WEBVTT - Who REALLY Didn't Earn It? | Angela Rye SoloPod

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<v Speaker 1>Native Land Pod is a production of iHeartRadio in partnership

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<v Speaker 1>with Reason Choice Media. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome home, everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>Quite literally, today, I am at my parents' home because

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<v Speaker 1>for some reason, my power is out. I believe it's

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<v Speaker 1>because it's the last and evil days and the wind

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<v Speaker 1>definitely blew the power out. So I'm coming to you

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<v Speaker 1>live for my parents and for those of you who

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<v Speaker 1>have been asking. My mom is doing really well. She

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<v Speaker 1>had her first treatment, chemo treatment yesterday and she is thriving.

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<v Speaker 1>That is a strong lady, So continue to keep her

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<v Speaker 1>in your prayers and your thoughts. Today we are talking

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<v Speaker 1>about something that is really really important. I know for

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<v Speaker 1>so many people in this country, particularly Black folks, it

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<v Speaker 1>is so important that we talk about something that a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of us were raised with. So there's a saying

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<v Speaker 1>in the black community that we have to be we

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<v Speaker 1>would have to work twice as hard and we have

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<v Speaker 1>to be twice as good. So for a lot of us,

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<v Speaker 1>this DEI conversation is particularly triggering because it's something that

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<v Speaker 1>we grew up knowing that we actually couldn't be not

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<v Speaker 1>as good as and couldn't not compete and couldn't put

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<v Speaker 1>our best before we had to. So when people talk

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<v Speaker 1>about DEI, which is diversity, equity and inclusion, and the

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<v Speaker 1>weaponization of that, that's something that is particularly triggering to

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of us. There are some examples of that

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<v Speaker 1>this week that I really want to get into because

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<v Speaker 1>if there was ever an administration that had people who

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<v Speaker 1>were not as qualified, it is absolutely this one. So

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to get into that, and I really want

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about that through the lens of the myths

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<v Speaker 1>of meritocracy. So that's where I wanted to be today.

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<v Speaker 1>So the first thing is I really wanted to just

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<v Speaker 1>take a step back and talk about this argument around merit.

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<v Speaker 1>You're hearing a lot of people in the ecosystem talking

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<v Speaker 1>about what it means to, you know, earn you spot

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<v Speaker 1>and to not get a handout, and you know, people

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<v Speaker 1>have to work hard. And there's this reverse discrimination happening

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<v Speaker 1>against white Anglo Saxon Christian men, and when you look

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<v Speaker 1>at what Donald Trump is putting into place for civil

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<v Speaker 1>rights protections, you might think that is true. However, it

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<v Speaker 1>is obviously blatantly false. There's not a lot of reverse

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<v Speaker 1>discrimination happening around here, y'all, And just in a matter

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<v Speaker 1>of weeks, he's almost even in Black History Month, taken

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<v Speaker 1>us back to plus e versus Ferguson times, which is

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<v Speaker 1>essentially not separate but equal, which is what the Supreme

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<v Speaker 1>Court rule. But it's actually separate and vastly unequal. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's where we are right now, and I really want

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<v Speaker 1>us to lean into that through the lens of some

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<v Speaker 1>of Donald Trump's most recent appointments. So again meritis idea

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<v Speaker 1>that you earn your position, that if you work hard,

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<v Speaker 1>your work will speak for itself and the doors will

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<v Speaker 1>open to you. Well, what does it mean when racism

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<v Speaker 1>stands in that door? Or what does it mean when

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<v Speaker 1>somebody's connections daddy's connections, I don't know, like Fred Trump

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<v Speaker 1>for Donald Trump, or somebody's trust fund makes the way

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<v Speaker 1>for you or your mom or daddy made a call

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<v Speaker 1>on your behalf. And in full disclosure, there are instances

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<v Speaker 1>where my parents have made calls on my behalf, and

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<v Speaker 1>I know that's the point of privilege. That's not a

