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<v Speaker 1>Sexty Hello the news, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Or the song song?

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<v Speaker 1>Hello?

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<v Speaker 2>What's going on? What's going on?

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<v Speaker 1>Brandon? Let's give you your supplies? So what's what's that?

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<v Speaker 1>What's that?

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<v Speaker 2>I know you got thoughts on things, of course always recently,

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<v Speaker 2>the thing that's been that's been at the top of

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<v Speaker 2>mind for me is there's been a lot of like suppression,

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<v Speaker 2>especially on these like apps that people tend to cling

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<v Speaker 2>to for this sort of information, and that's been a

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<v Speaker 2>bit difficult to navigate in terms of like how is

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<v Speaker 2>the best way to still present the people with the

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<v Speaker 2>knowledge and the information that they need when the means

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<v Speaker 2>that we usually use to you know, divvy out the

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<v Speaker 2>information is being suppressed. So that's been at the top

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<v Speaker 2>of mine recently, and.

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<v Speaker 1>So how how have you been experiencing that?

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<v Speaker 2>For myself, just a very apparent like drop in terms

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<v Speaker 2>of my views recently. But with that being said, I've

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<v Speaker 2>kind of like built community in other ways, like I

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<v Speaker 2>have mutuals that are kind of tapped into the network,

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<v Speaker 2>and through them I've been able to still contribute to

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like fruitful conversation and it's just pivoting as

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<v Speaker 2>it comes.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you think the suppression is attributed to.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the most glaring thing, especially with TikTok, as

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<v Speaker 2>we look to the top of the year, when it

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<v Speaker 2>was a bit contested as to whether or not the

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<v Speaker 2>app would still be available in the US, and then

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<v Speaker 2>it was kind of bought or some like back behind

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<v Speaker 2>the scenes deals with cut and I think since then

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<v Speaker 2>it's been pretty apparent that probably played a role in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of how the algorithm's going.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, Yeah, but what is what was that about?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, that initially I believe was due to their to

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<v Speaker 2>your conversation or to your points earlier around Zionism, to

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<v Speaker 2>their being such like a tangible level of outreach in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of like the conversation around the en campus and

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<v Speaker 2>everything and so on and so forth. That was spearheaded

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<v Speaker 2>by TikTok. And I think that's when people were saying, oh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>we have to like actually address this because it's having

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<v Speaker 2>like real consequences.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, let's listen to what this jackass has to say

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<v Speaker 1>about it.

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<v Speaker 3>Students, smart, well educated young people from our own country,

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<v Speaker 3>from around the world.

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<v Speaker 4>Where were they getting their information.

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<v Speaker 3>They were getting their information from social media, particularly TikTok.

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<v Speaker 3>That is where they were learning about what happened in

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<v Speaker 3>October seventh. What happened in the days, weeks and months

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<v Speaker 3>to follow. That's a serious problem. It's a serious problem

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<v Speaker 3>for democracy, whether it's Israel, the United States, and it's

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<v Speaker 3>a serious problem.

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<v Speaker 1>For our young people.

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<v Speaker 4>And it was Frank Now, yeah, yeah, it really gets

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<v Speaker 4>my goat.

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<v Speaker 1>And they use buzzwords like democracy. How is that a

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<v Speaker 1>problem for a democracy that's literally indicative of a democracy.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but of course, and that's glaringly obvious to me.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, goes back to that old saying of you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the system's not broken, it's working for who it's meant

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<v Speaker 2>to for, who's supposed to work for. And I think

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<v Speaker 2>when we look at that, like I got a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of my little degrees behind me now, but it's just

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<v Speaker 2>like be it with TikTok, whatever these platforms are. We

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<v Speaker 2>have like the most educated populist we ever have had,

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<v Speaker 2>so to suggest that these people that are speaking on

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<v Speaker 2>these algorithms and on these platforms have garnered them and

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<v Speaker 2>do not have possess any like you know, quantitative training,

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<v Speaker 2>And that's just that's just not true, that that's hearsay,

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<v Speaker 2>you know.

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<v Speaker 1>But so I saw a story of a guy in

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<v Speaker 1>Texas who was actually being charged with a felony, and

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<v Speaker 1>like there's like time possibly attached to him creating a zine.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what a zene is, Yes, I am familiar.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, So for those who don't know, zines are essentially

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<v Speaker 1>independent and they're like pamphlets, but that are propaganda, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's propaganda that is anti fascist propaganda. They are typically

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<v Speaker 1>politically based and have messaging that is passed through networks

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<v Speaker 1>in an organic way. And so this man, because in

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<v Speaker 1>the First Amendment we're allowed to do that, they essentially

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<v Speaker 1>are charging him because someone was transporting his zines and

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<v Speaker 1>got arrested at a protest, and they attached that they

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<v Speaker 1>were transporting the zines to the arrest in some form

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<v Speaker 1>or fashion. And so that's already an attempt to crack

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<v Speaker 1>down on the spaces that people are going to eventually

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<v Speaker 1>go back to once these spaces are no longer available.

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<v Speaker 1>And I would also add that when you came on

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<v Speaker 1>last time and you were talking about Meta, I mean no,

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<v Speaker 1>you were talking about Musk and what they're building in Memphis.

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<v Speaker 1>All of that ends up connecting because that is attached

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<v Speaker 1>to AI, and AI is now going to render these apps.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it's maybe a bit alarmist, but you're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to be able.

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<v Speaker 4>To know what's real or not.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And I mean I don't think that hyperbolic in

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<v Speaker 2>any sense or any capacity. You know, that's very real,

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<v Speaker 2>And especially me being in the classroom now and having

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<v Speaker 2>had time with my students and seeing the way in

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<v Speaker 2>which they rely on artificial intelligence, because it is something

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<v Speaker 2>that they're like, that's a part of their foundational understanding

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<v Speaker 2>of just society at large. And I know, without a

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<v Speaker 2>shadow of a doubt they will not be able to

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<v Speaker 2>tell three to five years what is real or what

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<v Speaker 2>is and what's credible, especially like I'm ready to be

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<v Speaker 2>in the classroom now. We're talking about like, oh, where'd

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<v Speaker 2>you get the information from? Cause now you look something

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<v Speaker 2>up on Google, the first thing that comes up is

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<v Speaker 2>the AI overview, and people just take that to be gospel,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm like, well, what's the source. You know, let's check,

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<v Speaker 2>let's see what their credentials are, because there are people

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<v Speaker 2>behind these algorithms that have their own vested interests. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's those lines that you're talking about, and the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that they're like accrediting whoever it was in Texas to

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<v Speaker 2>the equivalent like carrying contraband, Yes, what the accreditation was, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>And I mean it goes back to them. That's why

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's understated, like how much we fought for

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<v Speaker 2>education to get it to where to where it is.

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<v Speaker 2>How how much of a criminal acted was, especially on

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<v Speaker 2>the plantations, to find a slave that was reading, that

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<v Speaker 2>was able to you know, discern these things that are

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<v Speaker 2>going on. I think that's something that we've lost. We

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<v Speaker 2>now have gotten to special. It's like if you have money,

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<v Speaker 2>or if you have some like notoriety, these are the

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<v Speaker 2>things that we desire and so on and so forth.

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<v Speaker 2>And in that we've kind of like lost our fervor

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<v Speaker 2>for education and the tool for liberation that it is.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I'm watching Venezuela right now doing what it

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<v Speaker 1>seems like the best they can to try to basically

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<v Speaker 1>arm themselves for whatever's coming. Right We're seeing that there

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<v Speaker 1>is an actual imminent strike, that a ground invasion or

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<v Speaker 1>from the sky, et cetera is impending. And even though

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<v Speaker 1>there seems to be, of course no real plan that

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<v Speaker 1>we are able to see from Venezuela side on how

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<v Speaker 1>are going to fight this in like a real challenging

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<v Speaker 1>way they're still like, but we still don't fight.

