WEBVTT - Mysonne Doesn't Get It- Howard University

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<v Speaker 1>We got we come to my own. I don't get it,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and it's it's a little bit offered this,

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<v Speaker 1>but it is has to do it. That's black people.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. We talk about legacy organizations and you can't

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<v Speaker 1>really talk about black legacy organizations without talking about HBCUs,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. And unfortunately, I had an opportunity to go

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<v Speaker 1>to Howard Campus a couple of days ago, and I

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<v Speaker 1>really don't get this situation at all, Like I am

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<v Speaker 1>so completely lost, you know. I looked went to a

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<v Speaker 1>campus and seen young black men, young men and women

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<v Speaker 1>sleeping intense sleeping in the buildings, talking of giving me

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<v Speaker 1>blow blow by blows, and how there's mold in their rooms,

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<v Speaker 1>how they don't even have WiFi, how they're paying fifty

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<v Speaker 1>dollars to do online calasses, how people were just some

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<v Speaker 1>of them have been told to come to the campus

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<v Speaker 1>because they had living and they didn't have nowhere for

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<v Speaker 1>them to live, and they have to sleep in cars.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of them talking about how the meal prep is

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<v Speaker 1>so disgusting that you wouldn't even eat it if you

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<v Speaker 1>was in prison. Like it was embarrassing because you know,

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<v Speaker 1>as a young boy hearing about HBCUs I never went

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<v Speaker 1>to one, but I have a lot of friends and

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<v Speaker 1>family who have been to hbc U s and I

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<v Speaker 1>watched school Days, and I wanted to be part of that,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I wanted. I wanted to go to hbc

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<v Speaker 1>U so to see that this is the experience of

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<v Speaker 1>young freshman's and and and a lot of them saying

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<v Speaker 1>this is we don't have anything else. We we can't

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<v Speaker 1>fail here, you know, like they're saying that they're not

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<v Speaker 1>even giving their courses properly. They don't have the opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>to excel. They've given up everything, their mother took out,

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<v Speaker 1>the loans they took out, put leans on their homes,

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<v Speaker 1>all type of things. To be able to come to

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<v Speaker 1>this experience and to see that this is what they're

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<v Speaker 1>going through. They they had some of them had tears

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<v Speaker 1>in their eyes. We had tears and just listened to

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<v Speaker 1>the story. And I really just don't get how the

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<v Speaker 1>administration and how it allowed the situation to get to this.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Well, let me say that there's a few

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<v Speaker 1>things on that um Howard administration. Of course, they have heavy, heavy, heavy,

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<v Speaker 1>heavy load and burden that they have to answer to

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<v Speaker 1>as it relates to the conditions of the students absolutely um,

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<v Speaker 1>even if they feel that some of it is misunderstandings overblown.

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<v Speaker 1>I've heard all types of responses. They need to speak

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<v Speaker 1>to it. They need to speak to the students directly,

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<v Speaker 1>not try to isolate one or two students, but to

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<v Speaker 1>speak to all the students in an open format um.

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<v Speaker 1>That gives them, the students, the opportunity to ask questions,

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<v Speaker 1>to bring grievances, and that puts the administration sation in

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<v Speaker 1>a place where they will respond to what they can

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<v Speaker 1>respond to, where they will be able to hear um

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<v Speaker 1>and and here without um, without animosity and age a

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<v Speaker 1>jerk to try to you know, well, we're gonna silence

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<v Speaker 1>you by um having you thrown out of school. It

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<v Speaker 1>would be best for them to show up and get

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<v Speaker 1>their sleeves rolled up and get into what is happening

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<v Speaker 1>with the students and walk alongside them to try to

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<v Speaker 1>fix some of these issues. So with that being said,

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<v Speaker 1>the reason why I suggest that the administration sort of

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<v Speaker 1>roll up their sleeves and get in there with Howard

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<v Speaker 1>is because all of it, everything that's happening, is not

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<v Speaker 1>their fault alone. We have a problem with the funding.

