded me something. They made a big deal in the paper about this. I put the two groups together and I did a multicultural musical. And I did it because of what I was educated going. I don't see the difference. But also, I've got a lot of rhythm. I like to dance. I like to hang out with all the kids.
But now I saw life differently. And I was the one in my college 37 years later just awarded me something. They made a big deal in the paper about this. I put the two groups together and I did a multicultural musical. And I did it because of what I was educated going. I don't see the difference. But also, I've got a lot of rhythm. I like to dance. I like to hang out with all the kids.
But now I saw life differently. And I was the one in my college 37 years later just awarded me something. They made a big deal in the paper about this. I put the two groups together and I did a multicultural musical. And I did it because of what I was educated going. I don't see the difference. But also, I've got a lot of rhythm. I like to dance. I like to hang out with all the kids.
I've got to tell you. And I got really good lips. Well, then it led to me in my late, my 30s, my husband and I, who's six foot six, white haired Notre Dame football player. We get a little kid who looks a lot like you. Crazy enough, as part of Big Brother's little brother, he becomes my son for 12 years.
I've got to tell you. And I got really good lips. Well, then it led to me in my late, my 30s, my husband and I, who's six foot six, white haired Notre Dame football player. We get a little kid who looks a lot like you. Crazy enough, as part of Big Brother's little brother, he becomes my son for 12 years.
I've got to tell you. And I got really good lips. Well, then it led to me in my late, my 30s, my husband and I, who's six foot six, white haired Notre Dame football player. We get a little kid who looks a lot like you. Crazy enough, as part of Big Brother's little brother, he becomes my son for 12 years.
I raised this kid and I have all this opportunity to talk about what it means to be different and how we're not so different. And then six months after I gave birth to my twins, Dexter was walking from my haircut to church in his neighborhood in South Central, right near USC. And a kid who didn't have a mentor walked up behind him and killed my boy.
I raised this kid and I have all this opportunity to talk about what it means to be different and how we're not so different. And then six months after I gave birth to my twins, Dexter was walking from my haircut to church in his neighborhood in South Central, right near USC. And a kid who didn't have a mentor walked up behind him and killed my boy.
I raised this kid and I have all this opportunity to talk about what it means to be different and how we're not so different. And then six months after I gave birth to my twins, Dexter was walking from my haircut to church in his neighborhood in South Central, right near USC. And a kid who didn't have a mentor walked up behind him and killed my boy.
And you're like, wait a second, Forbes, I thought your life was all sunshine and low roses. I'm like, no, my wedding photo was on the cover of the LA Times. And we spent three years tracking down the kid who killed him, who's now spending 52 years to life in jail. So if you ever dare, whoever you are, I've had this recently going, oh, Forbes, you had it easy.
And you're like, wait a second, Forbes, I thought your life was all sunshine and low roses. I'm like, no, my wedding photo was on the cover of the LA Times. And we spent three years tracking down the kid who killed him, who's now spending 52 years to life in jail. So if you ever dare, whoever you are, I've had this recently going, oh, Forbes, you had it easy.