WEBVTT - Whitewashing History

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, Pete Sen. Welcome to Wika F Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>Meet your Girl Danielle Moody. Prerecording from the Home Bunker. Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>Today is Indigenous People's Day, and we have named it

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<v Speaker 1>this day because many years ago, not many years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess a couple of years ago, now we decided

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<v Speaker 1>as a country, or some people decided as a country,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe only half of us. Who the fuck knows at

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<v Speaker 1>this point that we weren't going to give credit or

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<v Speaker 1>celebrate a racist, rapist, misogynist explorer who believe that they

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<v Speaker 1>could discover a place where people were already living and

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<v Speaker 1>had already been living for generations. And so Columbus Day

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<v Speaker 1>would be renamed Indigenous People's Day. But what I realized

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<v Speaker 1>as we take time off for this holiday, is that

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<v Speaker 1>we tallet Indigenous People's Day, but we don't actually talk

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<v Speaker 1>about Indigenous people. We don't talk about their suffering, we

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<v Speaker 1>don't talk about their brilliance, we don't talk about their ingenuity.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't actually teach about the indigenous people of this country.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I can remember a time many many years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>many many moons ago, being in elementary school, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>on this day or as we were getting ready to

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<v Speaker 1>celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. And mind you, I saw this recently,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was appalled. We would cut out little pilgrim hats,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, from the black construction paper, and cut out

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<v Speaker 1>feathers and moccasins, and the teachers in the classroom would

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<v Speaker 1>have cornucopia and there would be these lovely stories right

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<v Speaker 1>about the Pilgrims and at that time Indians, which now

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<v Speaker 1>we refer to as Native Americans, because you see, when

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<v Speaker 1>you know better, you were supposed to actually do better. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>just because something has always been one way doesn't mean

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<v Speaker 1>that once you've received more information that you can't make

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<v Speaker 1>a pivot. And a couple of years ago, I think

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<v Speaker 1>I might have been home visiting my family on Long

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<v Speaker 1>Island and I saw kids getting off of the school

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<v Speaker 1>bus and I was shocked and appalled because they had

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<v Speaker 1>the same fucking cutouts that I had had decades earlier,

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<v Speaker 1>that they were still carrying home from school, the same out.

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<v Speaker 1>So the pilgrim hats and the moccasins and all of this,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're going to learn about you know, Columbus, and

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to learn about you know, Thanksgiving, And I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>why is it so god damn hard to just tell

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<v Speaker 1>the truth once you learn it, because I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 1>that from the beginning of time we should have you

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<v Speaker 1>know that we understood who these people were. And what

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<v Speaker 1>America loves to do is that they love to and

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<v Speaker 1>this is present right with actors and directors who we

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<v Speaker 1>want to still love their art but then condemn the

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<v Speaker 1>people that have been sexual predators or what have you. Like,

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<v Speaker 1>we still want to celebrate and listen to certain music

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<v Speaker 1>and watch certain movies and not make the connection between

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<v Speaker 1>the actions of said explorer or said actor and what

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<v Speaker 1>we have benefited from their experience. And I don't understand

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<v Speaker 1>why we make it so difficult to do both. And

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<v Speaker 1>you can acknowledge right that without Columbus, without Columbus having

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<v Speaker 1>drunkenly sailed around and didn't actually discover America, because again,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't discover something that is already inhabited. You can't

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<v Speaker 1>discover a place that is already inhabited. And it wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>even America that he fucking landed on. That we wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have been able to connect continents in a certain way.

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<v Speaker 1>We wouldn't understand things about geography, things about our Earth,

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<v Speaker 1>and the planet and the water and all of these things.

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<v Speaker 1>And so you can acknowledge that by virtue of his

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<v Speaker 1>exploration that we learned a lot more about the planet

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<v Speaker 1>and its people. You can recognize that, and then also

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<v Speaker 1>understand that he was a rapist, murderer, savage, right like

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<v Speaker 1>he wanted to call the people that welcomed and with

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<v Speaker 1>open arms, these community minded indigenous people welcoming these strangers,

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<v Speaker 1>thinking that they are just as loving and open and

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<v Speaker 1>community minded and earth minded as they are. Unbeknownst to them,

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<v Speaker 1>they literally invited the vampires into their house. Right. You

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<v Speaker 1>can tell both of those stories, because both of them

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<v Speaker 1>are fucking true. But what America does is whitewash and

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<v Speaker 1>eliminate anything anything that is negative about their precious white explorers,

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<v Speaker 1>or their precious white presidents, or their precious white you know, inventors,

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<v Speaker 1>and leave everything else out so that all we're left

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<v Speaker 1>to believe, which is what is the foundation of white

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<v Speaker 1>supremacist ideology, is that white people are the end all

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<v Speaker 1>be all of all things, right, that they are the builders.

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<v Speaker 1>Without white people, Oh my god, where would the planet be.

