WEBVTT - CBC Shorts: The 'Manisphere' and Misinformation

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

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome, Welcome, Hey, everybody. This episode is a replay of

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<v Speaker 2>one of our interviews from our live stream as a

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<v Speaker 2>a full list of all the guests we interviewed. Welcome home, y'all.

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<v Speaker 1>We got a whole Brothers panel right now.

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<v Speaker 2>We have I was gonna say, Congress, we said. We

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<v Speaker 2>have Garrison Hayes, who's a video correspondent for Mother Hayes.

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<v Speaker 2>We have Chris Ray, who is the international president of

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<v Speaker 2>five Beta Sigma. You see him dapper in that blue

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<v Speaker 2>and he's also the president of the Divine Nine Council

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<v Speaker 2>of Presidents. Also, I don't know why Andrew is the

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome Committee. He needs to do it on Life's so.

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<v Speaker 1>He just doesn't care. I got a He has no

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<v Speaker 1>idea what I said.

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<v Speaker 2>He wants to be the Welcome Committee, the Goodbye Committee.

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<v Speaker 3>The Hello Committee.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not listening to.

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<v Speaker 1>You committee anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>Last, but certainly not least in my introductions doctor Wes Bellamy,

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<v Speaker 2>who is the public Policy chair for one hundred Black Men.

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<v Speaker 2>He brings his students here to this conference every single year.

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<v Speaker 2>I have the great honor of being an EP on

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<v Speaker 2>his documentary more than a statue, and he's here, of

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<v Speaker 2>course with a kin take clock bowta.

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<v Speaker 4>I love you.

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<v Speaker 5>And you guys are doing better.

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<v Speaker 6>He looks better than.

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<v Speaker 2>How you look. So tell us about what's going on. Man,

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<v Speaker 2>get close to get close before Yeah, we did.

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<v Speaker 4>I did.

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<v Speaker 2>We were over there comedian talking about you should introduce

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<v Speaker 2>him to mister president. Now that he's back and he

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<v Speaker 2>knows that we actually did our black jobs.

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<v Speaker 1>You have to and before you leave, we have to

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<v Speaker 1>get a photo because my brother, I would be remiss.

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<v Speaker 1>My brother is a proud member of five Beta Sigma

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<v Speaker 1>Fraternity Incorporated players that georgiis. Yes, you and I have

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<v Speaker 1>to get a photo so I can send this listen.

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<v Speaker 7>First of all, thank you all so much for the

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<v Speaker 7>opportunity to hang out with you all right.

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<v Speaker 3>Been following you all.

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<v Speaker 7>Love what you're doing for the culture, Love the information

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<v Speaker 7>that you're sharing. I get to do my black job,

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<v Speaker 7>which is I'm the international president of Phive Beta Sigma.

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<v Speaker 7>I get to serve as the president, the twentieth president

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<v Speaker 7>of Barbara Scotia College, the home of Mary MacLeod Bethune,

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<v Speaker 7>and now I am the chairman of the Council of Presidents.

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<v Speaker 7>He got a lot of jobs, a lot of black jobs,

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<v Speaker 7>a lot of black leading literally but just doing the

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<v Speaker 7>good work, doing the good work.

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<v Speaker 3>And this this.

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<v Speaker 7>Man right here, who has you know, who has been

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<v Speaker 7>a big inspiration. I got caught up in this whole

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<v Speaker 7>leadership chain when I had the opportunity service mayor of

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<v Speaker 7>Spring Lake, North Carolina a few moons ago, and I

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<v Speaker 7>was plucked out of this whole obscurity because of Andrew

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<v Speaker 7>Gilliam And so just really glad that he was able

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<v Speaker 7>to put me and connect me with a group of

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<v Speaker 7>amazing young people who have now I've been able to

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<v Speaker 7>grow up with in the fight.

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<v Speaker 4>And they all still design their own outfits. So let's

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<v Speaker 4>just know everything is.

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<v Speaker 3>Purpose for him. Let's be clear. Let's be clear.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm super excited to be here.