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<v Speaker 1>moment where I earn something. That's a moment where those

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<v Speaker 1>connections come into play. When we think about legacy admissions

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<v Speaker 1>in college, that is about having some connections that's about

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<v Speaker 1>your parents working hard and being able to open a

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<v Speaker 1>door for you. I think parents opening doors is not

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<v Speaker 1>necessarily bad. But when you are literally taking opportunities from

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<v Speaker 1>people who are overwhelmingly qualified and deserve to be in

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<v Speaker 1>those positions, we're talking about something different. We're not talking

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<v Speaker 1>about legacy admissions here today. We are not talking about

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<v Speaker 1>folks of color who have earned their positions but get

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<v Speaker 1>blanketed as DEI because they've demonized it. We're actually talking

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<v Speaker 1>about folks who are beneficial of white supremacy and the

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<v Speaker 1>systems that follow it. Caset indpoint. So, just last week,

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump decided to fire a four star Air Force

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<v Speaker 1>general by the name of Charles C. Q. Brown. He

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<v Speaker 1>served as the chairman for the Joint chiefs of Staff.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a pretty important role for those of you

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<v Speaker 1>who don't know. The Joint chiefs of Staff is the

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<v Speaker 1>primary advisor to the President of the United States, the

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<v Speaker 1>National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council, and to the

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<v Speaker 1>Secretary Secretary of Defense. So this person has to have

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<v Speaker 1>a working knowledge of how military systems work, particularly uniform personnel.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a very very important role. Well, it just

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<v Speaker 1>so happens that up until the end of last week,

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<v Speaker 1>we had a black man who was serving as the

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<v Speaker 1>second ever black man Joint chiefs of Staff chairman. He

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<v Speaker 1>had forty years of service. I'm going to just tell

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<v Speaker 1>you some highlights from his bio and forty years of

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<v Speaker 1>service he served. He went to Texas Tech, served as

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<v Speaker 1>a US Air Force fighter. He was a command pilot

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<v Speaker 1>with more than thirty one hundred flight hours, and he

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<v Speaker 1>was serving in this capacity since twenty twenty. Well, what

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<v Speaker 1>happened is he was apparently too woke for them, right.

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<v Speaker 1>They think anything that is race conscious is woke. They

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<v Speaker 1>think that anything that pays attention to race in our

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<v Speaker 1>diversity is problematic because for whatever reason, we should be

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<v Speaker 1>ambiguous and not really care because somehow race is weaponized

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<v Speaker 1>when we just highlight race to them. So they decided

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<v Speaker 1>to fire this four star Air Force general and replace

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<v Speaker 1>him with a man named John kin They call him

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<v Speaker 1>John raising Kane. He's a lieutenant general. And for those

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<v Speaker 1>of our our military officers know that these are a

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<v Speaker 1>military person I'll know that there is a difference between

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<v Speaker 1>a general and a lieutenant general. So just our phase value,

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<v Speaker 1>here's the face. Here's the face, just off phase value alone.

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<v Speaker 1>Our general outranks the lieutenant general. So lieutenant general uh

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<v Speaker 1>cain is what's so funny? Is you guys, I'm looking

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<v Speaker 1>at this. This is hilarious. So on the actual official website,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god, it says Lieutenant Lieutenant General John D.

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<v Speaker 1>Kin and then it just skips down to Lieutenant Lieutenant

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<v Speaker 1>General Dan Kane. I'm assuming he goes by Dan Kane,

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<v Speaker 1>but we know is he goes by raising Kine. I

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<v Speaker 1>think they have a typo on this site. I wonder

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<v Speaker 1>what the real DEI is because they got typos on

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<v Speaker 1>this site, they better get it right. This man is

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<v Speaker 1>a three star right, he's a three star general. He

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<v Speaker 1>worked at the CIA as the Associate Director for Military Affairs.

