Oh, it is vitally important that I identify as African - American. Because if I don't inside of the. I feel like I'm gonna start talking in circles here. So no. But inside of the foundation of America and the definition that we have for black people, I have to be a part of that. Because if I'm not a part of that, then I take so much away from the community, right ? We've taught KT about people plenty of people that are such a rich part of our heritage and contributed so much, and we claim them as our own. Willing. Frederick Douglass was an orator, right ? That we. That we claim that we hold onto like he's one of our people. He eating live shit when we're in a tough spot. He was here. He was there. He was doing this for our people. And if you take certain people out, we no longer have ourselves. Right ? If you take white people out of the African - American experience, there's no Frederick Douglass. There's no Malcolm X. There's no Booker T. Washington. There's no Rosa Parks. We could go down a list of black historical figures that would no longer exist if we say, if we would deny our. If we would, NY white people share, believe, inspire blacks be.