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<v Speaker 2>Though, absolutely absolutely right though.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, now there is this story that's come

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<v Speaker 1>out about heg Seth, and I don't know if you

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<v Speaker 1>all know that there was another boat strike and there

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<v Speaker 1>were survivors who were clinging to wreckage. And the word

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<v Speaker 1>on the street is that Pete Hegseth, the head of

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<v Speaker 1>the war Crimes Unit, no, the head of the war

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<v Speaker 1>unit the Department of War, gave a verbal order to

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<v Speaker 1>quote unquote kill them all, which is considered a war crime.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know why it's not a considered a war

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<v Speaker 1>crime that you shot the boat in the first place. However,

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<v Speaker 1>it then became well, this could actually be a war crime,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's not going to be any way to get

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<v Speaker 1>around this, and so you know, we may have to

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<v Speaker 1>impeach Hegseeth. And so you know, my question to you becomes,

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<v Speaker 1>when you're seeing these types of things, what does your

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<v Speaker 1>where does criminality? That's not the question I have for you.

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<v Speaker 1>What are you talking when you see that?

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<v Speaker 2>I think for me, and I've been sitting with this

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<v Speaker 2>for a while, it is like people's disillusion to the establishment,

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<v Speaker 2>to the rule of loss on and so forth, because

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<v Speaker 2>these things don't have any teeth, these like consequences that

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<v Speaker 2>people say, oh, this could happen. You know, things have

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<v Speaker 2>been found to be crimes against humanity since I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know there were things to count them. Yeah, we have

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<v Speaker 2>the systems to do it, but it's really a matter

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<v Speaker 2>of you and what army and when we have pete

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<v Speaker 2>he said, in the protected position, and.

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<v Speaker 1>We do not have a.

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<v Speaker 2>Mean, like any means of actually enforcing that, say decision

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<v Speaker 2>came down. Who's to say they can't just say, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>well no and just move the gold post again. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think to that point, you really do have to

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<v Speaker 2>get a bit more creative, like with what Venezuela is describing.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think that's why so much of the history

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<v Speaker 2>of like Haiti and the history of a Cuba, and

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<v Speaker 2>the history of these places that have fought successfully Vietnam,

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<v Speaker 2>that have fought successfully against imperialism with none of the

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<v Speaker 2>technology and so on and so forth. That's why that

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<v Speaker 2>history has been so hidden, because there is a way

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<v Speaker 2>and it's real, it's not fantastical. So when I hear

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<v Speaker 2>the criminality of it all, I mean they're all criminals,

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<v Speaker 2>you know. The presidents of fell and so on and

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<v Speaker 2>so forth. It's not lost on me. And that's why

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<v Speaker 2>with all the talk around the Epstein files, it really

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't move me very much, not for the severity of

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<v Speaker 2>the issue, because it's incredibly serious, but they're criminal enough,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, it won't be a new thing that comes

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<v Speaker 2>up that's like, oh, this is the reason that everybody's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna say, oh, we can't, we can't tolerate this anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think that's what comes up for me is like,

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<v Speaker 2>how do we actually move to a space of holding

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<v Speaker 2>these people accountable? And what does that look like in

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<v Speaker 2>a twenty first century where you know they have access

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<v Speaker 2>to nuclear arms and you know, storming the Capitol isn't

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<v Speaker 2>a viable option.

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<v Speaker 1>Would you venture to say that all presidents of the

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<v Speaker 1>United States are criminals.

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<v Speaker 2>At least war criminals by the stressity and like the

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<v Speaker 2>things that they were doing in their foreign policy, which

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<v Speaker 2>everybody kind of just like throws in that hidden box

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<v Speaker 2>that nobody talks about with any sitting US president. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>one thousand, I don't think we've had one that has

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<v Speaker 2>reached that position without having had to partake or at

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<v Speaker 2>least look away from something that was absolutely a crime.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you're an accomplished then I hold you accounta

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<v Speaker 2>below the sign.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you include Obama in that.

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<v Speaker 2>One thousand percent? And this is something that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it gets me on the hot seat when I talk

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<v Speaker 2>to people a lot of times because what he did,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I think and the data may be skewed

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<v Speaker 2>now with everything with ice, but for the time being,

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<v Speaker 2>he deported the most people in US history, like during

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<v Speaker 2>his presidency. They don't know that, like the kids in

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<v Speaker 2>Cagous things started under Obama, you know, and we all

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<v Speaker 2>image more. And he did it in such an egregious

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<v Speaker 2>and nasty way. But Obama did it in a way

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<v Speaker 2>that Malcolm said the Democrats would you know that they'll

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<v Speaker 2>a nuance of a person that appreciate what he was

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<v Speaker 1>To black people because this and I just want to

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<v Speaker 1>this has nothing to do with it? Does everything has

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<v Speaker 1>What's been concerning me about what limits our ability to

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<v Speaker 1>we turn to what he means for black people. Oh yeah, however,

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's it's a fantasy, his Obama at this point

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<v Speaker 2>in a real way, it's black Jesus, Like, it's not

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<v Speaker 2>or not this was a real person who did these

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<v Speaker 2>things that people ascribe to him the story. And I

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<v Speaker 2>visually remember at that time, I know my grandmother like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Lord rest her soul, but she cried, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>at the thought that like a black man like is

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<v Speaker 2>from a people that were enslaved to see that, mind you,

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<v Speaker 2>he is, I understand. And I hate I hate to

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<v Speaker 2>pull the puppet the rail back. Yeah, I hate to

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<v Speaker 2>tell him somebody pulling the strings. But let's just have it.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's just talk about it for a second. Well we'll

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<v Speaker 2>see it in that in that light. But yeah, in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of what you're asking with what he means to

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<v Speaker 2>black people, I think most people don't want to know

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<v Speaker 2>that he's not a descendant of chattel slavery. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>most people don't want to hear that that's not a

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<v Speaker 2>some of that you're gonna be applauded for at the

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<v Speaker 1>Thanksgiving.

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<v Speaker 2>That's real, that's real. That's real. And I think like

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<v Speaker 2>in order to move that demographic, the demographic that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>referring to being those that say, oh Obama was this,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, amazing, so on and so forth, we should

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<v Speaker 2>all aspire to be the Obama's and in our country,

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<v Speaker 2>so on and so forth. I think I can see

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<v Speaker 2>and do it from a thousand and nine view, the

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<v Speaker 2>it critically, if we're trying to get somewhere that's true liberation,

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<v Speaker 2>that can't be where it stops, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>The president of trash like, it's like what you're the

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<v Speaker 1>president of is what matters? Right Like Adrian is in

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<v Speaker 1>here in our chat saying that she likes seeing Iris

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<v Speaker 1>Alba as president in House of Dynamite. He was also

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<v Speaker 1>a warmongering regular present, So then we have to ask

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<v Speaker 1>ourselves with them, why did you like seeing him as

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<v Speaker 1>President Holstinama. Let me tell you the show Ozark has

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<v Speaker 1>nane black people in it except one lady who's a fed.

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<v Speaker 1>But everybody else who is actually doing all of the dirt,

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<v Speaker 1>not one black person. And people say to me, why

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<v Speaker 1>you don't why you like that show Game of Thrones.

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<v Speaker 1>Ain't no black people in Game of Thrones. They're like,

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<v Speaker 1>why you like Gaming Thrones? Ain't no black people in there?