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<v Speaker 6>One man, you know, with respect to our dear brother Andrew,

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<v Speaker 6>but he's everybody's big brother, honestly, man. And the work

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<v Speaker 6>and what you put in. It is super appreciative. Tiffany,

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<v Speaker 6>you know how much I admire you and thank you.

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<v Speaker 5>Man.

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<v Speaker 6>I love both of y'all. But I'm gonna not gonna lie.

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<v Speaker 6>I love Angela and anybody messing with her, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 6>find them. I was clear, but we'll see stop.

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<v Speaker 1>Joe.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, y'all can't let me and Wing win.

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<v Speaker 6>But we really appreciate all the work and what you

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<v Speaker 6>all do, and we're excited to talk about, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>a lot of the collaborative work efforts that we have

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<v Speaker 6>going on and not only getting brothers and since was

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<v Speaker 6>out the vote, but most importantly putting off for the

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<v Speaker 6>culture for these last fifty some.

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<v Speaker 8>Days here it is Yeah, I mean, I'm really happy

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<v Speaker 8>to be here as well. It's great to be on

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<v Speaker 8>finally and make it happen. I mean, you guys are

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<v Speaker 8>doing something really special in that I think black media

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<v Speaker 8>has such a really important role right now, and so

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<v Speaker 8>it's incredible to see your platform and the way you're

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<v Speaker 8>using your platform is amazing. In my work, I'm covering

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<v Speaker 8>black issues most consistently, telling black stories about the way

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<v Speaker 8>that we're utilizing our black political power. This year, I've

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<v Speaker 8>been down in Atlanta, talking to both voters and organizers

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<v Speaker 8>on the ground, folks who are mobilizing and communities that

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<v Speaker 8>are often left behind, and many of them are getting

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<v Speaker 8>their information from platforms just like this one.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's a real honor to be here.

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<v Speaker 1>I love it. Thank you for your work bringing information

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<v Speaker 1>to people. I'm happy to have these black men at

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<v Speaker 1>the table because we've talked about this a little earlier

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<v Speaker 1>in the show, and that is this the manisphere and

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<v Speaker 1>the comments coming from the manisphere, And I just wonder

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<v Speaker 1>what you all might say to our good brothers out

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<v Speaker 1>there who might be misinformed, misdirected, miseducated about what is

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<v Speaker 1>at stake for this election. And I hear consistently from

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<v Speaker 1>the manisphere about this agenda to drive a wedge between

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<v Speaker 1>us and y'all know we love you, we can't we

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<v Speaker 1>need not only do we love you, but we need you.

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<v Speaker 1>You are integral to our lives and our community. So

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<v Speaker 1>what would you say out there the men who feel like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>we left out of the conversation and this black women

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<v Speaker 1>this and his black women always owe Democrats and black

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<v Speaker 1>men vote with Trump, and what about me? What do

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<v Speaker 1>y'all say to them?

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<v Speaker 2>Do the voice one more time and what about me?

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<v Speaker 6>And we appreciate it, but nonetheless, so the one hundred

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<v Speaker 6>black men we're a part of this twenty one city

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<v Speaker 6>tour talking about real men vote and to be candid,

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<v Speaker 6>those are things in which when we go to these

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<v Speaker 6>town halls, we hear some brothers say we feel left out,

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<v Speaker 6>But I think what I would say to them is

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<v Speaker 6>similarly what we say during the town halls. As brothers,

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<v Speaker 6>we have to be one educated and informed on the issues.

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<v Speaker 6>We know that there's a great deal of misinformation that

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<v Speaker 6>is specifically targeted towards us. And if you just look

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<v Speaker 6>no further than the mother, the black mama that birthed you,

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<v Speaker 6>her rights are under attacked. You're a black sister, you're

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<v Speaker 6>a black daughter, your a black niece, your black cousin.

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<v Speaker 5>You all just had alectus on their.

