WEBVTT - Bill Duke Interview

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<v Speaker 1>Real, real celebrity joined the Breakfast Morning. Everybody is DJ

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<v Speaker 1>Envy angela Ye, Charlomagne the God. We all the Breakfast

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<v Speaker 1>Club special guests in the building. Mister Bill Duke, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you know how many times do you hear that? Every day?

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<v Speaker 1>Ten times a day. I actually happened to say that

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<v Speaker 1>to Envy previously this morning, this morning. He didn't lie

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<v Speaker 1>about something. Got to say it for us one time. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>you said you taste had the bottle of beer at

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<v Speaker 1>what time? Now? You know you read that in that

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<v Speaker 1>script years ago in Minute to Society. Did you know

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<v Speaker 1>it was gonna be as iconic? You never never, never ever?

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<v Speaker 1>He was brothers, great, great, great directors, man, and they

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<v Speaker 1>kind of give you the freedom to as an actor,

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<v Speaker 1>to do it. So you come up with the feeling,

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<v Speaker 1>You come up with what you feel based in the

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<v Speaker 1>words they've written. And you still look the same now

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<v Speaker 1>as you do then. Oh, man, I wish my knees

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<v Speaker 1>felt that way. You always got a very present man.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, I don't know. I guess you know, big

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<v Speaker 1>black man, you know what I mean? In America? You

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<v Speaker 1>always look I guess two, no, look good. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know what supposed to look like. But you look great, right,

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<v Speaker 1>don't crack when you did minutes you was in your forties,

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<v Speaker 1>late thirties. I think late thirties, late forties. Yeah, wow,

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<v Speaker 1>many moons ago. Man, So what do you do? Do

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<v Speaker 1>you work out? Do you drinkie green juice? Secret? Um?

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<v Speaker 1>I was five days week. I'm vegan. Um. I work

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<v Speaker 1>out three times a week with a trainer, and I

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<v Speaker 1>go to beakrom yoga. Yea oh man, it's rough, but

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<v Speaker 1>I love it. But I meditate every day, Chancellor meditation.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing that since, oh, in the seventies. Man, So

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<v Speaker 1>meditation really saves my life every day. Really, when you

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<v Speaker 1>say five days of weeks, I mean two days a week.

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<v Speaker 1>You eat meat if you want to a fish. I

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<v Speaker 1>eat a little fish or chicken because strength wise, I

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<v Speaker 1>want to some of the proteins that get on the vegetables.

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<v Speaker 1>Was good, but sometimes ate some fish. I feel stronger.

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<v Speaker 1>Got you all right? Well, let's talk about these documentary

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<v Speaker 1>Dark Girls and Light Girls. I was in the Light

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<v Speaker 1>Girls documentary that you did. You did a very good job,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, and that actually was all over the place.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of things like Amber Rose her her part

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<v Speaker 1>of that movie. That documentary was everywhere. When she said

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<v Speaker 1>that her family had issues with her being with Whiz

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<v Speaker 1>Khalifa because he's black, and you know, they had a

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<v Speaker 1>problem with that son show for a wedding, that's yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's absolutely And I was saying the same thing about

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<v Speaker 1>in my family. You know, I'm half Chinese and half Flack,

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<v Speaker 1>and that was an issue for the Chinese side of

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<v Speaker 1>my family too, you know, to not they didn't come

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<v Speaker 1>to my parents' wedding for the same reason. But um,

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<v Speaker 1>there was a lot of flack I got when I

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<v Speaker 1>posted on Instagram, okay, make sure you check out you know,

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<v Speaker 1>La Girl's documentaries coming on tomorrow night. We were promoting

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<v Speaker 1>it and people got into arguments on my Instagram over that,

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<v Speaker 1>like why would you make such a divisive documentary? Why

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<v Speaker 1>people were saying things like this because they couldn't put

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<v Speaker 1>it into perspective. There was a Dark Girl's documentary that

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<v Speaker 1>came out first, and let's talk about why you felt

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<v Speaker 1>they need to do that one. Well, because pain has

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<v Speaker 1>no color. On the assumption is because your dark skin

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<v Speaker 1>you have pain, but light skin people don't have no pain.

