WEBVTT - 022424 Why is There No ‘White History Month?’ (Part 2)

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<v Speaker 1>Keep going riding with us as we continue to broadcast

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<v Speaker 1>the balance and defend the discourse from these hip hop

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<v Speaker 1>weekly studios. Welcome back to Civic Cipher. I am still

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<v Speaker 1>your host, Ramsey's.

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<v Speaker 2>JA, he said, still as if that'll ever change. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>if it ever does, there will be two new voices

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<v Speaker 2>on these microphonees. So as long as he is still

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<v Speaker 2>Ramsey's JA, I will remain q Ward young brother.

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<v Speaker 3>Right there.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm glad that you that you guys are tuned in

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<v Speaker 2>to Civic Cipher once.

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<v Speaker 3>Again and we got a lot more free to stick

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<v Speaker 3>around for it. Please do.

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<v Speaker 1>We are going to be discussing some questions that come

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<v Speaker 1>up around Black history, Monk, for most of which, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>is why is there not a white history one. We

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<v Speaker 1>recognize that on your quest to become a better ally,

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<v Speaker 1>you might encounter questions like this, or you might.

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<v Speaker 3>Have asked questions like this yourself. It's okay.

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<v Speaker 1>We take all comers over here, and we don't start

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<v Speaker 1>the conversations with anger or anything like that. So we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to get into that in just a few minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>But before we get there, let us discuss ba Ba

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<v Speaker 1>want you to demand Snoop Cereal and boycott post All right,

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<v Speaker 1>that's it. That's the whole thing. I'll read rapper Snoop

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<v Speaker 1>Dogg and Master Pierre Sewing Walmart and food manufacturer manufacturer

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<v Speaker 1>Post Consumer Brands, arguing that both companies intentionally left their

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<v Speaker 1>cereal product off shehelves and hidden in stock rooms in

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<v Speaker 1>an attempt to sabotage the brand. In the thirty four

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<v Speaker 1>page a lawsuit filed, attorneys representing the rappers outline at

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<v Speaker 1>Snoop Dogg born Calvin Brought Us and Master p Born

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<v Speaker 1>Percy Miller created Brought Us Foods in twenty twenty two

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<v Speaker 1>with the goal of adding diversity to the food industry

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<v Speaker 1>while quote inspiring and creating opportunities for minority own products

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<v Speaker 1>and brands. The suit argues that when the two rappers

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<v Speaker 1>approached Post Consumer brands to get support for one of

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<v Speaker 1>the cereals, Snoop cereal, the food manufacturer attempted to outrite

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<v Speaker 1>by the brand the Rapper. The Rappers declined the offer,

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<v Speaker 1>saying they believed it would quote destroy the whole purpose

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<v Speaker 1>of leading the company to their families. Posts then suggested

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<v Speaker 1>and entered a partnership with promotion agreement with brought US

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<v Speaker 1>Foods to manufacture, market, and distribute and sell Snoop Cereal

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<v Speaker 1>in December of twenty twenty two, in which they would

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<v Speaker 1>split the.

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<v Speaker 3>Profits with Broughtest Foods. The lawsuit says.

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<v Speaker 1>However, the Rappers argued the Post did not honor their

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<v Speaker 1>original agreement, citing the manufacturer quote pretended to be on

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<v Speaker 1>board with the duo's goals and did not treat the

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<v Speaker 1>cereal like one of their own brands. Quote, Post entered

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<v Speaker 1>into a false arrangement where they could choke Brought US

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<v Speaker 1>Foods out of the market, thereby preventing Snoop Cereal from

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<v Speaker 1>being sold or produced by any competitor, Quote.

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<v Speaker 3>The lawsuit says.

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<v Speaker 1>Months after Snoop Cereal launched last July, the lawsuit argues

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<v Speaker 1>that customers were no longer able to find the cereal,

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<v Speaker 1>and many Walmart shelves across the US, unlike other posts foods.

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<v Speaker 3>So shout out to Snoop Dog and Master.

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<v Speaker 2>P said that things remain the same.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, So let's talk.

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<v Speaker 1>Why is there a Black History Month but not a

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<v Speaker 1>White History Month. Well, you know, we came across a

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<v Speaker 1>video that we're going to share with you. This person speaking,

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<v Speaker 1>her name is Brittany Cooper, and I believe her channel.

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<v Speaker 1>She states her channel on this, so I'll let her

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<v Speaker 1>say her own piece, but we're going to start the

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<v Speaker 1>conversation here, so let's play this video.