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm like, because I don't even want black people

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<v Speaker 1>in that world. I'm fine with their not being black

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<v Speaker 1>people in this mess of a world, right, And so

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<v Speaker 1>when I see black people in the government, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we're seeing Stacey Plasquet hemmed up with Epstein. She is

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<v Speaker 1>the US Vision Islands representative, and you memmed up with Epstein.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just like, it's not valuable to be put in

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<v Speaker 1>positions of power over terror, oh yeah, not ending the terror.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think to me at that point, that's where

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<v Speaker 2>Africa serves as such a good like reminder oftentimes that

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<v Speaker 2>black people get me there, get me there. Yeah, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people don't look at things from a

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<v Speaker 2>pan African view, you know, if you look at it

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<v Speaker 2>and strictly a US context, and this is the first

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<v Speaker 2>time we've seen a nigga get in this position and

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<v Speaker 2>while out you know what I'm saying, and do something crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>But when you when you recognize that you are not

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<v Speaker 2>and lord, I'm divged into a different territory. Let me realize,

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<v Speaker 2>you see, I sat that, But I was just gonna say,

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<v Speaker 2>this is where a lot of people, a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>feel like it's very easy for them to trail off

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<v Speaker 2>into these friends groups, be it Hebrew, Israelized, bere It, foundational,

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<v Speaker 2>Black Americans, whatever the case may be. And in those

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<v Speaker 2>spaces you lose sight of well when you recognize that

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<v Speaker 2>you are a descendant of Chattle slavery often signs from

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<v Speaker 2>western Central Africa, and you look to these countries and

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<v Speaker 2>see that we're from the most diverse continent you know,

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<v Speaker 2>on the globe. So it makes all the sense in

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<v Speaker 2>the world that we have such variation in our taste,

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<v Speaker 2>in our expressions, on and so forth. And it's why

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<v Speaker 2>for me, I don't feel the like the push or

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<v Speaker 2>the I no longer feel like why can't we all

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<v Speaker 2>see things the same way? Like we all black white

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<v Speaker 2>people say that I haven't liked this Nigga people for

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<v Speaker 2>eight hundred years before before I spoke this language. I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't like what they was on, you know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think now when I'm bringing that back to

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<v Speaker 2>of corruption that they have in these completely black places,

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<v Speaker 2>and you don't even have to go to Africa. You

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<v Speaker 2>look to Atlanta, but whatever the case may be, and

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<v Speaker 2>you see that oh, like like the lady said, I

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<v Speaker 2>believe it. It was at Clark's graduation. You know, black

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<v Speaker 2>faces and high high face high spaces won't save us.

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<v Speaker 2>Its not. It's not a new phenomenon. That's been the

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<v Speaker 2>case for centuries. So for me, now I don't have

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<v Speaker 2>to Obama as the sole proprietor of prosperity. I can

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<v Speaker 2>look to people and say, oh, we had people before

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<v Speaker 2>now that showed there was corruption in these spaces. That's

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<v Speaker 2>not enough. It's not enough for you to just have

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<v Speaker 2>more melanine than the average Caucasian. It's not enough. That

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't give me anything.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been really trying to on this book tour for

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<v Speaker 1>my book, what would the ancestors say? I've been really

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<v Speaker 1>trying to expound upon the themes that I talk about

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<v Speaker 1>in the book, like psyops, like black excellence as a

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<v Speaker 1>false you know, directive of progress, talking about really just

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<v Speaker 1>the concept of what it means to be black and

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<v Speaker 1>American right and is that something to take pride in

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<v Speaker 1>or is that something that we need to do more

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<v Speaker 1>work to to redefine for ourselves. And last night someone

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<v Speaker 1>asked me, well, what are like the ways in which

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<v Speaker 1>and like what we're going through? And you know, my

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<v Speaker 1>The question, The question I wanted to bring up was

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<v Speaker 1>someone asked me, how do you get black people to

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<v Speaker 1>essentially like wake up to the rest of the world.

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<v Speaker 1>That was the first question, Yeah, and care about the

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<v Speaker 1>into this is that we are at this point. We've

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<v Speaker 1>we have seen blackness become simply a very shallow layer

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<v Speaker 1>and a veneer that we are like trying to exist in.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like really thin that has no depth that is

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<v Speaker 1>literally just identity politics, and it becomes a weapon that

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<v Speaker 1>is weaponized against us, so we literally become the weapon

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<v Speaker 1>that is killing us. Right, And in that I'm trying

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<v Speaker 1>connected to blackness as a form of indigenity that has

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<v Speaker 1>connectivity to the world. Right, that's connectivity to all indigenous

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<v Speaker 1>indigenous folks that are anti colonialism. And in that regard,

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<v Speaker 1>it's trying to also then attach those folks to us

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<v Speaker 1>and back and and I don't I don't have words.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have words. Okay, okay, okay, okay okay, and

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<v Speaker 1>and so forth, right and so forth henceforth, there really

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<v Speaker 1>is a necessity of political education that has to be

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<v Speaker 1>more I feel advanced, like you were saying, in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of identifying ways in which in this current climate we fight. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>So you are teaching the kids, what are the limitations

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<v Speaker 1>of your classroom to be able to infuse the type

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<v Speaker 1>of learning that you feel that they would need to

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<v Speaker 1>actually be able to be armed when we have an

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<v Speaker 1>education department that has now been displaced into labor and

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<v Speaker 1>is actively saying we're all about just getting kids ready

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<v Speaker 1>to go to the workforce.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah, so I smile when you ask that question

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<v Speaker 2>because it's something that I wrestle with a lot. Especially.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm grateful of the school that I'm at. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>bit more flexibility than the average K through twelve public

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<v Speaker 2>school educator. And in that each day we actually watch

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<v Speaker 2>each day we have real conversations about things that are

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<v Speaker 2>going on. I don't working. I teach a lord. I

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<v Speaker 2>teach the sixth and seventh grade so oh no, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I teach sixth and seventh grade science. And in that

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<v Speaker 2>those science I do. I teach sixth and seventh grade science.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, So you were talking about boiling point.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's more what at least in my school, that's

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<v Speaker 2>So we're talking moon phases, so we're talking like.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely absolutely, yes, dioramas.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, yes, making sun dials outside, you know, all the

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<v Speaker 2>things proving that the Earth is not flat. But it's

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<v Speaker 2>so important, it's so important. The success. Yeah, I promise

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<v Speaker 2>it's not flat, but in that we watch the news

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<v Speaker 2>each day and we've had some really transformative conversations that

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<v Speaker 2>I in no way attempt to like infuse my own views,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever the case may be, but just spark curiosity and

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<v Speaker 2>simply ask. We did a project recently where I asked

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<v Speaker 2>them to cite their sources. You have to cite your sources.

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<v Speaker 2>Whatever information you give me, it is a zero. I

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<v Speaker 2>will give you a zero if you do not cite

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<v Speaker 2>your source. Because they love to just look stuff up. Look,

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<v Speaker 2>I look up the same thing. I'm like, I know

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<v Speaker 2>where you got this I problem. I can pull up

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<v Speaker 2>the same words verbatim. But in that I would say

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest limitation is just the structure of school, in

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<v Speaker 2>that you do have a finite amount of time, and

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<v Speaker 2>them the space to, uh, let's take a break, like

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<v Speaker 2>let's all just talk thirty minutes, let's chill, let's sit

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<v Speaker 2>on a couch. Have you eaten today? Half of my

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<v Speaker 2>kids you have, there's so many of my kids that

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<v Speaker 2>don't eat throughout the day. They snack, they're eating hot

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<v Speaker 2>fries from the store, they're eating can right. No I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Oh you are where are you?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, y'all you know I'm in Atlanta next Saturday.

423
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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I'll be out here. I'll be out here. But

424
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<v Speaker 2>in that, you know, I also teach in the like

425
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<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna get too much information way by. I

426
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<v Speaker 2>teach like in the more improverish community. And in that

427
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<v Speaker 2>a lot of my kids don't have proper they haven't

428
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<v Speaker 2>bathed in a little bit of time. So you're getting

429
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<v Speaker 2>all these things. And it's like, I'm trying to tell

430
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<v Speaker 2>you about all these things going on. My boy need

431
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<v Speaker 2>to eat. My boy needs to eat. He can't, he

432
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<v Speaker 2>can't have a conversation. And that's why for me, my

433
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<v Speaker 2>lessons are a bit different. I really won't penalize you.

