WEBVTT - 072923 Florida Teaches Slavery was a Benefit to Black People (Part 1)

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to another episode of Civic Cipher. I am your host.

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<v Speaker 1>Ramsey's job is Ramsey's job.

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<v Speaker 2>I am Hugh Ward. You are once again tuned into Civic.

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<v Speaker 1>Science and ded you are as we broadcast from the

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<v Speaker 1>Hip Hop Weekly Studios. I'd like to ask you to

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<v Speaker 1>stick around because they have a great show in store folio.

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<v Speaker 1>We're talking about a lot of the goings on politically

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<v Speaker 1>speaking in this country, and trust me when I say

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<v Speaker 1>there are a lot of them. If you've been paying

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<v Speaker 1>attention at all, you realize there's another public outcry slash

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<v Speaker 1>pushback to the goings on in Florida where they are

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<v Speaker 1>doing further rebranding, slash whitewashing of slavery for the quote

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<v Speaker 1>unquote benefit of their school children. And as you can imagine,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of people that are upset about that

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<v Speaker 1>because they want the history to be told accurately.

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<v Speaker 2>And there's nothing like framing it as a benefit for

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<v Speaker 2>our children.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, okay, Neremid, I mean, but you see, you see

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<v Speaker 1>how they can they can get people to support it

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<v Speaker 1>if they can convince them that it's about children and

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<v Speaker 1>that it's for the best interests. Is joke showing us

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<v Speaker 1>how much they don't care about our children. That's funny exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>And also we're going to talk about a new poll

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<v Speaker 1>that recently came out showing that Trump voters, so it's

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<v Speaker 1>a very specific group of individual but yes, Trump voters

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<v Speaker 1>say racism against white Americans is a bigger problem in

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<v Speaker 1>racism against Black Americans, which goes to show you that

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<v Speaker 1>whatever is being peddled to them in terms of the

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<v Speaker 1>news and the content that they're consuming, suggesting that the

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<v Speaker 1>majority of the country is now anti white for some reason,

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<v Speaker 1>which of course, as you know, as a fallacy, is

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<v Speaker 1>being consumed by them and they're actually buying into it fully.

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<v Speaker 1>And this specific group of individuals is something that we

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<v Speaker 1>can't ignore. So we're going to talk about that as well,

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<v Speaker 1>and so much more. But first off, we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>start the show, as always with some ebony excellence, shall

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<v Speaker 1>we show? So today I'm going to be sharing a

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<v Speaker 1>bit from USA today, and we're talking about the one

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<v Speaker 1>the Only, Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Senior. He stepped down

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<v Speaker 1>from his role as president of the Rainbow Push Coalition,

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<v Speaker 1>prominent civil rights organization that evolved from Operation Push. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to add this myself slash the Rainbow Coalition.

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<v Speaker 1>Shout out to Fred Hampton. Every chance I get with

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<v Speaker 1>a microphone and an audience, I want to shout out

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<v Speaker 1>Fred Hampton because he gave his life or something that

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<v Speaker 1>I believe is very special, and Q and I are

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<v Speaker 1>kind of walking that same path. We believe that all

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<v Speaker 1>of us can support each other very much better than

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<v Speaker 1>we can go at our individual flight to wll all Right,

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<v Speaker 1>the longtime civil rights leader, founded the Rainbow Cuff Coalition

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<v Speaker 1>a half century ago. Vice President Kamala Harris served as

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<v Speaker 1>the keynote speaker for the convention. Commit Sorry and Jackson,

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<v Speaker 1>eighty one, who emerged from civil rights movement to fight

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<v Speaker 1>causes range from gender inequality to economic and social justice,

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<v Speaker 1>was diagnosed eight years ago with Parkinson's disease, the neuro

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<v Speaker 1>degenerative disease that also affected his father. He is succeeded

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<v Speaker 1>by Frederick Douglas Haynes. The third and the reason that

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<v Speaker 1>we are marking this as Ebny excellence is because here

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<v Speaker 1>we have a person who's dedicated his life to a cause.