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<v Speaker 1>He was most recently the Director of Special Programs and

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<v Speaker 1>the Department Special Sorry in the Department of Defense Special

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<v Speaker 1>Access Program Central Office, and he served as a Principal

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<v Speaker 1>staff Assistant an advisor to the Secretary of Defense there.

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<v Speaker 1>This man has now been promoted to the Joint Chiefs

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<v Speaker 1>of Staff Chairman. Now what I think is interesting here

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<v Speaker 1>is while he's more qualified than your Secretary of Defense,

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<v Speaker 1>Pete heg Sath, and he advises Pete Heath which I

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<v Speaker 1>think you can determine in terms of rank, that means

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<v Speaker 1>Pete hex Seth outranks him. Right. What is interesting about

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<v Speaker 1>this is that they are constantly making merit arguments and

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<v Speaker 1>claiming that DEI or diversity, Equity and Inclusion means that

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<v Speaker 1>somebody got a door opened for them that was not

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<v Speaker 1>deserved on qualifications, just on face value. You guys can

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<v Speaker 1>go and look at these biles yourselves online on the

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<v Speaker 1>official military websites to see what they're talking about. CQ

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<v Speaker 1>Brown outranks and is more qualified than John D. Game. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so that's the first thing that I wanted to talk about.

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<v Speaker 1>The second thing is the FBI. So, and this is

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<v Speaker 1>important because again a lot of us have fallen into

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<v Speaker 1>these traps around DEI meaning that folks didn't earn it. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>there are people who didn't earn it, and I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to get into that with this FBI nomination. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>not black people. Like you can't look at somebody that's

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<v Speaker 1>a person in college just be like, oh, you didn't

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<v Speaker 1>earn it because you black sid in this role. That's ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 1>Like you should look at people's bios, their resumes, their qualification,

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<v Speaker 1>their gifts their talents and make a decision from that way.

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<v Speaker 1>But now we're finding ourselves on the defense trying to

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<v Speaker 1>prove that we belong when that's not ours to prove.

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<v Speaker 1>You need to prove while we don't belong. And instead

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<v Speaker 1>what's happening is a lot of corporations, company schools, universities,

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<v Speaker 1>federal government agencies are taking a page out of Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's playbook and dismantling programs that are serving people well

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<v Speaker 1>and are balancing the skills of justice that have not

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<v Speaker 1>been balanced for so long in this country. They're still

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<v Speaker 1>not so even while I'm talking to you about this

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<v Speaker 1>military rank and joint chiefs of staff chairmen and getting

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<v Speaker 1>ready to get into FBI, these are entities that many

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<v Speaker 1>of my peers, me included, don't necessarily love. Like I'm not,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, an FBI champion. I'm not about to go

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<v Speaker 1>cut an FBI ad or do a billboard. But what

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<v Speaker 1>I can say to you is it's important for us

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<v Speaker 1>to understand that there should still be qualified folks working

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<v Speaker 1>on the nation's behalf in national security entities. So the

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<v Speaker 1>FBI cash Bettel was narrowly nominated last week. As you

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<v Speaker 1>all know well there's another guy. You guys probably are

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<v Speaker 1>like Dan Bogino, Dan Bongino, his name sounds familiar. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not because he's this high ranking officer in the

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<v Speaker 1>intel community. It's not because he served so many presidents

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<v Speaker 1>in the past. Although he has served some presidents. I

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<v Speaker 1>will give him that as the form of a secret

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<v Speaker 1>service officer, including for a president Barack Obama. But you

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<v Speaker 1>probably know his name because he's a popular podcaster. This

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<v Speaker 1>popular podcaster is your deputy director for the FBI. Now

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<v Speaker 1>here's why that is astounding. The deputy director of the

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<v Speaker 1>FBI has traditionally been a position that was reserved for

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<v Speaker 1>a career official. What does that mean? So in the

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<v Speaker 1>United States government, there's something called appointed officials, and of

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<v Speaker 1>course there are elected officials, but there are appointed officials

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<v Speaker 1>in the administration who work under the president and vice

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<v Speaker 1>president appointed, and then there are career career service are

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<v Speaker 1>folks who have engaged in work for the government, not

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<v Speaker 1>as a part of any partisan any party. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>not a partisan, no partisan affiliation. They are doing this

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<v Speaker 1>in service to the American public, doing this on behalf

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<v Speaker 1>of their country, regardless of who is at the top

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<v Speaker 1>of the ticket. Or who regardless of who the president is.

