WEBVTT - A Day of Action

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to wok F Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>Meet your Girl Danielle Moody, recording from the Home Bunker. Folks.

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<v Speaker 1>It's been a time, right Like the last week or

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<v Speaker 1>so has seen a lot, and every time that I

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<v Speaker 1>start a show out on Monday, I'm always like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>what will the week bring? You know, by the time

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<v Speaker 1>that I kind of sit down to record, sometimes I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like everything has been usurped by the time that

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<v Speaker 1>I get ready to record. But I want to start

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<v Speaker 1>off today with kind of where I left off, where

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<v Speaker 1>WAJ and I left off on Democracy Ish on Friday

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<v Speaker 1>and just a reminder of Democracy Ish is live on

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<v Speaker 1>Friday's twelve pm Eastern on my YouTube channel and then

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast is available after. But today marks the one

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<v Speaker 1>year of the war in Israel and Palestine. It is

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<v Speaker 1>one year since the horrific attack that killed over one

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<v Speaker 1>thousand Israelis and had hundreds kidnapped. It is over a

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<v Speaker 1>year since I think over forty thousand, forty thousand Palestinians, men, women, children, doctors, journalists, nurses,

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<v Speaker 1>academics have been murdered. Now Netanyahu has stretched that war

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<v Speaker 1>outside of the borders of Israel and Palestine and is

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<v Speaker 1>now waging war in Lebanon, where over two thousand Lebanese

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<v Speaker 1>have been murdered. And there will be people who tell

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<v Speaker 1>you often that this conflict is complicated, that it goes back,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, decades upon decades, and that lay people like

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<v Speaker 1>ourselves will never understand, and to a certain extent, they're right.

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<v Speaker 1>I will never understand. I will never understand justifying an

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<v Speaker 1>apartheid system. I don't care if that apartheid system is

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<v Speaker 1>based on race. I don't care if it's based on ethnicity.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't care if it's based on religion. If you

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<v Speaker 1>have an apartheid system, I don't care if it's based

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<v Speaker 1>on gender or orientation. If there is a system in

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<v Speaker 1>which a country exists where everyone that lives inside of

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<v Speaker 1>that country is bound by different laws and is held

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<v Speaker 1>to different standards, it is wrong. This is why I

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<v Speaker 1>look at America with a tilted head and squinted eyes,

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<v Speaker 1>because America does not apply democracy and equity and justice

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<v Speaker 1>equally amongst those that are American citizens. We know that

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<v Speaker 1>black people in this country are treated woefully different than

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<v Speaker 1>white people in America. We can know that based on

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<v Speaker 1>the breakdown of economic, health, education, disparities. They exist because

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<v Speaker 1>of racism. They exist because of who had the power

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<v Speaker 1>to deem who was human and who wasn't. Now we

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<v Speaker 1>are certainly in a place in this country where we

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<v Speaker 1>are relitigating the past, because there has never really truly

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<v Speaker 1>been an honest reckoning not only of America's founding, but

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<v Speaker 1>also of the disparities that continue to exist because of

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<v Speaker 1>the Transatlantic slave trade, because of Jim Crow, and decades

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<v Speaker 1>nearly a century of segregation, because of the targeted attacks

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<v Speaker 1>and sentioned domestic terrorism against black people in this country,

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<v Speaker 1>all the way to now where you have a former

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<v Speaker 1>president of the United States making immigrants, black immigrants, Haitian

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<v Speaker 1>immigrants a target simply because of what they look like

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<v Speaker 1>and where they're from. So when I am looking at

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<v Speaker 1>the state of Israel, I am looking at it through

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<v Speaker 1>the lens of a black queer woman living in America.