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<v Speaker 1>He's made a difference, He's had a brilliant career, and

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<v Speaker 1>it happens to be a noble cause you know, there's

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<v Speaker 1>lots of people who give us a noble career. They

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<v Speaker 1>could be sports people. Sports people has a name. I

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<v Speaker 1>forget the name of sports people, but there's actors and

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<v Speaker 1>actresses and athletes is the word I'm looking for. And

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<v Speaker 1>civil rights leaders just termed to deserve, sorry, the same

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<v Speaker 1>sort of recognition. So shout out to Jesse Jackson, and

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<v Speaker 1>shout out to him for being very kind when I

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<v Speaker 1>met him and sending me some encouraging words during the

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<v Speaker 1>formative days of civic cipher. Man. Okay, so now we

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<v Speaker 1>got to talk about Florida. I know, q is.

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<v Speaker 3>I believe the expression is champing at the bit chomping,

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<v Speaker 3>and I don't know. That's an interesting place, man. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of people love great state of Florida. I

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<v Speaker 3>know some amazing people that are from down there. But

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<v Speaker 3>was it my favorite place to visit before recently? Now

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<v Speaker 3>it's just downright dangerous to go down there to him,

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<v Speaker 3>So let me paint the picture here a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna read a little bit from Yahoo News that

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<v Speaker 1>pulled some of their material from The Daily Beasts. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>here we go. Middle school students in Florida will soon

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<v Speaker 1>be taught that slavery gave black people a quote personal

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<v Speaker 1>benefit because they quote developed skills. All right, we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>stop right here before I read the rest of this.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to reread this to you just so that

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<v Speaker 1>you hear how this sounds. The students are going to

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<v Speaker 1>be taught that slavery gave black people a personal benefit

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<v Speaker 1>because they developed skills. Do you know how hard it

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<v Speaker 1>is to not just burst into cursing. It's extremely no

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<v Speaker 1>structure at all, just as many curse words as you

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<v Speaker 1>can think of, just rattling them all off as a

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<v Speaker 1>way to just vent it. A frustration that built as

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<v Speaker 1>I listened to you read that twice. You know, the

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<v Speaker 1>crazy thing is that in Florida you have this example

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<v Speaker 1>of people who cannot imagine what it's like to be slaves,

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<v Speaker 1>or what it is like to come out of slavery

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<v Speaker 1>and try to make a go at life in this

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<v Speaker 1>country and to be, you know, stopped at every conceivable

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<v Speaker 1>point in society, whether you go about it yourself, whether

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<v Speaker 1>you expect there to be some sort of government support,

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<v Speaker 1>on and on and on. Right, they cannot conceive of it. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>But for the second half of the show, if you

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<v Speaker 1>stick around. You'll see that they can absolutely conceive of, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>we're the ones being discriminated against the same, more or

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<v Speaker 1>less group of people there. So very interesting. But the

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<v Speaker 1>fact is is that you know, now this is our reality.

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<v Speaker 1>They will be taught in the schools of Florida, which

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't have a small amount of people that slavery gave

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<v Speaker 1>black people a personal benefit. I wonder now that this

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<v Speaker 1>is being taught the people that put this in place,

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<v Speaker 1>if they really feel like there was a personal benefit,

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<v Speaker 1>if they wouldn't mind themselves being slaves.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a very simple Well, I'm sure they'd argue that

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<v Speaker 2>all of the benefits that we gain from slavery, they've

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<v Speaker 2>gained since then, so there's no need for them to

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<v Speaker 2>go back to those basic skills that we learn. So

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<v Speaker 2>do you see how savage is brought over from another

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<v Speaker 2>continent assimilating to this new society, culture, religion, etc. We

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<v Speaker 2>had to be taught very very basic skills, a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of them having to do with agriculture, working with our hands.

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<v Speaker 2>All of these great things that we as a people learned,

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<v Speaker 2>gained and benefited culturally from having been kidnapped, raped, beaten, killed,

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<v Speaker 2>hang burned. The list goes on, but at least we

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<v Speaker 2>know how to sharecrop.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's funny because in Africa, you know, some of

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<v Speaker 1>the most advanced and opulent and decadent civilizations had already

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<v Speaker 1>risen and falled out fell thousands of years before America

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<v Speaker 1>was even discovered. And I'm not just talking about Egypt,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we can talk about all over Africa, Sub

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<v Speaker 1>Saharan Africa even And you know, Egypt is not the

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<v Speaker 1>only place with pyramids, and it's not the place with

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<v Speaker 1>the oldest pyramids. We'll just leave it there, okay. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>and the arrogance, the gall that these savages needed to

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<v Speaker 1>be taught, oh my god, it's it's.