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<v Speaker 1>So normally the FBI hires someone in that role, that

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<v Speaker 1>is that has had a career of serving in an

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<v Speaker 1>intel capacity, serving in the FBI, etc. So Don Mangino

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<v Speaker 1>has Dan Bongino. By the way, I got caught up

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<v Speaker 1>in Madon's and Madan's today. Dan Bongino is someone who

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<v Speaker 1>has called the FBI irredeemably corrupt. He has no experience

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<v Speaker 1>as an officer in intel other than being a other

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<v Speaker 1>than being a Secret Service Agency agent, which doesn't in

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<v Speaker 1>and of itself mean you're not qualified. But it is

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<v Speaker 1>remarkable and unprecedented. That's the word that you're gonna hear

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<v Speaker 1>thrown around a lot. For those of us that remember

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<v Speaker 1>when Donald Trump was elected in twenty sixteen, that's where

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<v Speaker 1>we said all the time. Now he said unprecedented, like

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<v Speaker 1>unpresident the president. But I'm saying unpress sedented because they're

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<v Speaker 1>doing a lot of things that are not normal. So

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<v Speaker 1>this is someone who is a media personality, he's a

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<v Speaker 1>former Secret Service agent. He does not have any experience

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<v Speaker 1>with the FBI, and they're putting him in here after

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<v Speaker 1>saying that the thing is, you know, irredeemably corrupt. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure there are many of us who hear that language

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<v Speaker 1>and aren't alarmed by it. But I think what's remarkable

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<v Speaker 1>is he doesn't have any experience to determine where the

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<v Speaker 1>corruption comes from, what system needs to be dismantled, what

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<v Speaker 1>system needs to be looked into. What you know, who

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<v Speaker 1>can be the real watchdog for the FBI? That probably

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<v Speaker 1>ain't Dan's role. And speaking of watchdogs, this is a

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<v Speaker 1>also the administration that has gotten rid of a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of inspector generals. I think there are at least ten

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<v Speaker 1>now that are gone, so they don't want any watchdogs. Nonetheless,

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<v Speaker 1>he is the deputy director of the FBI now, he

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<v Speaker 1>does not have to be Senate confirmed. This is an

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<v Speaker 1>appointment that Donald Trump can just make, and their responsibility

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<v Speaker 1>is to supervise domestic and international operations with no FBI experience.

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<v Speaker 1>So my question for you all today really is for

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<v Speaker 1>us to consider who really didn't earn it? What does

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<v Speaker 1>it really mean to dismantle DEI it sounds like we

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<v Speaker 1>should be this mantling these same tired systems that put

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<v Speaker 1>white men. Although I think y'all, don't you kind of

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<v Speaker 1>think Dan is I think Dan is a brother. I

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<v Speaker 1>think he might be black, which would make this even

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<v Speaker 1>worse because now they're putting them in a position that

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<v Speaker 1>he don't have no business in to be Like, see,

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<v Speaker 1>black people didn't earn it. Y'all picked him. Okay, we

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<v Speaker 1>didn't pick him, But I just want to say I

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<v Speaker 1>think that what is remarkable here is that we have

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<v Speaker 1>this opportunity to really examine who really didn't earn it

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<v Speaker 1>and when we say these things, when you compare resumes,

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<v Speaker 1>and what is typical, and why it isn't the best

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<v Speaker 1>national security interests of the country to have someone who