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<v Speaker 4>Will feel like they own time and control history. And

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<v Speaker 4>there's a way that even if you go back to

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<v Speaker 4>the early Western philosophers that everybody love. My least favorite

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<v Speaker 4>is George Hagel, who said, you know, Africa is no

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<v Speaker 4>historic part of the world. So in the seventeen hundred

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<v Speaker 4>and eighteen hundreds, various groups of white European men got

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<v Speaker 4>together and just decided that Africa didn't matter in the

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<v Speaker 4>span of world history. I mean, talk about having some

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<v Speaker 4>kahonas time has a history, and so do black people.

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<v Speaker 4>In part of the reason that we have, for instance,

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<v Speaker 4>Black History Month in this country is because we literally

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<v Speaker 4>have to make the argument that black people have actually

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<v Speaker 4>done things that are significant to the creation of the

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<v Speaker 4>nation state. And it turns out that if we didn't

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<v Speaker 4>have things like Black History Month, apparently people would not

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<v Speaker 4>believe that black people were actually significant historical actors. We

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<v Speaker 4>keep on relitigating, basically the eighteen sixties. In this country.

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<v Speaker 4>We have racial animists the likes of which we have

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<v Speaker 4>not seen in my lifetime, of resurgence of law enforcement

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<v Speaker 4>engaging black folks in ways that are often deadly and

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<v Speaker 4>often with impunity. White people dictate the pace of social inclusion,

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<v Speaker 4>and they do so by saying we'll get there while

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<v Speaker 4>we're trying to push.

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<v Speaker 2>Us so fast.

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<v Speaker 4>That kind of pushing back the clock, which is a

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<v Speaker 4>phrase that we use all the time, is a way

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<v Speaker 4>in which those in power like to say to those

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<v Speaker 4>of us who don't have power, we're going to determine

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<v Speaker 4>not only what you get, but when you get it.

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<v Speaker 4>And that is the critical difference between young activists who

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<v Speaker 4>are in the streets saying change it now, change it today.

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<v Speaker 4>We don't want your gradualism. They remind me of the

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<v Speaker 4>debates over slavery in this country and ending slavery in

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<v Speaker 4>the eighteen hundreds. There were gradualists who said we're going

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<v Speaker 4>to end slavery, but we want to do it in steps,

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<v Speaker 4>so we'll free you, but you know, can you work

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<v Speaker 4>ten years? Can we sort of gradually phase you out

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<v Speaker 4>of slavery? And there were others who said, we're going

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<v Speaker 4>to pass this amendment and at that moment you will

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<v Speaker 4>be free. And for those of us who continue to

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<v Speaker 4>struggle with a white supremacist, capitalist, patriarchal power structure, immediate

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<v Speaker 4>freedom is what we want. Gradualism does not serve us.

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<v Speaker 4>There is a truth telling that happens at that nexus

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<v Speaker 4>of blackness and feminism, at that space of having to

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<v Speaker 4>work twice as hard to get half as far, which

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<v Speaker 4>is a black faverb and at that space of knowing

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<v Speaker 4>that so often you can be the dopest chicken room

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<v Speaker 4>and they'll give it to the mediocre white man in

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<v Speaker 4>the room. Putting those things together gives you a clarity

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<v Speaker 4>and a vision about where we can go if we

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<v Speaker 4>stop oppressing black folks and women and gender knock performing folk.

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<v Speaker 4>And so black feminism taught me that, and I.

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<v Speaker 3>Think it can teach you that too.

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<v Speaker 4>I am Brittany Cooper and this is my brief but

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<v Speaker 4>spectacular take on my eloquent rage.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, So first off, listen to black women and

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to give you another baba, another action item.

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<v Speaker 1>She can be founded Brittany sorry, YouTube dot com slash

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<v Speaker 1>brief but spectacular. Her name is Brittany Cooper once again.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, there's a lot of times when you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the short answer to that question, why is there a

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<v Speaker 1>Black History Month and not a White History Month? The

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<v Speaker 1>short answer is, well, because there have been people who

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<v Speaker 1>have erased us from history, right intentionally, Yeah, but they're

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<v Speaker 1>to a person that to where that is inconceivable that

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<v Speaker 1>didn't really happen. You guys are always the victims. You

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<v Speaker 1>guys are just saying that who would erase you from history?

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<v Speaker 1>Nobody does that.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that she makes a case.