434
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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna give you the space. My baby they she

435
00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:20.200
<v Speaker 2>ain't paying attention because she's been taking care of her

436
00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:24.160
<v Speaker 2>baby sister at twelve years old, and she's being abused

437
00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:25.960
<v Speaker 2>in the home and all these things. And in that

438
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<v Speaker 2>I have to be as an educator. I have to

439
00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:30.839
<v Speaker 2>sit there and say, my party right now is to

440
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<v Speaker 2>be a guardian for you, is to let you know, hey,

441
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<v Speaker 2>come tell me what's going on. Put your head down,

442
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<v Speaker 2>we'll fill out some paperwork. Don't worry about this lesson,

443
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<v Speaker 2>you know. But I say that's the biggest barrier for

444
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<v Speaker 2>my kids because they care, but they don't have what

445
00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:48.559
<v Speaker 2>they need met in order for them to care, like

446
00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:50.960
<v Speaker 2>enough to be engaged with these things. They're not eating,

447
00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:57.559
<v Speaker 2>they don't have proper hygiene because they aren't being taught. Yeah, yeah,

448
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<v Speaker 2>they're not being They're being neglected in different ways. And

449
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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't even I'm not even attributing this to the parents,

450
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<v Speaker 2>but just socially, they have been all put in a

451
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<v Speaker 2>position where they can't be cared for, and that puts

452
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<v Speaker 2>us in a niche spotter's educators in terms of like

453
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<v Speaker 2>growing them content wise.

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<v Speaker 1>I see people in the comments talking about homeschool and

455
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<v Speaker 1>I need y'all to understand that that is a privilege.

456
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<v Speaker 1>And I don't know why y'all don't see that. Maybe

457
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<v Speaker 1>you do see that, but I'm going to reiterate it.

458
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<v Speaker 1>Homeschool is a privilege. Like there was no version of

459
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<v Speaker 1>life where my mother was going to be able to

460
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<v Speaker 1>homeschool me. She literally had to go to work, and

461
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<v Speaker 1>in addition to that, she was not an educator. Right,

462
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<v Speaker 1>So this idea that everybody has the ability to be

463
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<v Speaker 1>an educator is really also disrespectful to educators because everybody

464
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<v Speaker 1>does not have the ability to educate. And I'm gonna

465
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<v Speaker 1>keep it a buck with some of y'all. You shouldn't

466
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<v Speaker 1>be homeschooling football actually do not have the skill set

467
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<v Speaker 1>to homeschool your kids.

468
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<v Speaker 2>Send them kids out, send them kids.

469
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<v Speaker 1>You're really teaching from a place of ego. And that

470
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<v Speaker 1>is one of the things that I noticed what you said,

471
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<v Speaker 1>was that you will have conversations with the kids where

472
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<v Speaker 1>you're not necessarily you know, putting your mindset into the space.

473
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<v Speaker 1>And I think that's something that is really hard for

474
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<v Speaker 1>any parent to do and for most adults to do, right, Like,

475
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<v Speaker 1>I ain't gonna.

476
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<v Speaker 5>Lie to you.

477
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<v Speaker 1>We had a little twenty one year old come up

478
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<v Speaker 1>to us last night when I was done doing my talk,

479
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<v Speaker 1>and it was me and Brianna Joy Gray and Olivia Odinucci,

480
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<v Speaker 1>who is she's an organizer, and there was another friend

481
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<v Speaker 1>of them there and so this little twenty one year

482
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<v Speaker 1>old from Heart from Howard came up and she was like,

483
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<v Speaker 1>what's up. You know, I just wanted to say hello,

484
00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:45.839
<v Speaker 1>you know miss Deals. I was at the talk and

485
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<v Speaker 1>it was really great to meet you. And I was

486
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<v Speaker 1>like oh, and she was like, can I go to

487
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<v Speaker 1>Howard University? I was like, oh, what do you do

488
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<v Speaker 1>at Howard? And she was like in finance? And we

489
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<v Speaker 1>were all like.

490
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<v Speaker 2>I didn't want to say nothing. I didn't want to

491
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<v Speaker 2>say nothing, and I went are you in finance?

492
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<v Speaker 1>I said, why are you in finance? She said, We're

493
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<v Speaker 1>the money. So you know, anyone who knows me at

494
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<v Speaker 1>this point in my life, I've checked out.

495
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, of course naturally I've checked out.

496
00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:15.279
<v Speaker 1>But anyone who knows Brianna knows she has checked in.

497
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<v Speaker 2>She's like, really, so ny.

498
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<v Speaker 1>And so she was like well, she was like, what

499
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<v Speaker 1>year are you? She said, well, I'm a senior and

500
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<v Speaker 1>you know, so my next phase is I'm going to

501
00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:31.640
<v Speaker 1>law school. So Brianna was like, oh okay, because she

502
00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:34.079
<v Speaker 1>is a lawyer. She was a lawyer, a lawyer. Ye,

503
00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:35.960
<v Speaker 1>so what are you going to law school for? She

504
00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:41.599
<v Speaker 1>was like, right now, I'm going for venture capitalists, private equity.

505
00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:46.240
<v Speaker 2>Yet did she come to the right talk?

506
00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:52.039
<v Speaker 1>I genuinely I'm like going through my head like did

507
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<v Speaker 1>you acknowledge any of this? Like did you mention any

508
00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:58.319
<v Speaker 1>of this, because I was. I was fascinated by it.

509
00:27:58.519 --> 00:28:03.960
<v Speaker 1>Wasn't that she was coming up with curiosity. It was

510
00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:07.400
<v Speaker 1>more so that she was coming she was flausing it.

511
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<v Speaker 1>And I just saw someone in the chat say, there's

512
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<v Speaker 1>nothing wrong with the monies. The thing about it is

513
00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:16.880
<v Speaker 1>that if your whole trajectory is about getting money, there

514
00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:22.480
<v Speaker 1>is absolutely an issue with that. And I was trying

515
00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:30.240
<v Speaker 1>my best to not you know, my thoughts on it,

516
00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:35.440
<v Speaker 1>kept talking, and finally, y'all, my uber came and I

517
00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:38.640
<v Speaker 1>was like, brother Amir was like, oh, it's arrived. And

518
00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:41.079
<v Speaker 1>I said, private equity is the devil.

519
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<v Speaker 2>There you go, there you go. That's really y'all needs

520
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<v Speaker 2>to be said.

521
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<v Speaker 1>And her reasoning was I want to make enough money

522
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<v Speaker 1>in five years so that I can travel the world.

523
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<v Speaker 2>Okay, And now I thought she was I thought she

524
00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.880
<v Speaker 2>was gonna bend that corner. I thought she was going

525
00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:58.920
<v Speaker 2>to come back onto a black capitalist, buy back the

526
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<v Speaker 2>block type of energy.

527
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<v Speaker 1>But it was that's eventually where it goes, right, Yes,

528
00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:05.960
<v Speaker 1>I mean, And when people say I'm going to do

529
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<v Speaker 1>something in five years, I was like, you don't even

530
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<v Speaker 1>understand because the first time with the first thing, she

531
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<v Speaker 1>I said. When she said I'm going to go into finance,

532
00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:15.759
<v Speaker 1>I said, well, I don't know that that's a field

533
00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:18.119
<v Speaker 1>that's going to be in existence in the way that

534
00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:21.680
<v Speaker 1>you are in it right now in five years. And

535
00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:28.200
<v Speaker 1>you know that's that the five years that people think

536
00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:30.279
<v Speaker 1>for the last five years, that's not the next five years.

537
00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:37.640
<v Speaker 1>So the whole by the block back even that is like,

538
00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:42.960
<v Speaker 1>what's the plan. Y'all been buying the block back for

539
00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:44.000
<v Speaker 1>the last forty years.

