WEBVTT - Political Pageantry

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peepsend Welcome to WOKF Daily with Me your

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<v Speaker 1>Girl Daniel Moody recording from the Home Bunker. Folks, I

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<v Speaker 1>am recording this prior to the debate tonight. Hopefully you

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<v Speaker 1>will tune in to my YouTube channel to get woke

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<v Speaker 1>where I'm going to be giving my thoughts tomorrow about

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<v Speaker 1>what went down, But today I don't want to preempt

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<v Speaker 1>what I think is going to happen, because who the

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<v Speaker 1>fuck knows to be honest with Donald Trump and his

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<v Speaker 1>barrage of lies, and the media going to be grading

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<v Speaker 1>Kamala Harris harder than they ever look at Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>She has to do all of the things, but Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump just can stand up and they'll say, oh, he

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<v Speaker 1>was so presidential. Going to get into that. But what

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<v Speaker 1>I do want to talk about today, and I mentioned

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<v Speaker 1>it a little bit yesterday, and it's just my final

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<v Speaker 1>thoughts around the subject of not my final thoughts around

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<v Speaker 1>the subject of racism, but my final thoughts on the

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<v Speaker 1>subject of how racism showed up once again at the

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<v Speaker 1>Country Music Awards with the snub to Beyonce's Cowboy Carter album.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know something struck me and I posted it

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<v Speaker 1>on Twitter and I also posted it on my Instagram,

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<v Speaker 1>which is this, and I'll read it to you all

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<v Speaker 1>if you know, if by the time that you're seeing this,

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<v Speaker 1>you haven't seen it. But you know, there are times

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<v Speaker 1>when I'm just like completely outdone, and then there are

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<v Speaker 1>other times when I'm just like, you know, racism is

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<v Speaker 1>really wild to me. And there are times when I

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<v Speaker 1>go through my mind and I wonder what I kind

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<v Speaker 1>of go into these like fantasies of like what would

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<v Speaker 1>the world look like if black people had not been

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<v Speaker 1>enslaved and if Jim Crow had never happened, And it's

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<v Speaker 1>so hard to even imagine because it's just so ingrained

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<v Speaker 1>in what America is. Like Racism and bigotry and misogyny

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<v Speaker 1>and just hatred are like baked into the fabric of

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<v Speaker 1>this country because since the beginning, right there was this

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<v Speaker 1>massive displacement of Indigenous people who opened up their land,

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<v Speaker 1>their heart, and their homes to these foreigners, thinking that

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<v Speaker 1>they had the same values that everyone is part of community,

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<v Speaker 1>that no one is better than others, and because of

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<v Speaker 1>their belief system that was not shared, they were decimated

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<v Speaker 1>by a greedy, hateful bunch of people that would then

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<v Speaker 1>spread across this country. You bring in then the enslaved Africans,

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<v Speaker 1>and we see throughout history, well for some of us

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<v Speaker 1>who are able to actually, you know, read history that

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<v Speaker 1>isn't band or blocked or whitewashed, and then you see

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<v Speaker 1>kind of the brilliance and the ambition and the persistence

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<v Speaker 1>of black people and people of color, like it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>matter what obstacle is thrown at us, we will always prevail.

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<v Speaker 1>That is what makes I think being black, being a

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<v Speaker 1>person of color in this country so phenomenal. Like there

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<v Speaker 1>are always these little things like if you could And

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<v Speaker 1>there was a book that I just read and I

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<v Speaker 1>did an interview, and I want to say that the

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<v Speaker 1>interview was with yes, it was here, Nicola Yune's book.

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<v Speaker 1>Our kind of people read that book, particularly the last

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<v Speaker 1>sixty pages that are just like wild. But this idea

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<v Speaker 1>of if you could wake up tomorrow, if you're a

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<v Speaker 1>black person, you could wake up tomorrow and be white,

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<v Speaker 1>would you right? And you know, there are these weird

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<v Speaker 1>questions that kind of go around and my answer is

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<v Speaker 1>always absolutely not. Like I love being black, like I

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<v Speaker 1>love it. I love being Jamaican. I love the culture

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<v Speaker 1>and the food and the resilience and the poetry, and

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<v Speaker 1>like the music, the spirit of blackness. I love it

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<v Speaker 1>and I would not trade it for anything in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Do I wish that the world could love as much

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<v Speaker 1>as they covet and appropriate our culture? Do I wish

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<v Speaker 1>that they also could love black people? Absolutely? But would

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<v Speaker 1>I ever trade that? In? No? And so coming back

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<v Speaker 1>to the Country Music Awards and their snub, and just

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<v Speaker 1>like this overall sense of be that MAGA has right,

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<v Speaker 1>that they are so superior and so much better. And

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<v Speaker 1>so I wrote this and I've been like thinking about it,

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<v Speaker 1>and it reads my final thoughts on country music. White

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<v Speaker 1>people really think that their racism and hatred will break us.

