WEBVTT - The Difference Between Growing up in Africa vs America

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<v Speaker 1>An illegal alien from Guatemala charged with raping a child

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<v Speaker 1>in Massachusetts. An MS thirteen gang member from Al Salvador

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<v Speaker 1>accused of murdering a Texas man of Venezuelan charged with

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<v Speaker 1>filming and selling child pornography in Michigan. These are just

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<v Speaker 1>some of the heinous migrant criminals caught because of President

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<v Speaker 1>Donald J. Trump's leadership. I'm Christy nom the United States

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<v Speaker 1>Secretary of Homeland Security. Under President Trump, attempted illegal border

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<v Speaker 1>crossings are at the lowest levels ever recorded, and over

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred thousand illegal aliens have been arrested. If you

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<v Speaker 1>are here illegally, your next you will be fined nearly

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<v Speaker 1>one thousand dollars a day, imprisoned, and deported. You will

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<v Speaker 1>never return. But if you register using our CBP home

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<v Speaker 1>app and leave now, you could be allowed to return legally.

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<v Speaker 1>Do what's right. Leave now. Under President Trump, America's laws,

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<v Speaker 1>border and families will.

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<v Speaker 2>Be protected sponsored by the United States Department of Homeland Security.

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<v Speaker 3>So what we built.

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<v Speaker 4>I want to ask you about the festival before then,

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<v Speaker 4>let's go through this. You're born in America. Wll yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>Were you born eighty eight? You're born in eighty eight

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<v Speaker 4>in ninety five. You go to Africa, Ghana for seven

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<v Speaker 4>years yep. So that's like what like third grade something

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<v Speaker 4>like that.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, second second grade, second grade grade up until like

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<v Speaker 3>I came back when I was in eighth grade, So.

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<v Speaker 4>You go from second grade to eighth grade, which effectively

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<v Speaker 4>is like where you're actually growing up. So you're growing

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<v Speaker 4>up in Ghana, come back in for high school in

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<v Speaker 4>New York, yep.

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<v Speaker 3>Went to Walton High School, high school for teaching professions

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<v Speaker 3>in Walton was high school side of the high school,

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<v Speaker 3>inside of the so you know, we were wore uniforms. Crazy.

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<v Speaker 3>But you know, even like transitioning between coming back from

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<v Speaker 3>Ghana to go to school, it was a culture shop

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<v Speaker 3>because I hear students talking back to teachers.

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<v Speaker 4>That's what I was doing. So it's like, all right,

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<v Speaker 4>you like French Martana. He he moved to the Bronx Morocco, Africa,

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<v Speaker 4>but he just was in there for twelve years and

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<v Speaker 4>they moved. So it's not as you were in America

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<v Speaker 4>in the Bronx, went to Ghana and came back to

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<v Speaker 4>the Bronx. How was that for you? As far as

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<v Speaker 4>a culture shock is concerned. And we have another friend

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<v Speaker 4>from Nigeria, and he was saying, like in Nigeria, that's

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<v Speaker 4>real popular. Like parents make sure that their kids go

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<v Speaker 4>back to their country for a couple of years just

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<v Speaker 4>they don't want them to lose the culture. And they

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<v Speaker 4>don't even live with them, like they'll sit them with

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<v Speaker 4>an aunt or an uncle.

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<v Speaker 3>I lived with my grandmother and my uncle. So I

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<v Speaker 3>lived with my uncle the first couple of years and

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<v Speaker 3>then with my grandmother, which was an experience. My uncle

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<v Speaker 3>hustled in Japan as in he left Ghana to go

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<v Speaker 3>to Japan to learn how to make money. So he

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<v Speaker 3>moved back to Ghana to start his own businesses. But

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<v Speaker 3>it was very different that because I'm not with my parents,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't really know him as an uncle like that.

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<v Speaker 3>I just met him when I moved into his house.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, we're living in a house that is in

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<v Speaker 3>Medina's own goal. It's very different than the people we

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<v Speaker 3>go to school with who are all living in like luxury.

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<v Speaker 3>So my dad kind of in his mind he did

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<v Speaker 3>that purposefully because he wanted us to be able to

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<v Speaker 3>have that balance at the time, I'm not gonna lie.

