WEBVTT - Paying tribute to Malcolm Jamal Warner … run toward the things that instill pride

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a homegrown that knows a little bit about everything

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<v Speaker 1>and everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't know if you don't lie about that, right,

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<v Speaker 2>Laurie came, Hey, y'all, what's up.

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<v Speaker 3>It's Lauren l. Rosa and this is the latest with

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<v Speaker 3>Lauren L. Rosa. This is your DELI dig on.

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<v Speaker 1>All things pop culture, entertainment, news and the conversations that

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<v Speaker 1>shake the room. Now today if we're checking in behind

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<v Speaker 1>the scenes of the Grind And no, we haven't checked

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<v Speaker 1>it in a while. It's been some time. I don't it's

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<v Speaker 1>not that I don't know how I feel. I guess

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<v Speaker 1>that there's like a level of.

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<v Speaker 3>Shock and sadness.

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<v Speaker 1>Yesterday the news broke that Malcolm Jamal Warner uh tragically

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<v Speaker 1>passed away in a drowning.

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<v Speaker 3>He was on a family vacation in.

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<v Speaker 1>Costa Rica when he went into the water and was

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<v Speaker 1>taken down by a current and did not survive. He

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<v Speaker 1>was pronounced dead on the scene after being rescued by

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<v Speaker 1>some bystanders and you know, just didn't survive. Which man

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<v Speaker 1>just even talking about it right now, we're talking about

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<v Speaker 1>it this morning on the Breakfast Club. Make sure you

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<v Speaker 1>guys will check out all our coverage over there as

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<v Speaker 1>well too. When we got finished our first segment, I

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<v Speaker 1>said to Just and I'm like, yo, I'm literally shaking,

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<v Speaker 1>And I think what the feeling is is just like man,

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<v Speaker 1>death is.

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<v Speaker 3>It can be so sudden and just so unplanned.

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<v Speaker 1>Not that anybody plans, you know, something like this, but

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like he's been such a staple in entertainment

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<v Speaker 1>and black storytelling my whole life. So it felt like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, this was somebody close to me, because I

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<v Speaker 1>think I text someone and said, man, like, this is

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<v Speaker 1>just so crazy. It came out of nowhere, and the

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<v Speaker 1>response was, that's normally how death happened. We're getting on

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<v Speaker 1>into the latest right now, because you know, as we

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<v Speaker 1>talk about, you know, the passing of Malcolm Jamal Warner.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it's all over the news today, right and

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<v Speaker 1>it was yesterday, all over the headlines, all over the news.

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<v Speaker 1>It's anything everybody is talking about any and everybody are

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<v Speaker 1>talking about it.

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<v Speaker 3>I went on like a deep dive just now.

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<v Speaker 1>And prepare for the podcast because I'm like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to talk about michaelm Jomo wanna on the podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't want to just report it as news

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<v Speaker 1>like I don't want to just say, Okay, here's what

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<v Speaker 1>happened here, how here's how you passed away. We did

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<v Speaker 1>that in the beginning. You guys got that, But I

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<v Speaker 1>think that with this, it's like it's hard to just

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<v Speaker 1>treat this as just a headline, which is very crazy

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<v Speaker 1>for me to say, because you know, I live in

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<v Speaker 1>a world of headlines. But this just feels so different

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<v Speaker 1>because of the you know, untimely like the untimely passing,

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<v Speaker 1>like you know, just how this came about and the

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<v Speaker 1>story behind it, and you know, hearing him talk so

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<v Speaker 1>much about family and his daughter and you know, his

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<v Speaker 1>wife being in love with his life, and his daughter

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<v Speaker 1>being a lover of his life, and just having to

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<v Speaker 1>think about, you know, all the people that loved him

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<v Speaker 1>being without him now. I don't know, it just doesn't feel

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<v Speaker 1>good to make this just a story, just the headline.

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<v Speaker 1>So I wanted to dive a bit deeper here and

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<v Speaker 1>have a conversation about the passing of Malcolm Jamal Warner

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<v Speaker 1>and some of the work that he left this earth doing.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think a lot of people, I know for myself,

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<v Speaker 1>when we think about what we want people to say

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<v Speaker 1>about us after we can't say it ourselves anymore. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>always thinking about like impact and what that looks like

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<v Speaker 1>and how am I shaping that even if in the

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<v Speaker 1>beginning the beginning stages, and I went to Malcolm Jamal

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<v Speaker 1>Warner's podcast, i'd seen, if I'm being honest, I'd only

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<v Speaker 1>seen one episode of his podcast prior to this, and

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<v Speaker 1>then I saw the promos of Envy and Gia on

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<v Speaker 1>his podcast prior to this. But this was my second

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<v Speaker 1>episode that I watched, And this episode that we were

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<v Speaker 1>going to feature today in our conversation is actually one

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<v Speaker 1>of not even one. It was the last sit down

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<v Speaker 1>episode that Malcolm Jamal Warner did on his podcast. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's an episode called why the Hood Deserves More Respect?

