WEBVTT - 072024 What Does it Mean to be Blinded by Privilege? (Part 2)

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<v Speaker 1>We are going to be spending some time discussing what

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<v Speaker 1>it means to be blinded by privilege. This is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be a big one, so buckle up because a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people have a tough time with this. People

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<v Speaker 1>cannot see how things are easy for them, and as

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<v Speaker 1>a result, they think that they work harder than everybody

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<v Speaker 1>else and they deserve everything that they have, instead of

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<v Speaker 1>reframing things around a set of fortunate circumstances into which

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<v Speaker 1>they were born. We are going to do our best

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<v Speaker 1>to explain how you can easily be blinded by that.

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about what it means to be blinded by privilege.

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<v Speaker 1>And before I unbuckle Q, allow me to share just

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<v Speaker 1>a brief story that kind of inspired this thought. This

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<v Speaker 1>comes from the Black Information Network. Okay, a GOP lawmaker

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<v Speaker 1>is facing backlash after referring to White House Press Secretary

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<v Speaker 1>Kareem Jane Pierre as a quote DEI Hire. Colorado Representative

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<v Speaker 1>Lauren Bobert suggested that Jean Pierre was only hired to

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<v Speaker 1>fill a diversity quota. Quote. I couldn't care less about

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<v Speaker 1>what at press sec has to say today, she tweeted.

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<v Speaker 1>Quote it's between ten am and four pm, which means

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<v Speaker 1>quote President Joe Biden should be coherent enough to take

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<v Speaker 1>a few questions from the press. Instead, Americans are supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to listen to the disc credited DEI hire pass. Jean

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<v Speaker 1>Pierre was named White House Press Secretary in twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>two after serving as the Deputy Press Secretary. She previously

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<v Speaker 1>worked on former President Barack Obama's and Senator John Edwards's

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<v Speaker 1>presidential campaigns. So what we're saying here is that this woman,

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<v Speaker 1>Lauren Bobert, I don't want to say that she's a

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<v Speaker 1>racist person.

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<v Speaker 2>Why don't you want to say so?

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<v Speaker 1>Because it's it's easy. I'm not saying it's not true.

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<v Speaker 1>It's easy to say that and then dismiss this. What

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<v Speaker 1>I want to do is focus on because she wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>say that about herself. But what I want to do

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<v Speaker 1>is make a point about her being blinded by her

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<v Speaker 1>own privilege. Okay, so again, we're not going to say

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<v Speaker 1>that she's just being racist again, because that's that's the

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<v Speaker 1>easy thing to do. It's factual, I believe, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>right there for anybody to take it. But I think

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<v Speaker 1>there's a deeper level here that all of us can

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<v Speaker 1>benefit from learning and understanding. Right, So let me back

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<v Speaker 1>up a bit. The Press secretary Kareem Jean Pierre.

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<v Speaker 2>She was the.

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<v Speaker 1>Deputy Press Secretary until twenty twenty two, and prior to

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<v Speaker 1>that she worked on Obama's and John Edwards presidential campaigns. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>so you're talking about going back. Geez, how long ago

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<v Speaker 1>was that? Two thousand and let's see Obama was what eight,

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<v Speaker 1>so you're talking two thousand and four. She started working

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<v Speaker 1>for Senator Edwards in two thousand and four. Year, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so two thousand and four. So my mass could so

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<v Speaker 1>what we have, as a woman who's been more or

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<v Speaker 1>less in the same job for twenty years, twenty years

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<v Speaker 1>on the job, experience is more. It qualifies you better

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<v Speaker 1>than a degree, It qualifies you better than just about it. However,

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<v Speaker 1>she has her masters from Columbia. Okay, let's book affairs that. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>Now this isn't necessarily just in.

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<v Speaker 2>Case you want to disqualify her on the lack of

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<v Speaker 2>merrit in one of those areas lack of experience or

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<v Speaker 2>lack of education. She checks both boxes. Yeah, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>with a bullet. Yeah, you don't make it to the

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<v Speaker 2>White House unless you do, right.

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<v Speaker 1>But well, oh well, as a presidency, presidency you might

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<v Speaker 1>be able to We've seen Bush, We've seen Trump.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I get you. But even even Bush, however, was

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<v Speaker 2>a lawmaker before he was the president. That's fair, fair

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<v Speaker 2>point this other guy. Yeah, yeah, there's you can do

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<v Speaker 2>so and the people he plans to bring with him.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what's interesting while we're here. While we're here,

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<v Speaker 1>it's interesting because this country was always supposed to be

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<v Speaker 1>a government. I have a government that was for the people,

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<v Speaker 1>by the people, right, And there are other parts of

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<v Speaker 1>the world where they think that's absolutely crazy. How in

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<v Speaker 1>the world can people govern themsel? This is what they think?