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<v Speaker 1>That flies in the face of those people who would

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<v Speaker 1>dismiss a statement like that that we've been a raised

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<v Speaker 1>from history, those people that would dismiss that as being

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<v Speaker 1>just kind of imagining us, imagining that this might have

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<v Speaker 1>happened at some point in the past. She mentioned a name,

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<v Speaker 1>George Hagel, And as we do on this show, because

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<v Speaker 1>we have to, we researched George Hagel.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, So.

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<v Speaker 1>With George Hagel, I'm gonna share a bit from his

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<v Speaker 1>He's the person that said Africa has no history. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna share a bit from from what I've researched about him.

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<v Speaker 1>Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel He was born in seventeen seventy and

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<v Speaker 1>died in eighteen thirty one. He was a German philosopher

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<v Speaker 1>and one of the most influential figures of German idealism

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<v Speaker 1>in nineteenth century philosophy. As influence extends across the entire

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<v Speaker 1>range of contemporary philosophical topics, from metaphysical issues and e

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<v Speaker 1>epistemology ontology to political philosophy, the philosophy of history, philosophy

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<v Speaker 1>of art, philosophy of religion, and the history of philosophy.

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<v Speaker 1>And he is quoted as saying Africa has no history

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<v Speaker 1>and did not contribute to anything that mankind enjoyed. There's

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<v Speaker 1>a separate quote here that says is effectually a continuation,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's a separate quote. Is no historical part of

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<v Speaker 1>the world. It has no movement or development to exhibit. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so I want to tie two things together here. One

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<v Speaker 1>of the most influential figures of German idealism in the

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen hundreds right now. The population in this country in

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<v Speaker 1>the early years of this country was heavily German.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, the reason we don't have a national language

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<v Speaker 1>is because at the time they were deciding that more

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<v Speaker 1>people spoke German in the United States than spoke English.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's the reason we don't have English as a

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<v Speaker 1>national language here in this country. So German people have

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<v Speaker 1>been here since the founding. And this influential German figure

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<v Speaker 1>suggesting that you know, he was like the man in

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<v Speaker 1>his day.

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<v Speaker 3>He was the.

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<v Speaker 1>Intellectual for him to suggest that Africa has no history.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me let me read his quote again. Africa has

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<v Speaker 1>no history and did not contribute to anything mankind enjoyed.

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<v Speaker 3>My son was born from a C section. Do you

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<v Speaker 3>know the first people to invent see sections?

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<v Speaker 2>Please educate us.

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<v Speaker 1>Those are African people. I could go on, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>a Black History month. You need to teach yourselves. Learn everything. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>But when we say that our history was suppressed, it's

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<v Speaker 1>this person and figures like him. You know already throughout slavery,

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<v Speaker 1>at least in this country, that our contributions to what

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<v Speaker 1>has made this country what it is have been suppressed.

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<v Speaker 1>And there are many that we will never know. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>for those that listen to the first half of the show,

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<v Speaker 1>you know that we discussed for our Way Black History

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<v Speaker 1>Fact the true origin story of Jack daniels whiskey and

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<v Speaker 1>how it has its roots in slavery, because indeed, a

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<v Speaker 1>slave was the person who taught Jack Daniels. I know,

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<v Speaker 1>Jack Daniel how to make the whiskey that he's made

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<v Speaker 1>that becomes so popular.

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<v Speaker 5>I notice while listening to you deliver that Way Black

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<v Speaker 5>History Fact, that there was no mention of Jasper Daniels

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<v Speaker 5>freeing his distiller or his family that he also brought

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<v Speaker 5>to work for him.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't wasn't until after the Emancipation Proclamation, So he

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<v Speaker 1>was a slave until he wasn't. Right, But you can

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<v Speaker 1>imagine that all of these sorts of things matter to

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<v Speaker 1>people who have been stripped of their identity, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>for those of for those of you, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>talk specifically to our white listeners today. Everything I will

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<v Speaker 1>always say to you will be conveyed in the spirit

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<v Speaker 1>of love, and I'm asking for you to follow me

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<v Speaker 1>on this. If you trace back your history, your lineage,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to feel bad. This is just factual,

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<v Speaker 1>right If you trace back your history, you conceivably could

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<v Speaker 1>trace it back to I don't know, some ship, some

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<v Speaker 1>immigrant story, or maybe you can trace it back to

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<v Speaker 1>the Mayflower or some village or kingdom or something in

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<v Speaker 1>Scotland or whatever. Right, and if you go back far enough,

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<v Speaker 1>you can find somebody to be proud of, to know

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<v Speaker 1>what you're capable of, to know what you can aspire to,

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<v Speaker 1>to know that you come from greatness, great thinkers, brilliant minds,

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<v Speaker 1>people who have contributed meaningful things to society. And that

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<v Speaker 1>is empowering. And you may not know it. If you

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<v Speaker 1>think that everybody gets that, you may not know how

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<v Speaker 1>empowering that is. Now, I want you to imagine for

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<v Speaker 1>a second that if you trace your history back, you

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<v Speaker 1>would only go as far as a slave and the

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<v Speaker 1>man who raped her.

