WEBVTT - Why I Do What I Do

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<v Speaker 1>My League Books has all the knowledge you want. My

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<v Speaker 1>league has all the knowledge you need. Legs, yet they

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<v Speaker 1>have all the books that.

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<v Speaker 2>The whole wild world one up read.

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<v Speaker 1>My League Books.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to Malak's Bookshelf, Bringing a world together

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<v Speaker 2>with Books, Culture and community.

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, my name is Malik.

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<v Speaker 2>You're host of Malik's Bookshelf. Let me let you in

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<v Speaker 2>on a secret. I do my introduction every single time,

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<v Speaker 2>and what I mean by the introduction is that welcome

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<v Speaker 2>to Malik's Bookshelf, bringing a world together with books, culture

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<v Speaker 2>and community. That introduction when I introduced my title of

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<v Speaker 2>the podcast and my name. I typically do that every

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<v Speaker 2>single time instead of just recording it and slicing it

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<v Speaker 2>in as the introduction. But anyway, that's a little secreting

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<v Speaker 2>about the podcast. But another milestone point that I need

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<v Speaker 2>to mention. This is the one hundred episode. Let me

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<v Speaker 2>say that again, and if you're listening to this, I

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<v Speaker 2>need you to clap and shop. This is the one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred episode. Milestone huge a brainstorm. I wanted it to

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<v Speaker 2>be the right episode. I wanted to have the right title.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted it to have the right content.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the one hundred episode.

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<v Speaker 2>What I'm gonna talk about, what's gonna be my subject matter,

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<v Speaker 2>who I'm gonna interview. Sometimes, you know, you got to

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<v Speaker 2>just get out of your own way and let it

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<v Speaker 2>happen naturally and all again.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes we can plot and plan, and we can develop

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<v Speaker 1>and what have you.

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<v Speaker 2>But a lot of what I do on this podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>and so again, a lot of what I do is

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<v Speaker 2>interview authors about their book without questions, without script. A

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<v Speaker 2>lot of what I do on this podcast talk about books, community,

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<v Speaker 2>talk about culture. So I'm sitting around here for weeks

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<v Speaker 2>and weeks trying to figure out and the most unusual.

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<v Speaker 1>Has placed.

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<v Speaker 2>An idea came to me organically, was in the restroom. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>if you ain't up on them, spiritual baths, bubble baths, ows, fragrances,

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<v Speaker 2>meditation music, then I tell you it's more special and

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<v Speaker 2>it's healing. And you get up early in the morning,

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<v Speaker 2>like four five in the morning, you know, take a

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<v Speaker 2>spiritual bath, you say some informations, you try to go

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<v Speaker 2>on to spiritual meditation. It's just devoting time to yourself

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<v Speaker 2>to heal yourself and think about yourself and reinforce yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>And through that process, I'm trying to block out everything,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's very difficult because all these things trying to

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<v Speaker 2>come at you while you're trying to just be silent

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<v Speaker 2>and block out everything and just have a moment of

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<v Speaker 2>peace and tranquility so I can get into the realm

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<v Speaker 2>of manifestation.

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<v Speaker 1>Right. But in that process of me trying to throw everything.

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<v Speaker 2>Out, sometimes some things come to you that you need

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<v Speaker 2>to receive.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, our brains is a receiver as well, just.

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<v Speaker 2>Like that television and the programming comes right through the

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<v Speaker 2>TV where your brain is like that, and it's a

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<v Speaker 2>receiver as well as a transmitter, and sometimes you need

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<v Speaker 2>to be ready to received. And in that spiritual bath,

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<v Speaker 2>in that very moment, it came to me a title,

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<v Speaker 2>Why I Do what I Do? That's don't beat my

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<v Speaker 2>title for the one hundred episode, Why I Do what

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<v Speaker 2>I Do? And I always say children are one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>percent of our future, and so what I was able

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<v Speaker 2>to pull together for this episode one hundred episode is

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<v Speaker 2>the title why I do what I do. I'm the

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<v Speaker 2>heart man of books. That's right, this is Malie. Been

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<v Speaker 2>doing this since nineteen thirty.

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<v Speaker 1>I developed along the way.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not the same person I was thirty years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not the same business as it was thirty

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<v Speaker 2>years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>We changed. We because that's what that means. I'm better.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm boulder, I'm more electric, I'm more knowledgeable, I'm more energetic.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm more passionate. I'm more committed.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm more cultural, I'm more community relevant.

