WEBVTT - License to Kill

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to ookf Daily with Meet

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<v Speaker 1>Your Girl Daniel Moody recording from the Home Bunker. Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to start out today with saying that I

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<v Speaker 1>have not been doing well this week. If you've been

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<v Speaker 1>following Instagram and Twitter, there are weeks, there are days,

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<v Speaker 1>there are stories where I just find it so difficult

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<v Speaker 1>to wrap my mind around the hatred that exists in

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<v Speaker 1>people's hearts, around this bullshit sense of fear. I feared

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<v Speaker 1>for my life line that white people get to use

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<v Speaker 1>so recklessly as a way to give them license to kill.

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<v Speaker 1>And for the entirety of Monday, my feed began to

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<v Speaker 1>fill with the story of Ralph Yarl and I refused

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<v Speaker 1>to look at it. All I kept seeing was the

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<v Speaker 1>picture of him in band and the picture of him

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<v Speaker 1>with his two little brothers that just kept going, going, going,

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<v Speaker 1>filling my feed, and I just my heart just couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>take it right. It couldn't take it. After the shooting

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<v Speaker 1>in Kentucky, It couldn't take it. After the shooting in

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<v Speaker 1>Tennessee and all of the shootings that have happened in between,

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<v Speaker 1>and the shooting that just happened at the Alabama sweet sixteen,

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<v Speaker 1>I just didn't want to know. And then finally, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>because part of my work is also being on social media,

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't avoid it. And it's going to be very

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<v Speaker 1>hard for me to make it through this episode and

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<v Speaker 1>not cry, because that's what I've been doing for the

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<v Speaker 1>last few days. And yes, thankfully Ralph is alive by

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<v Speaker 1>virtue of him fleeing on the doorstep of this eighty

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<v Speaker 1>five year old bigot and having to knock on that one,

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<v Speaker 1>not two, but three doors, and then finally on the

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<v Speaker 1>third door, be told as he is bleeding out from

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<v Speaker 1>his head and from his arm, to get down on

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<v Speaker 1>the ground and put his hands up, and then finally

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<v Speaker 1>he passed out. Because even a bleeding, wounded black child

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<v Speaker 1>was still seen as a threat to this white neighborhood.

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<v Speaker 1>And this story has just undone me because I just

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<v Speaker 1>can't imagine the fear that he had. I can't imagine

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<v Speaker 1>the fear that this black child will live with for

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of his life knowing that all he did

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<v Speaker 1>wrong was happen upon the wrong address and ring the doorbell.

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<v Speaker 1>And there are too many stories where where black people

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<v Speaker 1>have had broken down cars and they ask for help

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<v Speaker 1>and they end up dead where they've been in their

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<v Speaker 1>own homes, but a white person stumbled in and shot

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<v Speaker 1>them dead. Where they're playing on the playground with a

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<v Speaker 1>fake gun and are shot dead. But white children who

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<v Speaker 1>were just recently allowed to go to the NRA convention

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<v Speaker 1>and pick up and quote unquote play with real guns.

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<v Speaker 1>That's scene as cute that scene as look at that

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<v Speaker 1>young patriot in training. What I see is a white

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<v Speaker 1>domestic terrorist in training, because when you recognize that you

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<v Speaker 1>live in a country where white boys can pose with

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<v Speaker 1>AR fifteen means handguns, rifles, all of these things, and

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<v Speaker 1>black children can't ask for help, holding no weapon at

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<v Speaker 1>all except living inside of their black skin. Don't come

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<v Speaker 1>out your mouth telling me that this is somebody's free country,

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<v Speaker 1>this is somebody's democratic nation. This nation is bullshit. This

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<v Speaker 1>country is bullshit. It ain't free for nobody except for

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<v Speaker 1>white men and the white women who uphold patriarchy and

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<v Speaker 1>racism right alongside them, even though they have their fucking

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<v Speaker 1>wounds and shackles. This story is like way too many stories.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Elijah's story, it's Trayvon's story, it's Tamers's story, it's

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<v Speaker 1>Ranetia's story, it's Sandra's story, it's Georgia's story, it's you know,

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<v Speaker 1>on and on and on and on and on. You see,

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<v Speaker 1>the sad thing is is that I'm not surprised. What

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<v Speaker 1>I am is weary with grief. My girlfriend the other

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<v Speaker 1>day said to me that I need to quit my job,

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<v Speaker 1>that following the news, being a political analyst, being a

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<v Speaker 1>podcaster is weighing on me way too much, and that

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<v Speaker 1>she is finding me in tears, she is finding me

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<v Speaker 1>too deflated and depressed, moving through sleepless nights, and said,

