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I wanted to write about the experiences of the poor and the black and the rural people of the South.
I'm trying to get people to see that we are our brother's keeper. Red, white, black, brown or yellow, rich or poor, we all have the blues.
Growing up on our estate, we were all different colours, but we were all really poor. I never really realised that black was a problem for some people.
Seattle is like a global gumbo, a melting pot with all kinds of people - the rich, the poor, white people, some Chinese, Filipino, Jewish and black people - they're all here.