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<v Speaker 1>They really believe that they have the ability to quote

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<v Speaker 1>put us in our place. And I'll pick up on

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<v Speaker 1>that phrase in a minute. Yet all you ever do

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<v Speaker 1>is continue to reveal your fragility and fear. If people

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<v Speaker 1>like MAGA and the country music folks truly believed they

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<v Speaker 1>were indeed superior, then they would win without restraints or obstacles.

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<v Speaker 1>But they know they can't. Every generation of blackness and

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<v Speaker 1>people of color just gets stronger, So good luck. And

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<v Speaker 1>I wrote that in truly believing that all racism does

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<v Speaker 1>is reveal over and over again the fragility and the

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<v Speaker 1>inferiority of whiteness. That's what it does. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Tony Morrison, it said that the purpose of racism is distraction, right,

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<v Speaker 1>because it has you defining over and over again and

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<v Speaker 1>trying to convince people of your humanity. What I think

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<v Speaker 1>is really interesting about the times that we are living

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<v Speaker 1>in is not that anything has changed extraordinarily as it

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<v Speaker 1>pertains to racism in this country. We just saw the

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<v Speaker 1>NFL star get pulled over for doing nothing other than

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<v Speaker 1>being a wealthy black man and driving a flashy car

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<v Speaker 1>and then being put in his place quote unquote by

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<v Speaker 1>the Miami Dade police officers because they can't imagine that

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<v Speaker 1>a black man could be driving such a car and

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<v Speaker 1>that be legal, because they couldn't afford it. Because they

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<v Speaker 1>can't do it, so it must be impossible to be done.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's like the narrow lack of imagination that racism has,

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<v Speaker 1>which is this belief that you couldn't have possibly have

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<v Speaker 1>gotten anywhere without cheating or lying or whatever. And I realized,

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<v Speaker 1>because all of that is projection, because they can't manage

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<v Speaker 1>to create, innovate without stealing without lying, without blocking others

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<v Speaker 1>from being able to do it. Like, if you really thought,

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<v Speaker 1>like just think about this, let's think about misogyny and

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<v Speaker 1>patriarchy for a minute. If men really thought that they

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<v Speaker 1>were excellent, right, that they were the quote unquote superior gender.

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<v Speaker 1>Why black women from your schools, right? Why black women

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<v Speaker 1>from positions that, if given the opportunity, wouldn't be able

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<v Speaker 1>to do as well as you. Anyway, if you really

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<v Speaker 1>believed that you were in fact better, then throw your

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<v Speaker 1>hands up and just say, hey, go at it, because

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<v Speaker 1>I know that at the end of the day, you

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<v Speaker 1>are not going to be as successful as I would be.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's not what toxic masculinity does. It bars women

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<v Speaker 1>from being able to access certain positions for a long time,

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<v Speaker 1>access to the ballot right, hundreds of year right like

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<v Speaker 1>access to career credit cards, economic viability. Like again, if

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<v Speaker 1>you thought that men were the superior gender, then it

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't matter if women had the same access and opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>because they wouldn't be as successful. But we see that

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<v Speaker 1>that is actually furthest from the truth. You see when people,

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<v Speaker 1>whether it be men or white folks, when they look

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<v Speaker 1>around and they're at this you know, the top of

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<v Speaker 1>the pyramid, and they're like, oh, you see, it's only

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<v Speaker 1>us here because we're great. It's like, no, because you

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<v Speaker 1>dropped so many boulders and broke and burned so many

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<v Speaker 1>bridges that the rest of us had to take the

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<v Speaker 1>long way while you took, as Michelle Obama said in

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<v Speaker 1>her speech, the escalator up. So what we need in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of kind of shifting our mindset is that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>no longer in a position or have the desire I

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<v Speaker 1>should say, I no longer have the desire to convince

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<v Speaker 1>people of my exceptionalism. That's on you. I'm gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>over here doing me. So I'm not going to convince

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<v Speaker 1>white folks that black people have humanity, going to entertain

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<v Speaker 1>the fuckery that jd. Vance is doing in Ohio by

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<v Speaker 1>trying to create this disgusting and racist divide between the

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<v Speaker 1>Haitian immigrants that are in Springfield, Ohio and the white

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<v Speaker 1>community that is there. Mind you, that community Springfield, Ohio

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<v Speaker 1>was on an economic decline. It was rusting in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of the rust belt and the industry that had left

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<v Speaker 1>that area. Thanks to the immigrant population, they are on