540
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<v Speaker 2>There's not a plan, and a big thing. I try

541
00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:48.599
<v Speaker 2>to not just tell my I haven't told my kids this,

542
00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:50.519
<v Speaker 2>but it would be something if I am able to

543
00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:53.440
<v Speaker 2>teachigh school at some point that I would like engage

544
00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:56.200
<v Speaker 2>in them with. Is the concept that you will be

545
00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:58.960
<v Speaker 2>influenced by who you're around. So to suggest that you're

546
00:29:58.960 --> 00:30:01.160
<v Speaker 2>going to get into this space and you're gonna retain

547
00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:04.359
<v Speaker 2>every ounce of whatever care you do still possess with

548
00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:06.680
<v Speaker 2>the finance and the venture capitalism already there, the seed

549
00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:09.000
<v Speaker 2>is planted. All they need to do is pour a

550
00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:10.680
<v Speaker 2>little water and just stick you out of the sun

551
00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:14.559
<v Speaker 2>and you're gonna grow it. Look, it's already it's there.

552
00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:17.519
<v Speaker 2>So I think in that regard a lot of people

553
00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:23.519
<v Speaker 2>are I think overconfident in their ability to not be

554
00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:25.759
<v Speaker 2>like the people that they're around. And it's not like

555
00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:28.359
<v Speaker 2>an attack. It's not me saying, oh, you're weak. Whatever

556
00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:31.720
<v Speaker 2>it is. I know consciously, psychologically, I'm going to be

557
00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:35.160
<v Speaker 2>influenced by the media. I consume, the people I'm around,

558
00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:38.799
<v Speaker 2>the songs I listen to, and I know, even with

559
00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:41.559
<v Speaker 2>everything I have, if I'm around venture capitalists all day,

560
00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:44.519
<v Speaker 2>like and I'm some at some point they're gonna say

561
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<v Speaker 2>something that makes a little sense to me.

562
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<v Speaker 1>One of two things happens, right, You either adapt or

563
00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:53.480
<v Speaker 1>you diminish, Like that's what really happens, you know, that's

564
00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:57.119
<v Speaker 1>why you realize, like, oh, when you're in certain spaces.

565
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<v Speaker 1>And I can say wholeheartedly that since I removed myself

566
00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:08.599
<v Speaker 1>from Hollywood, I exist differently. My brain has expanded exponentially,

567
00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:12.359
<v Speaker 1>and I can only attribute that to, Oh, I'm also

568
00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:18.039
<v Speaker 1>not surrounded constantly by all these impediments by the nature

569
00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:20.279
<v Speaker 1>of the business I'm in that would make me not

570
00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:23.519
<v Speaker 1>be able to expand right, to expand right, because before

571
00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:25.920
<v Speaker 1>I can get to thoughts about socialism, right in front

572
00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:27.400
<v Speaker 1>of me is yeah, but you need to get a deal,

573
00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:30.319
<v Speaker 1>you know, like before I can get the thoughts about

574
00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:34.400
<v Speaker 1>independent artistry, it's no, you need to you need to

575
00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:38.200
<v Speaker 1>be famous, you know, So, like these things are immediate

576
00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:41.920
<v Speaker 1>priorities of your entire circle. They're going to impede you

577
00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:44.000
<v Speaker 1>or they're going to infest you.

578
00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:49.240
<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, it's such a grind to maintain stability, let alone

579
00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:52.759
<v Speaker 2>to grow in any field. So to think that you're

580
00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:55.720
<v Speaker 2>going to maintain the time outside of that to like

581
00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:58.000
<v Speaker 2>offset it to like whatever it is, Like even with

582
00:31:58.160 --> 00:32:01.359
<v Speaker 2>me teaching now, it's that I'm grappling with, like looking

583
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<v Speaker 2>at it as a long term profession, do I have

584
00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:07.640
<v Speaker 2>the time outside of my K through twelve stuff to

585
00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:11.160
<v Speaker 2>dedicate what I want to dedicate to online activism, to

586
00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:14.759
<v Speaker 2>real world activism and organizing. Because the school it's a

587
00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:17.000
<v Speaker 2>full it's a full time job that's twenty four hours.

588
00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:19.920
<v Speaker 1>Well that's its own type of activism, it is, it is, right,

589
00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:23.759
<v Speaker 1>So like that's its own trajectory of activism. People ask

590
00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:27.720
<v Speaker 1>me how am I maintaining mentally? How am I managing?

591
00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:31.200
<v Speaker 1>And it's really because I don't work for nobody no more.

592
00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:34.960
<v Speaker 1>And that doesn't change the fact that that means I'm

593
00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:39.720
<v Speaker 1>constantly having to work to sustain myself. But at least

594
00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:43.200
<v Speaker 1>I get to be in control of my life, so

595
00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:47.680
<v Speaker 1>to speak, at present right, I do feel though, that

596
00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:54.039
<v Speaker 1>it's not necessary to be in like when you're talking

597
00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:57.440
<v Speaker 1>about long term, like as someone who is twenty years

598
00:32:57.519 --> 00:33:02.759
<v Speaker 1>your senior, there's no need to do things long term.

599
00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:05.599
<v Speaker 2>Praise God. Say it again. I just I just need

600
00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:05.920
<v Speaker 2>to hear it.

601
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<v Speaker 1>There's no need to do things long term. Yes, yes, okay,

602
00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:15.559
<v Speaker 1>you do it as long as it is purposeful. Life

603
00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:16.079
<v Speaker 1>is long.

604
00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:19.200
<v Speaker 2>That's what they don't tell you. It's short, but it's long.

605
00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:25.359
<v Speaker 1>It's not short. A butterfly lives for three days. Life

606
00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:25.880
<v Speaker 1>is long.

607
00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.599
<v Speaker 2>That's real. That's real.

608
00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:32.640
<v Speaker 1>It's all perspective. Yeah, you know, because people will tell you, oh,

609
00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:34.720
<v Speaker 1>I did this thing because I didn't want to, you know,

610
00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:36.960
<v Speaker 1>miss out on it. And then or I didn't do

611
00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:40.799
<v Speaker 1>this thing because I was afraid, right, and then they're like, dang,

612
00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:42.359
<v Speaker 1>life is short. And it's like, yeah, but what if

613
00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:46.000
<v Speaker 1>what if you did it? What if you did a

614
00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:49.960
<v Speaker 1>thing and you were doing it not with genuine reason,

615
00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:52.359
<v Speaker 1>just because it was like a stupid thing to do,

616
00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:55.400
<v Speaker 1>and now you're living with that regret forever. Or if

617
00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:58.160
<v Speaker 1>you don't do the thing because you were afraid and

618
00:33:58.319 --> 00:34:02.079
<v Speaker 1>now you've living with that forever. Like it's just teaching,

619
00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:06.920
<v Speaker 1>is at this point a sacrifice?

620
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<v Speaker 2>Boy, I tell you, my kids think it's a game.

621
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<v Speaker 2>I tell you, so you know, I commend you.

622
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<v Speaker 1>I want to play this video before we go. Have

623
00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:18.119
<v Speaker 1>you heard of the DIA theory.

624
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<v Speaker 2>I don't believe I have no.

625
00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:27.440
<v Speaker 1>Okay, So there is a scientist name James Lovelock. All right,

626
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<v Speaker 1>So James Lovelock is basically he's an inventor. He's a

627
00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:35.360
<v Speaker 1>scientist as a biologist. But he was the one who,

628
00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:38.360
<v Speaker 1>with a couple of other scientists challenged the Darwin theory

629
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<v Speaker 1>with the DIA theory. So the Darwin theory is, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>you know that we evolved, but it was survival of

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<v Speaker 1>the fitness. So those species that existed and live longer

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<v Speaker 1>do so because natural selection they made it through. Daiga

633
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<v Speaker 1>theory challenges that and says, no, the Earth is a

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<v Speaker 1>symbiotic ecosystem and those that survive or those that exist,

635
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<v Speaker 1>are not existing because they were the strongest, but because

636
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<v Speaker 1>there are other balances happening within the Earth system that

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<v Speaker 1>allow for these things to happen. That it is a symbiotic.