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<v Speaker 1>I would argue, maybe probably in better shape than with

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<v Speaker 1>the white people that have been in charge of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Thus far, I would argue that we would have a

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<v Speaker 1>better understanding of who we are as a people, and

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<v Speaker 1>I mean all people. The contributions of all people to

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<v Speaker 1>define this nation would have made us stronger because we

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<v Speaker 1>would then be working from this collective, communal understanding of

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<v Speaker 1>how each and every community in this nation is integral

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<v Speaker 1>to the success of this nation. But we didn't do that.

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<v Speaker 1>White cis hetero men in charge of all things decided

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<v Speaker 1>that they were the ones to be carved in marble,

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<v Speaker 1>that their accomplishments and theirs alone were the ones to

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<v Speaker 1>lift up and celebrate, so much so that we created

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<v Speaker 1>entire histories and curriculums and good, good bedtime stories about

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<v Speaker 1>the founding of this nation and these great men and

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<v Speaker 1>the Founding Fathers and all of these things without contextualizing

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<v Speaker 1>what was actually happening with the rest of the fucking

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<v Speaker 1>people that inhabited this country. You can talk right about

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<v Speaker 1>the genius and the creativity of the founding fathers in

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<v Speaker 1>their creation of the constitution and this idea of a democracy,

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<v Speaker 1>and also talk about the fact that they alone would

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<v Speaker 1>dictate who was considered human and who wasn't. That while

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<v Speaker 1>they were screaming and dumping tea in the ocean about

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<v Speaker 1>their own oppression, that they shackled human beings, raped and

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<v Speaker 1>tortured them, broke apart families and destroyed tried to, I

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<v Speaker 1>will say, try to destroy the soul of black people,

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<v Speaker 1>enslaved African people, indigenous people, but they did not succeed there.

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<v Speaker 1>them in cages in order to keep you safe. Lied

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<v Speaker 1>about there being good people on both sides of when

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<v Speaker 1>we are one side is hailing Nazi salutes and the

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<v Speaker 1>other side is fighting for justice. Those lies wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 1>been able to take hold if we had actually taken

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<v Speaker 1>the time and done the work to educate the masses

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<v Speaker 1>of the truth of this nation. Contrary to what Ronda

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<v Speaker 1>Santis out of Florida believes, that doesn't create white guilt.

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<v Speaker 1>What it creates is a system of accountability and responsibility.

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<v Speaker 1>What it does is allow us to understand the signs

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<v Speaker 1>clearly of what it looks like when fascism and authoritarianism

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<v Speaker 1>begin to take hold, because you will have learned about it,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe we wouldn't be in a situation where we need

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<v Speaker 1>to continue to chant that black lives matter, because you

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<v Speaker 1>would have learned how black lives have shaped this country,

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<v Speaker 1>bringing you everything from stoplights to jazz, to the cotton gym,

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<v Speaker 1>to equity injustice, to so many accomplishments, to the mathematic

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<v Speaker 1>equation that allowed for man to land on the moon.

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<v Speaker 1>The question that I always asked and wish that I

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<v Speaker 1>could really ask if I could sit down with one

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<v Speaker 1>of these white supremacists politicians who are so hell bent

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<v Speaker 1>on pushing back against any form of anti racist teachings,

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<v Speaker 1>any form of critical race theory, which, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, is not taught in schools in K through

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<v Speaker 1>twelve schools. What has been worked on since I've been

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<v Speaker 1>in elementary school is the inclusion of everyone else's narrative

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<v Speaker 1>and contributions that make this country what it is. So

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<v Speaker 1>what I would ask is, what are you afraid of?

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<v Speaker 1>Why are you so terrified of the entire truth of

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<v Speaker 1>this nation? Wouldn't it make people even more patriotic to

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<v Speaker 1>see that when we know better, when we learn and

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<v Speaker 1>then know better that we seek to do better with

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<v Speaker 1>each and every generation. Why is it And I did

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<v Speaker 1>not say this, but somebody else had said it. Why

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<v Speaker 1>is it that the RHN de santiss and the Mark

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<v Speaker 1>Marco Rubios and the Ted cruises, Why do they believe that?

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<v Speaker 1>Why people would only identify with the worst in this

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<v Speaker 1>nation and make them feel bad. Why is it so

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<v Speaker 1>hard to think that they could identify with leaders and

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<v Speaker 1>innovators and entertainers that don't look like them, but could

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<v Speaker 1>also be inspired by their stories. That's the question that

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<v Speaker 1>I would ask. I don't want to debate these motherfuckers

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<v Speaker 1>because they don't debate with facts, and they're stupid, frankly,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll say that I don't give a fuck they are.

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<v Speaker 1>You hear some of the ship that comes out of

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<v Speaker 1>their mouth, You're like, damn, our education system really is broken.