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<v Speaker 1>The truth of the matter is is that our internal

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<v Speaker 1>racism is still alive, and we are still putting each

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<v Speaker 1>other down and making jokes about each other because of

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<v Speaker 1>the color of our skin. And with women particularly it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's difficult because the beauty business says, if you don't

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<v Speaker 1>look a certain way, God made a mistake, and so

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to give you cosmetics and stuff and and

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<v Speaker 1>give you lengthen your hair with extensions and blah blah blah.

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<v Speaker 1>Then we have to think with skin bleach, which is

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<v Speaker 1>globally a fifty billion dollar business, right, really, this is globally, man.

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't gone to Africa man last year, man, and

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<v Speaker 1>on a number one polics here was skin bleached. When

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<v Speaker 1>I say, I mean liaching the whole body. I need

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<v Speaker 1>to get in on that sense everybody think I'm doing now.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody thinks that Charlotte because everyone says that he's bleaching

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<v Speaker 1>his skin because he said he had some skin discoloration.

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<v Speaker 1>You can see it. He went to he went to

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<v Speaker 1>go see a germatologist. And now when people see him,

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<v Speaker 1>he visibly looks lighter in pictures and all the time,

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<v Speaker 1>like Charletagne's bleaching his skin. He hates himself, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>So on and so forth. Let me ask you a question.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, what do you do when somebody or how

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<v Speaker 1>do you handle when somebody makes fun of your skin color?

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<v Speaker 1>Because he's visibly babe goes on every day, every day,

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<v Speaker 1>every day waffle color. Oh my god, what else do

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<v Speaker 1>you call me? I call you princess boy. And then

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<v Speaker 1>you never called me that you ever worked with a

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<v Speaker 1>light skin guy. Of course you have right, everybody many

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<v Speaker 1>with everybody. Man, they could be a little difficult. Are

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<v Speaker 1>you saying that you have evidence of that? Yes, this

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<v Speaker 1>guy now trying to under the impression that because Envy

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<v Speaker 1>is light skin, he's more sensitive, more emotional, more emotional

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<v Speaker 1>than the average person. He does. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>it's because of the color of his thing. He is

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<v Speaker 1>the most sensitive one in the room, but I don't

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<v Speaker 1>actually say that that's why. And then Envy and return

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<v Speaker 1>cost made a big black bully and I ain't even big,

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<v Speaker 1>but because I'm dog skin, I gotta be big and

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<v Speaker 1>black and a bully. So I'm so glad you're here

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<v Speaker 1>to shed some light on these issues that we have

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<v Speaker 1>every day in the studio. Well, uh, no, pun intendive,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'd like to shed some light on the issue

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<v Speaker 1>because you haven't done light skin boy versus dogskin Boy.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's more you two are inspiring me to

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<v Speaker 1>make that movie right now. Remember, and y'all, y'all should

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<v Speaker 1>be starring at it, you know what I'm saying. But no,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's an issue internally, and I know we're

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<v Speaker 1>joking about it. But then the thing is is that

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of children are suffering from this, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>on the plague. You know, they're being bullied either their

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<v Speaker 1>their their their the kinky hair you look like a

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<v Speaker 1>tar baby, uh, and little girls being calling tar babies,

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<v Speaker 1>and light skinned girls are being taken into bathrooms held

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<v Speaker 1>down and theirs being put in their hair and they're

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<v Speaker 1>pulling the hair out by the roots slice of course,

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<v Speaker 1>the neckan's face sliced and ear rings pulled through their

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<v Speaker 1>It looks that people think they think they're too cute.

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<v Speaker 1>It's madness, and I think if we could. My belief

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<v Speaker 1>is we can cure our internal rifts that no one

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<v Speaker 1>can touch us from the outside. But until we learn

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<v Speaker 1>to heal that. You know, here's the ironic thing. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>light skinned and dark skinned women are bickering about skin color.