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<v Speaker 1>understands how those systems work, particularly when you're engaging in

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<v Speaker 1>operations with foreign adversaries or people who are on domestic

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<v Speaker 1>soil trying to compromise our national security. If you have

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<v Speaker 1>no experience in doing that, what are we talking about,

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<v Speaker 1>Like y'all see, I wouldn't earn it if y'all hired

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<v Speaker 1>me to go run engineering at Google. That's not my expertise.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't just put plug and play any white guy

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<v Speaker 1>to fill a role of influence in this government and

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<v Speaker 1>not expect for that thing to completely break. And then

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<v Speaker 1>that begs the question, maybe they know after all that

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<v Speaker 1>they didn't earn it, and they're totally fine with breaking

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<v Speaker 1>systems because they don't want the system to be here anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>And if they've anointed Donald Trump as king, we end

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<v Speaker 1>up right where we started. So I think that is

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<v Speaker 1>which is this is an unprecedented time. I think what

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<v Speaker 1>we have to acknowledge is that the weaponization of diversity, equity,

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<v Speaker 1>and inclusion is a method to distract us from what

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<v Speaker 1>really is going on. And what really is going on

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<v Speaker 1>is Donald Trump is trying to give favors back to

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<v Speaker 1>people who carried his water doing this during this election,

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<v Speaker 1>even if that means putting the entire country in harm's way.

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<v Speaker 1>If that isn't didn't earn it, I don't know what

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<v Speaker 1>is that is the opposite of meritocracy. The face of

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<v Speaker 1>meritocracy and black excellence for the rest of his Black

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<v Speaker 1>History Month and the rest it is black here is

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be Charles c. Q. Brown. The face of didn't

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<v Speaker 1>earn it is gonna be Pete Hackseth. It's gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>Dan Bongino, and it's gonna be Dan not don Kine,

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<v Speaker 1>a lieutenant general that replaced a general for no reason.

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<v Speaker 1>He I promoted with no experience having done the same

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<v Speaker 1>things that Charles c Q Brown has done. And Charles

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<v Speaker 1>c q Brown was beloved. So that's all I got today.

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<v Speaker 1>I talked a long time. Let me see what these

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<v Speaker 1>questions are. Somebody said, was Joy Anne fired as a

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<v Speaker 1>part of DEI reform? You know, I'm gonna tell you this.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that nobody black on mainstream television right now

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<v Speaker 1>is safe. I think that a lot of people are

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<v Speaker 1>made concessions to Donald Trump and his policies, trying to

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<v Speaker 1>ensure that they don't get fined. Because he's technically the

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<v Speaker 1>new FCC chairman. He has decided that he is going

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<v Speaker 1>to run the FCC, the FTC, and the SEC. Okay

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<v Speaker 1>if in order for him to run the Federal Communications Mission,

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<v Speaker 1>he's going to make sure that there's nobody that's criticizing

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<v Speaker 1>him on air. And I think that we are going

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<v Speaker 1>to see many of these systems begin to unravel. I

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<v Speaker 1>think that Joy Read was one of his biggest threats.

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<v Speaker 1>How do I know that because as soon as he

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<v Speaker 1>learned that Joy was no longer at MSNBC, his response

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<v Speaker 1>was finally, which means that Joy was on his radar.

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<v Speaker 1>And so what we have to be aware of is

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<v Speaker 1>as people take out black folks and Latino folks, and

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<v Speaker 1>Asian folks and women and indigenous folks, as they take

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<v Speaker 1>folks out under the auspices of we want to play safe,

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<v Speaker 1>we want to make sure our business is successful. What

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<v Speaker 1>they need to know is they're actually undermining their business.

