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okay here's our interview with air force

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chief master sergeant ken battle

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is my man

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darius rucker from charleston

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out in west ashley or

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somewhere in that that area but i think

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he has moved to uh

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asheville i believe he bought a house in

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nashville and he's there now oh man

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i know but we we spend a lot of time

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with him you know he helps us out

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through exchange does he really

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yes well let's let's start by talking

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about that because i just happened to be

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and

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he also assists

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by telling stories about charleston he

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he hops in his uh

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his vehicle and he rides around

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charleston as a historian and talks

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about interesting um

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historic sites

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and invites people to come here and take

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a great look at the low country and what

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and what is the thing that people need

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to know about charleston

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oh

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it is a beautiful city

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uh it is

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a place where you can come and just

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enjoy southern hospitality

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and if you go downtown there's many

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historic sites and we're actually

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talking about expanding

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sites that we could talk about in the

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minority community

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so uh expanding beyond charleston

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one of one of the areas that we're

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looking at right now is a town called

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somerville south carolina

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and that's you know about 20 20 miles

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outside of charleston

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and all the historic uh locations and

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things that occurred

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uh in that somerville area like going on

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a maroon because people used to leave

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charleston because of health reasons and

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go to summerville where they would

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maroon in somerville

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what is what

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what that must be a southern term what

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it's um it's a term that we've we found

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out about

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individuals in charleston

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would use

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to designate when

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they were having a malaria outbreak or

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yellow fever and they found that they

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would leave for the summer and maroon or

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for a while in somersville

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where there was no sickness

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and it turned out to be mosquitoes

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porous ground and the

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pines

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they didn't have mosquitoes in

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somerville so summerville became known

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as the healthiest place in the world and

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people travel from all over so they were

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going there with malaria basically

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no they would come here so they would

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escape them malaria right right but but

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they would but they would have malaria

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and that's why they would go there or

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you're saying no they

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got out of any confession they would get

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out of town before the

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before there was any opportunity for the

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mosquitoes to uh

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oh even in uh with the growth of

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somerville you know and with uh

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uh the growth of the city itself you

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know the pines the longleaf pines are

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disappearing

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yeah we have our share of mosquitoes

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that's one thing i don't miss and a lot

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of people here in los angeles don't

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really understand or appreciate is the

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significance of the fact that we don't

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have mosquitoes for the most part and we

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don't have most bugs you know it's it's

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dry and it's deserty and um

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it's one of the things that you really

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appreciate

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if you've been in mosquito infested

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that's exercise

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so when you're wetlands and so forth

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around here so you're constantly

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spraying

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you you don't go out at night without a

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can of off with you huh

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something

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so um

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give us kind of the the take on history

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as far as you know

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the you know the civil war and all that

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that how do you ask that um

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because that's that's one of the areas

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when as a military

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do something to continue to serve in the

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community so i was learning to be an

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amateur historian but not necessarily

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i was looking at what was going on with

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slavery and

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freedom instead and and this same term

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uh turned out

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to identify individuals that left that

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arrived here at gaston's wharf

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saw what was going on with slavery and

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said to heck with that and they

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our area four hole swamp oak brook

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beach hill

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and they live free

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and they were called maroons

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that's something in history that is not

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talked about very much and is just now

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being investigated

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so uh that's something that we are

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in our local area to

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get that story out

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individuals who live free

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is that right from a plantation if they

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escaped they would go uh say so say they

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about 15 miles from charleston and they

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would look and see that it was 15 miles

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to charleston you know but 500 yards to

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freedom and the militia

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could not uh retrieve them once they got

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into the swamps they didn't fight they

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just went deeper into the swamps

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what would it be like to live in the

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swamps i mean how swampy are we talking

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sounds like that could make a pretty

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good movie it it will

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you're writing it as we speak huh

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we're working that as we speak ah very

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cool very cool well hopefully my my man

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darius wrecker can get involved in that

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so so am i right that you also

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have worked or currently work with the

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great senator tim scott

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that's correct um i volunteer with uh

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senator scott

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um i'm one of the individuals

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that he looks to

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to help out whenever he's in the low

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country i tried to work with individuals

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in community in terms of outreach uh his

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outreach coordinator and i worked

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get information from the community that

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we could pass on to him

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and let him and give him an idea

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of what's going on and what the needs

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some of the areas some of the topics

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that he might want to approach and talk

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and i followed his career so he's kind

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of happy to assist him in any way i

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could yeah he's obviously kind of a

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rising national star right now you could

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very easily see him like as a vice

