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{SPEAKER name="Faith Ringgold"}
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——becoming a fashion designer.

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And it also gave her the independence to divorce my father.

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Okay, can I have the lights out, please?

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My mother is really my very strong influence.

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However, my father really influenced me a lot too, but,

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I think I am coming to grips with the fact that I may— no no, that's not the first one.

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I am coming to grips with the fact that — because people ask me, but what about your father? — So, I am coming to grips with the fact that I, I may be still angry with him, because,

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he was not the influence I may have wanted him to be. But in another sense, I think, uh,

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he did me a favor - by not being a strong influence on me, it taught me to be an independent woman.

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Um, I didn't have to grow up feeling that I would offend my father.

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If I did - if I showed my own strength - and I think maybe that's a positive, a plus, for me.

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Okay, well, guess it's not, okay— no, that's not 'Number 1' either.

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No, that's not it either.

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That's 1, OK—
Now this is the image of her in the early part of the 20th c--