WEBVTT - IDKMYDE: Biddy Mason 

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<v Speaker 1>All right, y'all on today's episode. If I didn't know,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you didn't either. Let's talk about someone you probably

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<v Speaker 1>didn't learn about in school, Bitty Mason. And if you're like,

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<v Speaker 1>who's Bitty Mason? Don't worry. In the words of the

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<v Speaker 1>great Michael Jackson, you are nine alone. History books really

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<v Speaker 1>be out here acting like they on a budget for

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<v Speaker 1>black excellence, don't they. I didn't know. Maybe you didn't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know. Maybe I didn't No, I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 1>So Betty Mason born in eighteen eighteen, enslaved in Georgia,

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<v Speaker 1>and listen, they didn't even give her a last name,

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<v Speaker 1>just Betty, like naming someone. Hey, you, the disrespect started

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<v Speaker 1>at birth in those periods. Anyways, Bitty gets dragged across

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<v Speaker 1>the country by her and slavers. Ends up in California,

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<v Speaker 1>and guess what. Slavery was illegal there. But do you

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<v Speaker 1>think her owner cared? Of course not. Colonauza from the

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<v Speaker 1>South pretty much acted like he was immune to the

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<v Speaker 1>California you loss. Now, Bitty with no last name, could

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<v Speaker 1>have stayed quiet, but nah, she was a black woman,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, that wasn't happening. She went to court, and y'all,

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<v Speaker 1>in eighteen fifty six, she won her freedom and her

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<v Speaker 1>kids freedom. Now, let's just pause on that for a second.

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<v Speaker 1>A black woman in the eighteen fifties standing up in

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<v Speaker 1>court and winning. That's a boss chick before boss chick

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<v Speaker 1>was ever even a thing. But wait, it gets better,

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<v Speaker 1>because after she got free, she didn't just chill with it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what I'm saying. Bittty was out here working

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<v Speaker 1>as a nurse and a midwife, stacking paper. Bitty saved

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<v Speaker 1>up and bought land in Los Angeles for two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and fifty dollars and that land grew into a fortune

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<v Speaker 1>worth three hundred thousand dollars. That's millions on millions of

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<v Speaker 1>dollars today. Basically, she became Don peeples of real estate

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<v Speaker 1>before Don Peoples in real estate. And what does she

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<v Speaker 1>do with all that money? On? Did she buy a yacht? No?

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<v Speaker 1>Did she start flexing on TikTok? No? She gave back.

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<v Speaker 1>She built schools, feed the homeless, and started the first

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<v Speaker 1>African Methodist Episcopal church. That's right, Betty was out here

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<v Speaker 1>being Oprah before Oprah. So why don't we know her name.

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<v Speaker 1>Why are you today years old when you found out

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<v Speaker 1>about Betty Well, probably because history books be like and

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<v Speaker 1>we can't have her outshine in the Founding Fathers. But

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<v Speaker 1>we need to talk more about her because Bittty Mason

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<v Speaker 1>is proof that no matter where you start, you can

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<v Speaker 1>change the game and help others along the way. So

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<v Speaker 1>next time somebody asks you for a black history fact,

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<v Speaker 1>hit them with Bitty Mason. And when they say who's that,

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<v Speaker 1>look I'm dead in the eye and say I was

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<v Speaker 1>listening to I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either. And

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<v Speaker 1>I found out she was the original CEO of glow

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<v Speaker 1>Up Incorporated. And I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know