WEBVTT - A Message to My Daughter

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<v Speaker 5>Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to Malik's bookshef bringing the world together

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<v Speaker 5>with books, culture and community. Hon my name is Malik,

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<v Speaker 5>your host of Malik's Bookshelf.

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<v Speaker 4>Whoo.

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<v Speaker 6>Last week was my one hundredth episode. I titled it

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<v Speaker 6>Why I Do what I Do. I hope you enjoy it,

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<v Speaker 6>and if you hadn't listened to it, I definitely costed

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<v Speaker 6>you to go back, or it hastened you to go

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<v Speaker 6>back and peep out my last episode, which was the

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<v Speaker 6>one hundred Why I do what I do? And I

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<v Speaker 6>kind of tell you in detail, a deeper and more

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<v Speaker 6>insight to my passion and the work and mission that

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<v Speaker 6>I'm on here at Milite Books and Malise's Bookshelf the podcast. Also,

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<v Speaker 6>what I want to talk about is this upcoming Wait,

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<v Speaker 6>it don't stop at Milite Books. We still got it popping,

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<v Speaker 6>we still got it going on. We are in an epicenter,

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<v Speaker 6>a community bookstore that's hosting one icon an event after another,

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<v Speaker 6>and this Tuesday coming up May seventh at seven pm

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<v Speaker 6>at Milite Books. We're gonna be doing a discussion book

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<v Speaker 6>signing with a new author just up and coming, and

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<v Speaker 6>he's blowing up. I haven't seen articles in the La Times,

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<v Speaker 6>the Washington Post, the People's Magazine. The AP News then

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<v Speaker 6>popped them up on their news line. This guy, Ladariu

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<v Speaker 6>Williams wrote a book called Blood at the Route, and

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<v Speaker 6>it's the first I'm assuming the first, at least in

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<v Speaker 6>this day and time. Book there's kind of a parallel

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<v Speaker 6>to Harry Potter, but from a black perspective, where the

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<v Speaker 6>highlighted and featured person is named Alite, a man, a boy, right,

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<v Speaker 6>so his name has to be the same name as

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<v Speaker 6>my name, Elite, And he's the main character in the

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<v Speaker 6>book Blood at the Root. And I'm going to be

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<v Speaker 6>interviewing the Darren Williams about this book. But this book

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<v Speaker 6>is a magical. It's a Wii book and it's magical.

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<v Speaker 6>It's full with powers and fantasy, and it's a book

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<v Speaker 6>where it shows a strong black male character so that

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<v Speaker 6>we can relate to in a different way. A lot

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<v Speaker 6>of these fantasy books don't always feature black as the

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<v Speaker 6>main character, but this one fleets out only a black person,

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<v Speaker 6>but a male. And so this is what his mention

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<v Speaker 6>was and what spurred him the right screenplays and the

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<v Speaker 6>right movie squips and the pitch his book deal.

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<v Speaker 7>It's because he wanted to see stronger movies, books and

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<v Speaker 7>series to talk about that all feature that is a

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<v Speaker 7>strong black male character.

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm gonna have the pleasure to interview on them.

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<v Speaker 6>But if you can't make Blood at the Root book

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<v Speaker 6>launch party this May seven, seven pm at Malik Books

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<v Speaker 6>in the Westfield CoA see tomorrow pre order order the

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<v Speaker 6>book from Malikbooks dot com.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll tell you.

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<v Speaker 6>Or wherever books are sold, but I'll say this, I

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<v Speaker 6>got a chance to read it, and I.

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<v Speaker 3>Hope to see this book.

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<v Speaker 6>Won't tell you turn into a TV series or a movie.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll tell you you know.

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<v Speaker 6>HBCU is the backdrop of the story that teaches Maliite

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<v Speaker 6>how to cultivate and harness his power within him and

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<v Speaker 6>also how to control it.

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<v Speaker 3>Malik doesn't know who to trust and how to trust.

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<v Speaker 6>But alone this journey, he's able to discover his true

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<v Speaker 6>self and his legacy. Blood represents who Malique is, and

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<v Speaker 6>Roots represents the legacy and history and ancestrals of Malite.

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<v Speaker 6>So those two combined makes a world win of fantasy,

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<v Speaker 6>of power, of excitement of HBCU schools, and a strong

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<v Speaker 6>black male character, so a blood at the root. We're

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<v Speaker 6>gonna be talking about it with the author in person.

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<v Speaker 6>Book launch party at Malik's Books and Westfield Clova City

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<v Speaker 6>Mall May seventh at seven pm.

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<v Speaker 3>Come through. Now it ain't over.

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<v Speaker 6>It ain't over because on May eleventh we are hosting

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<v Speaker 6>in partnership with b Shop as Black Scholars Achievement Program,

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<v Speaker 6>which is an la USD program within the school district.