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<v Speaker 1>I can go on and on, but the point is I.

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<v Speaker 2>Have changed, I have evolved, and I think I'm more special.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm more magnetic, I'm more energetic. That's why I'm the

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<v Speaker 2>hype man of books. No one wraps it up more

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<v Speaker 2>than me, No more hypes it up more than me,

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<v Speaker 2>no more enthusiastic and exciting when it comes to books.

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<v Speaker 1>This is mine e more. This is my brand. This

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<v Speaker 1>is what separates me from everyone else.

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<v Speaker 2>Why I do what I do is because I love

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<v Speaker 2>what I do.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm passionate of what I do. And this is why.

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<v Speaker 2>I have a podcast and I'm on one hundred episode

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<v Speaker 2>because other people like Ron Seacrest and his team saw

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<v Speaker 2>something in me and invested in me.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm grateful for that.

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<v Speaker 2>I never saw myself as a podcast Everybody is doing podcasting.

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<v Speaker 1>I have been blessed and fortunate to have.

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<v Speaker 2>Thousands and thousands and thousands of downloads since starting the podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm blessed to be on one of the greatest, if

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<v Speaker 2>not the greatest, platform that host podcasts.

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<v Speaker 1>I Heart Radio. That's right.

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<v Speaker 2>People ask me all the time, well, where can I

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<v Speaker 2>find your podcast? Well, first of all, you can listen

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<v Speaker 2>to Malie Bookshelf on wherever you listen to any podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's.

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<v Speaker 1>Hosted on iHeartRadio. That's an honor listen.

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<v Speaker 2>I never saw myself as a podcasting and I believe

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<v Speaker 2>personally it has helped.

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<v Speaker 1>Me to engage with the community. Even better, it has

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<v Speaker 1>helped me.

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<v Speaker 2>To talk to authors and interview them because I'd like

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<v Speaker 2>to interview them gonna get me.

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<v Speaker 1>In most cases, it has involved me into hosting book

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<v Speaker 1>signings where I'm the moderator.

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<v Speaker 2>I did a moderation with pastor podcaster Tim Ross, got

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<v Speaker 2>a huge following, and I was engaged in the moderation

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<v Speaker 2>on his new book called Welcome to the Basement, An

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<v Speaker 2>OtherSide Down Guide to Greatness. I featured that episode and

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<v Speaker 2>interview on one of my podcasts episodes. It has helped

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<v Speaker 2>me to gain confidence, which is very important because some

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<v Speaker 2>of these people I gotta interviewed on this last episode

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<v Speaker 2>Let's Go, it was Tiffany Hattish, right, So just standing

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<v Speaker 2>there talking to her, not being intimidated, having confidence, that's important. Listen,

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<v Speaker 2>nowhere near on the scale and level where some of

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<v Speaker 2>these people are. But when I meet Spike League, who

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<v Speaker 2>I interviewed from the podcast, or Central the entertainer where

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<v Speaker 2>I get a chance to talk to, I'm not nervous.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like I'm no different than them.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't let the stars study position and wealth

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<v Speaker 2>that they all have intimidate me and lack confidence because

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<v Speaker 2>without confidence, it's everything.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I like.

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<v Speaker 2>Growing up and over the years I've had to push

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<v Speaker 2>myself in areas where I was nervous or shy and

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<v Speaker 2>petrified and introverted, where I had to come out of

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<v Speaker 2>that shell and be engaging.

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<v Speaker 1>And the books helped me. People in my life helped me.

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<v Speaker 2>This podcast has helped me gain the confidence where I'm

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<v Speaker 2>able to be.

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<v Speaker 1>Malik two point oh. This is why I do what

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<v Speaker 1>I do.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen, No one gets to where they need to go

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<v Speaker 2>or it's going without that comfort and aid and direction

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<v Speaker 2>and push from other people. And I've had a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people in my life to guide me even when

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't want to be guided to help me even

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<v Speaker 2>though I didn't want to be helped. That's the way

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<v Speaker 2>the world works.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm now.

