When kids are saying my family comes from Poland or Russia, you have to say my family comes from Georgia or my family comes from Tennessee.

(The students) were all saying the same things. You just don't know what kids will do these days.

Having a history of enslavement isn't the most positive thing to identify with.

It's particularly important for us because our history was lost when we were taken from the continent of Africa. Knowing where you are from is a very central component to knowing who you are.

We're not saying the Russian sector should be completely ours. It would be a sector in which Russia would play a central role and it would include other countries as well.

When we got that letter saying we were responsible for the storage areas, we were really, really surprised. It's not like it was our fault. I thought the mall would help us out. Then we got the notice that the mall would help everybody out and, honestly, we're really, really grateful.