WEBVTT - Civic Cipher 010122 What are Some Positive Outcomes for Black America From 2021? (Part B) 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:07.360 And now watching my mic back, you're like that journal time. 0:00:07.640 --> 0:00:11.879 We just strikes with Waters from headquarters behind him and 0:00:11.960 --> 0:00:13.560 the line the border. 0:00:13.680 --> 0:00:16.440 If you're just tuning into Civic Picherami host Rams this Joah, I. 0:00:16.400 --> 0:00:18.680 Go by the name of q War, DJ q Ward 0:00:18.840 --> 0:00:20.040 or just q This. 0:00:20.239 --> 0:00:23.680 Indeed maybe the legend himself. 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:27.000 I don't believe the rumor of Rams says really out 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:29.320 of pocket things sometimes on the radio. That was one 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:29.680 of them. 0:00:29.920 --> 0:00:33.720 No, No, not at all, well deserved. Anyway, be sure 0:00:33.720 --> 0:00:37.440 to stick around because we got more positive outcomes from 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:41.080 the year twenty twenty one for you. Uh, We're going 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:47.240 to be talking about some vot right stuff. We're gonna 0:00:47.240 --> 0:00:51.600 be talking about the census, cancel culture, some just some 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:53.840 some topics that we've discussed on the show that we 0:00:53.960 --> 0:01:00.960 believe have evolved in a in a positive way. There's 0:01:00.960 --> 0:01:05.880 a positive trend associated with these things, and I can't 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:08.400 wait to share them all with you. But first, like 0:01:08.440 --> 0:01:12.360 we always do at this time, let's discuss how to 0:01:12.480 --> 0:01:14.920 become a better ally, shall we? 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:15.520 Yes? 0:01:15.520 --> 0:01:23.199 Indeed, so we are going to talk about voting rights initiatives, 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:27.800 So again be sure to stick around for that. But 0:01:27.800 --> 0:01:35.759 we're still in the middle of making sure that voting 0:01:35.840 --> 0:01:40.560 rights are protected and that voting is easy and accessible 0:01:40.680 --> 0:01:45.800 for marginalized communities, and one such entity that is still 0:01:46.640 --> 0:01:52.040 bringing the heat toward that end is the NAACP. The NAACP, 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:55.480 if you don't know, is the National Association for the 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:58.800 Advancement of Colored People. Granted, it's an old term, but 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:01.960 it's an old institution, and they are the largest and 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:06.160 most influential civil rights organization in the nation via the 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:10.639 work that they do. Advancing political, educational, social, and economic 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.840 equality for Black people in the United States depends on 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:18.880 the generosity of supporters like you, and what you can 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:22.240 do to become a better ally is head to NAACP 0:02:22.720 --> 0:02:27.720 dot org slash donate and you can make a fifteen 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:33.280 dollars donation to continue challenging in justice across America. At present, 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:35.480 they're trying to reach a one hundred and fifty thousand 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:38.960 dollars goal and your help would be appreciated, So please 0:02:39.000 --> 0:02:42.200 consider again making that fifteen dollars donation to the NAACP 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:49.160 to help bolster the fight against inequality and to protect 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:54.000 voting rights, which is very necessary, especially in marginalized communities 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:58.600 and communities where they're more susceptible to gerrymandering, and the 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:02.880 value of the individual will vote is diminished. If you 0:03:02.960 --> 0:03:06.320 believe in becoming a better ally once again, visit na 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:09.120 A cp dot org slash donate. 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:11.760 And I know our political system can make it very 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:14.639 easy to get discouraged with the way the whole thing works. 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:17.760 And I've you know, heard people say to my face 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:20.280 that their vote didn't count. And you know, there's certain 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:26.000 things that reaffirm those feelings. Be a better ally, be 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:29.519 a better part of our union. You know, do your 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:33.920 civic duty, vote, pay attention to what's going on. Don't 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:39.520 just don't be me and just complain all negative. 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:41.280 Vote. 