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<v Speaker 1>Georgia and Me speaks the truth and it features a

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<v Speaker 1>conversation that is extremely interesting.

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<v Speaker 3>So in this episode Not All.

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<v Speaker 1>Hood, which is the NA podcast by Malcolm Jamal Warner

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<v Speaker 1>and his co host Kandae Kelly, they sit down with

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<v Speaker 1>a poet. She's also an actress and an activist. Her

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<v Speaker 1>name is Tamika Georgi and Mee Harper. So she's known

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<v Speaker 1>for being a part of HBO's Deaf Poetry Jam.

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<v Speaker 3>She was also on.

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<v Speaker 1>Broadway as well, and they have a real conversation. The

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<v Speaker 1>description here says, this is a masterclass and radical self love, hood, pride,

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<v Speaker 1>and the resilience of Black creativity.

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<v Speaker 3>Georgia me apologetically uplifts the.

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<v Speaker 1>Hood as a sacred space of community, survival and joy.

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<v Speaker 1>She also delivers powerful insight on the gentrification of Atlanta,

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<v Speaker 1>the misrepresentation of black stories in the media, the commodification

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<v Speaker 1>of struggle, and the need to honor working class Black

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<v Speaker 1>America Americans. So they have a ton of conversations here.

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<v Speaker 1>In this conversation, they start off just talking about the hood.

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<v Speaker 3>For anyone that was raised in the.

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<v Speaker 1>Hood, whether you stayed and you built your life, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>in the neighborhood you grew up in or you moved

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, do you go back and forth to

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<v Speaker 1>where you're from or whatever the case may be, You

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<v Speaker 1>instantly kind of get the sense of what the conversation

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<v Speaker 1>is like that tribal. It takes a village feeling that

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<v Speaker 1>you really understand only if you grew up in a community.

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<v Speaker 3>Interlocked being black and growing up in the hood.

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<v Speaker 1>It has its things, but the sense of community and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna stand next to you, not behind you or

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<v Speaker 1>in front of you, because we need to do this together.

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<v Speaker 1>Is different, especially if you're from different generations as well.

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<v Speaker 3>So let's take a listen to the conversation on the

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<v Speaker 3>hood and how the hoood is shown in the media.

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<v Speaker 2>What the media shows us is one side of black culture.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the hood side, and of course, and the hood side,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, ALTI historically is what has always created American

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<v Speaker 2>culturehood and then it becomes mainstream exactly. But I just

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<v Speaker 2>loved your I just I loved your take and your

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<v Speaker 2>reminder that the hood should be as celebrated as the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of the lanes of black culture.

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<v Speaker 4>We thrive because there's devised planned for our demise every day,

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<v Speaker 4>so for you to still smile, still find ways to

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<v Speaker 4>make it.

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<v Speaker 3>And then in the hood, we help each other.

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<v Speaker 4>Poor people help each other more than rich people.

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<v Speaker 3>All day.

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<v Speaker 4>In my neighborhood, my whole life growing up. We don't

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<v Speaker 4>just borrow some sugar. Ain't no thing about no sugar.

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<v Speaker 4>I might borrow a whole chicken from missus eighty across

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<v Speaker 4>the street, make a whole dinner.

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<v Speaker 3>And bring her plate. Get what I'm saying, that's my hood.

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<v Speaker 1>They then get into a conversation right, because once you

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<v Speaker 1>then once you start to have a conversation about the

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<v Speaker 1>hood and the way it's.

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<v Speaker 3>Perceived, and you know kind of how things used to be.

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<v Speaker 1>To an extent, I think right now because of the

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<v Speaker 1>things that we're dealing with, like you know, people really

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<v Speaker 1>really don't have money, they really really don't feel like

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<v Speaker 1>there's hope. You have all of the things that people

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<v Speaker 1>have dealt with before in our civilization and in our neighborhoods.