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<v Speaker 3>They didn't like it. I just it was just kind of

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<v Speaker 3>like I didn't understand why they would leave us here.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, every once in a while, like they'll make

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<v Speaker 3>us feel happy by like shipping us a bunch of

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<v Speaker 3>boxes of cereal or like powdered milk. You know, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, it just kind of made you take an

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<v Speaker 3>appreciation for like being able to go to a corner

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<v Speaker 3>store and get like a gallon of milk or get

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<v Speaker 3>a bag of chips, or a quarter soda after the

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<v Speaker 3>quarter of water or something like that. Back then, so

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<v Speaker 3>whenever we would get to come back for the summertime

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<v Speaker 3>with the best times right because then you get to

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<v Speaker 3>go back to Ghana and go to school and show

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<v Speaker 3>them all the new kicks, showed them all the new gear,

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<v Speaker 3>tell them like all the new music that's going out. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>you're the man when you when you have that, I

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<v Speaker 3>guess proximity to abroad in Ghana during those times, you

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<v Speaker 3>were the man, Like you know what I mean, it

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<v Speaker 3>was it was very very impopular. I think the Internet

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<v Speaker 3>has kind of changed that because now they can see

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<v Speaker 3>everything as we see it. But back then, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>you were the man because you kind of brought them

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<v Speaker 3>culture that they didn't really have access to.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, it was interesting.

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<v Speaker 3>So and I think we came right around nine to eleven,

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<v Speaker 3>we moved back to us and my pops was like,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, do you guys want to stay? Like yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>like you know, and you know, we stayed, and it

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<v Speaker 3>was it was a culture shop because going to school,

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<v Speaker 3>like I knew about the clothes, like you know, my

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<v Speaker 3>brother would let me hold his Jordan's I'll never forget.

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<v Speaker 3>You know. That's the reason why to this day, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>still trying to find the cool grade elevens because my

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<v Speaker 3>dad my brother would let me rock the I know,

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<v Speaker 3>but it's cool. The threes are my favorite, so you

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<v Speaker 3>know our rockers, you know. And you know, the thing

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<v Speaker 3>that connected all of us was hip hop. Like you know,

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<v Speaker 3>at the time, I think Jada Kiss and Beanie Seagulls.

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<v Speaker 4>Was was going at it.

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<v Speaker 3>And my brother was like always putting us on to

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<v Speaker 3>like the music, letting us know what's going on. So

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<v Speaker 3>you know, that was the one thing I could connect

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<v Speaker 3>with them on because know we were talk to be

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<v Speaker 3>demeor like to teachers, Like you couldn't talk back to

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<v Speaker 3>a teacher, you couldn't look at him in an eye

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<v Speaker 3>because you were afraid that you would get beat and

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<v Speaker 3>I was in Ghane they would beat. It was so

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<v Speaker 3>back here people were just cursing that teachers. I was on.

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<v Speaker 5>I've seen I was on out the end of.

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<v Speaker 2>That look at like you talking to the teacher like

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<v Speaker 2>like you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 3>So it was it was an interesting you know culture,

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<v Speaker 3>culture shock at the time because I wasn't used to

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<v Speaker 3>that for a very long time. I couldn't understand how

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<v Speaker 3>people were talking to teachers like that at the time.

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<v Speaker 3>How quickly did you adapt to that? Uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I never talked back to it. I think one time

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<v Speaker 3>in high school. But that's what that was out of anger, man,

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<v Speaker 3>somebody trying to play me.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>You know in high school they was throwing paper. Those

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<v Speaker 3>are those are the things that's like the only five

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<v Speaker 3>ever had in high school and you know that. But

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<v Speaker 3>outside of that, like you know, it was it was

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<v Speaker 3>dangerous then because it was a lot of gangs. And

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<v Speaker 3>did you did you did.

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<v Speaker 4>You have issues like embracing your African because like you said, now,

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<v Speaker 4>it's a vibe as far as afrobeats has really you know,

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<v Speaker 4>it made it cool, but back then, you know, kids

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<v Speaker 4>is ignorant and cruel and just people, which is ignorant

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<v Speaker 4>in general. So I see I've personally seen like African

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<v Speaker 4>kids getting teased. Yeah, like you know what I'm saying,

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<v Speaker 4>and it is Looking back on it, that's something that's

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<v Speaker 1>An illegal alien from Guatemala charged with raping a child

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<v Speaker 1>in Massachusetts. An MS thirteen gang member from Al Salvador

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<v Speaker 1>accused of murdering a Texas. Man of Venezuelan charged with

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<v Speaker 1>filming and selling child pornography in Michigan. These are just

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<v Speaker 1>some of the heinous migrant criminals caught because of President

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<v Speaker 1>Donald J. Trump's leadership. I'm Christy Noman, the United States

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<v Speaker 1>Secretary of Homeland Security. Under President Trump, attempted illegal border

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<v Speaker 1>crossings are at the lowest levels ever recorded, and over

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred thousand illegal aliens have been arrested. If you

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<v Speaker 1>are here illegally, your next you will be fined nearly

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<v Speaker 1>one thousand dollars a day, imprisoned, and deported. You will

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<v Speaker 1>never return. But if you register using our CBP home

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<v Speaker 1>app and leave now, you could be allowed to return legally.