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<v Speaker 2>On one hundred episode and I'm a podcaster, I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>ghost owner, I'm a former track Olympian, I'm a business owner, entrepreneur, father,

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<v Speaker 2>a husband, and most importantly, I'm very handsome. Hey, you

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<v Speaker 2>gotta have a sense of humor. That's what life is

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<v Speaker 2>all about.

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<v Speaker 1>Smiling, laughing.

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<v Speaker 2>That brings your joy and it keeps you younger and youthful.

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<v Speaker 2>This is why I do what I do, because I

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy it.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe this is my calling.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't always believe that, but I know that to

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<v Speaker 2>be the case because the synergy and the energy and

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<v Speaker 2>the forces all around me has put me.

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<v Speaker 1>In this position. And now I know why I do

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<v Speaker 1>what I do. Now are you ready for this? Are

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<v Speaker 1>you ready for this?

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<v Speaker 2>Guess who came to the neighborhood this Thursday and visited

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<v Speaker 2>Malik Books. Now, this was an honor, This was magnetic,

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<v Speaker 2>this was electric, This was a blessing. He could have

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<v Speaker 2>chose to go to any place he wanted, but he

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<v Speaker 2>chose Malite Books.

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<v Speaker 1>He chose to make us part of his riding tour.

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<v Speaker 2>Hundred and twenty years on Kiss FM Radio one O

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<v Speaker 2>two point seven Kiss FM.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's give it up for Ryan Seeks and.

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<v Speaker 2>The Morning Teen, selecting Militue Books as one of the

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<v Speaker 2>stops for his twentieth anniversary owned Kiss FM. Ryan Seacress

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<v Speaker 2>is one of the most dynamic entertainers in the industry.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a producer and an electric host on television on radio.

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<v Speaker 1>He's so successful.

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<v Speaker 2>And he came to Malague Books and embraced Malique himself.

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<v Speaker 1>He treated me with love and grace and honor.

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<v Speaker 2>It was the most embracing moment that I can remember

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<v Speaker 2>in such a long time, and I was very honored

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<v Speaker 2>and appreciative. We took pictures, we laughed, we hugged, we

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<v Speaker 2>said we love each other.

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<v Speaker 1>And but let me tell you this.

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<v Speaker 2>They came and gave away one thousand dollars to the community.

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<v Speaker 1>Someone won a.

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<v Speaker 2>Thousand dollars from Kiss FM at Malite Books.

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<v Speaker 1>That's huge. That's huge. They did a rifle and looked like.

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<v Speaker 2>She was about eleven years old and she had the

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<v Speaker 2>winning ticket.

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<v Speaker 1>One thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>Ryn Secret of the Morning Team also sponsored one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and two twenty dollars gift cars to buy books.

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<v Speaker 1>At Malikue Books. And let me tell you, it was

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<v Speaker 1>pot They was waiting in the line. They were screaming.

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<v Speaker 2>When he came up to escalator to walk into Malik Books.

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<v Speaker 1>They was shouting Ryan, Ryan rolling. That's right. Listen.

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<v Speaker 2>Community embraced Ryan inside of Milk Books. I walked side

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<v Speaker 2>by side, shoulder and shoulder as we greeted all the

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<v Speaker 2>people inside of milik But we.

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<v Speaker 1>Filled that out.

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<v Speaker 2>We gave away one hundred and two twenty dollars gift

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<v Speaker 2>cars and someone.

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<v Speaker 1>Won a thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>All is sponsored by Kiss FM Ron Seacrest Morning Show.

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<v Speaker 1>This was unprecedented. I've never had.

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<v Speaker 2>A giveaway like this inside of Elite Books, so I

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<v Speaker 2>was honored.

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<v Speaker 1>I was just blessed. It was amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know my podcast Leak's Bookshow in the World

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<v Speaker 2>together with books, culture and community, Well this was that

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<v Speaker 2>type of event inside of Elk Books April twenty fifth,

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<v Speaker 2>where we gave away one thousand dollars. We gave away

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<v Speaker 2>give cards to the community, buy books, a blessings upon,

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<v Speaker 2>blessings upon blessed. That's community, that's cultural, that's books. Come on, man,

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<v Speaker 2>this is why I do what I do. I love

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<v Speaker 2>what I do and I do it with a passion.

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<v Speaker 2>And this particular weekend was also Independent Bookstore Date this Saturday,

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<v Speaker 2>April twenty seven, and so we hosted Tamisha Booker, doctor

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<v Speaker 2>to Misha Booker.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me get it right, let me get it tight.