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:43.360 We need that very very active in our in our 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:47.440 in our you know, our civic process. But I know 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:51.880 because I get discouraged sometimes. And it's not just me. Uh, 0:03:51.960 --> 0:03:53.680 Sometimes we don't get the outcomes that we feel like 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:56.120 we deserve, and promises are made that are not kept, 0:03:56.160 --> 0:03:57.760 and it makes you say, what am I doing this for. 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:08.560 Let's not let ourselves become those who just observe, don't 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:14.480 just watch participate. Sure, I love that, And you know what, 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:18.400 there are some people who do just that. 0:04:19.040 --> 0:04:21.760 They don't just watch, they participate and I want to 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:24.000 shout them out because they came up on the show 0:04:24.040 --> 0:04:26.839 this year and they shared a story and their story 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:30.599 ended up having a positive outcome. Their names are Zara, 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:37.080 Mimi and Mustani. There was a video that went viral 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:41.120 this year and it had I believe it was last 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:45.480 time I checked, it was like five million views. Certainly 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:52.680 a very engaging video on our social media as well. 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:58.280 We have it up on our Instagram and it's one 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:01.320 of our more viewed videos on our YouTube page and 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:04.919 on and on. But it's just a lot of engagement 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:11.120 for those who don't know. Zara, Mimi, and Mustani are 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:17.440 all students at Arizona State University. They, Zara especially and 0:05:17.520 --> 0:05:21.880 I believe Mimi as well, worked with Arizona State to 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:27.520 create a multicultural center, a space where they could be 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:32.960 protected from a lot of the I'm not a student 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:35.240 at ASU anymore, I did go to school there, but 0:05:35.640 --> 0:05:37.800 you know, they wanted a space where they could share 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:43.279 black ideas and have black conversations and not feel that 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:48.680 feeling that a lot of times non white folks have 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:52.200 in the presence of white people in this country, where 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:56.200 you feel like your things are alien, your things might 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:58.800 be ridiculed. You know, they wanted a safe space where 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:04.200 they could have black convers stations. Imagine two Spanish speaking 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:08.400 people having a conversation in Spanish, their native language, that 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:12.240 they have their jokes and you know, their idioms and 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:15.400 so forth. You know, when you're having that conversation in 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:17.680 front of a non Spanish speaker, you might feel like 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:21.799 you're offending that person or otherwise they might take issue 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:23.400 with it or something like that. So this is kind 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:25.480 of the idea behind us. Anyway, they worked with the 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:30.720 university creates this multicultural center and began using it and 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:34.480 it was I think a few days old when some 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:38.160 white students entered into the Multicultural Center. There were other 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:41.080 white students there, of course, because it's not an exclusive place. 0:06:41.120 --> 0:06:45.680 It's just a place that kind of fosters culture other 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:48.480 than you know, white American culture, you know what I mean. 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:56.320 But these specific white male students came into to the 0:06:56.440 --> 0:07:10.240 Multicultural Center and they had some inflammatory language affixed to 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:13.760 their person in the in the form of their clothes 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:18.040 and to their laptop. And I believe one of the 0:07:18.080 --> 0:07:23.120 things said police lives matter, which in that space is 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:27.160 very very much insulting that that phrase police lives matter 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:30.120 only exists because the phrase black lives matter exists and 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:33.760 didn't exists to challenge that in the legitimacy of it. 