Ebony magazine says I'm an influential black American

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APRIL 10, 2009

I have to think I snuck in the back door, somehow.

But now that my pal Richard Prince reported on this yesterday, I can reveal what I learned last week: That Ebony magazine has named me among its "Power 150" -- 150 black Americans who they say are the most influential right now.

My instinct is to follow with a joke about how they must have mistakenly read my name off the reject list -- but friends tell me I can be too modest, so I'm going to enjoy being included on a list that also features Oprah Winfrey, CNN commentator Roland Martin, PBS host Gwen Ifill and comic Steve Harvey.

Yeah, I know. Waay outta my league.

Issue hits stands April 14. Believe me, I will have lots of extra copies around Casa De Deggans.

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