It seems as if you appeared out of nowhere. As soon as I joined the organization, I became very involved with it. I'm very competent. It's something I've developed over the years. College and graduate school helped promote self-confidence.
Many Black people sell themselves short.
They feel you are being used. I'm very much my own man. No one tells me what to do. One of the criticisms that has been made with GAA is that I am too independent. I've had to establish authority in a deliberate way.