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<v Speaker 2>Right?

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<v Speaker 1>How is an entire population educated enough? How can they

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<v Speaker 1>know enough to decide what's right for themselves in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of like a framework for their society. Can they decide

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<v Speaker 1>for their home?

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<v Speaker 2>Sure?

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<v Speaker 1>Can they decide for their media community?

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<v Speaker 2>Sure?

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<v Speaker 1>Should they have representation? Absolutely? But there are other people

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<v Speaker 1>who feel like, no, there should be a decider and

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<v Speaker 1>that person should or a very small governing body, and

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<v Speaker 1>they should take the information and data and then make

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<v Speaker 1>the best decisions right now. Obviously that framework has a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of potential for corruption, but it's interesting that there's

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<v Speaker 1>another way of thinking. How you know folks can.

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<v Speaker 2>Govern because work does as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but as you mentioned, there are people that will

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<v Speaker 1>elect a person who is not qualified to lead us all,

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<v Speaker 1>and then that person, because they were elected, leads us

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<v Speaker 1>all into the abyss.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Anyway, back to what I'm talking about, Korean Jane Pierre,

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<v Speaker 1>the Press Secretary of the White House. This is not

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<v Speaker 1>about her, although we could talk about the glorious example

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<v Speaker 1>of ebony excellence that she is until we're blue in

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<v Speaker 1>the face, and I think we might right now. What

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<v Speaker 1>I want to focus on is.

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<v Speaker 2>The woman, the woman calling her qualification into question.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so here's where I want to go with that.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I'm gonna I'm gonna unleash you or unbuckle

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<v Speaker 1>you whatever I said before. Okay, So what I did

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<v Speaker 1>was I googled Lauren Bobert, Okay, and specifically because I

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<v Speaker 1>saw that she only had a GED's funny that the

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<v Speaker 1>press secretary has a master's degree and has worked in

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<v Speaker 1>the job for twenty years. Right, But I saw on

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<v Speaker 1>social media that Lauren Bobert had a GED. So I

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<v Speaker 1>googled that does Lauren Bobert have a GED or did

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<v Speaker 1>she get a GED? So you can replicate these results.

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<v Speaker 1>Did Lauren Bobert get a GED? You're able to see

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<v Speaker 1>for yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>The answer that I got back was Bobert dropped out

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<v Speaker 1>of high school during her senior year in two thousand

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<v Speaker 1>and four.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So you mean the year she dropped out of

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<v Speaker 2>high school was the same year. That was the same

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<v Speaker 2>year that this young lady received her master's degree and

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<v Speaker 2>started her career in Washington, d C.

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<v Speaker 1>So okay, okay, so you put it together for me.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you. You always there when I was asking a question

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<v Speaker 2>I want the question? Okay is all we need? Okay?

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<v Speaker 2>All right?

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<v Speaker 1>Lauren Bolbert dropped out of highchool during her senior year

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<v Speaker 1>in two thousand and four when she had a baby.

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<v Speaker 1>She earned a GED certificate in twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>So sixteen years later, right before she ran for office,

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<v Speaker 2>I believe a month before her first election, primer Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>that's that's what I expected.

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<v Speaker 1>Bobert has stated that her family depended on welfare when

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<v Speaker 1>she was growing up, and that she was raised in

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<v Speaker 1>a democratic household in a liberal area. Okay, that's something,

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<v Speaker 1>So hang on, heim, because I'm gonna let you go

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<v Speaker 1>and then it's all yours. But you know, there's been

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<v Speaker 1>these terms assigned to black people, black women in particular,

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<v Speaker 1>welfare queens and all this sort of stuff. Right, and

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<v Speaker 1>then now that the new incarnation of that is DEI hire, where.

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<v Speaker 2>Prior to that it was affirmative action.

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<v Speaker 1>Higher, there you go, and the idea there is to

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<v Speaker 1>discredit a person's qualifications because they are black, rather than

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<v Speaker 1>to look at, geez, what all did you have to

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<v Speaker 1>get through to get here? Because it's tough, period, it's

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<v Speaker 1>got to be extra tough doing it while black and

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<v Speaker 1>a woman.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, But no, dee I hire. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>So here is what it means to be blinded by privilege.

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<v Speaker 1>This woman, Lauren Bobert, looked over the entirety of her

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<v Speaker 1>own experience, saw no connective tissues, saw no shared struggles,

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<v Speaker 1>saw none of that. Even though it's true, this is

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<v Speaker 1>this is this is what comes up, and these are

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<v Speaker 1>stories that she shared verifiable fact. This is, but she

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<v Speaker 1>didn't see any of that. She saw a dei hire,

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<v Speaker 1>in other words, someone who's not qualified to be theirs.