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<v Speaker 6>Bodies and their ability to be able to do what

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<v Speaker 6>they want to do is under attack. And candidly, what

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<v Speaker 6>I'm often saying is currently we don't have the time

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<v Speaker 6>to complain about what isn't happening or the wig that's

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<v Speaker 6>being pushed between us, perceived wedge between us. What we

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<v Speaker 6>have to do right now is what we have to do,

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<v Speaker 6>which is be the true leaders of our communities, collaborate

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<v Speaker 6>and work together, take care of our brothers and our sisters,

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<v Speaker 6>and most importantly, show up. That's most important. Show up

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<v Speaker 6>and do your job because you have an obligation to

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<v Speaker 6>do so.

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<v Speaker 5>Right now, I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>Sorry I would a little what you said. One of

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<v Speaker 2>my favorite things about you is I saw your videos

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<v Speaker 2>on TikTok and you are constantly educating in spaces where

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<v Speaker 2>people will get on completely unresearched. Not saying much, but

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<v Speaker 2>every video that I've seen from you, I've learned something.

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<v Speaker 2>How are you utilizing that platform to kind of combat

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<v Speaker 2>some of the misinformation that Tivi's talking about making sure

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<v Speaker 2>you're bringing people in to be heard.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, I mean, I think what's so important here is

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<v Speaker 8>that we don't get to this moment without the things

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<v Speaker 8>that came before it. Right, Like, we have to talk

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<v Speaker 8>about the fact that we are at this very week

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<v Speaker 8>is the thirtieth anniversary of the nineteen ninety four crime Bill.

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<v Speaker 8>Black men are left out of the conversation. I just

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<v Speaker 8>mentioned being in Atlanta. Just last week, I was in

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<v Speaker 8>Atlanta talking to some young men and both of them

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<v Speaker 8>had felony convictions, they can't vote, and so they have

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<v Speaker 8>been taken out of this conversation in a way intentionally systematically, right,

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<v Speaker 8>And so we have to acknowledge that that there are

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<v Speaker 8>structures in place that have led to this kind of

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<v Speaker 8>disillusionment that we see. Yeah, And at the same time,

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<v Speaker 8>I love the mentorship, the messaging that we're hearing from

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<v Speaker 8>our brothers here about we don't have time to really

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<v Speaker 8>get caught up in that. Right, they're using our vulnerabilities

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<v Speaker 8>against us as men, the misogyny and sexism that we're

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<v Speaker 8>taught from birth, the ways that we're being conditioned to

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<v Speaker 8>believe that women are inferior to us. They're using that

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<v Speaker 8>against us to leverage our vote against us. And so

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<v Speaker 8>much of what I try to do on my platform

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<v Speaker 8>is that re education work, the work of really taking

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<v Speaker 8>that history, taking the issues and reframing them, hopefully adding

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<v Speaker 8>in some more information so that people understand things differently

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<v Speaker 8>so that we can build a better future.

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<v Speaker 5>And I think that's so.

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<v Speaker 8>I think it's so important and often overlooked in this

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<v Speaker 8>conversation because men are being educated by folks who do

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<v Speaker 8>not have our best.

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<v Speaker 5>Interest in mind.

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<v Speaker 8>The last thing I'll say is is Unfortunately, men are

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<v Speaker 8>taking their own lives and we have to ask ourselves why.

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<v Speaker 8>And a lot of it has to do with the

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<v Speaker 8>pressure that we put on ourselves, and the manisphere is

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<v Speaker 8>a part of that.

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<v Speaker 3>They have blood on their hands and.

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<v Speaker 5>We have to call it that and say it that way.

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<v Speaker 5>And this election is so important because.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's such a thank you for that, for

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<v Speaker 1>stating that the way you did. Anybody can answer this.

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<v Speaker 1>I just wonder why out of that frustration, Because when

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<v Speaker 1>our brothers are in pain, we hold your pain, we

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<v Speaker 1>feel that pain. We too are in pain, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's in our nature to love and to nurture.

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder why out of that does it become that we,

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<v Speaker 1>the black women, are your.

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<v Speaker 3>Enemy broken and you're the closest to many of us.

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<v Speaker 7>Are broken, and when what you don't realize is is

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<v Speaker 7>that we are literally moving through life broken.

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<v Speaker 3>And so here I am.