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<v Speaker 6>Now this collaboration is bringing Grace Spyers. She's an actress

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<v Speaker 6>of community activists and a New York.

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<v Speaker 4>Times bestseller who wrote the book I Am Enough and

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<v Speaker 4>I Can Believe. Both of those books we got free

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<v Speaker 4>for children out at Cleveland High School coming up this

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<v Speaker 4>signing day May eleventh, between one and eleven.

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<v Speaker 3>Grace bid is gonna be signing in person. That's right,

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<v Speaker 3>signing in person.

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<v Speaker 6>These landmark books I Am Enough and I Believe I

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<v Speaker 6>Can Now you gotta come on as a family event.

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<v Speaker 3>Everything is free. The books are free for the kids.

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<v Speaker 3>Now go their thoughts, but free for the kid. Bring

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<v Speaker 3>them on out. Now.

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<v Speaker 6>When you get there, they're gonna have you register, but

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<v Speaker 6>and RGVP from our website. We just want to know

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<v Speaker 6>who's coming out so that we know to have the

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<v Speaker 6>right amount of book. We're giving away the hundreds and

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<v Speaker 6>the hundreds of these books and partnership with b Shop Now, Now,

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<v Speaker 6>this is the kind of thing LSUSD is doing for

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<v Speaker 6>the community, underserved communities, and b Shop is Black Scholars

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<v Speaker 6>Achievement Program is committed to make a difference in the

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<v Speaker 6>inner cities of Los Angeles. So you gotta come on

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<v Speaker 6>out this Saturday, May eleven at Cleveland High School. Come

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<v Speaker 6>get a signed book by Grace Buyers from eleven to

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<v Speaker 6>one pm.

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<v Speaker 3>Take some pictures. This is gonna be epic. You gotta

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<v Speaker 3>on the set. We excited. You gotta come on out.

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<v Speaker 3>But it ain't over. And it ain't over. We got another

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<v Speaker 3>event to announce.

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<v Speaker 6>We got the epic, iconic Shining Henderson coming.

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<v Speaker 3>To Malate Books May fifteen.

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<v Speaker 6>Now you might not know that name, but that's Shaquille

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<v Speaker 6>O'Neill's ex wife, Shanni, the creator of basketball Wise.

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<v Speaker 3>Now she didn't remarry, So.

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<v Speaker 6>Her name is Henderson, and she's been a lot of

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<v Speaker 6>things and she's evolved over these years.

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<v Speaker 3>But she got her new book out called Undefeated.

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<v Speaker 6>That's right, Los Angeles is Undefeated, and Shanee Henderson is

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<v Speaker 6>going to be on set at Malikue Books on May

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<v Speaker 6>fifteenth at seven pm.

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<v Speaker 3>Is going down. Listen this book Undefeated, Changing the rules

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<v Speaker 3>and winning on my own terms.

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<v Speaker 6>It's an electric and powerful and inspiring and motivating story

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<v Speaker 6>about Shannie Henderson having to change her life as a mother,

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<v Speaker 6>as a wife, and as a producer and creator of

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<v Speaker 6>Basketball Wise, one of the more successful reality shows on television.

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<v Speaker 6>So I'm happy to announce this iconic entrepreneur, producer, author,

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<v Speaker 6>Seannie Anderson coming to Elite Books on May fifteenth at

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<v Speaker 3>So I'm going to feature on this.

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<v Speaker 6>Episode a personal conversation I had the other day with myself,

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<v Speaker 6>just talking about the trials and triviulations as a father

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<v Speaker 6>to Dark.

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<v Speaker 3>Just to talk.

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<v Speaker 6>About how I was processing.

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<v Speaker 3>My track and being a father.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm what I'm saying is how I process being a

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<v Speaker 6>coach and a father to my daughter, and how those lines.

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<v Speaker 3>Sometimes become blurred and.

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<v Speaker 6>It's hard to separate the tooth, and how sometimes your

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<v Speaker 6>daughter wants you to be the father and sometimes I'm

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<v Speaker 6>still being a coach.

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<v Speaker 3>But at the end, how proud.

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<v Speaker 6>I am of her overcoming some obstacles that we will

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<v Speaker 6>face as a family, but more importantly in her life.

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<v Speaker 6>This was the emotional roller coaster during this time and

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<v Speaker 6>it's sometimes it still is, but I just wanted her

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<v Speaker 6>to know that I'm proud of her.

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<v Speaker 3>And I did this episode from the heart. So enjoy

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<v Speaker 3>it and Daya mal.

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<v Speaker 2>Shait have division form Pree Lambs. Baby girl overcame a

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<v Speaker 2>lot to get to this point.

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<v Speaker 8>I'm proud of her. Whatever way this ends.