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<v Speaker 1>But now things are personified because you have social media

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<v Speaker 1>personifying everyone who's not in the hood or even the

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<v Speaker 1>people in the hood that are doing well. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>easy to make one person feel less then because of that,

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<v Speaker 1>or it's easy to paint a picture of a neighborhood

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<v Speaker 1>or a group of people from a certain area for

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<v Speaker 1>lack thereof right.

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<v Speaker 3>So then they.

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<v Speaker 1>Start getting into the conversation of black excellence in black love.

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<v Speaker 3>And this stems from comment.

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<v Speaker 1>That Malcolm Jamal Warner made about his experience or like

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<v Speaker 1>his learning of black soldiers like actual soldiers.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's take a listen to that.

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<v Speaker 2>And it was that conversation. So before I have a thing,

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<v Speaker 2>we talked about a lot of time. I have a

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<v Speaker 2>thing about black excellence and black love. Like you, when

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<v Speaker 2>you put black in front of it, it makes it

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<v Speaker 2>a subset of that thing. But then when I started,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, having this argument with him, not argument with

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<v Speaker 2>discussion about the history of black soldiers for the first time,

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<v Speaker 2>it made me think of black excellence in a different way, right,

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<v Speaker 2>like the because black excellence now is attributed to fame

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<v Speaker 2>and money. Never so that's been my issue never for

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<v Speaker 2>me with it. But now when I'm looking into the

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<v Speaker 2>story like black Black survival in end of itself, is

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<v Speaker 2>black excellence.

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<v Speaker 1>Because we've always had to supersede do better and more

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<v Speaker 1>things that have been putting our way to cross over.

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<v Speaker 1>Now the reason why I thought that this was like

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<v Speaker 1>fire and I'm like, yo, if I'm an you know,

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<v Speaker 1>do a segment on Malcolm Jamal Warner for Malcolm Jamal Warner,

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<v Speaker 1>for the Latus with Laurna Rosa. I want to have

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<v Speaker 1>a conversation almost like a teaching of like Okay, here's like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, some thing that he was, you know, set

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<v Speaker 1>on teaching and putting into the world.

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<v Speaker 3>Because I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I was watching this episode and I'm like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I might not agree with everything that's being set here,

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<v Speaker 1>but the notion that we need each other more than

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<v Speaker 1>we are willing to allow ourselves to act on. In

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty five, I felt it.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like it's hard to get around.

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<v Speaker 1>It's hard enough to think about, it's hard enough to

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<v Speaker 1>have a conversation about.

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<v Speaker 3>As a media personality.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember when I moved to LA, I was told,

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<v Speaker 1>don't do the black stuff, like you don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>be the black girl, Like, make sure if you're doing

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the beets or the this or the that,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't just cover black news or black music or

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<v Speaker 1>black this or black that. And if you do get

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<v Speaker 1>a job outside of the black entertainment realm, make sure

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<v Speaker 1>you don't become the black girl that only does the

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<v Speaker 1>black things. And then I remember coming to Breakfast Club

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<v Speaker 1>and feeling so good about being able to do the

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<v Speaker 1>black things and being able to really speak to those

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<v Speaker 1>things because those are the things I grew up on.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of the stuff I can have conversations about in

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<v Speaker 1>my sleep because I grew up hearing it, watching it,

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<v Speaker 1>knowing who these celebrities are, watching them grow in their

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<v Speaker 1>careers and things of that nature. Y'all, Like it f'd

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<v Speaker 1>my mind up when I made this transition because for

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<v Speaker 1>so long I was like to Malcolm Jamal Warner's point

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<v Speaker 1>of putting black in front of things, black love, black excellence.

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<v Speaker 1>Right even with like me having a conversation about being

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<v Speaker 1>a business owner, black business owner, black entrepreneur, black.

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<v Speaker 3>Journalists, I always felt like.

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<v Speaker 1>If I leaned into those things, I would always end

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<v Speaker 1>up with less than And that is not the way

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<v Speaker 1>that I was raised in my neighborhood, and you know

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<v Speaker 1>what I mean, Like those are not the morals and

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<v Speaker 1>the backbone of the things that made people where I'm

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<v Speaker 1>from great. Understanding who you are and like understanding why

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<v Speaker 1>black is so amazing, and understanding why being able to

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<v Speaker 1>go out into the world as a person who knows

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<v Speaker 1>all of that is such a superpower. You get into

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<v Speaker 1>the world of things where you're then hearing so much

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<v Speaker 1>about the disparities and what we don't get and how

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<v Speaker 1>things are unfortunate and just all these things right for me,

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<v Speaker 1>it was like I wanted to run from it. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't want to be black excellence, Like I just wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to be excellent.

