I haven't scoured Dixie out of my voice. But I don't think that the books that I have written... have really in any way been Southern in character.
I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money to live than black people. That is why I wasn't going to get a raise.
For me, it's an honor for the military to ask me to go to Iraq, Afghanistan, or GITMO. I'm happy to go.