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<v Speaker 2>You go to school, you get a doctorate, you need

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<v Speaker 2>to be honored as such. Doctor Tomsha Booker, who has

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<v Speaker 2>a publishing company called Hey Carter Books and wrote a

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<v Speaker 2>book called Brown Boy Joy. We featured her at Malik

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<v Speaker 2>Books this Saturday, April twenty seventh. She came through as

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<v Speaker 2>our honored guests for Independent Bookstore Day. Just don't stop

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<v Speaker 2>and it won't stop because I do what I do.

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<v Speaker 2>And it was amazing to celebrate independent bookstore. The inside

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<v Speaker 2>of Malite Books is one party and it's all nationwide.

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<v Speaker 2>All the independent bookstores are celebrating at their locations. We

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<v Speaker 2>had music, we had snacks, we had books, we had

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<v Speaker 2>doctor Tamisha Booker.

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<v Speaker 1>It was enough, a powerful day, powerful.

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<v Speaker 2>Week Independent Bookstore Day, Malite Books in the Westfield, Covid

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<v Speaker 2>City Mall and ball and Hills Crenshaw Mall. I'm just honored.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just grateful that community shows up when Elite host events.

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<v Speaker 2>Next up May seventh, Ladarian Williams and I'm gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>the moderator.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right, the.

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<v Speaker 2>Hype man of books. His book, Ladamian Williams wrote is

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<v Speaker 2>called Blood at the Root. Come through May seventh, seven pm.

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<v Speaker 2>Elite Books, Westfield, Covid City Mall. We're gonna be discussing

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<v Speaker 2>magic power and guess what the main character of the

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<v Speaker 2>book is Milk.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm gonna moderate.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna be talking about magic, fantasy, adventure, sci fi

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<v Speaker 2>because that's what that book is all about. It's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be electric, it's gonna be powerful. We're gonna have conversations.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna have a book signing. Go tomlitebooks dot com.

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<v Speaker 2>You got an RSVP and on May fifteenth, time to

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<v Speaker 2>be announced.

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<v Speaker 1>But we got Shanie Henderson.

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<v Speaker 2>Now she used to be married to Shaq and she's

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<v Speaker 2>the mother of all his kids.

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<v Speaker 1>She has a new book called Undefeated.

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<v Speaker 2>Gonna have a discussion, We're gonna have a book signer

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<v Speaker 2>and guess what.

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<v Speaker 1>She's the producer of a show called Basketball Wife.

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<v Speaker 2>And if they gonna be filming in sign Elk Books, Listen,

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna be featured on one of the episodes on

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<v Speaker 2>Basketball Wives Shanie Henderson.

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<v Speaker 1>At Malik Books May fifteenth.

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<v Speaker 2>Time to be announced, but go to Melite books dot

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<v Speaker 2>com get more details. You know you're gonna have to

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<v Speaker 2>R's and fe you know it's gonna be limited Seaton.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going down all at Melite Books and guess what,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I'm gonna try to interview Shannie. You know

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna be already interviewing Ladarian Williams Blood at the Root.

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<v Speaker 1>So hey, you gotta keep listening. You gotta keep toning

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<v Speaker 1>into Mileak Books.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to keep continue to follow us on our

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<v Speaker 2>social media and if you need to email, email me

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<v Speaker 2>at real Malik Muhammad at gmail dot com. Well, stay

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<v Speaker 2>tuned for this upcoming episode because it's the one hundred episode.

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<v Speaker 1>Why I do what I do.

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<v Speaker 3>Welcome, Walcome, Welcome to Malik's bookshelf, bringing a world together

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<v Speaker 3>with books, culture and community. I have a guest today

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<v Speaker 3>and it's independent bookstore. Dank give it up.

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<v Speaker 4>We got we got some.

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<v Speaker 1>Folks in Malik Books on independent books no day.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you for coming by. This is important without independent books.

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<v Speaker 3>I know That's how I got started and it was

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<v Speaker 3>self published independent authors. Is how Malik Books got started

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<v Speaker 3>back in nineteen ninety. All these books that you see

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<v Speaker 3>in here, with all them one published like it is today.