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<v Speaker 1>I think you need to leave your job, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think that you need to seriously consider it. And I

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<v Speaker 1>will tell you that I was at first just appalled.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, I'm not equating what it is that I do,

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<v Speaker 1>But there are other jobs that are much harder, right,

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<v Speaker 1>much more taxing. Think about anyone who was in the

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<v Speaker 1>medical profession during the height of COVID, and I'm certain,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously we know the numbers that many people did quit

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<v Speaker 1>and leave right because their own lives were on the

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<v Speaker 1>line as they're trying to save other people. But I

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<v Speaker 1>think about one of the doctors in Tennessee who said,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm tired. I'm not a politician, but I can tell

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<v Speaker 1>you that I'm tired of treating bodies riddled with bullets.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm tired of these mass shootings because there are doctors

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<v Speaker 1>and nurses and health practitioners that are leaving their profession

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<v Speaker 1>because of the weight, the exhaustion and the trauma. Right

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<v Speaker 1>there are teachers that are leaving the classroom because of

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<v Speaker 1>the weight, the trauma, and the exhaustion. When I think

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<v Speaker 1>about myself and the last is it fifteen years almost

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty years in policy and politics and media, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't always like this. That's the thing, right, is

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<v Speaker 1>that I can look back and see where everything took

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<v Speaker 1>a fucking nose dive. And you know, I got into

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<v Speaker 1>podcasting in relatively the twenty tens, right because at the time,

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<v Speaker 1>marriage equality was not the law of the land, and

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<v Speaker 1>there were just way too many things that were starting

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<v Speaker 1>to happen. And one of the segments that I used

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<v Speaker 1>to do on my former show, my first podcast, Pallatini,

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<v Speaker 1>was called the you know the new normal? Is this

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<v Speaker 1>the new normal? That was the question that the segment asked.

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<v Speaker 1>All the time, this is twenty tents. You know, we

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<v Speaker 1>had Barack Obama in the White House, we had marriage

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<v Speaker 1>equality was starting to you know, dot the States and

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<v Speaker 1>were pushing for a national you know, marriage equality and recognition,

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<v Speaker 1>and seemingly things felt like they were moving in the

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<v Speaker 1>right direction, but there was still this underlying fear hatred

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<v Speaker 1>of the other. And at the time it was highly

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<v Speaker 1>directed at the queer community, always directed at the black community,

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<v Speaker 1>let me be clear, but it was really directed at

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<v Speaker 1>the queer community in terms of national headlines because of

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<v Speaker 1>the audacity for queer people to say that they wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to marry, that the stories of being

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<v Speaker 1>denied access to a loved one in a hospital, being

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<v Speaker 1>denied you know, the ability to pass your wealth down

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<v Speaker 1>your homes or what have you, being beaten, right, and

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<v Speaker 1>we were juxtaposing that with stories that were coming out

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<v Speaker 1>of African nations and LATINX nations where people were being

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<v Speaker 1>literally criminalized. Fast forward to the whitelash, to Barack Obama

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<v Speaker 1>being Donald Trump, and twenty sixteen to now has been

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<v Speaker 1>a never ending onslaught of racism, anti semitism, anti Asian hate,

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<v Speaker 1>anti blackness, homophobia, transphobia, I mean, you name it, islamophobia, misogyny,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you name it and it. There are examples

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<v Speaker 1>from each and every hour of the day. Right there

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<v Speaker 1>is there is not enough coverage right of all of

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<v Speaker 1>the incidents that happen. But boy, when you sit down

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<v Speaker 1>and you start to look at the national headlines and

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<v Speaker 1>the state headlines and city papers and local papers, it

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<v Speaker 1>makes you not want to leave your house because I

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<v Speaker 1>got to tell you that I don't feel safe anywhere. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>I have moments when I am doing my best to

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<v Speaker 1>focus on joy and beauty and you know, being outside

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<v Speaker 1>and being in nature and all of these important things.

