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I look white to a lot of people. And I'm not. I'm African-American. I'm mixed. I like to call myself Mulatto because that definition fits. So, you know, I've dealt with the conflict my whole life between how I look and my actual ethnic and racial identity.

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Mat Johnson
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 19
Comics Writer
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