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<v Speaker 2>Tomorrow, I'm recording this video let her know I'm proud

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<v Speaker 2>of her. Don't matter how it ends tomorrow, I won't

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<v Speaker 2>be proud of her. And I just want her to

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<v Speaker 2>know that it's sometimes being a father and also coaching

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<v Speaker 2>can bloody lines.

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<v Speaker 8>You know, I'm already an Ella copy up parent.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I'll be wanting this more than my own

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<v Speaker 2>children a lot of times because I see some mental

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<v Speaker 2>and I be wanting them to achieve, you know, to

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<v Speaker 2>get to that next level. But they gotta want it

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<v Speaker 2>and gott to see it in in mind. My problem

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<v Speaker 2>is a lot of times I want it more than them,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's when it hurt you, because I'm trying to

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<v Speaker 2>hold on until they find a way to believe, like

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<v Speaker 2>I believe in them.

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<v Speaker 8>Somebody gotta believe.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you ain't born always believing in it in yourself.

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<v Speaker 8>It's when people point out the.

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<v Speaker 2>Gifts in you and encourage you to be you because

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<v Speaker 2>you don't always see it yourself because you're too close

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<v Speaker 2>to yourself. And I'm just trying to say it enough

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<v Speaker 2>and long enough for her to believe in something that's

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<v Speaker 2>inside of her that I.

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<v Speaker 8>Believe is a gift, a talent.

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<v Speaker 2>This in her It's like look, my job as a

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<v Speaker 2>parent is to be a guid and to help facilitate success,

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<v Speaker 2>and that comes with gruth and I gotta help them

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<v Speaker 2>believe what sometimes they don't believe.

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<v Speaker 8>And I got off the sideline.

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<v Speaker 3>I was retired from track.

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<v Speaker 2>I came back to the sport because I saw a

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<v Speaker 2>gift and my baby girl, and I wanted to help

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<v Speaker 2>her facilitate that because.

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<v Speaker 8>You don't see that all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>And when she was eleven, she won the Junior Olympics

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<v Speaker 2>eleven years old in the eight hundred meters and her

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<v Speaker 2>team almost set the national record in the fourth by

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<v Speaker 2>eight hundred.

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<v Speaker 6>No.

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<v Speaker 8>At eleven, she went two nineteen.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean she went in the finals, fourth and came

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<v Speaker 2>out the winner, dropped four seconds in the finals.

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<v Speaker 8>The god came out in her.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been chasing that guy and her every since and

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<v Speaker 2>she's sixteen, and she showed me.

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<v Speaker 8>That guy in her and random last year they.

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<v Speaker 2>Would know and I ain't never forgot that race.

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<v Speaker 8>I cried when she went.

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<v Speaker 2>I cried.

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<v Speaker 8>I knew the sacrifice that.

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<v Speaker 2>It took to win it, and I was so proud

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<v Speaker 2>that I'm proud of her them, and it's because she

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<v Speaker 2>fought back in a lot of ways.

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<v Speaker 8>And I didn't even realize.

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<v Speaker 2>That she was able to come back from what she

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<v Speaker 2>came back and to beat here at the Shaya Division

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<v Speaker 2>for Free Limbs.

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<v Speaker 8>After what we went through.

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<v Speaker 2>And I mean, man, a lot of people can relate,

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<v Speaker 2>particularly when an illment comes out of nowhere and affects

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<v Speaker 2>not only their lives but all of us.

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<v Speaker 8>Who loved her, And.

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<v Speaker 2>It just blew me away and it changed our direction

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<v Speaker 2>and it became more of us just loving her and

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<v Speaker 2>accepting the situation and trying to get some normancy. And

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<v Speaker 2>I mean because we were facing with a lot of challenges, man,

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<v Speaker 2>that we had to overcome academic challenges from this thing year,

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<v Speaker 2>physical challenges.

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<v Speaker 8>I mean this thing here, man, it took about two.

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<v Speaker 2>And a half years for us to.

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<v Speaker 3>Get back to.

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<v Speaker 2>A level of I'm you know, normancy what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>And so when it came to the ac.

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<v Speaker 9>Athletics, I was like, oh, man, I think that might

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<v Speaker 9>be a thing in the past. I just didn't see

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<v Speaker 9>us even being able to get back to that, you know,

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<v Speaker 9>so that this is this is quite a surprise.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't I didn't believe that we was going because

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<v Speaker 2>it's so much has happened, and a lot of things

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<v Speaker 2>have changed the way we particularly our baby and her

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<v Speaker 2>thinking and so forth, and the way she see the world.

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<v Speaker 8>Stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just all of this affects it and it affected us.

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<v Speaker 2>They're just things that were more important than athletics. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>we were faced with a lot of academic challenges because

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<v Speaker 2>of this thing here. I don't care what them doctor say,

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<v Speaker 2>this thing he affects your learning, Okay.