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<v Speaker 1>And some of you motherfucker's paid to go to school,

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<v Speaker 1>to go to private school, and you're still stupid. But

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<v Speaker 1>the fact is that I think that we debate the

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<v Speaker 1>wrong things because I'm not here to debate the merits

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<v Speaker 1>of my humanity. No, I'm here to ask you what

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<v Speaker 1>you are afraid of? Because you are clearly, clearly terrified

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<v Speaker 1>of people understanding the truth, of people seeing the value

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<v Speaker 1>outside of being chadow, the value of black lives, Indigenous lives,

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<v Speaker 1>Latin X lives, Asian Pacific Islanders, Asian lives. What is

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<v Speaker 1>so terrifying about the brilliance the genius of other people

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<v Speaker 1>that are not white sis hetero men? I would ask,

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<v Speaker 1>why are you so fragile? Why did you need to

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<v Speaker 1>create such tall tales about who you are and what

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<v Speaker 1>you've accomplished, Because there are some that have accomplished great things,

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<v Speaker 1>but we can tell the whole truth about the person.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the same way that you watch these leaders die

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<v Speaker 1>and then people say, well, don't speak ill of the dead. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>if you did not do good in life, remind me

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<v Speaker 1>why I should respect you in death. Now. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>mean to degrade anybody or spit on anybody's grade, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure it's fuck not going to talk about them

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<v Speaker 1>as this wondrous philanthropist when they're a colonizer and a thief.

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<v Speaker 1>We watch this play out with the death of the queen.

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<v Speaker 1>The death of the queen should have been the death

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<v Speaker 1>of the entirety of the idea of monarchy. Monarchies only

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<v Speaker 1>exist because of raping and pilla chain other nations taking

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<v Speaker 1>them over bit by bit, stealing their jewels and literally

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<v Speaker 1>putting them in your crown. So why is it that

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<v Speaker 1>people were pooh pooed for telling the entire truth about

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<v Speaker 1>what it is Queen Elizabeth was presiding over and what

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<v Speaker 1>her entire family generations benefited from. Now is not the time?

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<v Speaker 1>Tell me when the fucking time is. I never understand

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<v Speaker 1>when the right time is to do anything here. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not the right time, and the aftermath of it yet

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<v Speaker 1>another catastrophic once in a century storm. To talk about

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<v Speaker 1>climate change, it's never the right time. After a major

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<v Speaker 1>mass shooting takes away nineteen children's lives, never the right

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<v Speaker 1>time to talk about gun control. When another unarmed black

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<v Speaker 1>person is murdered by police, is never the right time

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about police reform. When we are looking at

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<v Speaker 1>a city or multiple cities in these United States that

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<v Speaker 1>don't have clean drinking water for taxpaying citizens, it's never

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<v Speaker 1>the right time to talk about systemic racism. And when

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<v Speaker 1>we have a federal holiday whose name has been changed

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<v Speaker 1>but the history hasn't really been taught, it's never the

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<v Speaker 1>right time. So my feeling, folks, is that we need

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<v Speaker 1>to make time. We need to use right these federal

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<v Speaker 1>holidays that again, not everybody gets to take off, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'd like to say most people get to take off,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't know the statistics. But we should use

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<v Speaker 1>this time that we're not having to toil away to rest. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>but while we're resting, let's use the time to educate ourselves.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's learn a little bit and then let's share what

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<v Speaker 1>we have learned. Let's do a deep dive into who

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<v Speaker 1>Columbus was, what he did, where he actually went, and

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<v Speaker 1>share that with people. Because when we know better, when

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<v Speaker 1>we learn, we should want to teach, We should want

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<v Speaker 1>to share. We should want to uplift, not hide the

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<v Speaker 1>bad and hide behind the good or what you presume

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<v Speaker 1>to be the good. We need to tell the whole

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<v Speaker 1>story because generations from now, Lord only knows what type

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<v Speaker 1>of government even if this kind, who knows? I have

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<v Speaker 1>no idea what people will be living under forty years

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<v Speaker 1>from now. I know it won't be a democracy. Who

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<v Speaker 1>knows what education will look like. But I do know

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<v Speaker 1>that we have an opportunity right now to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to share information, real information, do our real research with

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<v Speaker 1>credible outlets and tell the truth. That was supposed to

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<v Speaker 1>be the beauty behind social media was to connect us more,

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<v Speaker 1>and all it's really done is divide us. But we

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<v Speaker 1>should take these opportunities when we have these collective holidays

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<v Speaker 1>to understand stand these holidays, because otherwise we just continue

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<v Speaker 1>to believe the lies that have been fed to us

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<v Speaker 1>our entire lives. And then turn around and wonder how

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<v Speaker 1>we got to the place that we're in. How we

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<v Speaker 1>have a quarter of the population that still is not

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<v Speaker 1>vaccinated because they believed that this was all a hoax.

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<v Speaker 1>Million plus people dead in this country, their neighbors, their friends,

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<v Speaker 1>and they still believe that this is all a hoax.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell the truth. Let's all tell the truth so that

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<v Speaker 1>we don't continue to repeat history over and over and

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<v Speaker 1>over again. That is it for me today, dear friends

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<v Speaker 1>on wokate f as always power to the people and

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

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<v Speaker 1>as fuck.