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<v Speaker 3>Conversations like these.

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<v Speaker 1>Where people are like behold on, but why not, like

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<v Speaker 1>let's reacenter and really think about, like how much of

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<v Speaker 1>a privilege it is to even be able to be

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<v Speaker 1>a part of Like think about your family reunion, right,

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<v Speaker 1>or like whatever tradition.

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<v Speaker 3>Is amazing in your family.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm talking to black people specifically a lot like us.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if I go how many white listeners

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<v Speaker 1>I got or others any other race. But right here,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a this is for us. But think about

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<v Speaker 1>something really sacred in your family. So for my family,

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<v Speaker 1>it's our family reunions. And we do this thing called

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<v Speaker 1>the mother daughter sleepover. And we've been doing it since man,

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<v Speaker 1>like I was maybe two years old, and it's so

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<v Speaker 1>special and it's something that not everybody gets to experience.

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<v Speaker 1>And when I speak from that experience or when I

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<v Speaker 1>operate in the world as a person that grew up

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<v Speaker 1>in love like that, right, like a family that is whole,

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<v Speaker 1>that gets together, that loves on each other, when I

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<v Speaker 1>operate in the world off of that, the way that

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<v Speaker 1>things are received literally has changed my life. One of

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<v Speaker 1>the biggest things that people say to me a lot

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<v Speaker 1>is is they talk to me about my family, like

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<v Speaker 1>how I was raised like my mom, my grandmother, And

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't realize it until I begin to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>it that like everybody don't have that, Like, not everybody

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<v Speaker 1>has a family that gets together for every holiday that

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<v Speaker 1>celebrates the mothers in their family. And it's a legacy

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<v Speaker 1>tradition that really understands wholeness and like, you know, that

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<v Speaker 1>warm feeling of tribe and community. Not everybody has that.

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<v Speaker 1>When I got in LA and I got any spaces,

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<v Speaker 1>like you know they're talking about, like Malcolm Jawon Warner said,

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<v Speaker 1>these soldiers were fighting for these privileges that they didn't

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<v Speaker 1>even get to enjoy. Right, the only difference between journalists

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<v Speaker 1>and black journalists is the experience and the expertise that

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<v Speaker 1>I bring. And that's an asset anywhere, and I might

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<v Speaker 1>not be able to, you know, always get to enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>all of the fruits of my labor because you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm black and I'm a woman and all of these things.

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<v Speaker 1>But like, who's to say that what I'm doing isn't

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<v Speaker 1>excellent and that I can't love it and I can't

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<v Speaker 1>continue to do it and work for it. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like this conversation made me think about that feeling of

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe that was like an identity battle too, right,

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<v Speaker 1>because you're in these spaces where you feel like you

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<v Speaker 1>have to convert, you have to shrink the world as

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<v Speaker 1>a black woman who shows up Like I'm telling you guys,

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<v Speaker 1>like I think when you are part of a community

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<v Speaker 1>in a neighborhood and the hoods like what they are

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<v Speaker 1>talking about, and you think about the good things that

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<v Speaker 1>come from it, the learning to survive, the understanding of culture,

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<v Speaker 1>of family, of I got you no matter what, of

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<v Speaker 1>whatever you need right, being able to hold those things

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<v Speaker 1>and those pillars that you learned throughout your whole life

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<v Speaker 1>literally changes your life. It puts you on a pedestal

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<v Speaker 1>that is so amazing. Like you have these black soldiers

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<v Speaker 1>that Michael Jamal Warner is talking about, who you know,

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<v Speaker 1>even though they're trying to erase it, they're being written

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<v Speaker 1>about in these books right and and talked about throughout history,

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<v Speaker 1>not just because they're like, you know what, we just

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<v Speaker 1>want to go be soldiers.

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<v Speaker 3>You couldn't get around the fact that they were black soldiers.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm sure that their upbringing, their families, their faith

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<v Speaker 1>that they were in still with made them operate in

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<v Speaker 1>ways that allowed them to achieve the great things that

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<v Speaker 1>they did.

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<v Speaker 3>Even under those circumstances.

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<v Speaker 1>Where they didn't even get to enjoy the fruits of

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<v Speaker 1>their labor, but it made them great talking about them today.