638
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<v Speaker 1>Symbiotic is really the best word. That's a symbiotic system

639
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<v Speaker 1>of balance. However, humans are not doing our role in

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<v Speaker 1>the symbiosis.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh this right up my alley. Anthropology is right up

642
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<v Speaker 2>my alley.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So he's like, bring it up, so let's listen

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<v Speaker 1>to this.

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<v Speaker 5>Lovelock's ideas are at the heart of understanding how humanity

646
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<v Speaker 5>is now changing those stabilizing mechanisms, and they brought him

647
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<v Speaker 5>to a controversially bleak view of our future.

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<v Speaker 6>From a Guian point of view, when we first started

649
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<v Speaker 6>interfering with the atmosphere, nothing much happened. It was encompassing

650
00:35:56.480 --> 00:36:01.079
<v Speaker 6>it by its ordinary regulating mechanisms. When it gets too much,

651
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<v Speaker 6>can't cope with it.

652
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<v Speaker 1>DAYA is the Earth? Yes, yes, okay, right, guy is there.

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<v Speaker 6>And this is why I'm afraid. I think it's going

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<v Speaker 6>to play absolute mayhem with our civilization in the next

655
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<v Speaker 6>ten or one hundred years. And when you see the

656
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<v Speaker 6>whole picture, it is really fearsomely bad. I mean things

657
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<v Speaker 6>like the very rapid melting of the floating ice near

658
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<v Speaker 6>the North Pole. As the floating ice melts so less

659
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<v Speaker 6>sunlight is reflected back to space by the dazzlingly white ice,

660
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<v Speaker 6>and more and more sunlights absorbed by the ocean. Just

661
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<v Speaker 6>the melting of the floating ice in the Arctic Ocean

662
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<v Speaker 6>will add as much heat to the Earth as all

663
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<v Speaker 6>of the CO two we put in the atmosphere to date.

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<v Speaker 6>And this is why I'm afraid. I think there's very

665
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<v Speaker 6>little we can do about it, all of our efforts

666
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<v Speaker 6>to reduce emissions or as nothing. There's no morality about it.

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<v Speaker 6>If the Earth improves as a result of our presence,

668
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<v Speaker 6>then we will flourish. If it doesn't, then we will

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<v Speaker 6>die off. I fear that not many of us will survive,

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<v Speaker 6>perhaps at best about a billion, possibly a lot less

671
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<v Speaker 6>than that. Now, how they will die, It'll be by starvation,

672
00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:41.239
<v Speaker 6>by war, by disease. Who knows the four horsemen really

673
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<v Speaker 6>ride when conditions like that happen. Isn't an easy subject,

674
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<v Speaker 6>is it. And people say to me, well, you can

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<v Speaker 6>say that kind of thing easily because at your age

676
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<v Speaker 6>it is not going to affect you anyway. You'll be

677
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<v Speaker 6>dead before it all happens. And that's true. Although I'm

678
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<v Speaker 6>not so sure that if I live to one hundred,

679
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<v Speaker 6>I think a lot of things may happen before then.

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<v Speaker 6>But I do have great grandchildren and it's fortuny. The

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<v Speaker 6>name of the is the name of.

682
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<v Speaker 2>The game here.

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<v Speaker 1>So you have all white men that are like, y'all,

684
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<v Speaker 1>what are we doing? And I think about the kids

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00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:35.440
<v Speaker 1>in your class and what it means to teach science

686
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<v Speaker 1>in the context of this, and has any has there

687
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<v Speaker 1>been any application of awareness of climate in your teaching?

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<v Speaker 2>This is perfect, this is right up my aley. Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>So in my Earth and science class, really in both

690
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<v Speaker 2>we talked about initially we're going over body system, so respiratory, circulatory,

691
00:38:59.280 --> 00:39:02.079
<v Speaker 2>so on and so forth, and in that respiratory the organs,

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<v Speaker 2>the lungs. So I asked the class, raise your hand

693
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<v Speaker 2>if you know somebody or you have been around somebody

694
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<v Speaker 2>that smokes. They all raise their hand, and they when

695
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<v Speaker 2>I brought up the concept of pollution, some of them

696
00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:19.880
<v Speaker 2>knew what that word was. And then just explaining that

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<v Speaker 2>a bit more and talking about the AQI, which is

698
00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:25.719
<v Speaker 2>the air quality index in Atlanta, which notoriously is some

699
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<v Speaker 2>of the worst in the country. Be it because Atlanta

700
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<v Speaker 2>is one of the most card dependent cities. At you

701
00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:36.320
<v Speaker 2>like what happened? Yeah, or you have to be like

702
00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:39.480
<v Speaker 2>downtown downtown, which nobody lives downtown because it costs three arms,

703
00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:43.960
<v Speaker 2>three legs to live downtown. And in that regard, we've

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<v Speaker 2>talked about this on several occasions. So what he was

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<v Speaker 2>referring to, uh we in my anthropology degree, we talked

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<v Speaker 2>about like the different eras and epochs, So you have

707
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<v Speaker 2>like the Pleistocene, the paleot scene. We now live in

708
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<v Speaker 2>the anthropos scene, which I tell them prefix and suffixes,

709
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<v Speaker 2>so prefix anthroat anthros humans we talked week. So what

710
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<v Speaker 2>we're talking about with the anthroprescene is the environment is

711
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<v Speaker 2>being changed and altered due to our influence, Like the

712
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<v Speaker 2>anthroposcene is, we are now evolving because of our influence

713
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<v Speaker 2>on our environment, which is real trippy inception type of stuff,

714
00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:21.079
<v Speaker 2>but in a real tangible way. What I expressed to

715
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<v Speaker 2>them is that like, it's not and this is where

716
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<v Speaker 2>I tie it back in. I don't influence them with

717
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<v Speaker 2>any of my views, but I'll say it's not by

718
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<v Speaker 2>coincidence that everybody here just raised their hand to say

719
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<v Speaker 2>you've been arrested by the smokes before. If I go

720
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<v Speaker 2>somewhere else in this city, they won't say the same thing.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, and that right there. You could I could

722
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<v Speaker 2>ask my entire school because of where I'm at, because

723
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<v Speaker 2>of you know, the type of school that it is,

724
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<v Speaker 2>and they're all going to raise their hands because they've

725
00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:45.840
<v Speaker 2>all been in that environment and talking to them about

726
00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:46.840
<v Speaker 2>secondhand smoke and so on.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I did a campaign with truth Remember the

728
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<v Speaker 1>Truth Ads.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Yeah, I did campaign.

730
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<v Speaker 1>With them where we went to different parts of Baltimore

731
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<v Speaker 1>and we looked at the advertised in different parts of Baltimore.

732
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<v Speaker 1>And you go in one part of Baltimore, it is

733
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<v Speaker 1>predominantly higher income, et cetera, and there is not a

734
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<v Speaker 1>single cigarette advertisement, not a single Dutch Master advertisement anywhere.