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<v Speaker 1>Do what's right. Leave now. Under President Trump, America's laws,

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<v Speaker 1>border and families.

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<v Speaker 2>Will be protected sponsored by the United States Department of

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<v Speaker 2>Home Madsecurity.

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<v Speaker 4>Fortunate, but I've seen it happen and in any group

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<v Speaker 4>of people, right, that's just happens. Like so, I guess

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<v Speaker 4>sometimes you either like drill down on just like becoming

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<v Speaker 4>you just have a pack of people, or sometimes you

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<v Speaker 4>just try to assimilate and you try to get away from.

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<v Speaker 2>Who you are.

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<v Speaker 3>Nah, I couldn't do that. My parents had a restaurant.

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<v Speaker 3>It was really well known that this is a restaurant.

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<v Speaker 3>When I came back from Ghana, I had an accent.

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<v Speaker 3>It was thick, like you know what I mean. But

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<v Speaker 3>you know it was just jokes, right, So if somebody

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<v Speaker 3>joked on me, I joked on them like I'm African

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<v Speaker 3>but I'm flying, you like those kind of things working

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<v Speaker 3>back then, Like you know what I'm saying, but you

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<v Speaker 3>know what I'm saying. It would just be like quick jokes.

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<v Speaker 3>And then eventually, you know, kids are shallow and that

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<v Speaker 3>they didn't really joke on you if it was fly

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<v Speaker 3>like or if you had like a little bit of

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<v Speaker 3>money or something like that, it was like the one

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<v Speaker 3>thing that let them know. And then also like I had,

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<v Speaker 3>I have a very big family in the Bronx, like

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<v Speaker 3>you know what I mean, seven brothers, eight brothers, mad

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<v Speaker 3>cousins like you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>So it wasn't.

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<v Speaker 3>Something that people wasn't I wasn't an outcast. I wasn't

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<v Speaker 3>something that like I don't remember ever getting picked on,

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<v Speaker 3>like you know, because you know, my big brother will

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<v Speaker 3>come on maybe once in the eighth grade, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I got picked brother came up to this something you

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<v Speaker 3>don't forget, Yeah, so you don't forget that, like you

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<v Speaker 3>know what I'm saying. But like I always had people

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<v Speaker 3>in my community that was like always gonna hold it down.

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<v Speaker 3>And I knew the blocks, like right on Burnside Avenue,

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<v Speaker 3>that's our neighborhood. Like people knew, like my whole family.

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<v Speaker 3>Nobody really messed with my po Dominicans up there. All

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<v Speaker 3>of them know like who my pops is and who

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<v Speaker 3>my block, like my brothers are and my family is.

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<v Speaker 3>They don't really Cedric Avenue, you know, right there at

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<v Speaker 3>birth of hip hop, you know, right by Walton. Now

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<v Speaker 3>you know, we grew up there. So my cousins were

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<v Speaker 3>there and they were in the neighborhood for a long time.

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<v Speaker 3>Nobody really messed with us, like you know. So it

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<v Speaker 3>was really just about being able to get from high

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<v Speaker 3>school to home, right, So being able to bypass that portrait.

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<v Speaker 5>People really don't understand that being and it's something I

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<v Speaker 5>had to learn, right, So we went to school out here.

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<v Speaker 5>But like when I started teaching it and I started coaching,

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<v Speaker 5>I'm so used to being transported to and from like

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<v Speaker 5>like a game, by a school bus until I realized,

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<v Speaker 5>I gotta take the five train, yep, and I gotta

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<v Speaker 5>take two train, and I gotta take the bus. And

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<v Speaker 5>it's like you're susceptible to everything. But then you forget

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<v Speaker 5>like the kid who's getting on the bus at ten

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<v Speaker 5>years old, or the training. He's susceptible to everything too.