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<v Speaker 3>So as I'm thinking through like the.

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<v Speaker 1>Malcolm Jamal Warner passing, and you know, just man, I remember,

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<v Speaker 1>I remember watching a Cosby show and that was my

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<v Speaker 1>first time ever seeing a black family all in one house.

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<v Speaker 3>Like I swear to you, that was the first time

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<v Speaker 3>I ever saw it.

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<v Speaker 1>In that way where like they weren't struggling, like they

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<v Speaker 1>were dealing with life, but they weren't struggling like they

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<v Speaker 1>were doctors and they were astute, and their kids were

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<v Speaker 1>going to college. And think about that, like, imagine if

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<v Speaker 1>Malcolm Jamal Warner has said, I don't want to be

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<v Speaker 1>on this show because I don't want to be the

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<v Speaker 1>black son on the black show that's talking only two

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<v Speaker 1>black people. What I'm talking about is a sense of

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<v Speaker 1>pride that these hoods and these neighborhoods instill in us.

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<v Speaker 1>And when I put that parallel to like the life

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<v Speaker 1>and the legacy of Malcolm Jamal Warner from what I

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<v Speaker 1>grew up watching and how I felt about him from

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<v Speaker 1>my you know what I mean, like just watching him

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<v Speaker 1>and my household and growing up on The Cosby Show

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<v Speaker 1>and things of that nature. It's like taking who you are,

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<v Speaker 1>where you're from and being able to teach through whatever

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<v Speaker 1>gift it is that God gave you to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to do so can literally change people's lives and you

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<v Speaker 1>can't run from that, and he didn't. He was so

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<v Speaker 1>intentionable about the things that he did. I'm thirty three

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<v Speaker 1>years old, and I will say that this year has

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<v Speaker 1>really taught me about intention and being intentional. And I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not the best at it all the time, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>but I've learned a lot about it. But when I

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<v Speaker 1>you know, look at people like him and what he's done,

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<v Speaker 1>that wasn't just a one off show for him. He

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<v Speaker 1>lived every moment after that and intentional, intentionally speaking to

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<v Speaker 1>black people and doing things that bettered people, even if

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<v Speaker 1>people didn't agree with him all the time. So definitely

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<v Speaker 1>want to send, you know, a rest and peace to him.

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<v Speaker 1>And man, I can't imagine what his family is going

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<v Speaker 1>through right now if we feel like this, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we're you know, selfishly because this is a character.

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<v Speaker 3>Well he had a character that we grew up on.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, Charlottinne was talking a lot today on

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<v Speaker 1>the show about like the man, you know, Malcolm Jamal Warner,

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<v Speaker 1>the man and not THEO the character we you know

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<v Speaker 1>in our loving Theo from the Cosby Show. The character

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<v Speaker 1>are devastated and we're shocked and we just have so

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<v Speaker 1>many questions. But imagine those who loved and got to

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<v Speaker 1>experience malolm Jamal Warner as the man and how they

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<v Speaker 1>feel right now, you know, like, so definitely take some time,

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<v Speaker 1>send a prayer for them. Legacy, like that's that's just

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<v Speaker 1>the only place you can end something like this is

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<v Speaker 1>legacy and thinking about legacy because if nothing else, those

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<v Speaker 1>you know, family members, those friends who know Malcolm Jamal

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<v Speaker 1>Warner the man, that is what they're going to have

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<v Speaker 1>to hold on to. Now, thank you guys so much

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<v Speaker 1>for tuning in. This has been another episode. I know

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<v Speaker 1>that this episode was a bit different. I hope you

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<v Speaker 1>guys enjoyed our conversation that hopefully shape you know, shakes

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<v Speaker 1>your room. You can't run from your you can't run

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<v Speaker 1>from the things that are still pride in you from

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<v Speaker 1>the beginning. And when you choose not to run, you

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<v Speaker 1>build real legacy. Look at the life of Malcolm Jamal

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<v Speaker 1>Warner and go check out his podcast. The podcast you

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<v Speaker 1>can find on YouTube, Not All Hood in Ah on YouTube,

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<v Speaker 1>there are some episodes there for you to check out.

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<v Speaker 1>And at the end of the day, you guys could

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<v Speaker 1>be anywhere with anybody talking about all these things, because

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<v Speaker 1>there's always a lot to talk about.

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<v Speaker 3>But you guys are right here with me, my low Riders.

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<v Speaker 3>I appreciate you guys. I'll see you in the next episode.