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<v Speaker 3>And think about how hurtful that is. You know what

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<v Speaker 3>I mean?

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<v Speaker 1>Like, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not. You can see me,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm not like sad or upset or anything. Obviously

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<v Speaker 1>this is something that I know. But how how do you?

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<v Speaker 2>How do you?

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<v Speaker 1>The only thing we can be proud of is the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that we are doing better. We can't be proud

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<v Speaker 1>of that.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean the idea that we've survived it. Yeah, that's

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm trying to say. Somehow that should be the

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<v Speaker 2>source of our pride.

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<v Speaker 3>So let me let me take it a step further,

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<v Speaker 3>and I'll turn it over to you.

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<v Speaker 1>If you can only go back to a slave and

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<v Speaker 1>the man that raped her, and that is that is

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<v Speaker 1>what caused you to exist, that plus the people after

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<v Speaker 1>that generation, the people after that generation, and then you

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<v Speaker 1>if it if indeed, it's that far back that you

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<v Speaker 1>can go. There's not a lot of dignity. There's not

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of empowering facts. Oh, I come from these

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<v Speaker 1>great thinkers, these great you know, you don't even this

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<v Speaker 1>lady couldn't read. She never had the chance to become

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<v Speaker 1>what she was capable of becoming. So I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if I'm capable. Of course, I look around my neighborhood.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm from Compton, famously, look around my neighborhood. Everybody here

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<v Speaker 1>is black, and everybody here is poor. And when I

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<v Speaker 1>watch TV, everybody's white and everybody's rich. And so this

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<v Speaker 1>is just the way that it is. Why do we

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<v Speaker 1>need a black history money so that we know that

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<v Speaker 1>we are more than what we've become. So that we

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<v Speaker 1>know that we have things that we can be proud of,

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<v Speaker 1>so that we know that we are more than the

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<v Speaker 1>product of a and raping a slave, and we know

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<v Speaker 1>what we can aspire to, We know what we can

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<v Speaker 1>be proud of, we know what we can stand on,

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<v Speaker 1>we know what we can accomplish. And if you don't

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<v Speaker 1>need that, then you should not ask me why there

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<v Speaker 1>is no blacky, why there is no white history months.

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<v Speaker 1>I learned about white history eleven other months out of

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<v Speaker 1>the year. And we focus on black history for this

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<v Speaker 1>reason and for other reasons, because black people have contributed

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<v Speaker 1>valuable elements to society, and it is too easy for

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<v Speaker 1>black people to be dismissed to the margins, relegated to

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<v Speaker 1>the margins. And so any celebration of blackness, be a

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<v Speaker 1>Black History Month, be it m okay, they be a

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<v Speaker 1>June team, be at whatever banza you name. It is

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<v Speaker 1>a celebration of our humanity and affirmation of our humanity,

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<v Speaker 1>and a celebration of our contributions and our value in

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<v Speaker 1>this place.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's the thing we can be proud of. All right,

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<v Speaker 3>go ahead, enjoy.

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<v Speaker 2>Extremely Will said, there has been a blatant and successful

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<v Speaker 2>attempt to erase large segments of our history and our

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<v Speaker 2>contributions to society. One of the reasons why ideology like

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<v Speaker 2>this was so damning and so damaging is that when

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<v Speaker 2>you relegate us to our origins being slavery and a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of cases the rape of a slave that gave us,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, lack Americans whose skin looks more like mine,

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<v Speaker 2>a bit more fair. If you will, you create the

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<v Speaker 2>types of people who feel like we benefit from having

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<v Speaker 2>been brought here. You create the ideas that somehow being

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<v Speaker 2>brought from Africa, where we throughout the history of Earth

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<v Speaker 2>never contributed anything to society.

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<v Speaker 1>At least, according to George Wilhelm Frederick Hegel, were brought

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<v Speaker 1>here and taught language, and given God and giving, and

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<v Speaker 1>been given skills to be able to participate in agriculture

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<v Speaker 1>and architecture and all these things that we were taught

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<v Speaker 1>and learned because we were brought here and made slaves.