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<v Speaker 1>an economic rebound, but then have to justify and rationalize

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that, like, yeah, you couldn't fucking do it

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<v Speaker 1>on your own. And so now that they're in a

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<v Speaker 1>position of vitality, you have people like JD. Vans that

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<v Speaker 1>are making up such disgusting stories that I refuse to

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<v Speaker 1>repeat that go back to trying to equate blackness with barbarous. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 1>y'all are the descendants of slaveholders that were cannibals, rapists, brutalists,

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<v Speaker 1>and murderers. Miss me with it. So I'm not going

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<v Speaker 1>to be in a position where my forefathers and four

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<v Speaker 1>mothers were forced into trying to convince Black people through

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<v Speaker 1>our respectable dress and speech and this, that and the

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<v Speaker 1>other thing, that we're just like you. No, we're not, actually,

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<v Speaker 1>because I would argue, in many ways, we're better. And

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<v Speaker 1>why do I say that, Not because I'm going off

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<v Speaker 1>on some racial superiority thing, but because I don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to belittle people in order to feel good. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>have to step on somebody else's back in order to

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<v Speaker 1>feel taller. I don't have to deny people access in

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<v Speaker 1>order to feel better about myself, in order to feel

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<v Speaker 1>like a winner. That's what I mean by better. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't need all of the shit that the racists do.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm good, right, Elon Muskoh, he's so small already, so amazing,

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<v Speaker 1>is he because when faced with things that he doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>agree with or doesn't like, he crumbles like a little bitch? Right?

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<v Speaker 1>So is Elon Musk really that brilliant or has he

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<v Speaker 1>just been able to capitalize off of things that other

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<v Speaker 1>people have already created? Does that sound familiar? I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want us ever to get back into a place where

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<v Speaker 1>we find ourselves trying to convince those that refuse to understand,

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<v Speaker 1>that choose ignorance on a regular basis that somehow, if

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<v Speaker 1>we yell loud enough or assimilate enough, that somehow will

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<v Speaker 1>be accepted. Fuck your acceptance. I actually don't give a fuck.

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<v Speaker 1>What I want to do is just be able to

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<v Speaker 1>live free and safe from violence for who I am.

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<v Speaker 1>But I am no longer trying to convince or be

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<v Speaker 1>an ambassador of my race, my sexual orientation, my gender Like, no,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't care. And so coming back to the CMAS

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<v Speaker 1>and just to the disrespect that they showed Beyonce, I

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<v Speaker 1>think that one of the most beautiful things about Beyonce

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<v Speaker 1>and this, like powerhouse that she has become. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you listen to the stories that she's telling in her albums,

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<v Speaker 1>is that like, I don't need you. I don't need

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<v Speaker 1>your accolades. I don't need to sit down for your interviews.

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<v Speaker 1>I speak when I want to, when I do when

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<v Speaker 1>I want to, because I create who I am. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't need any of you to tell me that I

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<v Speaker 1>am exceptional with your little trinkets and your rewards. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>an artist and I got to this place because of

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<v Speaker 1>my blood, sweat and tears, not because of any carpet

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<v Speaker 1>that you rolled out for me. And so I feel

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<v Speaker 1>as if if all of us can find ways in

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<v Speaker 1>ourselves to embody that sentiment that we are not here

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<v Speaker 1>to convince other people of anything. We are here to

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<v Speaker 1>remind ourselves who we are and what lineage we come from.

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<v Speaker 1>And when you start to do that, you let go

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<v Speaker 1>of just the weight, You let go of the weight

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<v Speaker 1>and the unnecessary work. This life is work, folks, right,

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<v Speaker 1>And so where do we want to place our energy?

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<v Speaker 1>Do I want to place my energy into convincing you

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<v Speaker 1>to be better and do better? No? But you know

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<v Speaker 1>what's funny is that is how I started WOKF. I said,

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<v Speaker 1>let me educate people, let me try and convince people

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<v Speaker 1>of their power. So maybe no. No, people always say

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<v Speaker 1>to me, Dannielle, why don't you try and like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>bring Republicans on or do X, Y and Z. Why

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<v Speaker 1>why would I bring a Republican on this show? What

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<v Speaker 1>good would that do? Because the Republicans nowadays just lie? Right,

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm not going to pull in Ari Melber on

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<v Speaker 1>MSNBC or you know, these folks on CNN, Like. My

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<v Speaker 1>show is not a platform for orchestrated bullshit, right. My

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<v Speaker 1>show is for people who genuinely want to know and

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<v Speaker 1>do better in their own lives, not to create some

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<v Speaker 1>type of food fight environment for entertainment. This world, this

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<v Speaker 1>life is too serious for that shit. So no, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'm often criticized I could do better. Folks say, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>then you go do it. Because what I realize is

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<v Speaker 1>that the work that we are all doing is on ourselves.