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<v Speaker 8>I don't care what they were saying that.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I think they live in some you know,

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<v Speaker 2>telling some falsehoods and living some lies when they say,

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<v Speaker 2>you know that this stuff don't effect that. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>this illment don't affect you. You're learning and the medication

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm saying, don't effect and it do and it

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<v Speaker 2>affect the whole lot, and you're like your person not

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<v Speaker 2>a whole lot.

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<v Speaker 8>So just to get back.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, to where we.

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<v Speaker 8>Found where we was not feeling you know.

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<v Speaker 10>Like what's the word right here? Like panic, nervous.

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<v Speaker 8>I mean, it's crazy when you can't ride a bike,

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<v Speaker 8>can't leave you in water. O.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like it's like I'm like one I open all

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<v Speaker 2>the time, Like look, you know, just in the back

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<v Speaker 2>of your mind, wondering if something's gonna happen. So this

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<v Speaker 2>right here man was devastating to us and came out

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<v Speaker 2>of nowhere.

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<v Speaker 8>But my baby fall back through that and made it

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<v Speaker 8>year after prelambs the physical fault.

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<v Speaker 2>Man, I'm proud of her, Like she might not understand

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<v Speaker 2>that because as a parently push push and push and

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<v Speaker 2>push and push, and the lines get blurred and so

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<v Speaker 2>they don't you know, sometimes they can't they You know

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<v Speaker 2>what kind of parent would I would I be if I.

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<v Speaker 8>Didn't push right?

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<v Speaker 2>If I would let her make decisions that affect her

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<v Speaker 2>life long that not help us hurt her.

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<v Speaker 8>You know, kids don't choose sometimes the right things.

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<v Speaker 2>But we got to help them choose the right things

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<v Speaker 2>so they can see this is in their best interest.

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<v Speaker 8>So I'm just I'm just grateful and thankful.

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<v Speaker 2>And whatever happened tomorrow, hey, I'm an accepted and embrace

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<v Speaker 2>her and.

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<v Speaker 8>Huger and pickre up.

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<v Speaker 10>Just that.

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<v Speaker 8>Hey, I'm proud of you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, just think here can continue. You know, we got

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<v Speaker 2>a pr and we gotta be the.

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<v Speaker 3>Top nine that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but it might not and if it don't happen,

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<v Speaker 2>oh well, I'm proud of you I love you and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm very grateful to have this opportunity to be a

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<v Speaker 2>spectator because a whole lot of people got eliminated, a

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<v Speaker 2>whole lot so us. You know this, California, you got

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<v Speaker 2>thirty million people, so you got a lot of people

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<v Speaker 2>in this game, in this sport, in track and field.

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<v Speaker 8>So for us to get to the Southern Section Division

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<v Speaker 8>four finals.

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<v Speaker 2>Which is the most competitive, your Southern Section wins most

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<v Speaker 2>of the medals at the state meet, Southern Section dominates

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<v Speaker 2>the state meet. Then this ain't you know, this is

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<v Speaker 2>on a continuous basis. So you get to the state

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<v Speaker 2>meet out of the Southern Section, you have your work

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<v Speaker 2>cut out for you. This is the hardest in the

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<v Speaker 2>state of California.

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<v Speaker 3>It's you.

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<v Speaker 8>It was unique about the State of California's that it

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<v Speaker 8>ain't for one state chain.

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<v Speaker 2>Ain't no divisional state winners. This one state champion in

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<v Speaker 2>each event. One hundred, two hundred, four hundred. Texas can't

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<v Speaker 2>say that, Florida can't say that. A lot of these states,

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<v Speaker 2>all they do is have divisional state title winners, but

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<v Speaker 2>not in California. You can win and you could be

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<v Speaker 2>in the smaller school two hundred people or less in

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<v Speaker 2>your school.

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<v Speaker 8>And win the state title.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how they do it out here in California, and

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<v Speaker 2>so it's the most covenant.

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<v Speaker 8>Award you can win because you are the state chat.

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<v Speaker 8>They don't have.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, football got different divisional state title. Basketball got different

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<v Speaker 2>divisional title, but track got one. That's the difference. When

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<v Speaker 2>the person tell you that the col from your state champion,

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<v Speaker 2>they are one hundred percent the only state champion. That's

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<v Speaker 2>how it is every year in track. So kudos to CIF.

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<v Speaker 8>For holding that down for all these.

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<v Speaker 2>Years and decades because we then interview when it comes back.

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<v Speaker 8>But hey, I'm proud of your baby.

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<v Speaker 2>I just want you to know and I'm taking any

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<v Speaker 2>anyway even if she do on PR she was slow.

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<v Speaker 8>Hey baby Gool, I'm proud of you.

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<v Speaker 2>I love you, and I just want you to see

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<v Speaker 2>the God in you, the gift in you, and.

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<v Speaker 3>Be you.

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<v Speaker 8>Love you.

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