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<v Speaker 2>Sad, you know, Ramsay. The interesting thing is that I

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<v Speaker 2>expressed during our former president's administration how far things were

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<v Speaker 2>going to go. I expressed when people first start talking

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<v Speaker 2>about him running for office, and then when people started

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<v Speaker 2>to take that serious, how far things are going to go.

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<v Speaker 2>I got pushed back from friends and people across the

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<v Speaker 2>aisle alike that I was reacting to extreme. There's no

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<v Speaker 2>way that the systems that we have in place would

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<v Speaker 2>allow certain things to happen. And the more we sit

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<v Speaker 2>and watch history reshape the more I'm terrifyingly being proven correct.

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<v Speaker 2>I saw a very very extreme response from Trump's supporters

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<v Speaker 2>and those who served as enablers for Trump and his supporters,

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<v Speaker 2>those who said they didn't support and voted for him

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<v Speaker 2>for tax reasons and all these other things, and then

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<v Speaker 2>voted for him again after they saw that he was

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<v Speaker 2>exactly who we thought he was as they started to

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<v Speaker 2>propose things with regards to laws and books and education

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<v Speaker 2>in Florida. When these things first came up, I reacted

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<v Speaker 2>very very intensely because I knew that there was nothing

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<v Speaker 2>in place to stop these people from carrying out the

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<v Speaker 2>things that they wanted to do. And somehow people thought

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<v Speaker 2>that there was a baseline decency that they would not

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<v Speaker 2>crawl beneath. And I have no idea why they hungo

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<v Speaker 2>and so strong to those beliefs. They'd already proven what

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<v Speaker 2>they were capable of, how they thought what they wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to be the outcomes. And I was just watching those

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<v Speaker 2>things happen. We're watching the Supreme Court get involved in

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<v Speaker 2>these kind of decisions, you know, so from Roe v.

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<v Speaker 2>Wade to affirmative action, to taking to banning books. But

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<v Speaker 2>they made movies about that, and those movies were supposed

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<v Speaker 2>to be like fantasy, right, and not fantasy like dream

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<v Speaker 2>come true, but like so.

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<v Speaker 1>Inconceived, far yeah, so far removed from removed from any

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<v Speaker 1>type of reality.

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<v Speaker 2>That these movies were made to kind of show what

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<v Speaker 2>a very very far off worst case scenario would look like.

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<v Speaker 2>And they're very very casually making those things real down there.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not just disturbing, it is terrifying. Well, let me read.

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<v Speaker 1>A little bit more from this article here. After the

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<v Speaker 1>Florida Board of Education approved new standards for African American

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<v Speaker 1>history on Wednesday, high school students will be taught an

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<v Speaker 1>equally distorted message that a deadly white mob attack against

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<v Speaker 1>black residents of a Koe, Florida in nineteen twenty included

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<v Speaker 1>acts of violence perpetuated against and by African Americans. In

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<v Speaker 1>other words, what they're trying to do is again rewrite history.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm going to give you an example of what's

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<v Speaker 1>happening here. Okay, Let's say you have a community of

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<v Speaker 1>black people, right, and this community is who knows it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's a small community of black folks and their self

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<v Speaker 1>determined they don't really need to interact with anyone else. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>And then there's a black person that lives outside of

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<v Speaker 1>this community, right, and they stand to benefit fiscally by

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<v Speaker 1>aligning with the white people that are outside of the

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<v Speaker 1>community to organize an attack a small community of black

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<v Speaker 1>people residents that don't have the same capacity to fight back.

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<v Speaker 1>The way they're rewriting the story is that not that

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<v Speaker 1>you know, one hundred and fifty white men and one

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<v Speaker 1>black person attack the community of you know, fifty residents.