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<v Speaker 7>I have been taught at a certain age how to

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<v Speaker 7>carry myself or what I think a man should be,

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<v Speaker 7>how I should move in this world. And then when

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<v Speaker 7>they are individuals that see me not operate in that space,

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<v Speaker 7>they criticize me, they tear me up. They It is

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<v Speaker 7>literally death by a thousand cuts. So by the time

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<v Speaker 7>I get to a space where it's time for me

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<v Speaker 7>now to take a partner, I don't. I'm not even

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<v Speaker 7>who I'm supposed to be, broken and so and then

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<v Speaker 7>and then you have the individuals who say to you

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<v Speaker 7>you don't need to get any help. You know that's

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<v Speaker 7>you know, you don't need any any support there? You

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<v Speaker 7>know a real man, doesn't you know? You just suck

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<v Speaker 7>it up. You know how many times I've heard that

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<v Speaker 7>in my life, just suck it up. And here I

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<v Speaker 7>am now. And so you wonder why as I moved

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<v Speaker 7>through this space that I am not able to have

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<v Speaker 7>the true conversation with my partner. I'm not able to

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<v Speaker 7>really know how to navigate on my job. I don't

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<v Speaker 7>know how to navigate in other relationships. And so the

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<v Speaker 7>only time that I find an opportunity for me to

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<v Speaker 7>really express myself is in this informal opportunities, informal time

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<v Speaker 7>with my brothers where I'm just kicking it and you know,

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<v Speaker 7>you're saying stuff like man, she tripping right, But really

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<v Speaker 7>what I'm saying is it's like, man, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>How to communicate to her.

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<v Speaker 7>I don't know how to move in such a way

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<v Speaker 7>to let her know that I'm care I don't know

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<v Speaker 7>how to say I'm vulnerable. Oh my gosh, that word

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<v Speaker 7>very rarely comes out of our mouth, and so by

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<v Speaker 7>because being vulnerable as a man is absolutely not a

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<v Speaker 7>part of the lexicon of being a man broken.

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<v Speaker 4>And I'll just say brokenness also has no monopoly on men.

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<v Speaker 4>Brokenness applies across the board. And the reason why I

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<v Speaker 4>think it's important to say it is because we're almost

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<v Speaker 4>always it feels like we're looked at from the deficit

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<v Speaker 4>perspective of what we're not bringing to the table, rather

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<v Speaker 4>than what is here present that you've never seen exemplified

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<v Speaker 4>anybody else but me, if we're being honest with each other.

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<v Speaker 4>But I will say in y' all of y'all's comments

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<v Speaker 4>that hit on this, that it is systematic that folks

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<v Speaker 4>aren't waking up feeling broken. There are advertisers who put

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<v Speaker 4>commercials on television between the most popular shows on tele

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<v Speaker 4>that we're watching and others are watching, and never choose

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<v Speaker 4>to take mental health as their mantle or their opportunity

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<v Speaker 4>to say, you know what, this is in vogue. Whatever

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<v Speaker 4>the phrasing is that communicates directly to us in a

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<v Speaker 4>way that we can hear it. When you consider black

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<v Speaker 4>men taking on issues during this election supposedly not supportive

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<v Speaker 4>of the black woman who's running for president, you are

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<v Speaker 4>getting not just you United States of America, Republicans and

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<v Speaker 4>conservatives coming at you in your inboxes, in your screen

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<v Speaker 4>time and when you're twirling through trying to see what

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<v Speaker 4>story you're going to read next. But you got China

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<v Speaker 4>and you've got Russia. You're so powerful as an individual

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<v Speaker 4>and as an entity that foreign nations have determined that

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<v Speaker 4>you are the enemy and are now putting endless resources

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<v Speaker 4>into making it true. So it isn't by accident. Is

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<v Speaker 4>we're not stumbling into it. We're not broken and falling

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<v Speaker 4>into it. We are targeted, targeted with significant resources to

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<v Speaker 4>perform a certain way.