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:39.080 And there was some There was a Bass Pro Shops hat, 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:40.960 there was a Chick fil a cup. You know, these 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:45.040 like sort of dog whistle you know, coded racist things 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:48.840 or coded conservative will call them. You know, they might 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:51.640 not be racist, but very conservative things. And then one 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:55.040 of the other student he had a like an anti 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:58.840 Joe Biden shirt. And if that were it, that would 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:02.040 have been maybe enough to just stay under the radar. 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:05.280 But they were actually pointing the laptop and kind of 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:08.840 doing that mean stare thing and making gestures at the 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:13.760 black women in the center to try to entice them 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:16.240 to engage. In other words, they went there looking for 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:17.880 a fight. This is the story that was told to 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:19.560 me that I do believe is true because I do 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:22.080 know these women because they've been on the show before 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:31.840 they went viral, and after Zara got involved, it got heted. 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:35.600 And if you know Zara, you know exactly what I'm 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:37.240 talking about. And if you don't know Zara, get to 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:38.800 know her. I promise you need some of that in 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:41.960 your life. But she came up like Queen Latifa and 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:47.120 set it off, and the video of her engaging these 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:52.920 white male students ended up going viral. As I mentioned, 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:58.560 and as it turned out, the one of the students, 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:01.480 one of the male students, was very connected and they 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:05.679 put together a masterful campaign to get all of the 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:11.000 girls suspended from school, which meant that Zara would not 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:13.720 get her doctorate that she'd been working on. She's working 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:17.640 on her dissertation, and that Mimi, I believe she's also 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:20.680 a PhD candidate as well. She wouldn't have been able 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:25.960 to complete her degree, and Mustani was going to be 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:29.240 kicked out of school as well, and otherwise this kid's 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:32.000 parents would stop donating to something like that, right, is 0:09:32.040 --> 0:09:37.240 what got back to me. Well, after initially just kind 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:40.520 of sweeping it under the rug, the school actually went 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:43.680 back and engaged the three women and says, hey, look, 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:46.640 we're going to have to have a trial, and if 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:50.720 you're found to not be within compliance of your student 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:54.640 ethics whatever, we're going to have to get you kicked 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:57.040 out of school. So they all had to get lawyers 0:09:57.080 --> 0:10:00.480 and it became this whole thing. And what I did 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:04.040 was she got the community involved. She came up here 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:05.800 and she shared her story and a lot of you, 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:08.560 our listeners, really helped to support her. I believe they 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:13.640 had like six thousand letters written something like wow on 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:17.120 their behalf to make sure that they stayed in the school. 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.280 And the outcome of that, which is why we're sharing 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:24.400 it on our year end episode of positive outcomes, is 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:26.920 that they were allowed to stay in school. The school 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:29.600 said we all we want you to do is write 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:32.679 a letter of explaining what you did and why you 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:36.000 won't do it again. And all three of the girls women, 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:39.040 all three of the women said, I'm much older than them. 