WEBVTT - Tamika's "Thought of the Day" Where Are Our Voting Rights?

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<v Speaker 1>How does how does the Democratic Party intend to win

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<v Speaker 1>mid term elections without voting rights? Confused? I don't think.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think the Democratic Party attends to win anything. No,

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<v Speaker 1>they they intend will It's something different. You can't. You can't,

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<v Speaker 1>they can't be it's good. There's no way that they

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<v Speaker 1>expect those good old people that they would have voted

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<v Speaker 1>that they didn't private stings that ain't got nothing else,

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<v Speaker 1>people that saved them. There's no way they expect those

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<v Speaker 1>good old people to like you ask CBD, Candy, what

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<v Speaker 1>do you want? They know, them good old people. They're

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<v Speaker 1>going back out there to vote again after this now

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<v Speaker 1>they ain't no come on now, they're gonna have to

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<v Speaker 1>pull another rabbit out the hat for this one because

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<v Speaker 1>you because but I'm saying that voting right specific let's

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<v Speaker 1>just say I get your point, right, I get your point.

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<v Speaker 1>From our perspective, it's almost impossible to believe it's actually

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<v Speaker 1>disrespectful to even to even to even not just assume,

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<v Speaker 1>but to request the strand of people that they vote right,

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<v Speaker 1>that they vote for UM anyone who has not fulfilled

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<v Speaker 1>any of the promises that were made right so that

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<v Speaker 1>I agree with, I agree with you on that. But

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<v Speaker 1>I'm speaking of something different. I'm saying that because what

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<v Speaker 1>happens is even when you say I'm not engaging myself

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<v Speaker 1>in this election, I don't believe, I don't trust right.

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<v Speaker 1>We have that position, and that's okay. But the thing is,

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<v Speaker 1>then you have to start listening to the people who

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<v Speaker 1>are running against these folks. And when you start listening

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<v Speaker 1>to them and understanding their agenda, it may encourage a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people to say, you know what, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to the post, right, I'm going to the post. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying everyone, and I'm certainly not talking about

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<v Speaker 1>ray Raids and Keisha's and others. But I'm saying there

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<v Speaker 1>are there is a there, there is a there are

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<v Speaker 1>a group of people people want to kill me. Man.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, I give through it. I agree with you

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<v Speaker 1>need to. I'm on the attack about it all the time,

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<v Speaker 1>and I still would make the same decision if I

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<v Speaker 1>had to do it all over again. But I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>even I'm speaking of something even different. I'm saying there

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<v Speaker 1>are some folks in our society that when approached and

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<v Speaker 1>they are listening just because you're watching the news, or

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<v Speaker 1>you're at church or you're reading the paper, you're in

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<v Speaker 1>your community when you hear the other side of what

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<v Speaker 1>you may be looking at, and you're listening to someone

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<v Speaker 1>who absolutely wants to take away your right to having abortion,

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<v Speaker 1>so you're right to choose. And or they want to

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<v Speaker 1>open more prisons, or you know they want to um,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, you know they want to they want

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<v Speaker 1>to close more schools, or you know, take more funding

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<v Speaker 1>from communities in order to invest more in punitive measures

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<v Speaker 1>and support police and uh, you know they bleed the blue.

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<v Speaker 1>When you hear that rhetoric and that nue right, it

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<v Speaker 1>may encourage you to say, I don't think that these

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<v Speaker 1>other folks is worth the damn either, But I know

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<v Speaker 1>I have to block this individual from becoming whatever and

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<v Speaker 1>senator or whatever they're voting for in their community. What

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<v Speaker 1>I'm speaking of is, now you're on your way to

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<v Speaker 1>go vote, and you find out that your vote is

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<v Speaker 1>actually being suppressed by way of the laws in that

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<v Speaker 1>particular state. Just just forget I'm saying everything they could

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<v Speaker 1>have done it all right, And this is that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>somebou voting rights to people that want to vote the

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<v Speaker 1>civil believe, and so you know what I'm going to vote,

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<v Speaker 1>and they get there and realize they can the name

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<v Speaker 1>has been purged. They need this, you know, their idea

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<v Speaker 1>has to be updated there. You know they've been voting

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<v Speaker 1>knowing that you got elderly people who have been voting

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<v Speaker 1>for years with one little letter misspelled on their identification

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<v Speaker 1>versus their voting record. Because when we were coming out

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<v Speaker 1>of enslavement and I we never had the appropriate records.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of people have continued through life with things

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<v Speaker 1>that's not one accurate, but it's it's Mama May's leaves information,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I'm saying. And so to to have this,

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<v Speaker 1>this this situation where it seems like people are fumbling

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<v Speaker 1>and now we're at the administration and others are fumbling

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<v Speaker 1>on fighting as hard as hell to get voting rights accomplished.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trying to figure you're out when you're already failing

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<v Speaker 1>at all and getting the policy in place, and then

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<v Speaker 1>you're not even giving people who might just still want

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<v Speaker 1>to be with you the ability to go to the

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<v Speaker 1>polls like you. They can't be playing anything. They don't

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<v Speaker 1>plan on winn I trying to do. They don't have

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<v Speaker 1>any plan on They're just at this point, like it's

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<v Speaker 1>just going through the motions, and it's disappointing because you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you want, as somebody who wants things to be good,

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<v Speaker 1>you want things to be right, you know, you actually

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<v Speaker 1>pray on it and all that. You want to believe

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<v Speaker 1>that there is some side or some individuals that are

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<v Speaker 1>in power to some certain degree that actually want to

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<v Speaker 1>do right. You know, they want to do that, are

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<v Speaker 1>willing to do whatever necessary to do right. So I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not saying I don't I don't believe they don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to do I think they're not what they haven't come

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<v Speaker 1>to the stage in the mind frame of that they

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<v Speaker 1>have to do was ever necessary to do right? Not

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<v Speaker 1>doing right. It's just not an option. I'm not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>allow you to delay justice and delay things that are right.

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<v Speaker 1>I have to do whatever it is within my power

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<v Speaker 1>to make things right, you know. And that's even though

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<v Speaker 1>we hope for that, that's not where we are. So,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, if people can't even go to the polls,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the people that ain't never going to the polls,

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<v Speaker 1>and the people when obviously got so I got people

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<v Speaker 1>going to the polls, and they reinventorated going to the polls.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, they're going to the polls for their own agenda,

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<v Speaker 1>and their agenda is either they're gonna get some things

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<v Speaker 1>that they want done that open communities or just stop

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<v Speaker 1>that community from being able to progress in any way

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<v Speaker 1>they can't get gain anymore ground into um you know,

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<v Speaker 1>sort of breaking down systems of oppression. And so they

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<v Speaker 1>vote for different reasons. They vote because you might be

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<v Speaker 1>somebody who maybe you're not as radically conservative um as

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to be, but I at least know

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<v Speaker 1>that you're not going to support a progressive Virginia. Yes, right,

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<v Speaker 1>we have people that are on both sides that think similarly.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think the the issue with us as black

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<v Speaker 1>people at this point is that we are no longer

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<v Speaker 1>in a position to just like we've already stopped something.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't just keep kicking, you know. We just not

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<v Speaker 1>the shocking and dry ki ki and go alone and

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<v Speaker 1>get along that. So, you know, we're just in a

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<v Speaker 1>different space