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<v Speaker 1>What they need to know is they're actually putting Americans

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<v Speaker 1>in harms way. What they need to know is they're

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<v Speaker 1>actually putting folks in the international, our greater global community

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<v Speaker 1>in harm's way because there's nobody there to tell their stories. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna tell you something that might be unpopular. We

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<v Speaker 1>started turning TV off, TV off because we know that

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<v Speaker 1>these media conglomerates don't want to tell these stories. That's

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<v Speaker 1>why it's important for you to tune in to podcasts

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<v Speaker 1>like ours. I know Joy's gonna be dropping soon something soon.

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<v Speaker 1>You need to tune into Joyce show on what she

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<v Speaker 1>does next. Check her out on substack on all social

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<v Speaker 1>media platforms right now, it's important to listen to shows

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<v Speaker 1>like Roland's Brittany. So many other people, Aaron, our friend, Aaron,

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<v Speaker 1>so many other people who are doing amazing, amazing work

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<v Speaker 1>informing you raw and unfiltered, because now, in order to

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<v Speaker 1>be on mainstream media, you're gonna have to make some concessions,

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<v Speaker 1>and they haven't maybe some of them haven't had to

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<v Speaker 1>make them yet, but they are going to have to

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<v Speaker 1>make them soon. And that, my friends, is what is

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<v Speaker 1>going to put us in very very precarious positions and

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<v Speaker 1>in harm's way. So we've got to pay attention to this.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not DEI that they're trying to dismantle. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>even just the Civil Rights Act of nineteen sixty four

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<v Speaker 1>that they're trying to dismantle. What they're doing is trying

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<v Speaker 1>to dismantle the fourteenth Amendment, which gives us all equal

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<v Speaker 1>protection under the law. That's the thing that black folks

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<v Speaker 1>could lean up against after slavery to say that we

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<v Speaker 1>are indeed free and we are somebody we are in

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<v Speaker 1>fact citizens, despite what they said in the dread Scott ruling.

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<v Speaker 1>Those are the things that we have to know. So

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<v Speaker 1>as they try to dial us back, not even just

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<v Speaker 1>to Jim Crow, but to before Jim Crow, we have

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<v Speaker 1>to pay attention. We have to call a thing a thing,

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<v Speaker 1>and we've got to make sure that we're given accurate information,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll do that by any means necessary, no matter

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<v Speaker 1>what he tries to take out. So it may be

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<v Speaker 1>a little scary, but we're going to keep pushing. And

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<v Speaker 1>on that note, that's all I have for you all today.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you all for your questions. I'll answer some other

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<v Speaker 1>ones online. Make sure you tune in on Thursday. That's

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<v Speaker 1>our main show, Native Lampod where we always give it

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<v Speaker 1>to your real the best we got. We'd be fighting

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<v Speaker 1>in there, but it's so good and we love to

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<v Speaker 1>hear you ask questions in your comments, make sure you're

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<v Speaker 1>sending those in. And lastly, my good brother Andrew Gillum

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<v Speaker 1>started his solo pods yesterday on Monday. It went very

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<v Speaker 1>very well. He's talking to y'all about how to make

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<v Speaker 1>sure that we're organizing for the fascist regime that we

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<v Speaker 1>are now living in. You've got to watch that show.

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<v Speaker 1>Get organized, organize your communities. We don't know how long

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<v Speaker 1>we'll have social media systems. We don't know how long

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<v Speaker 1>we'll be able to upload on YouTube. We don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how long the power y'all to power grid got attacked

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<v Speaker 1>in my neighborhood today. We don't know how long we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna have these things so make sure you're organizing people,

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<v Speaker 1>human bodies, getting phone numbers, develop a phone tree, your churches,

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<v Speaker 1>your other places of worship, your friend groups, get organized

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<v Speaker 1>so we don't find ourselves isolated. Okay, we can make it.

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<v Speaker 1>And take it from a true soldier. It's not me,

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<v Speaker 1>it's Mama Rah. She looked at the care today and

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<v Speaker 1>she said, cancer ain't got nothing on me, and neither

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<v Speaker 1>does this fascist. Let's go, y'all, Welcome home. Native Lampard

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