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<v Speaker 1>They're going to say white and black people attack black people, right,

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<v Speaker 1>So that really doesn't accurately encapsulate what happened. It co

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<v Speaker 1>ops in narrative, and it almost suggests that black people

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<v Speaker 1>are the reason that these historical atrocities happened against black people.

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<v Speaker 1>And so forgive that kind of awkward example, but you

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<v Speaker 1>could go into any of these stories and perhaps find

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<v Speaker 1>a person who was the quote unquote snitch or the

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<v Speaker 1>quote unquote you know whatever that said, Oh I thought

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<v Speaker 1>I saw them, boss, I saw a massive you know

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<v Speaker 1>like that sort of stuff. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Their history has several instances where there's a co conspirator

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<v Speaker 2>fits the description. Yeah, but this person is very very

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<v Speaker 2>much the exception to the rule, right, Right. Most of

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<v Speaker 2>the time, it's one of the time. I haven't found

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<v Speaker 2>any stories to the opposite. But it's a mob of

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<v Speaker 2>white people terrorizing, brutalizing, burning, killing, raping, pillaging black.

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<v Speaker 1>Towns and communities. I've never encountered an instance where it

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<v Speaker 1>was a mob of black people unjustifiably going after innocent

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<v Speaker 1>white folks. Have never seen that. You know, if it's

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<v Speaker 1>black people who are always protecting, insulating, you know, we're

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<v Speaker 1>not going to offending. That's the word I'm looking for. Reacting, right,

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<v Speaker 1>but never initiating, because as you can imagine, if you're

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<v Speaker 1>a black person in this country at any point in

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<v Speaker 1>time now or at any point in time since this

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<v Speaker 1>country became a country, it doesn't make sense, logical, linear

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<v Speaker 1>sense to organize and attack against white people because they're white.

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<v Speaker 1>Because there's way more of them, they have way more

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<v Speaker 1>power in the courts and the guns and the you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's numbers, et cetera. It would never make any sense.

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<v Speaker 2>Add on to that the fact that the idea of

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<v Speaker 2>people being white has never been something that made us

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<v Speaker 2>angry or hate them or see them as beneath that's asinine.

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<v Speaker 1>So then there's that it's like, that's so ridiculous. Why

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<v Speaker 1>would we attack someone just for being white and nearby.

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<v Speaker 1>That only happens if you're black in nearby. And for

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<v Speaker 1>people that don't know that phrase, it's a common phrase

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<v Speaker 1>for black people when when we get in trouble from

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<v Speaker 1>police or any sort of thirty figures and we've done

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<v Speaker 1>nothing that nearby is the crime. We were just black

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<v Speaker 1>and nearby. We were black and nearby, and that's what

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<v Speaker 1>we got in trouble for. But there is no equivalent

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<v Speaker 1>for white folks. You cannot be white in nearby and

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<v Speaker 1>then you know, a group of people take issue with that.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I'm talking about a group of people take issue

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<v Speaker 1>with another group of people. Yeah, not one individual. You

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<v Speaker 1>guys will pick me apart, and that's that's absolutely will Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's obviously more documentation to the contrary to you know,

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<v Speaker 1>black people hanging out of trees with their net by

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<v Speaker 1>the next et cetera. Anyway, I got to keep reading.

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<v Speaker 1>So dozens of black residents were killed in the I

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<v Speaker 1>wish I knew how to say this O Koe, Florida massacre,

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<v Speaker 1>which was perpetuated, sorry, which was perpetrated to stop them

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<v Speaker 1>from voting. According to members of the board that distorted

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<v Speaker 1>portrayal of the racist massacre is factually accurate. Marylynn Magar,

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<v Speaker 1>a member of the board appointed by Ron Desantish, said

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<v Speaker 1>at the Book Boards meeting in Orlando on Wednesday, that

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<v Speaker 1>everything is there in the new history standards, and the

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<v Speaker 1>darkest parts of our history are addressed. The Tallahassee Democrat

0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:29.000
<v Speaker 1>reported all right, the majority of the speakers who provided

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<v Speaker 1>public testimony on the plan curriculum were vehemently opposed to it,