735
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<v Speaker 1>You go to the hood and they're massive, like and

736
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<v Speaker 1>I mean the Menthols are lining the wall. I mean

737
00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:25.559
<v Speaker 1>the store is basically for Menthos.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely absolutely. And i mean I'm from Virginia, so I'm

739
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<v Speaker 2>from the tobacco capital really of the US, so in

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<v Speaker 2>that everybody talks about Newport's like, you know, I frequent

741
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<v Speaker 2>the seven five Soport Newport News, Virginia and Virginia absolutely,

742
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<v Speaker 2>So when we talk about all of these, all these concepts,

743
00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:46.760
<v Speaker 2>it's really for me just planning the seed of that

744
00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:49.519
<v Speaker 2>critical thought. I recognize their twelve and thirteen. It's not

745
00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:51.840
<v Speaker 2>all gonna land right now. You're not dealing with the

746
00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:54.320
<v Speaker 2>immediate consequences. You're a child, or rather you are, but

747
00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:58.599
<v Speaker 2>you're not aware of how that's impacting on and all,

748
00:41:58.760 --> 00:42:01.920
<v Speaker 2>like most of us who has asthma, that that's not

749
00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:04.840
<v Speaker 2>uncommon in my school, and that's all they know, so

750
00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:07.920
<v Speaker 2>that's their norm. So to speak of a world where

751
00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:10.360
<v Speaker 2>that isn't the case to them, it's fantastical. It's like,

752
00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:12.800
<v Speaker 2>that's just what that's just what it is. Here's now

753
00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:17.239
<v Speaker 2>they don't feel this disadvantage because everybody hears disadvantage. And

754
00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:20.760
<v Speaker 2>I think in that way it's sad because also a

755
00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:23.679
<v Speaker 2>lot of my students haven't left at Lena or have

756
00:42:23.840 --> 00:42:27.360
<v Speaker 2>never seen another place where the air is different, where

757
00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:30.440
<v Speaker 2>people here live in a different way, and just hearing that,

758
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<v Speaker 2>I mean it's something about you know, old white men

759
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<v Speaker 2>with these like gong level of soundtracks, like y'all come

760
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<v Speaker 2>on now. I mean, it's bad, but we dragging it

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit here.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait a minute, I was thinking that to myself, like

763
00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:48.519
<v Speaker 1>they really are laying it on thick with these.

764
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<v Speaker 2>Monks, oh for sure, for sure, And I mean what

765
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<v Speaker 2>I hate to say about it. I also know this

766
00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:54.880
<v Speaker 2>is true. I mean, marketing and everything. It's also a

767
00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:57.440
<v Speaker 2>cash thing. It's like people are more invested when they

768
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<v Speaker 2>see an old white men hear some Nordy comes in

769
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<v Speaker 2>the background. Oh he got to know what he's talking about.

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<v Speaker 2>This is some next level shit, you know. But in

771
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<v Speaker 2>comparison to somebody on TikTok that looks like myself. Oh

772
00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:12.920
<v Speaker 2>he's just talking, you know, but not here, no there.

773
00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:15.440
<v Speaker 2>But I bring that up just because like for me

774
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<v Speaker 2>and I brought this like last time, you asked me,

775
00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:19.599
<v Speaker 2>like what would the ancestor to say? And my thing was,

776
00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:22.599
<v Speaker 2>there's nothing new under the sun. And for me now

777
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<v Speaker 2>I still look at this and say, although this is crazy,

778
00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:31.400
<v Speaker 2>like this is a very serious issue, and I won't

779
00:43:32.599 --> 00:43:36.320
<v Speaker 2>act like it's not. We have faced insurmountable things, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know we have I promise, not this one,

781
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<v Speaker 2>not this one.

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<v Speaker 1>I just say this. We have never faced extinction, and

783
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<v Speaker 1>Homo sapiens have never faced extinction.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll say that's true. But I'll say as black people,

785
00:43:52.280 --> 00:43:54.960
<v Speaker 2>specifically African people. I read this book called The Destruction

786
00:43:55.039 --> 00:43:57.880
<v Speaker 2>of the Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams when he's like

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00:43:58.920 --> 00:44:02.159
<v Speaker 2>kind of like, uh dating, everything that took place like

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<v Speaker 2>that lied throughout just kind of Africa's evolution over time,

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<v Speaker 2>and we have been facing like environmental struggle and strife

790
00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:16.000
<v Speaker 2>for centuries. So the concept of like movement due to

791
00:44:16.079 --> 00:44:18.880
<v Speaker 2>so on and so forth to these things isn't like

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<v Speaker 2>foreign to us, you know in that way. And yes,

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<v Speaker 2>it hasn't been to this degree by no shape, by

794
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<v Speaker 2>no stress of the imagination.

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<v Speaker 1>That's there's something there though, because I feel like the

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<v Speaker 1>black people that I know in the United States, there's

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<v Speaker 1>either people who are like avid travelers or people who

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<v Speaker 1>don't leave the block. Oh yeah, it's literally. I remember

799
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<v Speaker 1>years ago when I had put out a tweet that said,

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<v Speaker 1>if you have money for Jordan's and tracksuit and Nike

801
00:44:48.440 --> 00:44:51.079
<v Speaker 1>tracksuits and you don't have a passport, you're losing. The

802
00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:55.159
<v Speaker 1>attack that came down on me, mind you, I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>say nothing about black people with the attack that came

804
00:44:57.760 --> 00:45:00.719
<v Speaker 1>down on me. I'll never forget this one tweet that said,

805
00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:06.199
<v Speaker 1>Amanda Seals is a petty bourgeoisie, a leanist is attacking

806
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<v Speaker 1>and shaming the disenfranchised and passport shaming the disenfranchised black

807
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<v Speaker 1>community of course, and here we are, and I'm like,

808
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<v Speaker 1>we don't have a culture of movement anymore, and we

809
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<v Speaker 1>need it.

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<v Speaker 2>I think a lot of that, though, for most Black folks,

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<v Speaker 2>is due to it never having been voluntary. Like the

812
00:45:37.840 --> 00:45:41.719
<v Speaker 2>history of like movement in them has always been as

813
00:45:41.719 --> 00:45:46.480
<v Speaker 2>a result of like famine, war, death, destruction. I've never

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<v Speaker 2>been in a space where like I feel good here,

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<v Speaker 2>now let me go see something else, but like I

816
00:45:50.840 --> 00:45:54.360
<v Speaker 2>don't feel good here, so then me traveling to me

817
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<v Speaker 2>like I'm not able to see it in that same regard,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, like, and I think I do encourage everyone

819
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<v Speaker 2>to travel, and I have a travel I'm really want

820
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<v Speaker 2>of them around the black niggas to be honest right, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>for me, my family never traveled. I like I we

822
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<v Speaker 2>traveled traveling for them.

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<v Speaker 1>You were twenty six, are you not?

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<v Speaker 2>No, I'm twenty three.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh Jesus, you're seven years old. Where do you want

826
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<v Speaker 1>to go? Do you have a passport? Brand?

827
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<v Speaker 2>I do have a passport?

828
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<v Speaker 1>Yes, where do you want to go?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay? Tangent here? But I'll be nervous about traveling a

830
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<v Speaker 2>lot of times because of my dietary restrictions and.

831
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<v Speaker 1>I mean, now we in the whole other can you

832
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<v Speaker 1>tell us are you willing to tell us?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, it's just peanuts. It's just peanuts, So.

834
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<v Speaker 1>Don't go to Thailand.

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<v Speaker 2>But for real, and it's it's it's it's that in

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<v Speaker 2>combination with just I am the first in my family

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<v Speaker 2>to kind of like like I we just don't do that.

838
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<v Speaker 2>That's not something my family does. It's like does your traveling.

839
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<v Speaker 2>I didn't have that model for me.

840
00:47:04.039 --> 00:47:06.000
<v Speaker 1>You know, like where do you want to go?

841
00:47:07.280 --> 00:47:10.679
<v Speaker 2>I want to go to my advice we're talking about Guadaloup.

842
00:47:10.679 --> 00:47:11.599
<v Speaker 2>I want to go to Guadeloup.

843
00:47:13.519 --> 00:47:18.559
<v Speaker 1>Guadaloup the island. M h. If you pay for your hotel,

844
00:47:18.719 --> 00:47:20.880
<v Speaker 1>I will buy you a plane ticket to Guadeloup.

845
00:47:21.679 --> 00:47:26.119
<v Speaker 2>Let's do it. Let's do it. I mean, like financials

846
00:47:26.199 --> 00:47:27.880
<v Speaker 2>is a big thing. I'll probably try more if I

847
00:47:27.920 --> 00:47:28.400
<v Speaker 2>had to break it.

