WEBVTT - Erosion of Our Humanity

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, piece and welcome to wok F Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>Meet your Girl Danielle Moody recording from the Home Bunker. Folks.

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<v Speaker 1>On this bucket Friday, it is going to be a

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<v Speaker 1>combination truly of feel it Friday and fucke it Friday.

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<v Speaker 1>This has been, as I've stayed it all week long,

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<v Speaker 1>a really trying and difficult week in the world in

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<v Speaker 1>the US, in Israel and Palestine. For certain, absorbing and

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<v Speaker 1>taking in the type of dehumanization, grief, brutality and violence

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<v Speaker 1>that we are witnessing as we watch war unfold in

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<v Speaker 1>Israel cannot be taken lightly. And I know that it

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<v Speaker 1>is often we find ourselves in a place that says, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have any stakenness. You know, I don't have

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<v Speaker 1>any people there, or I am not Jewish, or I

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<v Speaker 1>am not Muslim, so this doesn't personally impact me. But

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<v Speaker 1>then find yourself struggling emotionally mentally, with the inability to focus,

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<v Speaker 1>bursting into tears, and you don't know why this feeling

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<v Speaker 1>of sadness and of grief has taken hold. And it

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<v Speaker 1>is because and I will continue to say this, because

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<v Speaker 1>I've said it multiple times this week, that is your humanness,

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<v Speaker 1>that is your humanness wanting to connect to other people's humanness.

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<v Speaker 1>And we can't help as humans that when we see

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<v Speaker 1>such destruction and devastation play out on our screens, that

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<v Speaker 1>we put ourselves in those people's shoes or in shallah.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope so right, because when speaking with my friends

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<v Speaker 1>who come from different religions and backgrounds, spaces and places,

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<v Speaker 1>they can't help. As I was in conversation with one

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<v Speaker 1>of my close friends who is also Jewish, broke down

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<v Speaker 1>in tears as she's saying, I can't imagine being a

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<v Speaker 1>mother of two as I am right now in Gaza

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<v Speaker 1>without electricity, water and bombs going off everywhere and the

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<v Speaker 1>inability to flee. I think that our exposure from the

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<v Speaker 1>years of watching the war in Ukraine at the hands

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<v Speaker 1>of Russia play out, hearing stories and seeing bodies, hearing

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<v Speaker 1>stories of rape and brutality and violation of international law,

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<v Speaker 1>it is very easy. As we watch these things play

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<v Speaker 1>out on our screens, and we are so far literally

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<v Speaker 1>geographically removed from the areas that are under siege, we

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<v Speaker 1>have the ability to turn it off and look the

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<v Speaker 1>other way. And there is guilt associated with that, and

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<v Speaker 1>that guilt weighs on us. And what I want to

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<v Speaker 1>offer is that be intentional about your turning away and

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<v Speaker 1>deciding on when you're going to engage in when you

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<v Speaker 1>are not because of our collective humanity, of our compassion

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<v Speaker 1>and empathy is purposeful through numbing, right, And so there

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<v Speaker 1>is a sense of feeling numb that we have because

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<v Speaker 1>we have been exposed to so much pain over the

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<v Speaker 1>last few years. And I would argue, while there has

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<v Speaker 1>always been pain and destruction and dehumanization that has happened,

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<v Speaker 1>the proliferation of social media and the ability to have

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<v Speaker 1>cameras and drones in these places in real time is

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<v Speaker 1>something that is new and modern. So you have to

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<v Speaker 1>be intentional about what you are digesting, how much and when,

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<v Speaker 1>because it is eating at your soul, it is doing

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<v Speaker 1>great harm. I am not telling you to turn away,

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<v Speaker 1>but what I am saying is to be really intentional

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<v Speaker 1>and conscious about when you are choosing to take in

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<v Speaker 1>the grief and when you are choosing not to, and

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<v Speaker 1>what are you doing in its place also matters. Because

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not an advocate of just tuning out. I'm an

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<v Speaker 1>advocate of tuning in to ourselves because when we feel

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<v Speaker 1>paralyzed and don't feel like we have the ability to

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<v Speaker 1>shift outside forces. What we do have to focus on

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<v Speaker 1>is how we shift within ours. You know, I believe

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<v Speaker 1>in the quote of be the change that you want

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<v Speaker 1>to see in the world, and so I want to

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<v Speaker 1>offer something to you all and share something that I

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<v Speaker 1>If you've been listening to me for a long time,

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<v Speaker 1>you may have started to recognize the subtle ships and

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<v Speaker 1>changes that I am making. I have been known for

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<v Speaker 1>and applauded for, and have grounded my work in rage.

