I like to go to the subway and hear what people are thinking and feeling and what their concerns are. You learn so much that way. You really do. — Chirlane McCray Copy Share Image
You can be chased home or hit or called names or spit on, and it's over. You have the memory of it, but it's very different from the emotional and psychological experience of feeling invisible, of not learning the confidence… — Chirlane McCray Copy Share Image
My life was very compartmentalized. I went to a school that was all white, and then I went home and to my black family. — Chirlane McCray Copy Share Image
Telling my story has not been easy for me. I've had to dredge up memories I would have rather forgotten. The lonely, anxiety-ridden months… — Chirlane McCray Copy Share Image
I had never had a deep sense of belonging anywhere. I always felt I was an outsider. — Chirlane McCray Copy Share Image
When you become first lady, it's like, 'O.K., now what do you do?' — Chirlane McCray Copy Share Image
I was a lifeguard, camp counselor, the president of the YMCA Leaders Corps. I also took piano lessons. I was a dancer. — Chirlane McCray Copy Share Image
We have to think about the state of women in a more holistic way going forward. We can't be segregated by class and race… — Chirlane McCray Copy Share Image
In the 1970s, I identified as a lesbian and wrote about it. In 1991, I met the love of my life, married him. — Chirlane McCray Copy Share Image
It's tough to be a mother. At any age. It's tough. It's a lot of work. — Chirlane McCray Copy Share Image
Black women do not have as many positive images in the media as we should. — Chirlane McCray Copy Share Image