848
00:47:28.639 --> 00:47:32.480
<v Speaker 1>But bread, so people use that all the time, and

849
00:47:32.639 --> 00:47:36.039
<v Speaker 1>that is bullshit. All it takes is it's it is.

850
00:47:36.880 --> 00:47:39.599
<v Speaker 1>It is bullshit because if you want to go see places,

851
00:47:39.840 --> 00:47:42.480
<v Speaker 1>you can get there the amount of because they want

852
00:47:42.559 --> 00:47:45.599
<v Speaker 1>they need tourism. They use tourism. So it is very

853
00:47:45.760 --> 00:47:49.599
<v Speaker 1>easy if you have a desire to to find a

854
00:47:49.639 --> 00:47:51.880
<v Speaker 1>way to get places. It just means that you may

855
00:47:51.960 --> 00:47:56.559
<v Speaker 1>not be seeing in a luxury but who cares. So

856
00:47:57.239 --> 00:47:59.360
<v Speaker 1>you find a place to stay and I will book

857
00:47:59.400 --> 00:48:02.679
<v Speaker 1>you a fly to Guadeloupe.

858
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<v Speaker 2>Let's do it. Let's do it. And I mean it

859
00:48:05.960 --> 00:48:08.840
<v Speaker 2>is bs to the sense that like obviously, while I

860
00:48:08.920 --> 00:48:12.719
<v Speaker 2>mean I have the most liquid, you know, money at

861
00:48:12.760 --> 00:48:16.079
<v Speaker 2>my disposal, I'll be going out. I'll go to it,

862
00:48:17.119 --> 00:48:19.480
<v Speaker 2>I go to a spot, I get a bottle, We'll

863
00:48:19.519 --> 00:48:20.239
<v Speaker 2>do the whole thing.

864
00:48:20.360 --> 00:48:20.519
<v Speaker 5>You know.

865
00:48:21.079 --> 00:48:26.880
<v Speaker 1>Let's you go out three times a week. By the

866
00:48:26.920 --> 00:48:28.480
<v Speaker 1>time you go out at the end of the month,

867
00:48:28.559 --> 00:48:31.519
<v Speaker 1>you done spent what it would cost you to fly coach.

868
00:48:32.320 --> 00:48:34.360
<v Speaker 1>And you know, don't get me wrong, Like there are

869
00:48:34.480 --> 00:48:36.519
<v Speaker 1>places that you can go that are going to be

870
00:48:36.599 --> 00:48:37.920
<v Speaker 1>less expensive than other places.

871
00:48:38.360 --> 00:48:38.480
<v Speaker 2>Right.

872
00:48:38.559 --> 00:48:40.360
<v Speaker 1>A lot of people go to Thailand because yeah, the

873
00:48:40.400 --> 00:48:42.280
<v Speaker 1>plane ticket be a grit. But then once you get there,

874
00:48:42.320 --> 00:48:45.000
<v Speaker 1>everything is five dollars, you know, But you don't go

875
00:48:45.079 --> 00:48:48.639
<v Speaker 1>to Saint Bart's because everything there is fifty thousand dollars, Like,

876
00:48:48.800 --> 00:48:52.320
<v Speaker 1>you know, It's just the way it goes. So the reality, though,

877
00:48:52.440 --> 00:48:55.760
<v Speaker 1>is that you also have to expand your consciousness to

878
00:48:55.840 --> 00:48:58.400
<v Speaker 1>be able to even expand the consciousness of the children

879
00:48:58.519 --> 00:49:02.719
<v Speaker 1>around you, Like, that's just a real And you know,

880
00:49:02.880 --> 00:49:06.719
<v Speaker 1>when I see folks that have the intellect that you

881
00:49:06.880 --> 00:49:10.599
<v Speaker 1>have but you haven't had the opportunity to even like

882
00:49:10.800 --> 00:49:14.039
<v Speaker 1>just get out of your space, it's like that is

883
00:49:14.199 --> 00:49:17.800
<v Speaker 1>part of the oppression, right the and it tricks you.

884
00:49:18.400 --> 00:49:20.639
<v Speaker 1>It tricks you. It tricks you into thinking this is

885
00:49:20.679 --> 00:49:24.800
<v Speaker 1>all there is. So figure it out and do not

886
00:49:25.559 --> 00:49:26.719
<v Speaker 1>forfeit my offer.

887
00:49:26.920 --> 00:49:30.760
<v Speaker 2>Don't play with me, Okay, I won't because.

888
00:49:30.480 --> 00:49:34.480
<v Speaker 1>Don't nobody else get people offers like this. And you

889
00:49:34.599 --> 00:49:36.760
<v Speaker 1>know if I had, I had somebody to do that

890
00:49:36.880 --> 00:49:37.679
<v Speaker 1>with me recently, and I.

891
00:49:37.800 --> 00:49:42.239
<v Speaker 2>Was like, hey, I won't do it. Look, I'll get

892
00:49:42.280 --> 00:49:44.880
<v Speaker 2>to looking right now. I ain't got to tell me.

893
00:49:45.360 --> 00:49:47.239
<v Speaker 2>I getut, I get up out of town. I got.

894
00:49:48.760 --> 00:49:53.039
<v Speaker 1>Brandy gonna come back. I found my wife. I'm speaking French.

895
00:49:53.320 --> 00:49:54.000
<v Speaker 1>I'm staying.

896
00:49:57.119 --> 00:49:57.400
<v Speaker 2>Different.

897
00:49:57.639 --> 00:50:04.159
<v Speaker 1>It's different, all of that, all right, So just so,

898
00:50:04.519 --> 00:50:06.320
<v Speaker 1>just so y'all know when you're buying books, this is

899
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<v Speaker 1>the type of shit it go to. Okay, this is

900
00:50:09.360 --> 00:50:11.559
<v Speaker 1>the type of shit when y'all buy books, it goes

901
00:50:11.639 --> 00:50:19.320
<v Speaker 1>to and again as agents as which as Chituba says,

902
00:50:19.880 --> 00:50:22.079
<v Speaker 1>don't let your family story limit you so let it

903
00:50:22.159 --> 00:50:25.639
<v Speaker 1>inspire you. Let it inspire you. My family never went,

904
00:50:25.760 --> 00:50:26.480
<v Speaker 1>so I have to go.

905
00:50:27.880 --> 00:50:28.559
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, feel me.

906
00:50:29.119 --> 00:50:31.079
<v Speaker 1>So we have this on the books, y'all. It is

907
00:50:31.239 --> 00:50:37.119
<v Speaker 1>now witnessed that Brandon has committed to finding a place

908
00:50:37.199 --> 00:50:41.039
<v Speaker 1>to stay. And if anybody here knows of any affordable

909
00:50:41.400 --> 00:50:46.039
<v Speaker 1>housing in Guadaloup or any affordable hotels in Guadaloup, please

910
00:50:46.800 --> 00:50:51.400
<v Speaker 1>let us know so that we can get Brandon out

911
00:50:51.559 --> 00:50:56.039
<v Speaker 1>of Losa Statos Junidos to experience something different. I actually

912
00:50:56.119 --> 00:50:57.360
<v Speaker 1>think I may have a connect for you.

913
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<v Speaker 2>Perfect.

914
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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna hit my homegirl be on the Compton of

915
00:51:01.800 --> 00:51:08.519
<v Speaker 1>know you're Caribbean. She know everybody. Okay, Brandon all was

916
00:51:08.519 --> 00:51:10.679
<v Speaker 1>a pledge. Like literally, when I looked on the schedule

917
00:51:10.679 --> 00:51:11.559
<v Speaker 1>and I said you were coming on.

918
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<v Speaker 2>I was like, oh yeah, I'm glad.

919
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<v Speaker 1>My fellow nose ring lots gang. Absolutely absolutely, So we

920
00:51:19.480 --> 00:51:21.760
<v Speaker 1>will be in touch and make sure you take a

921
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<v Speaker 1>lot of pictures.

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<v Speaker 2>I will, I will, all right, yet,