WEBVTT - Build Strong Children

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<v Speaker 1>I See's Daily Game. It's a production of iHeartRadio. What's

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<v Speaker 1>Up in Size See You're listening to the Daily Gang,

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<v Speaker 1>a compilation of motivational quotes I've collected over the years

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<v Speaker 1>that I found inspiring and helped me through the game

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<v Speaker 1>of life. Today's quote comes from the abolitionist leader Frederick Douglas,

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<v Speaker 1>and Frederick Douglas said, it's easier to build strong children

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<v Speaker 1>than to repair broken men. Wow, this is so true.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, a child is something that you can really

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<v Speaker 1>create early understandings about things, give them the knowledge they

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<v Speaker 1>need to grow up and to become very productive citizens.

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<v Speaker 1>Become productive people. A man is usually already stuck in

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<v Speaker 1>his ways. It's hard for him to change. I can

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<v Speaker 1>relate this to the gangs. I was working with different

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<v Speaker 1>gang charities in south central Los Angeles. One called Hands

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<v Speaker 1>Across Watts, one called Save the Babies, and we were

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<v Speaker 1>working on gang members. What we realized was it's easier

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<v Speaker 1>to stop kids from joining gangs than to get kids

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<v Speaker 1>that are already indoctrinated into the gang culture out. It's

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<v Speaker 1>easier to prevent a child from becoming a racist than

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<v Speaker 1>to take a racist and change their ways. A lot

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<v Speaker 1>of these things have to deal with indoctrination. A lot

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<v Speaker 1>of things have to deal with habits. If you grow

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<v Speaker 1>up and have lazy habits, you're going to become a

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<v Speaker 1>lazy adult. If you learn a work ethic early, it's

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<v Speaker 1>going to translate throughout your life. So working with kids

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<v Speaker 1>is much easier than changing adults because a kid is

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<v Speaker 1>kind of like an open format, like we program our children.

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<v Speaker 1>Children aren't born racist. You take a black kid, white kid,

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<v Speaker 1>Asian kid, put them all together in a sandbox. They'll

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<v Speaker 1>play until some adult comes and fucks up their head.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't know any better, and they don't naturally hate

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<v Speaker 1>each other. They don't even understand race. My daughter, she

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't understand race yet until some adult comes and contaminates them.

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<v Speaker 1>So we have a lot of responsibility with kids because

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<v Speaker 1>we as adults are the ones that mold them and

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<v Speaker 1>create them into adults. Trying to work on some of

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<v Speaker 1>the ways some of us are stuck in our ways,

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<v Speaker 1>whether it be good or bad, it's just much much,

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<v Speaker 1>much more difficult. So Frederick Douglas said, it's easier to

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<v Speaker 1>build strong children than to repair broken men. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>jewel right there, because it's definitely true. It's definitely true.

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<v Speaker 1>So as parents is our job to create strong children

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<v Speaker 1>with good morals and good understandings about life so that

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<v Speaker 1>they could that on into their life. This has been

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<v Speaker 1>another ice cold fact from me, iced tea. Listening again

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<v Speaker 1>tomorrow when I drop some wisdom on your ass till then,

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<v Speaker 1>stay safe, stay smart, and stay knowing. Our kids are

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<v Speaker 1>the future, and investing in them is investing in ourselves.

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