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<v Speaker 1>The only reason is that they're standing there is because

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<v Speaker 1>they are black. They check a box and there was

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<v Speaker 1>a quota to feel there you go right. And for her,

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<v Speaker 1>she is blinded by her own privilege, because you have

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<v Speaker 1>to be in order to get something like that off.

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<v Speaker 1>She ignored the fact that her own life, she got

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<v Speaker 1>pregnant in high school, dropped out oft offer. She didn't

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<v Speaker 1>even do the research because her assumption is that this

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<v Speaker 1>woman is not qualified because she is a dei hier,

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<v Speaker 1>she's a black woman. That's the only place where it

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<v Speaker 1>comes from. And now we can introduce racis into the conversation.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we can have that part of the conversation because

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<v Speaker 1>that's the only place that comes from. And I challenge

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<v Speaker 1>you to convince me of anything different. And again, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to call her racist. I want to call

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<v Speaker 1>her blinded by her own privilege. But after you see

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<v Speaker 1>that she's blinded by her own privilege, you see that

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<v Speaker 1>takes a very dark, negative, angry turn. And now we

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<v Speaker 1>can have the racist conversation So, now that we've started here,

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<v Speaker 1>I know that you had a couple of bullets, bullet

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<v Speaker 1>points I should say that you wanted to touch on

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<v Speaker 1>as well.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to first point out that in two thousand

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<v Speaker 2>and four, when this young lady accusing her of being

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<v Speaker 2>a DEI hire was dropping out of school and not

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<v Speaker 2>getting a high school diploma, Kareem Jane Pierre was the

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<v Speaker 2>political director for Senator John Edwards presidential campaign. I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>want it to seem like she was like an intern

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<v Speaker 2>or starting in some entry level position. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>give an example that's a little left or right, however

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<v Speaker 2>you view it, of what we've been talking about so far.

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<v Speaker 2>The Conservative Party in this country only exist because they've

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<v Speaker 2>found a way to pull the blinders of privilege over

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<v Speaker 2>the eyes of everyone, so that we all find a

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<v Speaker 2>way to ignore that obvious connective tissue that you pointed out,

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<v Speaker 2>that obvious shared struggle, and only protect even at our

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<v Speaker 2>own peril, our own privilege. Well what do you mean, Q,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm glad you asked. I am a heterosexual, Christian black man,

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<v Speaker 2>and if you remove the word black, I almost check

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<v Speaker 2>every privileged box that this country has. Hewth Ever, provided

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<v Speaker 2>that get it. So it is very easy, as we've seen,

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<v Speaker 2>for a Christian, heterosexual black man, to be blinded by

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<v Speaker 2>privilege and stand next to a person like our former

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<v Speaker 2>president and hail him as a great person, ignoring all

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<v Speaker 2>the awful things that that person would have in store

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<v Speaker 2>for people who look like you and have your shared

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<v Speaker 2>experience because you somehow made it to the position that

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<v Speaker 2>you're in. When I see people who check the boxes

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<v Speaker 2>that I check, not stand up for people who don't

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<v Speaker 2>check all of those is a very, very disheartening thing

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<v Speaker 2>to witness. The example that I use most noticeably is

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<v Speaker 2>our LGBTQ community LGBTQ plus community, because I see people

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<v Speaker 2>point the finger in judgment, look down their noses, and

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<v Speaker 2>wave their bibles at people in that community as somehow

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<v Speaker 2>less deserving of all the wonderful things that life should

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<v Speaker 2>provide all of us than they are. And in that

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<v Speaker 2>division is how the other side remains in power. You

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<v Speaker 2>could argue that a black, homosexual, atheist woman is a

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<v Speaker 2>quadruple minority, does not check any of the boxes of

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<v Speaker 2>being worth anything, no power boxes there, looked down upon,

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<v Speaker 2>probably by each of the groups that she belongs.

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<v Speaker 1>There's someone that will find fault with her.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, your black Christian friends think that you're a sinner. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>your white straight friends see you as black and homosexual.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of your white homosexual friends have the white box,

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<v Speaker 2>which means there's a portion of their privilege that they

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<v Speaker 2>have to protect and at some point will discredit yours.

