I’m surrounded by geniuses, which is really not good for my own personal self-esteem! Aisha Tyler Read Quote
Dartmouth represented a great opportunity. I wanted to go to the best possible school I could go to. Aisha Tyler Read Quote
I didn’t mind being in a school with a small African-American population. The African-American-community was very tight, and that was great. But I also wanted to interact with other types of folks. Aisha Tyler Read Quote
Every culture is very important. Dartmouth has always been dedicated to diversity of culture. Aisha Tyler Read Quote
And I was the only black kid in my school for almost all of my childhood, until I was a teenager. So imagine, if you will, being 6 feet tall by third grade, so essentially being a living maypole. Aisha Tyler Read Quote
The only concept or experience or core belief that I can attribute my other-ness to is that I just started out a weirdo and I stayed a weirdo. And it took me a long time to embrace my outsidership and see it as a strength rather than a weakness. Aisha Tyler Read Quote
I thought I was gonna be an attorney, so I went to Dartmouth and I was a government major and I minored in environmental policy, and I didn’t do anything academically around the arts. Aisha Tyler Read Quote