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<v Speaker 5>So like that being in New York City, like those

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<v Speaker 5>things you don't even think. You're just kind of like,

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<v Speaker 5>all right, this is part of life.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't realize it was trauma until I got to

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<v Speaker 3>Syracuse because university, yeah, Syracuse, Like you would go through

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<v Speaker 3>the Metal Texas.

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<v Speaker 2>To go to school. Yep.

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<v Speaker 3>You know there was a time I didn't even go

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<v Speaker 3>to the second floor because DDP was there. Like you

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<v Speaker 3>know what I'm saying. It was just like if you

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<v Speaker 3>were black, you was you know, anything can happen. Or

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<v Speaker 3>the non bus or the twenty two bus, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>people coming from Kennedy, right from Kennedy, then you meeting

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<v Speaker 3>with people going from Walton on the four train, coming

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<v Speaker 3>people from Evander. It was just like so many different

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<v Speaker 3>ways that it was dangerous that you know, it was

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<v Speaker 3>an interesting time, but you know, thankfully, like you know,

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<v Speaker 3>for me, I was always a pretty good student. But

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<v Speaker 3>also like because I had my family, you know, I

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<v Speaker 3>didn't really have that many problems. I knew people in Roosevelt,

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<v Speaker 3>knew people in all of these schools, that like will

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<v Speaker 3>always hold it down for me and a family, So

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<v Speaker 3>we never had much worries, you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, my dad told us how to defend ourselves

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<v Speaker 3>as well in the block as well, so we was

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<v Speaker 3>always good. But it was definitely a culture shop because

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<v Speaker 3>it was something I didn't have to worry about in Ghana.

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<v Speaker 3>Like you know, in Ghana, all I had to worry

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<v Speaker 3>about was going to school, the driver come pick us up,

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<v Speaker 3>take us home, the food we made for us. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>maybe they are in our clothes for us, to wash

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<v Speaker 3>our clothes for us on the weekend. I didn't have

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<v Speaker 3>to worry about any of that. When I came to

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<v Speaker 3>back to America, it was just kind of like reality about,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, knowing how to protect yourself in that time.

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<v Speaker 3>I think New York is completely different than it was

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<v Speaker 3>when I was growing up in high school from you know,

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<v Speaker 3>from my perspective now, maybe I'm just kind of in

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<v Speaker 3>what way, I just don't think it's as deep, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I remember it was. I just remember like it's more

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<v Speaker 3>dangerous a change, no, but I just I remember like

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<v Speaker 3>it was a thing to not we are red.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, the gang thing, the gang thing that was

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<v Speaker 4>early stages of the game. Yeah, so that was like heavy.

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<v Speaker 4>They were still like tripping off of colors like that now,

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<v Speaker 4>but it's still that still.

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<v Speaker 3>I remember like being afraid to get a book fifty

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<v Speaker 3>like you know, that was that was that was a

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<v Speaker 3>real feel, right so, and I feel like I don't

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<v Speaker 3>necessarily know that that is a thing that I'm like

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<v Speaker 3>afraid to do. Like I don't know a block in

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<v Speaker 3>New York City that I'm afraid to walk on. Back

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<v Speaker 3>then it was like yo, I don't know about going there.

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<v Speaker 4>But she was also a kid though too.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 5>Your environment, that's all you know. It's like said eight

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<v Speaker 5>block radius. We don't leave here, and if we do,

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<v Speaker 5>we better be on God if we leave here.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, So, I mean it was interesting. I think that

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<v Speaker 3>all of that just kind of made me who I am,

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<v Speaker 3>and and all of that has seeped through in the

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<v Speaker 3>way I've developed the business and how I'm thoughtful about

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<v Speaker 3>how we invite people, how we extend our relationships to

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<v Speaker 3>like two different people that we collaborate with and have

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<v Speaker 3>them come back to Donna, because it's really just to

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<v Speaker 3>kind of show them that there's a completely new world

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<v Speaker 3>where you can just kind of like walk freely. Give

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<v Speaker 3>me one of my joys is like walking in Dohna

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<v Speaker 3>and seeing my friends that are now from Ghana just

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<v Speaker 3>walk in the streets just being and I love that

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<v Speaker 3>for them.

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<v Speaker 1>An illegal alien from Guatemala charged with raping a child

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<v Speaker 1>in Massachusetts. An MS thirteen gang member from Al Salvador

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<v Speaker 1>Donald J. Trump's leadership. I'm Christy Noman, the United States

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