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<v Speaker 6>But you said something also that I think is super

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<v Speaker 6>important where you said the closest the proximity sivity, Like

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<v Speaker 6>when you see the closest proximity to the person that

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<v Speaker 6>you know is oftentimes the person in which you harm

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<v Speaker 6>if you're not healed in some regard. So our sisters

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<v Speaker 6>often catch the brunt of our brokenness because they are

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<v Speaker 6>the closest to us and we feel as if that's

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<v Speaker 6>the only place in which we can try to be

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<v Speaker 6>invoke some kind of superiority, which again is all systematic,

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<v Speaker 6>you know, things in which we have to be intentional

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<v Speaker 6>with breaking down. And I'm glad that we have in

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<v Speaker 6>the platform the opportunity to be able to discuss this.

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<v Speaker 6>You ask a question earlier to what would we say

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<v Speaker 6>to black men first and foremost, You're valued, you're loved,

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<v Speaker 6>you're supported.

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<v Speaker 5>You're needed, you're necessary.

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<v Speaker 6>But you also have to go out and vote in

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<v Speaker 6>this election, or at a bare minimum, encourage everyone you

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<v Speaker 6>can to do the right thing, because if you don't

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<v Speaker 6>do the right thing in this instance, you may not

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<v Speaker 6>have another chance to do anything.

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<v Speaker 3>You're not going to have another chance.

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<v Speaker 7>And you know, I remember there was an argument the

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<v Speaker 7>one time I had with my wife and she said,

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<v Speaker 7>if you were on your job, would you talk to

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<v Speaker 7>your supervisor your manager that way? No, you wouldn't because

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<v Speaker 7>you're trying to protect your job. So why would you

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<v Speaker 7>talk to me like that in our home where we

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<v Speaker 7>are you know, the president and CEO or where the

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<v Speaker 7>you know.

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<v Speaker 3>Why would you do that to me here? Knowing that.

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<v Speaker 7>You wouldn't do that outside of this space, but you

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<v Speaker 7>would do it in this space, and I had to

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<v Speaker 7>check myself, you know, she had to check herself realizing that,

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<v Speaker 7>you know, I'm not going to blow up on you

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<v Speaker 7>here because I know that I'm going to be able

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<v Speaker 7>to manage how I'm going to delete, delete, delete that

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<v Speaker 7>email before I resend it, because I'm trying to protect

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<v Speaker 7>the lifestyle that I have. So why would I not

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<v Speaker 7>try to protect the lifestyle that I got.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 7>One of the things that we're doing with the National

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<v Speaker 7>Parmle in the Council, specifically our fraternities, is we're having

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<v Speaker 7>deep conress stations with the fraternities, the five fraternities on

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<v Speaker 7>how we're going to make sure that we are seriously

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<v Speaker 7>engaged in this upcoming election cycle. Now next week, we're

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<v Speaker 7>excited that we're going to be dropping a lot of

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<v Speaker 7>information on how the National Penalanonic Council is about to

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<v Speaker 7>be a part of this process. We're not sitting on

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<v Speaker 7>the sidelines. We're going to make sure that we're going

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<v Speaker 7>to be an intricate part. Every single week there's going

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<v Speaker 7>to be something coming out from us about making sure

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<v Speaker 7>that folks are getting to the poll.

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<v Speaker 4>I love it.

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<v Speaker 3>On November fifth, watch us work. I love you.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is amazing, so great. Thank you for that.

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<v Speaker 1>What an amazing way to close out the show with

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<v Speaker 1>words from black men and the openness and knowledge that

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<v Speaker 1>you've armed the home viewing audience with, but also does

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<v Speaker 1>us as your counterparts who are cheering you on and

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<v Speaker 1>grateful to the roles that y'all play in our lives

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<v Speaker 1>in our commune.

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<v Speaker 2>We do see, y'all, We do thank you. I do

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<v Speaker 2>want to say his name one more time, Justin Robinson,

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<v Speaker 2>who is the young man who was shot and killed

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<v Speaker 2>by the police here in Washington, DC just days ago,

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<v Speaker 2>And we want y'all to know we stand with you,

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<v Speaker 2>we're thinking of you, and we're absolutely gonna talk to

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<v Speaker 2>the CVC about what can be done on a federal

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<v Speaker 2>level to prevent these shootings to continue to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks you so much for joining it. Thank you brother.

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