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<v Speaker 1>warning that crucial context is omitted, atrocities are glossed over,

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<v Speaker 1>and in some cases, students will be taught to blame

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<v Speaker 1>the victims. I just said that, So this is what's

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<v Speaker 1>happening here. There's you know what, I don't think that

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<v Speaker 1>we think of ourselves as victims, certainly not on this show. Right,

0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:02.560
<v Speaker 1>we with the real the reality of the situation is

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<v Speaker 1>that we are under attack. We are under attack from

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<v Speaker 1>the criminal justice system. Now we're under attack in the

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<v Speaker 1>in the education system. And this is you know, if

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<v Speaker 1>those on the far right have their way, this is

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<v Speaker 1>going to be the way that the country moves forward.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not the only place where they are trying

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<v Speaker 1>to teach things like this. They are teaching things like

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<v Speaker 1>this in Ohio, Texas, Oklahoma and other places around the

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<v Speaker 1>country and if possible. And we remember when when the

0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:36.840
<v Speaker 1>previous president was in office, he was pushing for a

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<v Speaker 1>reality where, let's be honest, the sensitivities of white children

0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:47.680
<v Speaker 1>were centered. We don't want to make kids feel bad

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<v Speaker 1>about their history. We don't want to make America seem

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<v Speaker 1>like it's a bad place. Let's teach people how to

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<v Speaker 1>be patriotic. This was kind of the rhetoric of the

0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:01.080
<v Speaker 1>previous president. And you know, we feel like that's an

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<v Speaker 1>attack on our identity, on reality or shared reality. I don't,

0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:06.200
<v Speaker 1>I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want you to position that as subjective by

0:18:09.680 --> 0:18:12.440
<v Speaker 2>saying we feel no, that is an attack. Okay, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what I mean that these things happen, that's not

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<v Speaker 2>our opinion. Yeah, you know what I mean. It's not

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<v Speaker 2>that we feel that they happened. No, they happened, and

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<v Speaker 2>teaching that they didn't and and worse off, that there

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<v Speaker 2>was a benefit to us because it happened. It's more

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<v Speaker 2>than a slap in the face. Right, And we have

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<v Speaker 2>this self affirmation where we don't want to see ourselves

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<v Speaker 2>as victims. But let's not puff our chest out so

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<v Speaker 2>far that other people get to say, see, they're not victims.

0:18:41.119 --> 0:18:43.960
<v Speaker 1>They don't even think so. We were very much victims.

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<v Speaker 2>People like we don't want to be in the position

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<v Speaker 2>of meek or broken or weak, so we stand against

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<v Speaker 2>the idea of being identified that way. But if someone

0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:56.080
<v Speaker 2>assaults you, you are the victim of an assault. That

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<v Speaker 2>it's not about how you feel. That is the truth.

0:18:58.800 --> 0:19:01.879
<v Speaker 2>I think our people were very much victims to the

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<v Speaker 2>history and creation of this company, being on our backs

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<v Speaker 2>and our throats. That's very much the truth.

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<v Speaker 1>You said company, and I like that, And I think

0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:18.760
<v Speaker 1>you were saying country, but company because.

0:19:18.520 --> 0:19:20.920
<v Speaker 2>The United States incorporate there you go.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I appreciate you saying that, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>that for me at least, I as you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>subscribe to a lot of white supremacists blogs and forums

0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:39.120
<v Speaker 1>and so forth on the Internet, and there's this common

0:19:40.320 --> 0:19:43.600
<v Speaker 1>narrative that exists in those circles that you know, black

0:19:43.640 --> 0:19:50.439
<v Speaker 1>people are perpetually the victims, right, and so in these forums,

0:19:50.480 --> 0:19:54.280
<v Speaker 1>in these spaces where these racist people can have their

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<v Speaker 1>own little echo chamber, they are justified in throwing their

0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:03.240
<v Speaker 1>hands up at the reality for their let's be honest.

0:20:03.280 --> 0:20:07.960
<v Speaker 1>Brothers and sisters. We all share this planet, older brothers

0:20:07.960 --> 0:20:10.800
<v Speaker 1>and sisters, we should call ourselves because we were here first.