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<v Speaker 3>It's only because of your buying power that all the

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<v Speaker 3>mainstream publishers are publishing our voice.

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<v Speaker 4>We like to say, I'm lead books.

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<v Speaker 1>We get voice to the voiceless.

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<v Speaker 4>So Hey, thank you.

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<v Speaker 3>Now we're gonna turn this conversation to my beloved sister.

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<v Speaker 3>She got a publishing company called Hey Carter Books. This

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<v Speaker 3>particular book here, Brown Boy Joyce she got about sixteen.

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<v Speaker 3>But Brown Boy joy has been the one that has

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<v Speaker 3>blown up. Let's give a round of applause to Misha Booker.

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<v Speaker 3>So no one can tell you more about that book

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<v Speaker 3>than the authors. So let's get right into it. Tell

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<v Speaker 3>us about this wonderful book that you wrote, Brown Boy Jorge.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, So Brown Boy joy is inspired by my son Carter.

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<v Speaker 4>The whole brand is inspired.

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<v Speaker 6>By my son Carter, now my daughter truly.

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<v Speaker 5>And so as a child, I grew up with a

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<v Speaker 5>lot of anti blackness in my home. I was raised

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<v Speaker 5>by a biracial mother and a white grandmother, and so

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<v Speaker 5>I heard a lot of hurtful things about my skin color, my.

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<v Speaker 6>Hair, my facial features.

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<v Speaker 5>And so when I wrote this book, I wanted my

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<v Speaker 5>son to have something that would be empowering so you

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<v Speaker 5>can see themselves. But really my books are letters to

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<v Speaker 5>my inner child. I write all the things that I

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<v Speaker 5>wish were around and wish I.

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<v Speaker 6>Needed to hear growing up.

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<v Speaker 5>And so inside Brown Boy Joy you will find all

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<v Speaker 5>the things little brown boys love, from gardening to being

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<v Speaker 5>in space, to playing with trucks and just paying with

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<v Speaker 5>their friends and just highlighting all the joy. And when

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<v Speaker 5>little black boys see this book, I want them to

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<v Speaker 5>find themselves.

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<v Speaker 4>On the pages.

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<v Speaker 5>I know that they are loved and cared for and

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<v Speaker 5>cherished and respected. And yes, this is just a little

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<v Speaker 5>piece of my heart that is into the world.

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<v Speaker 3>You know what, My introduction was short and it didn't

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<v Speaker 3>encompass her academical Now this is doctor Tumisian, doctor Tomsia Hooker,

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<v Speaker 3>all right, she paid a price to have that di

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<v Speaker 3>to make sure I mentioned that, And what what is it?

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<v Speaker 4>An education?

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<v Speaker 5>So I am a life and social worker, have a

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<v Speaker 5>master's in social work.

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<v Speaker 6>I have a doctor education health and psychology.

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<v Speaker 5>So a lot of my books are rooted in black psychology,

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<v Speaker 5>especially when books serve as counter messages to the negative

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<v Speaker 5>narratives that.

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<v Speaker 6>We hear in the world, and so we.

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<v Speaker 5>Need these as tools and schools and homes so our

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<v Speaker 5>children know that their place is wherever they are.

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<v Speaker 6>They can thrive and.

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<v Speaker 3>Grow when you know everyone, I've been nicknamed the Height

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<v Speaker 3>Man of Books, Mali the Height Man of Books, and

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<v Speaker 3>I just want you to know I'm featuring it for

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<v Speaker 3>my one hundred episode coming up, dim it Up one

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<v Speaker 3>hundred episode or Malie's Books Show bringing a world together

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<v Speaker 3>with books, culture and Kummer.

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<v Speaker 4>Now I never saw much as a podcaster.

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<v Speaker 3>I can't thank Royan Cacris, Kiss FM, iHeartRadio his team

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<v Speaker 3>for staring me in this direction as a podcaster. This

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<v Speaker 3>is my one hundred episode, and I think this is

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<v Speaker 3>a wonderful one because we're talking about representation, and this

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<v Speaker 3>is one of the reasons why I'm in the industry

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<v Speaker 3>is because it was a lack of representation and books.

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<v Speaker 4>Matter, reading matters, you know, and we have to start

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<v Speaker 4>without you.