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:42.280 They're in college and you know, so I mean nothing 0:10:42.320 --> 0:10:46.160 when I say girls, but they are women. All three 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:48.080 of them said, now we're not writing that letter and 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:51.840 they're still in school. And I love that, so so yeah, 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:53.920 just to I'm happy to be able to share an 0:10:53.920 --> 0:10:54.640 outcome like that. 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:57.800 The promise you'll never do it again part is so condescending, 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:01.480 that's what they and that's too much to ask, right, 0:11:01.559 --> 0:11:03.960 You're going to ignore the nuance to consequences in the 0:11:03.960 --> 0:11:07.720 context of under which those things happen. Sure you'll never 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:10.600 defend yourself again, is what you're asking me to promise. 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:12.880 These are all points that they made in their press 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:15.520 conferences when you're talking and everything else. And that's a 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:19.600 beautiful thing though, that they were willing to stand up 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:24.040 for their principles. You know, this show exists. I'm telling you, 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:26.840 like you don't know for you listening to Q and 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:29.440 I's voice, this show that you're listening to right now 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:32.760 exists because Q and I decided to stand up for 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:35.120 our principles. We felt like a show like this was 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:40.320 necessary at our old radio station where we worked, and 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:45.040 they said the exact words were, I don't want to 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:47.560 do a black show and it was a hip hop station, 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:52.360 and that felt very hurtful, and especially in a time 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:55.400 when it was necessary for us to have conversations. This 0:11:55.440 --> 0:12:00.640 is necessary for us to communicate and to share information. 0:12:00.920 --> 0:12:03.920 Where's the next protest? What does defund the police mean? 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:06.079 You know? Those sorts of things have what is critical 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:08.880 race theory? Those sorts of things, And so again we 0:12:08.920 --> 0:12:11.520 applaud to people standing up for their principles. Unfortunately, we 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:15.640 were able to stand Zara, Mimi and Mastani and we're 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:19.920 very happy with that outcome. Speaking of critical race theory, 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:28.720 I will say this that on our best day, we're 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:33.679 neck and neck. But you know, there are a lot 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:38.280 of people that oppose the teaching of critical race theory, 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:46.520 and they're just really good on the other side at 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:53.440 marketing fear and people lap it up to be afraid 0:12:53.600 --> 0:13:00.880 of telling the truth in school, it seems, and the 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:02.599 way they reform it is like, no, they're going to 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:05.560 teach your children to hate themselves and be embarrassed about 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:07.840 their history. And that has never been what it is 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:12.880 been about. That's not that I'm no more embarrassed of 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:17.760 my legacy at having come from slaves, then your children 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:21.080 would be embarrassed about learning that they may have come 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:24.760 from slave owners. Right, it's a very distant past for 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:28.520 all of us, you know, on the schoolyard, we're all friends. 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:30.800 At least that's what it was at all the schools 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:33.240 I went through my whole life, and I went to 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:35.760 school for nineteen years because I have a master's degree 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:37.800 hanging on my wall, and I don't know how long 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:40.360 you went to school, but that's long enough to know difference. 