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<v Speaker 1>The formation of WOKF Daily came from a place of

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<v Speaker 1>absolute anger and disgust at this country for having the audacity,

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<v Speaker 1>following the successful eight years of Barack Obama, to put

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<v Speaker 1>in place a white supremist, misogynist, criminal. WOKF was born

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<v Speaker 1>out of anger and the fact that I was just

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<v Speaker 1>gobsmacked that this country who I had dedicated my career,

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<v Speaker 1>whether it was as a classroom teacher, whether it was

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<v Speaker 1>as a lobbyist, whether it was as a national spokesperson,

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<v Speaker 1>into creating a more just and equitable society. So when

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump is elected, I feel absolutely and utterly betrayed

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<v Speaker 1>that the work that I have been doing has been

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<v Speaker 1>an absolute fucking waste, Because how could this country, given

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<v Speaker 1>everything that we know, decide to elect that man and

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<v Speaker 1>proudly so, How after so much work had been done

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<v Speaker 1>to create an environment that was politically correct, to celebrate

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<v Speaker 1>inclusion and diversity, that the whitelash would ensue and bring

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<v Speaker 1>us to the hell skate that we are currently existing in.

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<v Speaker 1>And so yes, I was angry and wanted a place

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<v Speaker 1>to get out that anger. As the years, though friends

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<v Speaker 1>have progressed, I have found myself in a place of

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<v Speaker 1>consistently having to dig and climb myself out of utter

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<v Speaker 1>despair where my boy started to take on and hold energetically.

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<v Speaker 1>The rage, The anger and the sadness, the sleepless nights,

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<v Speaker 1>the poor eating, the over consumption of alcohol all started

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<v Speaker 1>to become my reaction to holding so much grief and

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<v Speaker 1>so much rage while I was trying to create space

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<v Speaker 1>for other people to be able to air out their

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<v Speaker 1>rage and their grief. But what I've come to really

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<v Speaker 1>understand about myself through therapy, through the personal work that

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<v Speaker 1>I have been doing, is that I I am deeply

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<v Speaker 1>an EmPATH, which means that I take on the emotions

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<v Speaker 1>of people and things around me and when it is

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<v Speaker 1>only negativity that I am ingesting, that my body holds

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<v Speaker 1>onto that and starts to become a center and a

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<v Speaker 1>place of disease where I'm no longer emotionally, mentally, and

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<v Speaker 1>physically capable of providing analysis with clarity. Because I myself

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<v Speaker 1>am moving through the cloud of rage. I will offer

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<v Speaker 1>to all of you that I am not Buddha on

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<v Speaker 1>a mountaintop. I'm not that fortunate. But what I do

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<v Speaker 1>know over the last few years is that if rage

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<v Speaker 1>and anger were the tool that we needed to have change,

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<v Speaker 1>then we would have changed for the better already. And

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<v Speaker 1>the fact is that for me, while you will still

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<v Speaker 1>hear me express my anger, what I am working on

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<v Speaker 1>is disconnecting that anger, that frustration from my body, so

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<v Speaker 1>being able to be in a place where I can

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<v Speaker 1>air it out and then detach from it and not

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<v Speaker 1>consume it. There is a practice in Buddhism and other

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<v Speaker 1>Eastern cultures that is about letting go detachment not just

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<v Speaker 1>from material things, right, but from emotions that do not

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<v Speaker 1>serve us. All emotions are valid and necessary, but holding

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<v Speaker 1>them is not where I am in my own personal journey,

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<v Speaker 1>which will be coming through and has begun to come

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<v Speaker 1>through in this show is that I am interested in

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<v Speaker 1>moving towards a place of our shared humanity right and

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<v Speaker 1>not defining myself by what I am against and instead

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<v Speaker 1>defining myself by what I am for. I am for

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<v Speaker 1>an abundant mentality that says and states that there is

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<v Speaker 1>more than enough for us on this planet for everyone.