0:20:11.640 --> 0:20:14.680
<v Speaker 1>They can throw their hands up more comfortably by saying,

0:20:14.720 --> 0:20:17.040
<v Speaker 1>no matter what we do, they will always find a

0:20:17.080 --> 0:20:19.199
<v Speaker 1>way to be the victim. But the fact is is

0:20:19.240 --> 0:20:23.960
<v Speaker 1>that I don't believe that that is the truth for us,

0:20:24.480 --> 0:20:27.840
<v Speaker 1>especially on this show, especially on this show. But I

0:20:27.880 --> 0:20:31.160
<v Speaker 1>haven't seen that to be true anywhere because the only

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<v Speaker 1>thing that I've seen in my life, and granted it's

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<v Speaker 1>my take. I'm trying to be as fair as I

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<v Speaker 1>can to people who don't feel the way that I feel,

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<v Speaker 1>but the only thing that I've seen in my life

0:20:39.119 --> 0:20:42.480
<v Speaker 1>is that we are dealing with the realities of our situation.

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<v Speaker 1>And sometimes when people do they take two steps forward,

0:20:48.160 --> 0:20:50.720
<v Speaker 1>you know, or they take a step forward, it causes

0:20:50.840 --> 0:20:53.360
<v Speaker 1>us to take two steps backward. And so they look, well,

0:20:53.400 --> 0:20:55.359
<v Speaker 1>look I took the step forward. We yeah, but you

0:20:55.359 --> 0:20:56.880
<v Speaker 1>didn't do this, and you didn't do this, and guess

0:20:56.880 --> 0:20:59.439
<v Speaker 1>who benefited from it? These people, not us, you know,

0:20:59.480 --> 0:21:01.720
<v Speaker 1>and these things, and now we're even further behind, and

0:21:01.760 --> 0:21:03.679
<v Speaker 1>blah blah blah, and then it's like, well, listen, we

0:21:03.720 --> 0:21:05.760
<v Speaker 1>can't do anything to ever help you because you're you

0:21:05.760 --> 0:21:08.639
<v Speaker 1>know what I'm saying. So it ends up being really

0:21:08.640 --> 0:21:15.480
<v Speaker 1>a battle over what's true. And the way that they're

0:21:15.560 --> 0:21:22.800
<v Speaker 1>comfortable restating that headline is by saying they're always, they're

0:21:22.800 --> 0:21:24.960
<v Speaker 1>perpetually the victims, and so that's where that came from.

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<v Speaker 1>I do want to read a little bit about somebody

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<v Speaker 1>who is Ron DeSantis's right hand woman. I should call

0:21:37.200 --> 0:21:40.240
<v Speaker 1>her in this effort. Her name is Kim Daniels. She's

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<v Speaker 1>a black woman, and we came across a video of

0:21:42.600 --> 0:21:46.000
<v Speaker 1>hers that was sent by Van Lathan. I want to say,

0:21:46.040 --> 0:21:50.480
<v Speaker 1>we're posted by Van Lathan if I'm not mistaken, and

0:21:50.560 --> 0:21:53.240
<v Speaker 1>she's one of the people that is kind of supporting

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<v Speaker 1>the Santis at least she's an elected official in Florida.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't really know what unfortunately she is, but a

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<v Speaker 1>black woman, not unlike that, you know, the snitch or

0:22:04.640 --> 0:22:08.800
<v Speaker 1>you know whatever example we were using earlier. And we

0:22:08.880 --> 0:22:10.840
<v Speaker 1>have her own video. We're not going to play that video,

0:22:10.880 --> 0:22:13.840
<v Speaker 1>but we have her own video saying I thank God

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<v Speaker 1>for slavery. I'm going to remind you one more time,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a black woman, she says. Black woman in

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<v Speaker 1>the South in the United States. Yeah, so she says,

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<v Speaker 1>I thank God for slavery. I thank God for the

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<v Speaker 1>crack house. Actually said that she was at a church,

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<v Speaker 1>so hold on, let me repaint this picture. She's at

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<v Speaker 1>a church with black people in the audience. Okay. And

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<v Speaker 1>for those of you that have ever been to a

0:22:35.880 --> 0:22:39.080
<v Speaker 1>black church, it's very much in the tradition of the

0:22:39.119 --> 0:22:46.840
<v Speaker 1>call and response sort of engagement in more European based

0:22:47.600 --> 0:22:50.600
<v Speaker 1>worship institutions. There is a minister. He talks to the crowd,

0:22:50.600 --> 0:22:52.560
<v Speaker 1>the crowd listens, and then everyone goes home. At the end.