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:42.480 I went to school in different states, in different cities, 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:48.200 I moved around. I got it right. But the fact 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:52.480 that this country had to have a conversation about it 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:58.120 I believe that that's a positive outcome. And granted, we 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:05.439 don't have fear in our arsenal, or rather, we don't 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:09.240 use fear as one of our tools to accomplish what 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:12.080 it is that we want as black people. We just 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:16.160 don't really move like that. That. That's not to say 0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:19.760 there haven't been examples of that, you know, But even 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:22.280 those examples, I don't believe they were based in fear. 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:22.720 You know. 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:26.160 The Panthers, Well, you have to find exceptions there you go, 0:14:26.240 --> 0:14:29.200 because I'm glad you brought the panthers up. The panthers 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:33.240 armed themselves, thank you, as a means of self defense. 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:39.200 We didn't storm the capital for instance. You know what 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:43.160 I mean, We as a people, and I can speak 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:45.920 to this in this with this broad general language, because 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:51.080 it's true, we as a people have never sought revenge 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:55.480 for the way this country has treated us. Yeah, ever, 0:14:56.560 --> 0:15:02.320 in our entire history, you know, we've had instances where 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:04.600 we took to the streets. You know, you can bring up, 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:07.840 you know, examples of riots if you will, when the 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:12.280 outcomes were just so blasphemously disrespectful that people were just enraged. 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:18.680 But even then, we didn't take arms against people right, 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:21.000 you talk about the destruction of property. We understand these 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:23.800 things are criminal. We didn't take to the streets with 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:28.240 weapons and shoot and kill and and physically fight. And 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:34.960 even in the instances where violence occurred, it was as 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:41.720 a reaction to, again, the destruction of property and laws 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:43.920 being broken. I'm not going to, you know, pretend that 0:15:44.480 --> 0:15:47.080 everything was done in a way that was vanilla and 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:51.680 civil and benign. But there's I think there has always 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:54.600 been this fear or this expectation that one day we'd 0:15:54.720 --> 0:15:58.200 rise up and try to burn this thing down. And 0:15:58.240 --> 0:16:01.360 that's just not our goal. We literally just want to 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:05.560 exist and prosper and thrive in the way that this 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:09.240 country has promised us. We should be able to, that's all. 0:16:10.600 --> 0:16:14.560 And being denied that at every turn for what feels 0:16:14.560 --> 0:16:20.000 like a thousand years is exhausting. Sure, sure, absolutely, But 0:16:20.080 --> 0:16:26.080 at some point our history and our record shouldn't matter. Yeah. 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:33.120 We have been on the receiving side of the beatdowns 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:35.600 for the entirety of the country's history. 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:39.240 Sure, And the beatdowns aren't just like physical beatdowns are 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:43.720 like yeah, like really grand like massive scale. 0:16:43.840 --> 0:16:48.160 Bet you can't live and prosper here. According to Article 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:53.960 three sections, yeah, goodness, it's like written into the law. 