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<v Speaker 2>The women that you know that are married to men

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<v Speaker 2>that check those that check all those boxes will vote

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<v Speaker 2>against their own best interests and speak out in march

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<v Speaker 2>and organize against their own best interests because they see

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<v Speaker 2>the benefit of the privilege of their spouse. Like there's

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<v Speaker 2>so many Yes, there's so many different ways that without

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<v Speaker 2>even realizing it, in order to protect what privilege you

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes are not even paying attention to the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>you have and or sometimes in this case, that you

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<v Speaker 2>are very aware that you have, that you will ignore

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<v Speaker 2>that very privileged that allows you to have the life

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<v Speaker 2>that you enjoy. Because if you set their resumes next

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<v Speaker 2>to one another, I say, one could argue, but that's

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<v Speaker 2>it's just way too obvious that Laurene how do you

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<v Speaker 2>say her name, Bobert did nothing to be qualified to

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<v Speaker 2>be in a position that she's in nothing at all,

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<v Speaker 2>And looks around at everybody else and points at how

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<v Speaker 2>they're somehow being made an exception for it is maddening,

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<v Speaker 2>but it is how we got here, right when you

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<v Speaker 2>look at how people vote, when you look at how

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<v Speaker 2>people organize, when you look at what's most important to

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<v Speaker 2>most people, We've found a way to disassociate ourselves from

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<v Speaker 2>people who don't share every experience that we have and

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<v Speaker 2>have found a way to litigate our own privilege and

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<v Speaker 2>credit it to our own merit and our own hard work,

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<v Speaker 2>and don't realize that some of that was privileged, and

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<v Speaker 2>in a lot of cases all of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Sure, let me jump in here, this is still you.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's kind of what I was alluding to earlier,

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<v Speaker 1>where I was saying that everybody works hard. I just

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<v Speaker 1>push back against that. I know you don't like when

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<v Speaker 1>I call myself lazy, because I know that I'm not lazy,

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<v Speaker 1>but I work hard so that it's maniacal.

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<v Speaker 2>It's so lazy. It's as big an antonym as you

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<v Speaker 2>could use to describe yourself. Papoid pair point.

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<v Speaker 1>But there are people that work harder than me. There

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<v Speaker 1>are bona fide workaholics that exist, And if you were

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<v Speaker 1>to compare anything a career, accolades, net worth, pick a thing.

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<v Speaker 1>It might on paper look like I have more of

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<v Speaker 1>those things than indeed the workaholics. Okay, hard work is

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<v Speaker 1>something that everyone does, and granted there are people who

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<v Speaker 1>work harder, but that in and of itself does not

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<v Speaker 1>guarantee the levels and the types of success that we

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<v Speaker 1>espouse in this country. So that cannot be in and

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<v Speaker 1>of itself a reliable predictor of outcomes.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely not. We want credit for all that we think

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<v Speaker 2>we accomplished that and will not acknowledge where there was

0:20:04.040 --> 0:20:07.360
<v Speaker 2>grace and luck and help luck and you help.

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<v Speaker 1>See opportunities and and you know what school did your.

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<v Speaker 2>Dad go to? And is that why you get to

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<v Speaker 2>say the N word? Don't say nepotism because that doesn't exist.

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<v Speaker 1>On and on and on, right, And I get it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, maybe for some people who are white and

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<v Speaker 1>check all these boxes, they had no nepotism, They didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have a daddy that went to a school, they didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have you know whatever. But there are still invisible forces

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<v Speaker 1>that if they don't work for you, at least they're not.

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<v Speaker 2>Working against you. They're not working against you, right.

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<v Speaker 1>And so that privilege again just being a white a

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<v Speaker 1>mediocre white woman who did everything wrong in her life.

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<v Speaker 1>She was pregnant, I mean, not wrong, but everything that

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<v Speaker 1>we use, you know, by societal standards. She's a failureship

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<v Speaker 1>and graduated high school, she has gd she had kids

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<v Speaker 1>in high school, all this sort of stuff. Right, that's

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<v Speaker 1>a failure on paper.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Well, that's not a failure on paper. It's just

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<v Speaker 2>that those are the type of things that would disqualify us, right, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so type of things intentionally used to disqualify poor people. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so watch this intentionally, So watch.

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<v Speaker 1>Where we're going. Now, what we're seeing is a mediocre,

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<v Speaker 1>if I'm being honest, white woman who is now one

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<v Speaker 1>of the more famous lawmakers that we have in this land.

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<v Speaker 1>And we have a black woman with over two decades

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<v Speaker 1>of experience on the job crushing it with a master's

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<v Speaker 1>degree getting picked apart by the very woman who is mediocre.

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<v Speaker 1>And this can only happen if a person is blind

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<v Speaker 1>to their own privilege, If this this only happens to

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<v Speaker 1>a person that thinks, well, I worked hard for my position.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone else should.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the only scenario, or everyone else didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Boom.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's a conversation that we might have to revisit

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<v Speaker 1>if I'm honest, but for now we are going to

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<v Speaker 1>leave that one where it is as always. I'd like

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