Folks, You'll understand I've had three bloopers from this. This is crazy.
I've been recording a bunch of these and I just can't seem to get it
together. It's this fifty plus kids, just get to the other time.
It is February twenty twenty four. It is Black History Month. It is
also Leap year, Leap Day, Leap month. We have February twenty ninth
this year. I'm so excited as they plan on their so I bersually told
my friends who is their birthday or anniversaries or whatever. So I don't say
unique for you guys. I'm fifty plus and Black History Month hits me a
certain way, and I don't hits on a certain way, and I'm okay
with it. I think Black history is American history because we're talking about Black
Americans and what their contributions are, what things they have gone through. I
know recently there has been this wave of try to make slavery something that's not
that wasn't that bad. It's perplexing it was not because of there's a segment
of folks who want to erase all of that. Anyway, But America has
an ugly history and has a wonderful history. It has all kinds of history
period, and I'm noticing as I get my fifties, I'm much more in
tune with that. I'm much more like fine, I mean fine, meaning
I accept all of it. It's all part of our world. It's all
part of what we went through, is probably what our answertors went through.
I hold them high in high regard for, you know, surviving the things
that I and doing the things that I didn't have to do. I appreciate
it more and more and more. But to say so, I also get
it as this part of life. It's part of our history. You can't
rewrite history. What happened has happened. So you know, my outrage is
limited. You know, it's it's purposeful. We're so that in your fifties,
you you you on one end, you get looser and just like I
don't care to say what I want, I don't care. But in other
parts, when you're your fifties, you're very strategic. You're like, okay,
cause you know outcomes, you see a lot of things happen. By
then, if you're even if you're an extrovert, introvert, you still went
through a few things you see it and it used to have less time for
bull crap. You know it's you kind of like I just don't have tired
to sit here and deal with this bull crap. I want your business.
So I been your fifties. Handling adult stuff is a way to do it.
At first, it was, or it was you know, it's it's
large of things top the open. You know. I want I want to
educate younger people. I want you to do more when it comes to black
history, of Black American history, I wanna showcase, which I do us
aether I get work in media, as I get to do this, showcase
certain people, certain things. I have a show, I have a show
called Have You Heard of Me? Where I was showcased some really interesting Black
Americans and shows and it's all so it's all right right there. But I'm
looking at other ways of activism because when I was younger, as were idealistic
about that way where I've been beating down a little bit, but I still
have some hope in there somewhere, sparkle open there somewhere, So I'm always
still try to see if something better will come or something will happen. So
I mean it's it's it's you know, you're always just you're hoping that the
world will get a little better, in a better place. I don't know
a lot of folks who like to demolish this. This month just the shortest
month of the year and all that. But every culture has their cultural weaker
months. In America, some get more attention than others. Black and she
well, of course, gets lots of attention. I don't think it's necessary.
I mean, it's it's it's it's necessary and not necessary. It's like,
it's it's American history. We have to talk about it. I want
to talk about it. I will continue talking about it. I always talk
about I bring up colorism and ageism and say, I bring all this stuff,
but should it be just really like it's to February. It should be
year long. Should were talking about these issues all the time, breaking them
down all time? We should be doing it all the time. I don't
understand why we're not, but but it's such My views have started to change
as I get older. With that, it's just kind of like, it's
okay, I mean, it's a grown up. These people are grown ups.
Advice, We're all grown ups. Everybody's grown up. Somebody has their
feelings, and you can't manage people's feelings. You can't manage people's likes.
You can't make them drink the water if they're thirsty, you know, all
those things. You just to go, Okay, got it, just got
it. I got it. It's just it's it's it's Black History Month.
It is what it is. I'm always gonna highlight stuff I do a year
long, but during the month I do go extra extra mile because it's given
to us. So I'm gonna utilize it, which is a good thing.
Can you less it for good? So I don't buy. I think being
fifty plus gives you a different unique respect because we happen to through enough,
we happen through some real some of us have been through some real racism,
which I have, and real segregation which I have. So it's kind of
you know, it's we get what it is. As you get older,
you just get what things are. But I will continue to talk about and
highlights issues to go with the African American community all I always do that,
always, always, always, We'll continue talking about it. It was fifty
plus. I'm James, I Junor taught to you. Next time