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:59.720 But in any event, the conversation about critical race theory, 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:03.800 the fact that it exists, the fact that people really 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:07.600 have to use fear to continue to wield it as 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:12.399 a weapon, to where even people like Bill Maher is 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:17.240 an opponent of critical race theory, a well known liberal, 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:19.960 old school liberal guy, has kind of given into the 0:17:20.000 --> 0:17:25.040 fear that somehow critical race theory is new humh, and 0:17:25.080 --> 0:17:29.000 that it's specific intention, or rather the outcomes of it 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:35.160 will specifically cause children hunh who don't even have concepts 0:17:35.680 --> 0:17:39.520 gelled in their mind yet kindergarteners are going to learn 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:42.879 to hate themselves because of something that happened a billion 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:43.400 years old. 0:17:43.600 --> 0:17:47.000 Yeah, I understop rocking with Bill Maher, who I think 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:52.280 positioned himselves for a long time as an ally once 0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:59.879 during our last president's term last term, started speaking in 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:02.679 ways about black people and about the black experience that 0:18:02.720 --> 0:18:08.440 he one couldn't possibly know and that were very clearly 0:18:08.480 --> 0:18:11.119 opposed to how we feel as the people. It was 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:12.040 very disappointing. 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:15.120 Well hang on, let me jump in here. At least 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:18.440 on our show, we'll never pretend like we know what 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:21.080 we don't know. We'll say we don't know it, you know, 0:18:21.160 --> 0:18:24.080 and that's very infuriating when other people, you know, we 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:29.439 we haven't yet had a conversation about white savior complex. 0:18:30.840 --> 0:18:37.400 But for those who feel so inclined, please engage in 0:18:37.440 --> 0:18:40.680 some googling and some research on the white savior complex. 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:43.560 And I believe that he might be an example of 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:47.560 that where just everything this guy says is gospel because 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:49.840 he said it, you know, obviously he's smart. I mean, 0:18:49.920 --> 0:18:52.080 it's a male thing too, and I'm not going to 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:54.560 say that we don't have those type of tendencies because 0:18:54.600 --> 0:19:00.600 we're men as well, but you know, we appreciate it. 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:03.920 But we have this show so that we can tell 0:19:03.920 --> 0:19:06.159 our own stories. We can we can speak our own truth, 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:09.639 and that we can decide what path we're going to 0:19:10.640 --> 0:19:13.840 use to go forward. And you listening to our voices. 0:19:13.920 --> 0:19:16.600 We like to count you as allies, and we hope 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:20.320 that our Black conversation in your presence helps to give 0:19:20.359 --> 0:19:24.600 you a glimpse into what life is like beyond your 0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:29.720 capacity to just imagine. And so very grateful for Bill Mahr. 0:19:29.840 --> 0:19:32.120 But you know there's something, there's a point when you 0:19:32.240 --> 0:19:34.520 just can't do anymore and you have to let those 0:19:34.560 --> 0:19:38.159 who at least feel like they know better, you know, 0:19:38.280 --> 0:19:41.440 or have lived that life, you know, be self determined. 0:19:41.480 --> 0:19:44.639 And so here we are. It's going to be a 0:19:44.640 --> 0:19:49.280 weird transition here. But but one of the positive things 0:19:49.320 --> 0:19:53.480 that we can look back on this year is, you know, 0:19:53.520 --> 0:19:56.119 this year, we a lot of our Asian brothers and 0:19:56.160 --> 0:20:00.280 sisters really had to and are still having to deal 0:20:00.320 --> 0:20:03.120 with some very heavy stuff. You know, these these attacks 0:20:03.119 --> 0:20:07.960 and these seemingly unprovoked random attacks on their bodies. People 0:20:08.000 --> 0:20:12.160 losing their lives, Elderly Asian people losing their lives. It's 0:20:12.240 --> 0:20:16.440 been very hurtful and disgusting to see. And I will 0:20:16.480 --> 0:20:21.919 admit that we see black people commit crimes against Asian people. 0:20:21.960 --> 0:20:24.640 We do see that, and we condemn that the same 0:20:24.640 --> 0:20:27.960 way we condemn anything else that is awful. And we 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:30.679 would never that's just not who we are as people. 0:20:33.720 --> 0:20:37.119 And to that end, we've invited folks up on the 0:20:37.160 --> 0:20:41.960 show to have conversations about them. You know, real quick, 0:20:41.960 --> 0:20:44.440 we want to give a shout out to uh Lisa's 0:20:44.440 --> 0:20:47.720 son who came up on the show a couple of times. 