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<v Speaker 1>But most days I kind of just want to run

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<v Speaker 1>out of my front door and fucking scream, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like I want to break. I tweeted yesterday and said,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I just want to call in black like

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<v Speaker 1>I am tired, I am My body hurts, my eyes

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<v Speaker 1>are puffy from the tears that just readily flow down

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<v Speaker 1>my face. You know, I can tell you a story

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<v Speaker 1>of being in my master's program many many years ago

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<v Speaker 1>and talking about the fact that this is when I

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<v Speaker 1>was still married and thinking about having kids, and said

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<v Speaker 1>out loud for the first time that I was terrified

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<v Speaker 1>to give birth to a black boy because I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>know if they were gonna make it, because this country

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<v Speaker 1>sure as hell has made sure that too many black

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<v Speaker 1>boys don't make it. You know, I just saw a

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<v Speaker 1>true historical accounting of the fact that white people used

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<v Speaker 1>to go alligator hunting with black babies. That is a

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<v Speaker 1>true story. The violence and the brutality and the dehumanization

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<v Speaker 1>of just the disregard for fucking life that is embedded,

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<v Speaker 1>ingrained into the core of this country. Why did that

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<v Speaker 1>man shoot through his door at a black child and

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<v Speaker 1>before shooting him said don't come around here again. Because

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<v Speaker 1>he had been taught from the beginning of time that

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<v Speaker 1>black lives do not matter, been force fed through Fox News,

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<v Speaker 1>through policies by Republicans and Democrats, that black people are

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<v Speaker 1>nothing but thugs, welfare queens, lazy, uneducated criminals just looking

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<v Speaker 1>up rob and hurt black white women and white men.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why you have all these bullshit stand your ground laws,

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<v Speaker 1>because once black people were no longer enslaved and it

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't legal for you, do you know, rape and beat

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<v Speaker 1>and terrorize and throw their babies into the marshes to

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<v Speaker 1>go fish for fucking alligators. That once it was like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh oops, our bad maybe they are people after all

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<v Speaker 1>and not just chattel. But just to make sure you

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<v Speaker 1>have the right to shoot a black person on the scene,

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<v Speaker 1>on the spot, that all you gotta do is throw

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<v Speaker 1>up your white hands and say, ah, fear for my life. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>she's so angry, he's so tall, they're so scary, don't

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<v Speaker 1>you worry. Mainstream media society will wrap their white arms

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<v Speaker 1>around you and say, oh, poor you, You must have

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<v Speaker 1>been threatened. You must have been so scared. You should

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<v Speaker 1>have never had to come face to face with that

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<v Speaker 1>black body. That's why you see that white murderers get

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<v Speaker 1>their full resumes printed out before they're ever called a

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<v Speaker 1>criminal or thug or terrorists. Oh but they liked music,

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<v Speaker 1>they were star volleyball player. Doesn't matter that they took

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<v Speaker 1>out an entire supermarket filled with black people. Doesn't matter

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<v Speaker 1>that they shot up an entire church of black people

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<v Speaker 1>in the midst of prayer, right, because we all know

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<v Speaker 1>that black skin is scarier than an ar fifteen. So

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<v Speaker 1>I find myself weary, weary with grief and wondering whether

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<v Speaker 1>or not my girlfriend is right. Because there are days

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<v Speaker 1>like the past few and weeks like the past, several

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<v Speaker 1>and years like the last seven where all I see

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<v Speaker 1>are things getting worse and rapidly so, and wondering if

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<v Speaker 1>this isn't one of the moments where you're like, do

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<v Speaker 1>I save myself or do you keep fighting for our

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<v Speaker 1>country that doesn't want you, that doesn't see you, that

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't care about you, that doesn't believe you. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>but what I do know is that Ralph Yarol shouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have had to find his way to three different houses

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<v Speaker 1>to get help. He shouldn't be recovering at home from

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<v Speaker 1>a gunshot wound to his head and his arm and

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<v Speaker 1>probably a tragically broken spirit. It just, you know, this

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<v Speaker 1>is America, and this has always been America. America has

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<v Speaker 1>always hated black people because unless we are working in

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<v Speaker 1>servitude to whiteness, we are worthless, we are disposable. And

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<v Speaker 1>some days I'm just tired and all I can muster

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<v Speaker 1>is an exhausted tweet, a weary voiced episode, and just

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know where we're going, folks, And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and I apologize because this is one of those weeks

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<v Speaker 1>where I hope that by the end I can find

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<v Speaker 1>some hopefulness, that I can find some strength. But today

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<v Speaker 1>all I can think about is all of the ralph

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<v Speaker 1>yars that we don't know about. All I can think

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<v Speaker 1>about is just this blood soaked soil that we call

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<v Speaker 1>a country, even the oceans that we swim in, the

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<v Speaker 1>beaches that we go to, or just marine cemeteries for

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<v Speaker 1>black bodies. So when people ask what can they do,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Do something. Call your politicians, organize a

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<v Speaker 1>walk out, run for office, do something. Because black people

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<v Speaker 1>are tired. I'm tired. That is it for me today.

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<v Speaker 1>Dear friends on wokf as always power to the people

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<v Speaker 1>and to all the people. Power, get woke and stay

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<v Speaker 1>woke as fuck.