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<v Speaker 1>The work that I am doing is no longer the

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<v Speaker 1>work that I was doing twenty years ago, when I

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<v Speaker 1>was you know, young and just starting career and trying

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<v Speaker 1>to figure out who I am and wanting to be

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<v Speaker 1>taken seriously. So let me assimilate in certain types of ways,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you know they will see me. The work

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<v Speaker 1>is in seeing ourselves. The work is in believing in ourselves.

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<v Speaker 1>The work is moving and creating and building paths that

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<v Speaker 1>like you may not see. And when other people think

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<v Speaker 1>that you're nots or thinks that you should quit, the

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<v Speaker 1>work is believing in you. That's what it is. And

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<v Speaker 1>so the lesson the reminder that the CMAS provided was

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<v Speaker 1>if you start to do your work, whether that is

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<v Speaker 1>content creation like me, whether it is music, whether it's art,

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<v Speaker 1>whether it's hr right, if you start to do your

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<v Speaker 1>work so that other people will recognize you and patch

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<v Speaker 1>you on the back rather than you just doing the work,

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<v Speaker 1>you're already losing. You're already losing because you're putting your

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<v Speaker 1>value in other people's hands rather than your own. And

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<v Speaker 1>then your value is based on what they think of

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<v Speaker 1>you rather than what you think of yourself. And so

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<v Speaker 1>fuck the CMAS and all, frankly, all of those award shows.

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<v Speaker 1>By a long time ago, my mom had said something

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<v Speaker 1>to me to the effect of, like, I don't understand

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<v Speaker 1>these award shows. It's like they all like just get

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<v Speaker 1>together to get dressed up to congratulate themselves on how

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<v Speaker 1>great they are. The awards are not about the people

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<v Speaker 1>that watch it, right, and so you can't live your

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<v Speaker 1>life that way. The other day, Angela Bassett, amazing friggin'

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<v Speaker 1>actress that Angela Bassett is just won her first Emmy.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you know the kinds of people that they've

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<v Speaker 1>been given Emmys to? And Angela Bassett just won her

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<v Speaker 1>first one. Someone like a Felicia Rashad never won one.

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<v Speaker 1>So does that mean that she's a terrible actress? No,

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<v Speaker 1>it does not. So I just say, folks, it is

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<v Speaker 1>a good reminder to take steps back to not get

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<v Speaker 1>caught up in the utter bullshit and pageantry that people

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<v Speaker 1>put together. And this is what I will say again,

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<v Speaker 1>not knowing how the debate will turn out, but do

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<v Speaker 1>know that I'm doing post shows which you will be

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<v Speaker 1>able to listen to. The New Abnormal will be up

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<v Speaker 1>tomorrow and for the first time, wajah Hot and I

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<v Speaker 1>are going live with Democracy Ish on Friday. So we'll

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<v Speaker 1>certainly get into a bunch of stuff. But if you're

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<v Speaker 1>following my YouTube channel, then you're going to get the

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<v Speaker 1>most of the moment content because that's what I'm using

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<v Speaker 1>that platform for But it's like the debate. The debates

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<v Speaker 1>are pageantry, political pageantry. No one is making a decision

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<v Speaker 1>about who they're voting for based on how they perform

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<v Speaker 1>in ninety minutes. Unfortunately, Joe Biden was pushed aside. But

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<v Speaker 1>like we know that that's so has worked out for

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<v Speaker 1>the better in terms of re energizing the base and

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<v Speaker 1>recentering this Democratic ticket around joy and around possibility. So

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<v Speaker 1>that worked out. I don't like the way that it

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<v Speaker 1>did in terms of the treatment of Joe Biden, but

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<v Speaker 1>so far, so good. But we know that, Like folks,

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<v Speaker 1>are there real independents who don't know what's happening right

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<v Speaker 1>now and who Donald Trump is? I don't think so.

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<v Speaker 1>So you'll watch, I'm certain, with drinks, with cocktails, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>with popcorn, and we will see. We will see. But

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<v Speaker 1>regardless of which, I'm voting for my freedom, I'm voting

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<v Speaker 1>for joy, I'm voting for lightness, I'm voting for possibility.

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<v Speaker 1>So whether you have a good singer in a ninety

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<v Speaker 1>minute set doesn't really fucking matter to me, and it

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<v Speaker 1>really shouldn't matter to anybody else. That is it for

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<v Speaker 1>me today, Dear friends on WOK f as always power

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<v Speaker 1>to the people and to all the people. Power. Get

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<v Speaker 1>woke and stay woke as fuck.