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<v Speaker 1>It is greed, bigotry, discrimination built into and baked into

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<v Speaker 1>our capitalists economic philosophy that has people move from a

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<v Speaker 1>place of scarcity rather than from a place of abundance,

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<v Speaker 1>that has them believe that they have the authority to

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<v Speaker 1>subjugate and oppress those that do not subscribe to their

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<v Speaker 1>deficit thinking. We have a deficiency right now of empathy

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<v Speaker 1>in this country. We are deficient. We are sick because

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<v Speaker 1>just like I have shared the posts that have gone

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<v Speaker 1>around and spoke about it yesterday with Jonathan, that when

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<v Speaker 1>you see the devastation and degradation and utter brutality and

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<v Speaker 1>violence that we are witnessing, and yet you find yourself

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<v Speaker 1>only holding empathy, compassion and grief for one side and

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<v Speaker 1>not the other, that is not your humanity. That is propaganda.

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<v Speaker 1>That is a government's propaganda and political propaganda that has

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<v Speaker 1>you believe that we don't all come from the same source,

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<v Speaker 1>that we are all not deserving of lives that are safe,

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<v Speaker 1>free from violence, right and deserving of our basic necessities

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<v Speaker 1>like clean water, housing, food. And so when I see

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<v Speaker 1>these things that are playing out, and I'm looking at

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<v Speaker 1>people posting, and I'm truly disgusted by some of the

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<v Speaker 1>things that I'm seeing, like folks that were who I

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<v Speaker 1>thought were reasonable human beings promoting genocide because they have

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<v Speaker 1>succumb to the brainwashing that tells them that everyone is

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<v Speaker 1>in deserving of life of freedom. So, folks, what I

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<v Speaker 1>want to offer and create an invitation too, is a

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<v Speaker 1>more abundant mindset that does not have us focus on

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<v Speaker 1>those that are lacking and that want the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>us to live in lack, and that want the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of us to live in fear, that want the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of us to live in struggle. We live a life

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<v Speaker 1>of du ally. There will always be darkness where there

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<v Speaker 1>is light. There will always be places of lack. But

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<v Speaker 1>what we can control is how we are contributing to

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<v Speaker 1>those systems, and be really mindful of the language that

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<v Speaker 1>we are using, of the energy that we are exuding.

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<v Speaker 1>And of what we are allowing ourselves to ingest. Because

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<v Speaker 1>I will tell you that I was that person that

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<v Speaker 1>had this television on behind me eight hours, nine hours

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<v Speaker 1>a day, just feeding me negativity. If that was the

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<v Speaker 1>way through, y'all, we would have gotten, we would have

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<v Speaker 1>broken through already. It's not. My job is to analyze

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<v Speaker 1>what is happened so that we can find solutions. It

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<v Speaker 1>isn't just to point to this bad thing and that

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<v Speaker 1>bad thing, and the next bad thing and that bad thing,

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<v Speaker 1>because who is that survey? I want when people finish

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<v Speaker 1>listening to my podcast to feel full, to feel like

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<v Speaker 1>you have gained more insight and more information, and feel

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<v Speaker 1>like you have more access to your own personal power

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<v Speaker 1>than you did before. And I have found myself struggling

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<v Speaker 1>because what I feel like I have been putting out

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<v Speaker 1>is a lot of negativity. And why is that? Because

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of negativity. But I am going to

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<v Speaker 1>move in a direction where it isn't just about highlighting

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<v Speaker 1>what is wrong, but also providing pathways to what is right. Friends,

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<v Speaker 1>there has always been war, there has always been aggression.

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<v Speaker 1>There has always been subjugation and oppression. We just have

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<v Speaker 1>more cameras and drones now, But we also have more

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<v Speaker 1>access to information than we ever had before. So what

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<v Speaker 1>are we doing with it? Other than sharing negative articles

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<v Speaker 1>with one another? What else are we accessing? What are

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<v Speaker 1>we trying to build? And we can't do that from

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<v Speaker 1>a place of fear. We can't do that from a

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<v Speaker 1>place of rage. The dreaming and the building only come

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<v Speaker 1>from a place of accessing love and really embracing this

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<v Speaker 1>idea of shared humanity. What does it mean for us

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<v Speaker 1>to live free? Because, like I have said, we cannot

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<v Speaker 1>pray for peace and disconnect that from justice. That's not

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<v Speaker 1>how it works. Peace only comes through justice, and justice

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<v Speaker 1>is not about inflicting pain on the people that have

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<v Speaker 1>inflicted pain on you and saying that your right to

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<v Speaker 1>inflict that pain is righteous because you were pain first.