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<v Speaker 2>So when you can get rid of our pre and

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<v Speaker 2>post slavery contributions to society at large, you can make

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<v Speaker 2>children and their parents think, wow, look how well off

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<v Speaker 2>they are from having been brought here. And hey, yes

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<v Speaker 2>we agree that slavery was rough, but look how far

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<v Speaker 2>you've come. You're not in a tree in Africa. Okay, listen,

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<v Speaker 2>lit's lean into this. I want to play a video

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<v Speaker 2>from chairman o'mali yes she tella, and I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to hear his his take on Africa.

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<v Speaker 6>Eighty four eighty five Europeans sat out a table in Berlin, Germany,

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<v Speaker 6>and not a single African there and carved up Africa

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<v Speaker 6>into the territories that we now sometimes called countries and

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<v Speaker 6>illogically referred to as nations. Africans didn't do that. It

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<v Speaker 6>was Europe that did that. It was Europe and in

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<v Speaker 6>perilansm that required Africa to be Africa to be divided,

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<v Speaker 6>so that the resources of Africa, both human and material,

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<v Speaker 6>could come and pave the streets in London and go

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<v Speaker 6>the buildings in Amsterdam and bring clean water to New York,

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<v Speaker 6>while the streets and Sierra Leon are not paid, and

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<v Speaker 6>the people in Sierra Leone do not have clean water,

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<v Speaker 6>and there's there's no national electric grid there. It is

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<v Speaker 6>necessary to keep Africa divided by European imperialism and by

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<v Speaker 6>all the imperialism in order to continue to subt the

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<v Speaker 6>resources from Africa. You have to be able to break

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<v Speaker 6>out of this. But it's going to take revolution in

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<v Speaker 6>order to do this African revolution. In order to do

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<v Speaker 6>this African revolution that destroy imperialism and the world economy

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<v Speaker 6>that's responsible for the growing in the serration of the

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<v Speaker 6>masses of people around the world.

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<v Speaker 3>Hudu Europeans about that when you notice that.

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<v Speaker 1>The history of Africa has been The reason for that

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<v Speaker 1>is now because Africans are not capable of governing themselves

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<v Speaker 1>because of whatever. The reason for that is because imperialism

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<v Speaker 1>made its way to Africa alongside gunpowder and disease, and

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<v Speaker 1>that coupled with immoral inhuman leaders who are power hungry

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<v Speaker 1>and so forth, you end up with the legacy of

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<v Speaker 1>colonialism in Africa. Okay, but black people had brilliant civilizations

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<v Speaker 1>in Ethiopia and of course in Egypt and all over

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<v Speaker 1>Africa for eons.

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<v Speaker 3>Before white people even existed.

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<v Speaker 1>But I needed you to know that because that question

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<v Speaker 1>does come up quite a bit, certainly during Black History Month,

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<v Speaker 1>and I want you to keep this same energy. We

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<v Speaker 1>don't have time, of course, but keep the same energy

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<v Speaker 1>when people ask why is b et not racist or

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<v Speaker 1>Ebony or Essence magazine or why is there not a

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<v Speaker 1>white equivalent to these things. And I do want you

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<v Speaker 1>to know that if you wanted a white entertainment television

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<v Speaker 1>that would be problematic. If you wanted an Irish entertainment

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<v Speaker 1>television that would not be That's fine because now we're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about a culture Whiteness only exists, and indeed was

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<v Speaker 1>only conceived to delineate a slave class from a non

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<v Speaker 1>slave class. So to call yourself white does not have

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<v Speaker 1>any real identity associated with it outside of that we

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<v Speaker 1>are not them. To be Irish means that we have

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<v Speaker 1>pride and culture and history that comes from a place,

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<v Speaker 1>and we can celebrate that collectively. So if you want

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<v Speaker 1>White History Month, call it Irish History Month, and you'll

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<v Speaker 1>soon realize that there's a lot of white people who

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<v Speaker 1>are not Irish. And this also helps for people that

0:21:46.160 --> 0:21:48.840
<v Speaker 1>feel like, why is black power racist? Or why is

0:21:48.880 --> 0:21:51.160
<v Speaker 1>white power racist? And black power are not racist? It's

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<v Speaker 1>all the same there. White power is rooted in the

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<v Speaker 1>oppression of others. Black powers is of course famously an

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<v Speaker 1>affirmation of our strength.

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<v Speaker 3>And so with that in mind, we will leave that

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<v Speaker 3>right there.

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<v Speaker 1>The show always runs out way too soon, real quick,

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