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<v Speaker 1>White females are going to tanning s allonspice twice twice

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<v Speaker 1>a week, crinkling their hair, getting butt lips, lifts and injections.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't you find out a little a little ironic. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like they planted the seed to make us think

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<v Speaker 1>that what we naturally have is bad. But that's there,

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<v Speaker 1>you go. We all give with each other. Like we

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<v Speaker 1>talk about my wife. My wife is light skin. She

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<v Speaker 1>got cut in the face and by a dog skinned girl,

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<v Speaker 1>and they called her casper, and they called her white goals.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, it's a problem with her own community.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, at the end of the day, we're all black,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean, There's only one race man,

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<v Speaker 1>the human race, you know, and we all why are

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<v Speaker 1>you laughing for? You're just crazy man, right, I'm telling

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<v Speaker 1>you it's very difficult every day. But m yeah, no,

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<v Speaker 1>that's why I was saying. And he did have an issue.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, his wife did get her face cut because

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<v Speaker 1>of the color of her skin, basically, and people do

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<v Speaker 1>automatically assume, Oh, she thinks she's cute, she thinks she's better.

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<v Speaker 1>Where did these stereotypes come from? No? I mean I

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<v Speaker 1>even think of a movie like New Jack City when

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<v Speaker 1>Nino who was dog skin stabbed Christopher Williams character in

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<v Speaker 1>the Hand. I never liked you anywhere. You pretty mother

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<v Speaker 1>who said lightskin people were pretty. All light skin girls

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<v Speaker 1>ain't pretty. And people would say things like, oh, you

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<v Speaker 1>know he wasn't light skin, she wouldn't be cute. People

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<v Speaker 1>say stuff like, hey, light skin, peak got good here. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>well it goes back to neo colonialism. You know. Once

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<v Speaker 1>we were slaves and the ruler was white. Uh, and um,

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<v Speaker 1>everybody wants to be like the person in power. And

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<v Speaker 1>so the lighter skin slaves right in the house because

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<v Speaker 1>they the master had sex with the female slaves. They

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<v Speaker 1>were ladder and he took better care of them than

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<v Speaker 1>he do. You know, do you know that the brown

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<v Speaker 1>paper bag test? Here's what's crazy, man. Somebody just did

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<v Speaker 1>that this morning with Tyrese. You know, you know you

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<v Speaker 1>know that. Uh, until the forties and fifties on the church,

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<v Speaker 1>certain churches, there was a brown paper bag nailed to

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<v Speaker 1>the church door. Wow, if your skin was darker than

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<v Speaker 1>the brown paper bag, couldn't go to church. Wow, that

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't be allowed. The church is that deep even you'd

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<v Speaker 1>be that is absolutely that's crazy. But that's that's to

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<v Speaker 1>the alley that we've faced and today it's still going

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<v Speaker 1>on when I travel um one of them. It's not funny,

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<v Speaker 1>but one of the biggest consumers of skin bleach is

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<v Speaker 1>Indian and Indian men. And because if your skin is

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<v Speaker 1>lighter in the Indian culture means you're working in the

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<v Speaker 1>office because you haven't got to the sun. If it's dark,

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<v Speaker 1>it means you're work in the field. So Indian women

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<v Speaker 1>want lighter men because it means they have better jobs

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<v Speaker 1>for the house. Negro field negrontality is even an Indian

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<v Speaker 1>go Yeah, and then are bleaching the whole facing and

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<v Speaker 1>the whole bodies. Wow, that's toxic. Do I look like

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<v Speaker 1>I'm bleaching? No? After he does, but I didn't know him.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he was, but he had to be because

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<v Speaker 1>its entire bodies. This tam caused his face. Duh, thank

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<v Speaker 1>you mister Duke for shedding somebody. Yeah, he had this

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<v Speaker 1>coloration on it around his eyes looked like a rack

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<v Speaker 1>home when it was how do you have it was

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<v Speaker 1>so dark? Now he's talk about the dark stuck goes Iraq.