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<v Speaker 3>It talked to me about why it's important that we

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<v Speaker 3>start early because most of your sixteen books, I'm assuming

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<v Speaker 3>our children books, so talk to us about that.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I mean, I think when people think of representation,

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<v Speaker 5>it's more than just yes, the exposure. But I see

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<v Speaker 5>it from a safety perspective. I think when books are

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<v Speaker 5>in schools, it lets our children know that this is

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<v Speaker 5>the space for them, that they're meant to be there.

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<v Speaker 5>They can see themselves, and that means that they know

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<v Speaker 5>that reading is for them and education is for them.

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<v Speaker 5>And when you don't see yourself inside of books or

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<v Speaker 5>in a world, you know it's meant for you.

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<v Speaker 4>And so when we have.

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<v Speaker 5>Black books with written by black authors sharing a black narrative,

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<v Speaker 5>it reinforces that messages and letting our children know that

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<v Speaker 5>this space is for them, those books are for them.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>And so I mean you guys, you're own publishing because

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<v Speaker 3>he Carter hate Carter Books.

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<v Speaker 4>You write a lot of books dealing with representation.

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<v Speaker 3>Brown Boy Joy, which I'm holding up and we're doing

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<v Speaker 3>the book signing right here today Independent Bookstore Day at

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<v Speaker 3>Malik Books.

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<v Speaker 4>Westfield, Kobe City Mall.

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<v Speaker 3>And youven wrote about it, like I said, sixteen of them.

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<v Speaker 3>And so what drives you, what continues to move you forward?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I know what drives me at Molik Books.

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<v Speaker 3>I know what drives me is the hype man of books.

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<v Speaker 5>For what drives you definitely my children, you know, when

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<v Speaker 5>I look at their faces, I'm reminded of all the

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<v Speaker 5>other children.

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<v Speaker 6>Who definitely need these books as well, and.

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<v Speaker 5>Just future generations again that safety issue, making sure that

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<v Speaker 5>black children for futures know that we got them, we

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<v Speaker 5>love them as a place for them. And you know,

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<v Speaker 5>just walking into Moleek Books, it feels like black children

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<v Speaker 5>should be here, This is a space for them. It

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<v Speaker 5>feels love, it feels comfortable. You know, if you walk

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<v Speaker 5>into a bookstore and.

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<v Speaker 6>You don't see yourself on the shelves, then why why

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<v Speaker 6>are you gonna read?

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<v Speaker 4>You know, read the books.

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<v Speaker 5>So all of my books have affirmations in them. They

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<v Speaker 5>really speak life into children. I want children to walk

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<v Speaker 5>away feeling, you know, just rooted and who they are

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<v Speaker 5>and standing in there their purpose and helping them to

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<v Speaker 5>cultivate a positive inner voice. So yeah, I'm mostly also

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<v Speaker 5>driven by, just like I said, my inner child. You know,

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<v Speaker 5>I speak to and tap into her as much as

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<v Speaker 5>possible to make sure that she knows she's loved and chairs.

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<v Speaker 4>So yes, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Didn't drop the book with the showbus go on, It's

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<v Speaker 3>not over because I dropped a book but thats just

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<v Speaker 3>said that how.

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<v Speaker 4>Important that book is. You know, I grew up with

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of self esteem. I grew up not loving.

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<v Speaker 3>Mylf and it's only through books. Like I always tell

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<v Speaker 3>you why you get in the book business. I had

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<v Speaker 3>a degree from USC but I didn't have a knowledge yourself.

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<v Speaker 3>And part of that is loving yourself, accepting yourself. In

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<v Speaker 3>order to be yourself, you got to love yourself.

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<v Speaker 4>And I know that the way I thought.

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<v Speaker 3>And the things I used to say, I didn't grow

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<v Speaker 3>up with a representative books that talked about our experiences

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<v Speaker 3>looked like me in the book. The first thing a

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<v Speaker 3>child look for in a picture is themselves.

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<v Speaker 4>And when you don't see yourself, man.

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<v Speaker 3>I can remember all the years I gave greeting cards

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<v Speaker 3>to my mom with all kinds of other people on there,

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<v Speaker 3>because it wasn't no black greeting cars. You know, and

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<v Speaker 3>it's so important. And you know you have your doctorate

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<v Speaker 3>you in education. Did the book come out before you

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<v Speaker 3>had your doctorate or did you get your doctorate first

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<v Speaker 3>and education and then as it spin off to evolve.