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<v Speaker 1>The real funding. Yes, granted fifty dollars, there's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of money from each student for the semesters. But if

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<v Speaker 1>you go to predominantly white institutions, they are receiving more

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<v Speaker 1>money and more support from the outside community, which are

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<v Speaker 1>rich folks, particularly rich white folks, with endowments to help

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<v Speaker 1>these schools succeed, and the resources that they receive from

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<v Speaker 1>the government is completely different. At HBCUs, they are suffering

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<v Speaker 1>severely from underfunding and from the disrespect that continues to

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<v Speaker 1>happen over and over for black institutions within our society

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<v Speaker 1>and by our government, and the fact that there are

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<v Speaker 1>too many people out here who do not see the

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<v Speaker 1>need to educate and make comfortable black students. So to

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<v Speaker 1>be host outs towards the students, to me is a

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<v Speaker 1>lack of foresight and it's ignorant because really they could

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<v Speaker 1>be coming together to show that these are some of

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<v Speaker 1>the challenges that HBCUs go through. But the problem is

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<v Speaker 1>that we are often wanting to put up a wall

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<v Speaker 1>and to blame the victims rather than to understand that

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<v Speaker 1>this is a problem that has to be worked through.

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<v Speaker 1>Mold has to be worked on, regardless of who is

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<v Speaker 1>responsible for it. And if Calverus, which is the company

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<v Speaker 1>UM that owns and operates most of the buildings. So

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<v Speaker 1>people need to understand that at Howard and other schools

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<v Speaker 1>they do not own and operate all of the housing buildings,

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<v Speaker 1>that there are other entities that have been bought in

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<v Speaker 1>to do that because of the lack of funding within

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<v Speaker 1>these institutions, and Caverus UM has not done a good

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<v Speaker 1>job just trying to clean buildings and not actually doing

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<v Speaker 1>the renovations. It's criminal, it's wrong, and the students need

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<v Speaker 1>to be supported, their voices need to be uplift. Then,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think this is also a good time to

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<v Speaker 1>get into the real layers of what's going on with HBCUs,

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<v Speaker 1>black institutions, Black educational institutions, and to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>see not where you can just blame um, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>one entity or the other, but to look at the

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<v Speaker 1>entire problem and to see how our government is also

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<v Speaker 1>feeling black students in these colleges. That's the fact, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>UM that that was one of the things that the kids,

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<v Speaker 1>so they we sat and had you know, closed for

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<v Speaker 1>him inside the auditorium in Blackburn, and which you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we just listened to their grievances and they and they

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<v Speaker 1>have a whole plan and Calvarius was one of the

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<v Speaker 1>places that they talked about, and they talked about also

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<v Speaker 1>how the administration and how you know, how it has

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<v Speaker 1>a contract with Calvarius that they could have broken, but

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<v Speaker 1>because they didn't want to lose money, they allowed, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>this could continue on. So as much as Calvarius is responsible,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the fact that how university and who's in

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<v Speaker 1>charge of those the board members and everyone involved in

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<v Speaker 1>that situation, President, everyone involved in not breaking this contract

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<v Speaker 1>is when they see that, you know, it's not being

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<v Speaker 1>handled properly. You know, they also have to take some responsibility.

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<v Speaker 1>And like you said, they should be. They should be

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<v Speaker 1>sitting out there with the kids saying, you know, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>none of our kids should have to sleep in rooms

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<v Speaker 1>with molding, you know, so, I mean, period exactly. They

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<v Speaker 1>should be saying that they should be together with the

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<v Speaker 1>students saying this is outrageous. But you know what's happening

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<v Speaker 1>instead is that every single day the story is getting

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<v Speaker 1>worse for the administration. Now I saw that the president,

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<v Speaker 1>they have a signed they got a big old poster

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<v Speaker 1>and they have the president his picture. Well, you have. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>So unfortunately that's what's happening because there is a level

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<v Speaker 1>of hostility that you know it's not necessary, but you know, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>they'll figure it out. I think the sign they got

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<v Speaker 1>all over, they got this, they got this sign all

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<v Speaker 1>over all over once again. Man, this is a dope show,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, um listening, So Peaka just gave me reinvigorated

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of energy for me. Being formally accostrated

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<v Speaker 1>means I gotta do a little bit more. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>she's out here all of these programs and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>paying it forward. You know, we want to appreciate her

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<v Speaker 1>for coming on the show. And um, we're praying for Julius. Man.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe, I really believe deep in my heart that

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<v Speaker 1>you know, this hearing is gonna come and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>his state of executional result in him actually being released.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe, I really believe that. I don't see I

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<v Speaker 1>don't see any of them options in this situation. So

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<v Speaker 1>shout out to Tiffany for updating us with that, and

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