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<v Speaker 1>We are a bunch of wounded souls here walking around.

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<v Speaker 1>So the fact is is that what does it look

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<v Speaker 1>like to clean those wounds out, to air those wounds

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<v Speaker 1>out so that they can actually heal. But it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>look like, oh, let me pray for peace. We will

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<v Speaker 1>always live in a place of duality and paralyty. That's

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<v Speaker 1>the universe. But how are we working towards justice? And

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<v Speaker 1>when we say justice, what does that actually mean? I

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<v Speaker 1>want to use an example from this week because this

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<v Speaker 1>goes along with both my feeling and my fuck it right,

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<v Speaker 1>which is this. The Republican Party continues to show America

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<v Speaker 1>who it is right, continues to nominate and speak on,

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<v Speaker 1>behalf of and advocate for people who openly embrace white supremacy,

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<v Speaker 1>people who openly have allowed folks to be victims of

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<v Speaker 1>sexual assault and abuse. People who continue to believe that

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty twenty election was stolen. People who want to

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<v Speaker 1>embody and embrace an ideology of lawlessness because they believe

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<v Speaker 1>that they are the only law that should exist. What

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<v Speaker 1>they think, what they believe, what they want, what they

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<v Speaker 1>value should be everyone else's value. The Republican Party is

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<v Speaker 1>nominated Steve Scalise, of all people, to be the speaker,

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<v Speaker 1>the voice, the gavel of the Republicans in the House.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a man that voted to overturn the election.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a man that sworn oath to the Constitution.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a man that has attended white supremaist rallies

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<v Speaker 1>and referred to himself not the media, defining him for himself.

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<v Speaker 1>He defined himself as David Duke, the former Grand Wizard

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<v Speaker 1>of the KKK without the baggage. It is our responsibility

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<v Speaker 1>to air out that truth. On the flip side, what

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<v Speaker 1>are we actually trying to create here by airing that out?

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<v Speaker 1>Because that's the real question. The Republicans are people that

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<v Speaker 1>are value lists at this time, because don't get it twisted, right,

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<v Speaker 1>I truly believe and have believed in bipartisanship, but that

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<v Speaker 1>was when the Republican Party was an actual political party

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<v Speaker 1>who had different ideology as it pertained to fiscal responsibility

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<v Speaker 1>and what have you. They've always been racist, right, like,

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<v Speaker 1>let us understand counterintelligence program that murdered black people, black

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<v Speaker 1>leaders in this country, turning intelligence programs that were built

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<v Speaker 1>to deal with our foreign adversaries them were utilized in

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<v Speaker 1>order to decimate black liberation movements. So don't get it twisted.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm very aware. But there was still an opportunity for collaboration.

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<v Speaker 1>That opportunity that ship has sailed. So what are we

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<v Speaker 1>looking for Because what the media will tell you that

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<v Speaker 1>we're looking for is somehow, somehow, some way a return

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<v Speaker 1>to the Republicans of yesteryear. The fact is, friends, we

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<v Speaker 1>do not have the ability to go backwards. That ship

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<v Speaker 1>has sailed. So the only thing in front of us

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<v Speaker 1>is what we can imagine in our future that we

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<v Speaker 1>may not see, and it's more likely that we won't.

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<v Speaker 1>So what does it mean to dream of and work

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<v Speaker 1>towards a future that you won't actually experience? But it

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<v Speaker 1>isn't by just consistently falling for the ropodope of getting

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<v Speaker 1>sucked into the lies and the hate and the smallness,

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<v Speaker 1>the narrowness, the scarcity that these people exude. That is

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<v Speaker 1>the place that I want us to start to think

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<v Speaker 1>in and be in. We're never going to experience utopia

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<v Speaker 1>because there is a lot of evil in this world.

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<v Speaker 1>As we are experiencing, it moves to the margins and

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<v Speaker 1>then it moves forward. But who we are and how

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<v Speaker 1>we show up is going to determine what the future

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<v Speaker 1>looks like for the next generations. We can't define ourselves

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<v Speaker 1>by what we're against longer. We have to define ourselves

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<v Speaker 1>by what we are for. And that is where I

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<v Speaker 1>want Woke af to go. That is it for me today,

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<v Speaker 1>dear friends on Woke AF as always power to the

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<v Speaker 1>people and to all the people. Power, Get woke and

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<v Speaker 1>stay woke as fuck.