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<v Speaker 1>And when I look at and saw with my own

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<v Speaker 1>eyes when I traveled there in twenty fifteen, the blatant

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<v Speaker 1>and obvious apartheid system that was in place that they

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<v Speaker 1>copycatted from the United States, I have a great deal

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<v Speaker 1>to say, as do many Americans who do not want

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<v Speaker 1>our tax dollars to go to uphold a segregationist system

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<v Speaker 1>where Israelis and Palestinians drive on two separate roads, have

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<v Speaker 1>two different types of access to water, have two different

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<v Speaker 1>legal systems. We live in a world right now where

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<v Speaker 1>black lives and Muslim lives do not matter, because one

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<v Speaker 1>year later there seems to be no sign of slowing

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<v Speaker 1>of the genocide that is taking place. And there is

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<v Speaker 1>nothing other than to call it in my eyes, when

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<v Speaker 1>one group is being murdered relentlessly every single day and

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<v Speaker 1>the world remains silent. So I don't care if it

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<v Speaker 1>is based on race, gender, orientation, religion, ethnicity. If you

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<v Speaker 1>are creating a multi tiered system that is not expressed

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<v Speaker 1>equally for everyone, we have a fucking problem. And so

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<v Speaker 1>it is with an extremely heavy heart that the reality here, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>is that we have two candidates for president, one who

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<v Speaker 1>is a felon, one who is an adjudicated rapist, one

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<v Speaker 1>who is a racist, misogynist, and a liar, and the

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<v Speaker 1>other one that is a former Attorney general, current Vice

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<v Speaker 1>President of the United States, former Senator. Do I believe

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<v Speaker 1>that the policies that have been upheld through Republican and

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<v Speaker 1>democratic administrations are going to change as it relates to

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<v Speaker 1>Israel and Palestine. I pray that it does. But I

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<v Speaker 1>will tell you that the difference right now between Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump and Kamala Harris is that when Donald Trump looks

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<v Speaker 1>at Gaza, he sees beachfront property, as did his son

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<v Speaker 1>Jared Kushner, who was drawing up plans is in the

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<v Speaker 1>midst of drawing up plans soon, as we know, exterminate

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<v Speaker 1>an entire population of people. Then you have Vice President

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<v Speaker 1>Kamala Harris, who does not hold the same tired sentiments

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<v Speaker 1>that I think that Joe Biden and past Democrats have

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<v Speaker 1>because they're from different generations, and believes in the self

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<v Speaker 1>determination of the Palestinian people. But what does that look

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<v Speaker 1>like in practice? Only electing her will we see. But

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<v Speaker 1>I know that Donald Trump has already begun to lay

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<v Speaker 1>the groundwork that he told a group of Jewish Americans

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<v Speaker 1>that if he lost the election, it was going to

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<v Speaker 1>be their fault. So when we start tossing around terms

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<v Speaker 1>like anti Semitic for those that actually have a critique

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<v Speaker 1>as opposed to those who have shown consistent anti Jewish sentiment,

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<v Speaker 1>we lose the plot. The question that we should be

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<v Speaker 1>asking ourselves as we close in on the end of

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<v Speaker 1>this presidential election cycle, is what kind of country and

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<v Speaker 1>what kind of world do we want to live in?

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<v Speaker 1>Because what I have seen over the past ten plus

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<v Speaker 1>years is vast inequities that grow by the day. You're

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<v Speaker 1>looking at Elon musk on the version of becoming the

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<v Speaker 1>world's first trillionaire. Meanwhile, a majority of people in this

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<v Speaker 1>country couldn't pay a four hundred bill if it came due.

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<v Speaker 1>You have a system that has been rigged for the

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<v Speaker 1>rich to get even richer while the rest of us

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<v Speaker 1>struggle each and every day to make ends meet. And

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<v Speaker 1>it isn't because oh, they work harder. Fuck that, that's

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<v Speaker 1>a lie. It's that we are working harder. Middle working

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<v Speaker 1>and low income and poor people are working harder each

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<v Speaker 1>and every day to get less because of the hoarding

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<v Speaker 1>that is happening at the top. We look at the

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<v Speaker 1>inequities when we're looking at the effects of climate change,

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<v Speaker 1>what countries, what areas of being the hardest hit or

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<v Speaker 1>not those that have done the worst amount of pollution.

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<v Speaker 1>We're seeing how this is affecting areas that are not

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<v Speaker 1>on the coasts. Look no further than to see what

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<v Speaker 1>has happened in Asheville, North Carolina. That is a mountain

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<v Speaker 1>city that has been wiped out by a hurricane. Folks.

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<v Speaker 1>So there is so much work to do, not just

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<v Speaker 1>in this country but around the world. And I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want us to turn our eyes away because it becomes

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<v Speaker 1>so overwhelming the despair and inequities that we see, because

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<v Speaker 1>we have to look inside. We have to look at

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<v Speaker 1>our own communities and figure out what can I do

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<v Speaker 1>here that will have impact? What can I give, what

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<v Speaker 1>can I create? What kind of communities can I build?