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<v Speaker 1>Does this happen every day? Somebody? Absolutely? It's healing up

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<v Speaker 1>in here. You know what I mean. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>ask you about this article that a TV editor road

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<v Speaker 1>on deadline dot com. She said that ethnic diversity. She

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<v Speaker 1>said that the pendulum may be swinging too far and

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<v Speaker 1>that too many minorities and ethnic people are getting these

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<v Speaker 1>roles and white people can't get roles now because they're

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<v Speaker 1>purposely making these roles for ethnic people. Well, we're still

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<v Speaker 1>looking for forty acres in the mule. Maybe this is

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<v Speaker 1>it coming you know what I mean. Did you get

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<v Speaker 1>your forty acres? You get your Maybe it's my forty

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<v Speaker 1>acres of the mule coming out. I mean, it's like,

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<v Speaker 1>the fact of the matter is, man, is that percentage

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<v Speaker 1>wise if you look at the number of television shows

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<v Speaker 1>and three or four of them are black and very successful,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not in the same thing they're not. But in

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<v Speaker 1>ratio to what's on the air and the number of

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<v Speaker 1>films that are made yearly, there's no comparison. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>there's no I don't know what they're talking about, but

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<v Speaker 1>there's no comparison. So we shouldn't even be jumping for

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<v Speaker 1>joy right now. Uh. If for the next ten years

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<v Speaker 1>you would see an increase in employment, we see images

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<v Speaker 1>that reflect our humanity and not just our ethnicity. We

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<v Speaker 1>see more directors producers owning content. We see us getting

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<v Speaker 1>into the gaming market, which we're not yet. That is

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<v Speaker 1>like grand Theft Auto made two points in two point

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<v Speaker 1>two big end dollars in three days, and we're not

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<v Speaker 1>in the gaming business. I mean, we should be celebrating

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that we're more exposed, but we're not in

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<v Speaker 1>a film and television business anymore. We're in the media business.

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<v Speaker 1>And until we get into that business, I say, the

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<v Speaker 1>kids don't want to be Steven Spielberg, try to be

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<v Speaker 1>Steve Jobs because you know the thing is, and they'll

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<v Speaker 1>say it this way. You know, we're playing checks in

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<v Speaker 1>a chess game. Make any sense? Yes, do you feel

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<v Speaker 1>like you would discriminated against because are you kidding me?

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<v Speaker 1>Big black ball, big black ballheaded? Uh? You know me

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<v Speaker 1>detective And for the work. Yeah, but I got some

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<v Speaker 1>good roles too in terms of some of the shows,

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<v Speaker 1>and my humanity was shown more. But in those days, um,

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<v Speaker 1>there weren't many of us who were dark skinned black

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<v Speaker 1>men who were allowed to be in leading roles, etcetera.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know when you scared me to when you

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<v Speaker 1>was in the predator and he was putting that stuff

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<v Speaker 1>around your eyes and it was like you were preparing

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<v Speaker 1>to die. And I like, boy, the predator, the bad man.

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<v Speaker 1>If he killed this one, he got me. So I'm

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<v Speaker 1>still trying to get him too. Man, he's evasive. He's evasive.

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<v Speaker 1>Put it that way. Now you're doing the Mahalia Jackson movie,

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<v Speaker 1>executive producing that. Well, that's the rumor. Um. The producers

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<v Speaker 1>are talking to me right now. They're still raising the funds,

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<v Speaker 1>et cetera. But one thing that is happening. I'm getting

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<v Speaker 1>ready to go in a couple of weeks to Chicago,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're working on a television series, uh called the Blexicansslexicans, Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>black Mexicans. What it happened. There's a black family in

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<v Speaker 1>a Mexican family, um, and the young black man reaches

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<v Speaker 1>out to a Mexican girl. They get married and they

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<v Speaker 1>have a young girl and she's a Blexican. But the

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<v Speaker 1>black father hates Mexicans and the Mexican father hates black people.

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<v Speaker 1>And so it's about it's a comedy dramedy type thing,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll start filming it around three weeks and so days.

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<v Speaker 1>Some black people in a Mexican make some pretty babies.

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<v Speaker 1>I used to date this girl named Kanna Modena. She

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<v Speaker 1>was a Mexican black. Murder was so fun and she

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<v Speaker 1>used to give these great hand jobs. Okay, that's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of information and a lot of it. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of I just thought about it. When you say

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<v Speaker 1>now I have a question, I mean the hand job part.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean up util that point everything was good for

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<v Speaker 1>a full name and everything I used to call it moa.