0:22:52.880 --> 0:22:56.480
<v Speaker 1>At black churches, the minister says something the crowd. The

0:22:56.560 --> 0:23:00.440
<v Speaker 1>congregation is very involved. Yes, the crowd responds, and you

0:23:00.680 --> 0:23:03.800
<v Speaker 1>keep going, preacher, Let the Lord use your cadence. Yes,

0:23:03.840 --> 0:23:06.560
<v Speaker 1>it's throughout the rhythm is there. Okay. If you've never

0:23:06.560 --> 0:23:08.040
<v Speaker 1>been to a black church, please go. It is the

0:23:08.080 --> 0:23:10.000
<v Speaker 1>best experience, even if you're not religious. It's just a

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<v Speaker 1>good term. All right. She's in a black church saying,

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<v Speaker 1>I thank God for slavery. I thank God for the

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<v Speaker 1>crack house. If it wasn't for the crack house, come

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<v Speaker 1>on somebody.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, as you all know, the come on somebody is

0:23:27.119 --> 0:23:31.320
<v Speaker 2>the minister trying to conjure up some support for the

0:23:31.400 --> 0:23:33.840
<v Speaker 2>message that he or she is delivering that did not

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<v Speaker 2>get the type of response he or she had anticipated.

0:23:38.200 --> 0:23:41.359
<v Speaker 2>She said this to a dead silent audience, come on, somebody,

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<v Speaker 2>And even with her come on somebody, cricket continue to

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<v Speaker 2>get zero audible support from the congregation.

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<v Speaker 1>So she says, come on, somebody. God wouldn't have never

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<v Speaker 1>been able to use me how he can use me now?

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<v Speaker 1>And if it wasn't for slavery, I might be somewhere

0:23:59.320 --> 0:24:03.399
<v Speaker 1>in Africa worshiping a tree. Okay, So this goes to

0:24:03.480 --> 0:24:08.800
<v Speaker 1>show you that it is possible. It is a human

0:24:08.880 --> 0:24:12.680
<v Speaker 1>condition to be susceptible to the sauce. You can get

0:24:12.720 --> 0:24:15.000
<v Speaker 1>lost in the sauce. It doesn't matter what color you are.

0:24:15.400 --> 0:24:19.640
<v Speaker 1>White supremacy doesn't have to be perpetuated by white people. Right,

0:24:20.400 --> 0:24:24.119
<v Speaker 1>here's a textbook example of that. And of course she

0:24:24.640 --> 0:24:31.159
<v Speaker 1>gives white folks an out so they don't have to

0:24:31.160 --> 0:24:33.520
<v Speaker 1>feel like it's a white versus black. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>read this last thing before we move on. Conventions are

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<v Speaker 1>canceling events in Florida. All of the major cities are

0:24:39.920 --> 0:24:41.920
<v Speaker 1>affected by it. The state of Florida is suffering from

0:24:41.920 --> 0:24:44.560
<v Speaker 1>the consequences of one man's political agenda to secure the

0:24:44.560 --> 0:24:48.200
<v Speaker 1>White House. And he's actively falling behind and pulling and fundraising,

0:24:48.280 --> 0:24:51.320
<v Speaker 1>And I want to read a Yahoo article headline DeSantis

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<v Speaker 1>is planning on a campaign reboot as he struggles to

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<v Speaker 1>close the gap with Trump. The poll numbers are stagnant,

0:24:56.760 --> 0:24:59.320
<v Speaker 1>the finances are out of whack, and Mondesstance's viral GOP

0:24:59.400 --> 0:25:02.399
<v Speaker 1>presidential care candidates are smelling blood in the water around

0:25:02.400 --> 0:25:04.040
<v Speaker 1>the Florida governor and now