0:20:47.720 --> 0:20:52.879 Shelley you, if you can hear us, we appreciate you. 0:20:52.960 --> 0:20:53.920 Thank you so much. 0:20:53.720 --> 0:21:00.239 Absolutely, to just come and just be yourself and tell 0:21:00.320 --> 0:21:02.560 us what life is like in your world and tell 0:21:02.640 --> 0:21:05.359 us how we can help you. You know, that's really 0:21:05.359 --> 0:21:07.479 what we hope that this space would be, and it 0:21:07.520 --> 0:21:10.239 was our pleasure to be able to share it in 0:21:10.320 --> 0:21:14.639 solidarity with our Asian brothers and sisters as they decided 0:21:14.680 --> 0:21:18.520 what path they should take and how we should help them. 0:21:19.400 --> 0:21:26.240 And to know that there was some legislature, legislation I 0:21:26.280 --> 0:21:30.680 never get that word right, enacted to protect them specifically. Granted, 0:21:30.720 --> 0:21:33.159 we all wanted it, you know, and we're not going 0:21:33.200 --> 0:21:35.720 to back up off of that, but to know that 0:21:36.400 --> 0:21:39.720 there was something that was written down formally by this 0:21:39.800 --> 0:21:42.359 country to protect them and to protect their liberty and 0:21:42.359 --> 0:21:44.840 their well being, that feels special, and that feels like 0:21:44.880 --> 0:21:50.000 an accomplishment that we as a country have been able 0:21:50.000 --> 0:21:53.800 to celebrate in this past year, and so wanted to 0:21:53.840 --> 0:21:58.240 take a moment to mention that as well. You know, 0:21:58.280 --> 0:22:02.760 we talked a lot about the voting rights initiatives, the 0:22:02.920 --> 0:22:09.359 John C. Lewis Voting Rights Bill, I'll call it. I 0:22:09.359 --> 0:22:10.760 don't know the exact name, but it was something like 0:22:10.800 --> 0:22:18.120 that Lewis right, that passed the House, I think it's 0:22:18.280 --> 0:22:20.119 they're still working on getting it through the Senate or 0:22:20.119 --> 0:22:23.439 something like that. But as we mentioned earlier, you know, 0:22:23.480 --> 0:22:25.639 there's a lot of folks really helping the campaign that 0:22:25.720 --> 0:22:28.000 especially the NAACP. Once again, if you would like to 0:22:28.000 --> 0:22:30.880 make a donation toward that end, visit in DOUAACP dot 0:22:31.000 --> 0:22:34.240 org slash donate and you can do just that. But 0:22:35.000 --> 0:22:38.480 very proud of all of us working together to try 0:22:38.480 --> 0:22:42.800 to protect our right to vote and to not let 0:22:42.840 --> 0:22:45.199 it be taken away from us based on based on 0:22:45.280 --> 0:22:50.480 falsehoods by one person whose pride couldn't suffer, you know, 0:22:51.000 --> 0:22:53.720 the loss of an election whose whole empire is built 0:22:53.760 --> 0:22:57.000 on him being a quote unquote winner and people support 0:22:57.080 --> 0:23:00.200 him based on that. So you know, obviously there's there's 0:23:00.200 --> 0:23:02.960 a lot of weird stuff at play there, but you know, again, 0:23:03.440 --> 0:23:06.800 voting rights, we look at that as something that we 0:23:07.119 --> 0:23:12.840 came together and celebrated. The twenty twenty census results came 0:23:12.880 --> 0:23:14.520 back in twenty twenty one, and we were able to 0:23:14.520 --> 0:23:18.600 discuss that and able to have some meaningful conversations about 0:23:18.640 --> 0:23:22.399 the population shifting and what it must feel like to 0:23:22.440 --> 0:23:26.760 be a white person and a time when you know 0:23:26.800 --> 0:23:28.919 the world is changing around you and being able to 0:23:28.920 --> 0:23:31.840 empathize and maybe understand some of the frustrations on the 0:23:31.920 --> 0:23:34.400 right and folks that feel like they're losing their place 0:23:34.400 --> 0:23:38.240 in the world, and hopefully provide some comfort. Like you 0:23:38.760 --> 0:23:41.440 mentioned earlier that hey, we're all on the same team. 0:23:41.880 --> 0:23:44.120 You know, we don't want revenge, you know, that sort 0:23:44.119 --> 0:23:48.520 of thing. And we were able to talk about cancel 0:23:48.560 --> 0:23:50.720 culture as well a couple of times on the show 0:23:50.880 --> 0:23:58.840 and how it is necessary, but how it can also 0:23:58.920 --> 0:24:02.160 be too much. So those are some of the things 0:24:02.280 --> 0:24:05.119 that we're very happy that we've been able to talk 0:24:05.160 --> 0:24:07.080 about on this show. And of course, above all us, 0:24:07.119 --> 0:24:09.280 we're very happy that you've tuned in and you've helped 0:24:09.280 --> 0:24:13.959 the show grow by donating, by sharing content, by whatever 0:24:14.000 --> 0:24:16.399 it is that you've done. You are kind of the 0:24:16.440 --> 0:24:17.600 battery in our backs. 0:24:18.080 --> 0:24:22.560 And cancel culture it had its place, right, I think 0:24:23.240 --> 0:24:27.840 the cancel I think canceling people was necessary. But everything 0:24:27.920 --> 0:24:31.400 has to be done in moderation. We're not canceling everybody 0:24:31.400 --> 0:24:34.960 for everything. And I think that's where I think that's 0:24:34.960 --> 0:24:37.320 where those who oppose it, I think that's where it started. 0:24:37.760 --> 0:24:41.000 Then it swung all the way the other way. Yeah, Okay, 0:24:41.440 --> 0:24:45.360 we can't cancel everyone for everything, so we shouldn't cancel 0:24:45.480 --> 0:24:50.600 anyone for anything. And those are two very very points 0:24:50.600 --> 0:24:51.000 of view. 0:24:51.920 --> 0:24:54.000 We strike a balance and we just kind of figure 0:24:54.040 --> 0:24:56.040 out how to use that. That's one thing that we 0:24:56.119 --> 0:24:59.800 do kind of wheel down our end. Maybe it's not, 0:25:00.320 --> 0:25:03.800 but it is consequence, as we'll call itself. Anyway, it's 0:25:03.800 --> 0:25:06.919 time for the Way Black History Fact and Q you 0:25:06.960 --> 0:25:13.679 might love this one, Oh, so journal Truth, Sojourner Truth Insight. 0:25:13.800 --> 0:25:17.520 Is there is there a better name that's like the 0:25:17.640 --> 0:25:22.440 history of people, that's a great name. Well, last week 0:25:22.600 --> 0:25:28.000 we were able to dedicate our Ebony Excellence segment to 0:25:28.400 --> 0:25:33.600 Belle Hooks, who passed away in December. And you know, 0:25:33.640 --> 0:25:35.479 a title of one of her books that came out 0:25:35.480 --> 0:25:40.119 in the eighties borrowed a line from Sojourner Truth, and 0:25:40.200 --> 0:25:43.760 Q mentioned that we should dedicated Way Black History Fact 0:25:43.760 --> 0:25:45.680