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<v Speaker 4>Your brand, you wrote these books. Yeah, so education.

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<v Speaker 5>In my home, I think my mother kind of you know,

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<v Speaker 5>drove home the message of you need to go to college,

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<v Speaker 5>mad Sri, go to college, and so I kind of

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<v Speaker 5>was on this track of, well, I'm just gonna go

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<v Speaker 5>to college and kind of figure it out.

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<v Speaker 6>So I wanted to choose a.

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<v Speaker 5>Degree that I thought was gonna be needed for a

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<v Speaker 5>long time longevity, so I would to psychology.

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<v Speaker 4>Have figured a computer can't.

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<v Speaker 6>Replace me, So that's why I kind of chose that.

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<v Speaker 5>And I think with a lot of other the to

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<v Speaker 5>all professionals, when you come from a hurt place, you

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<v Speaker 5>want to, you know, give that back to the community.

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<v Speaker 5>But I had already had my doctorate and my master's

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<v Speaker 5>when I wrote the book. It was actually when I

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<v Speaker 5>was pregnant with my son. It was a very dark

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<v Speaker 5>time me coming into motherhood, that transition. I was not

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<v Speaker 5>really sure how that was gonna change me. I was

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<v Speaker 5>a career woman and felt like I didn't want to

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<v Speaker 5>be slowed down and it was just a lot. And

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<v Speaker 5>so during that transition is when I turned to writing.

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<v Speaker 5>It was a creative outlet to express myself. And then

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<v Speaker 5>when I found out I was having a son, a

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<v Speaker 5>black son, so he's gonna need tools, and I want

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<v Speaker 5>to be able to create things. So it was kind

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<v Speaker 5>of a cathartic experience to be able to transition into

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<v Speaker 5>motherhood and.

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<v Speaker 6>Give him, you know, this beautiful gift.

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<v Speaker 5>And when I first started writing books, I had no

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<v Speaker 5>idea what I was doing.

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<v Speaker 6>It was just my gift to my son and to

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<v Speaker 6>the world.

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<v Speaker 5>And I'm so glad that I chose it because's actually

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<v Speaker 5>a nice compliment with my education background.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, And you know, you travel the nation, you put

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<v Speaker 3>on workshops.

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<v Speaker 4>Can you tell us a little about these workshops.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, So the workshops have really been a good merge

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<v Speaker 5>of my clinical skills and.

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<v Speaker 6>Also being an author.

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<v Speaker 5>And my main goal in the workshops is to help

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<v Speaker 5>children cultivate a positive innervoice and just feel good and

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<v Speaker 5>be able to know how to speak to themselves. I

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<v Speaker 5>talk a lot about how powerful the brain is and

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<v Speaker 5>that the messages you put inside of your brain those

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<v Speaker 5>really mad. So today we let a workshop on planting

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<v Speaker 5>at the Kannunga Park Library and all the attendees planted.

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<v Speaker 6>Their own Basically, they gave life to their words.

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<v Speaker 5>They had seated paper, they wrote affirmations on those they

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<v Speaker 5>planted them, and really talked about how there's power in

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<v Speaker 5>our words and the things that you say to yourself.

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<v Speaker 5>They matter, And you know, I think as adults we

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<v Speaker 5>may know that skills.

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<v Speaker 4>So I'm really.

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<v Speaker 5>Focused on helping our young children learn that and be

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<v Speaker 5>able to take that with them throughout their life.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you talk about these affirmations, you talk about these words.

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<v Speaker 3>We grew up with a lot of nursery rhymes that

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<v Speaker 3>would very devastate and destructive towards like steaks and stones

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<v Speaker 3>might break my moon, but words will never hurt me.

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<v Speaker 4>How many times words.

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<v Speaker 3>Have killed you, destroyed you, diminished you, you hate yourself?

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<v Speaker 4>You know? Words are powerful?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, And we have to speak into existence what we

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<v Speaker 3>want in this world and manifests what we want in

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<v Speaker 3>this world. And we got to be careful what we

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<v Speaker 3>teach our young A lot of these things that we're

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<v Speaker 3>teaching and passing on, it's like we're passing on to

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<v Speaker 3>the next gend the trauma not knowing better. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>we you're responsible what you know. And I didn't grow

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<v Speaker 3>up with these books. We hope that the next generation,

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<v Speaker 3>because which is one of it's in our future, will.