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<v Speaker 1>That doesn't sound now, Bill, did I have a question

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<v Speaker 1>for you? Somebody wrote this into me right from my

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<v Speaker 1>asking just yesterday, and I want to see how would

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<v Speaker 1>you say one should respond to this? Is this offensive? Now,

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<v Speaker 1>she's a black girl and she was out in Orlando

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<v Speaker 1>and her girlfriend starts talking to um a guy and

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<v Speaker 1>he had two white friends, and one of the white

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<v Speaker 1>guys gave her a kiss on the cheek and called

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<v Speaker 1>her his jungle princess. Now, she said, I'm open to

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<v Speaker 1>all races. I've never dated a white guy because of

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<v Speaker 1>the ignorant ways they tried to hit on me, she said.

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<v Speaker 1>Normally they call her things like chocolate queen or mocha latte.

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<v Speaker 1>He took it too far, and I had to put

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<v Speaker 1>him in his place. I realized after he might not

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<v Speaker 1>have meant it in a rude way, But why do

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<v Speaker 1>white guys think it's appropriate to hit on a black

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<v Speaker 1>girl like that? She should have called him my cracker boo?

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<v Speaker 1>How about that? Thank you? Crackaboo? Calling me jungle princess? Crackaboo?

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<v Speaker 1>How about that? And you say crackabay, kackabay. Wouldn't that

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<v Speaker 1>work out a little bit? But then so I'm reading

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<v Speaker 1>my responses to this question, and some people are saying

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<v Speaker 1>things like, well, you know, he probably might have just

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<v Speaker 1>not known. Maybe he wasn't trying. How do you tolerate

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<v Speaker 1>that kind of ignorance? I mean, my jungle what jungle princess? Look? Man,

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<v Speaker 1>you know that kind of ignorance. I don't know how

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<v Speaker 1>she can even tolerate it as Oh, he didn't mean that,

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<v Speaker 1>Yes he did, he don't. What does he call what

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<v Speaker 1>does he call his white girlfriend? Um? What? Why? Uh? What? Crackabay?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just something saying it's just like probably Nubian white queen.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what they say. Yeah, sure, uh, I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>just insulting and ignorant. That's you know, stupid. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>know you got to go. You know, I just want

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<v Speaker 1>to ask one more questions. Do you think that others?

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<v Speaker 1>Because I always say I don't want to see any

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<v Speaker 1>more slave movies because I want to see other stories

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<v Speaker 1>told about the black American experience, Like we've had successful

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<v Speaker 1>stories like why does it always have to be about

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<v Speaker 1>slavery or the butler or stupid stuff like that. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean those movies have their meaning too, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think that they have their validity. For me, I agree

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<v Speaker 1>with you. Humanity should be displayed on a much broader

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<v Speaker 1>panel and a much broader platform. Um. And I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's up to us, um right now. You know, the

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<v Speaker 1>traditional ways of distribution and movies are part of the

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<v Speaker 1>reality of media. But at Sundance this year they had

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<v Speaker 1>this film celebrated that was made by three iPhones and

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<v Speaker 1>it's got made your distribution. So if we want to

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<v Speaker 1>tell our story, those of us who have those skills,

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<v Speaker 1>there's nothing stopping us. But we're waiting for somebody to

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<v Speaker 1>save us, or somebody to give us permission discover ourselves

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<v Speaker 1>to make any sense. Absolutely, that's what has to happen now. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>We appreciate you joining us, and by the way, you

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned that you're gonna stop by asking that I'll be

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<v Speaker 1>in your hometown this weekend too, do the show in Poughkeepsie. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>this weekend. Great, great, great man, thank you. Baravon theater

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<v Speaker 1>something called the Midtown okay, the main Street. Yeah yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>His next question is gonna be where is the weed at?

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<v Speaker 1>But you tell him you don't roll like I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't roll like that. Man, you can't take it.

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<v Speaker 1>The weird is I don't know into that, but my

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<v Speaker 1>cousin can't. It's the Breakfast Club by the way. Last

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<v Speaker 1>thing by the Dark Girl's Book. Girl, Yes, I have

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<v Speaker 1>that home. I love that book. It's right on my um.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like my coffee table book. Yeah, Amazon dot com

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<v Speaker 1>or in uh, you know what. The Dark Girl's Book

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<v Speaker 1>is a table The book just pictures a beautiful cover. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a beautiful girl to check it out. Yes, very

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<v Speaker 1>true