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<v Speaker 1>Because for those of you that have children, whether you

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<v Speaker 1>are a teacher, a parent, a caregiver, what kind of

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<v Speaker 1>world are we creating for them? War to me has

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<v Speaker 1>just never made sense. And I think now back to

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<v Speaker 1>the times when I learned about, you know, the world

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<v Speaker 1>wars and how we learned, you know, from this heroic

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<v Speaker 1>lens of Americans coming in to save the day in

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<v Speaker 1>World War II and bump up, up, up up. But

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<v Speaker 1>we allowed six million Jewish people to be murdered before

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<v Speaker 1>anybody took any action. Hundreds of thousands murdered in Vietnam, Cambodia,

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<v Speaker 1>all around the world for what for power? So today

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<v Speaker 1>is not just a day to remember. It's a day

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<v Speaker 1>of action because every day, every hour, thousands of Palestinians

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<v Speaker 1>are being murdered. Every day, every hour Jewish people in

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<v Speaker 1>this country and around the world become less safe. Every

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<v Speaker 1>day a black person is losing their life for no

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<v Speaker 1>other reason than being black and in the wrong place

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<v Speaker 1>at the wrong time. We don't have to live like this,

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<v Speaker 1>But it's when we throw up our hands and believe

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<v Speaker 1>that there is no other way to be, that how

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<v Speaker 1>things have been done is just the way that they

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<v Speaker 1>need to be, that we rob ourselves of agency and

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<v Speaker 1>of our imagination to possibly reimagine a world that isn't

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<v Speaker 1>feeding off chaos and violence and misery. I do think

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<v Speaker 1>that we have an opportunity in this upcoming election to

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<v Speaker 1>rewrite America, to begin to rewrite America. But it's going

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<v Speaker 1>to take each and every one of us looking at

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<v Speaker 1>our own lives and seeing where we can be better,

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<v Speaker 1>Where we can be more offline and more connected to

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<v Speaker 1>one another in real life, when we can stop making

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<v Speaker 1>assumptions about the neighbor down the street and just knock

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<v Speaker 1>on their door. I encourage us all to get out

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<v Speaker 1>of our own shells more and connect with folks so

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<v Speaker 1>that we can begin to build what we want to

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<v Speaker 1>see in our own community and then watch that action grow.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think I believe that if we elect Kamala

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<v Speaker 1>Harris and Tim Walls, that we have the ability to

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<v Speaker 1>begin that rebuild. But this election, like I said, is

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<v Speaker 1>not going to be a one and done election because

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<v Speaker 1>MAGA is never going away. They just reinvent themselves, different names,

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<v Speaker 1>different suits, slicker language, but it's all the same white supremist,

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<v Speaker 1>Christian nationalist agenda that has been being pushed in this

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<v Speaker 1>country since its formation. Donald Trump just gave them permission

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<v Speaker 1>to always be who they have always been. People that

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<v Speaker 1>want to erase history, that want absolute power to control

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<v Speaker 1>and make people conform to their way of thinking. There

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<v Speaker 1>will always be those people, but i' believe that there

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<v Speaker 1>are more people that want to live and let live,

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<v Speaker 1>that want everyone to have the same opportunities and the

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<v Speaker 1>same access, regardless of their race, religion, ethnicity, orientation, gender, ability, etc.

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<v Speaker 1>We can't leave it up to the people that we

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<v Speaker 1>elect to wave a magic wand and make things better.

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<v Speaker 1>The country is better and becomes better because of us.

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<v Speaker 1>Things will change in Israel and Palestine because we the

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<v Speaker 1>people will demand better and elect people who believe in

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<v Speaker 1>everyone's humanity and dignity and ability to have self determination.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how change happens, person by person, brick by brick.

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<v Speaker 1>We have the power and that is something that we

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<v Speaker 1>need to remember every single day, folks. Just stay quick

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<v Speaker 1>reminder as I get out of here. The Danielle Moody

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<v Speaker 1>see you all over there very soon. That is it

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<v Speaker 1>for me today, dear friends on Woke af as always,

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

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