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<v Speaker 7>Take books like your books hate black black boy, I

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<v Speaker 7>mean brown boy joy will take books like this and

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<v Speaker 7>evolve and.

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<v Speaker 3>Change, break the cycle, break the generational cycle.

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<v Speaker 4>And so.

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<v Speaker 3>Man, I applaud you for doing your part. I'm doing

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<v Speaker 3>my part by being a bookstore owner. And what I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>any plans for this turning into animation a series on

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<v Speaker 3>TV talk to us about the future of your brand.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I have definitely spoke out loud and I'm a

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<v Speaker 5>really very manifestation and just saying out loud what I want.

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<v Speaker 5>So definitely have said out loud many times that I

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<v Speaker 5>see this as an animated series. If you look at cartoons,

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<v Speaker 5>you don't see black boys in the front, and that's

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<v Speaker 5>completely problematic.

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<v Speaker 4>You know.

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<v Speaker 5>That's another reason why I wrote these books is because

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<v Speaker 5>I saw on the shows that black boys weren't really there.

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<v Speaker 4>And even a lot.

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<v Speaker 5>Of times when I'm selling my books, people will say, oh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>something for girls, and I'm like, I do see the need,

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<v Speaker 5>and I definitely understand why black girls need to be

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<v Speaker 5>front and center. But when you aside from your bookstore,

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<v Speaker 5>of course, but when you're in typical bookstores, you're not

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<v Speaker 5>seeing black boys.

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<v Speaker 6>Front and center.

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<v Speaker 5>So I am manifesting, you know, a animated series where

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<v Speaker 5>a black boy is in the front and shining, and

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<v Speaker 5>you are seeing him living his life, his happiness.

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<v Speaker 6>His joy for the world to see.

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<v Speaker 5>So that's definitely when I had these books in mind

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<v Speaker 5>where I see.

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<v Speaker 4>It going, well, that's wonderful, and you're right, we have

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<v Speaker 4>to you know.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean it was a book out called Conspiracy Destroyed

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<v Speaker 3>Black Boys by doctor Juwanza can Chu f You? And basically,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, he pointed out as a in his doctor

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<v Speaker 3>and his degree and his education that black boys are

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<v Speaker 3>under assaw and are being destroyed at a very age.

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<v Speaker 3>They run them away from mathematics and they make math.

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<v Speaker 3>They teaching a way to make them not like math.

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<v Speaker 3>When math is at the root of every civilization. Math

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<v Speaker 3>is at the root of nation building. There is no

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<v Speaker 3>civilization without engineering and science.

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<v Speaker 4>There's no growth.

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<v Speaker 3>And if we running away our young, are you away

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<v Speaker 3>from math?

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<v Speaker 4>What future were we heard? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>You know, black boys grow up to be feared as men.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, black boys are seen as more aggressive, their

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<v Speaker 5>emotions are misunderstood, They are giving harsh for punishments than

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<v Speaker 5>their counterparts. And you know, even my son as early

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<v Speaker 5>as two years old was seen as his age appropriate

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<v Speaker 5>play and.

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<v Speaker 6>Behavior was seen as aggressive. And you know that's really problematic.

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<v Speaker 5>And then you kind of have that preschool to to

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<v Speaker 5>to jail pipeline.

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<v Speaker 6>You know, the prins of pipeline.

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<v Speaker 5>And so it's really important to me that black boys

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<v Speaker 5>know that they are loved and cared for.

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<v Speaker 4>And valued and value and we matter.

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<v Speaker 3>We matter, and our black sisters and black children and

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<v Speaker 3>black young women matter. But we definitely have to put

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<v Speaker 3>emphasis and I appreciate that on black boys, brown boys,

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<v Speaker 3>because without.

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<v Speaker 4>Our men and our children, our future is dismal.

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<v Speaker 3>And so I want to take this opportunity to thank

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<v Speaker 3>you for your contribution to the upliftment of the next generation,

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<v Speaker 3>because that's our future and of our future.

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<v Speaker 4>So thank you, thank you, Thank you.

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<v Speaker 3>Tell the people how they can reach you and follow

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<v Speaker 3>you and keep in touch with the moves that you're making.

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