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presidential uh

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candidate with somebody and if you

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absolutely what what what so just share

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with us some some intimate thing about

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tim scott what should people

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i think the the most important thing

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that i would say is how deeply

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spiritual he is you know he

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uh he's a god-fearing man

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uh and he loves his mom oh

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we spend a lot of time talking about

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uh things that we can do to make sure

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that his mom's comfortable

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you know just just talking about what he

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can do for her

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and i think the love that he has for her

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also give him that

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uh concern and

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uh appreciation for serving the

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community you know because she

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sacrificed so much for him

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that he's now serving and sacrificing

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for the people

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so help us understand you know in i'm

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living woke los angeles and so on where

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how was how is a black man in south

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carolina a republican explain that to

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um i think one thing that many people

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many blacks are very conservative

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individuals and it just so happens that

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republican party

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really professes to be the party of

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conservatism

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that we can identify with

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but we're for god for family for country

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it's a it's a difficult road here in the

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south

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trying to explain to individuals why you

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believe what you believe

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and as a black man here i'm unapologetic

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about my conservatism

298
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but i also serve and that i think it's

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one

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of the things that makes it so

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um

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i would say

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important

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that people see

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results and that's where i am i'm

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looking not so much

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to

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work with individuals who protest who

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talk i'm looking for those who

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are action

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success-oriented results oriented

312
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and so being a conservative individual

313
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or conservative black man

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uh

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here

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makes that

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somewhat

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difficult

319
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because there's so many people

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who don't believe the same thing that i

321
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believe

322
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but we are growing in numbers

323
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as we see results come in as we as we

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are successful in our endeavors we have

325
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more and more people join our our

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movement

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so

328
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it is it is uh it is difficult though

329
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you know because there's a lot of peer

330
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pressure

331
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and i grew up uh within a democratic uh

332
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stronghold within our family i don't

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think

334
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i can't remember of one family member

335
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that i knew of that was a republican or

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that thought in in a conservative way

337
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but

338
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they didn't vote that way i'll put it

339
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that way yeah yeah i mean i don't you

340
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know not really understanding the south

341
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that well you know i don't know the

342
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struck came to be that way i mean all

343
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the jim crow laws were passed by

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democrats that was the democrat party

345
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that

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passed the jim crow laws and they're the

347
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ones that keep labeling things that's a

348
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jim crow law that's a jim crow law yeah

349
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jim crow voting laws and georgia is like

350
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well okay but you should know you were

351
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the party that passed those laws to

352
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begin with i know and and uh reaching

353
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back and talking with individuals about

354
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the history

355
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i i recognize it

356
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they really didn't want to talk about

357
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that you know um

358
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they're they're more concerned about

359
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what's going on with them today

360
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and so

361
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whenever i have a conversation with them

362
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i talk about the things that are

363
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occurring today i talked about the

364
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policies that are out there

365
00:14:07,990 --> 00:14:05,519
uh

366
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that are considered democratic policies

367
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and how detrimental they are for the

368
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black community i mean i i look at

369
00:14:20,230 --> 00:14:17,360
the social programs and i try to explain

370
00:14:22,389 --> 00:14:20,240
how they have failed

371
00:14:24,949 --> 00:14:22,399
the the minority community especially

372
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the black community because they

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continually perpetuate victim victimhood

374
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and

375
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uh my entire

376
00:14:36,550 --> 00:14:34,800
message to the community that i live in

377
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is that we should be

378
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working together to strengthen our own

379
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community and not look to someone to

380
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come and save us you know i've

381
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observed

382
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so many individuals waiting

383
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for someone else to come into the

384
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community and do the things that we come

385
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in and do for ourselves uh it's it's

386
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really

387
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hard to watch someone sitting back

388
00:15:07,269 --> 00:15:04,480
uh and waiting for someone else to save

389
00:15:09,829 --> 00:15:07,279
them and then they they call uh and talk

390
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about racism and they talk about the

391
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privilege of white people

392
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and yet and still

393
00:15:18,710 --> 00:15:16,480
they won't sit back and work with their

394
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own coach work within their own culture

395
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to make their

396
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their own livelihood better they would

397
00:15:27,509 --> 00:15:25,360
instead

398
00:15:30,870 --> 00:15:27,519
reached out to the these individuals who

399
00:15:32,550 --> 00:15:30,880
they consider racist to come and

400
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actually

401
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do whatever they can to make their

402
00:15:39,110 --> 00:15:36,160
livelihood better

403
00:15:41,829 --> 00:15:39,120
so it to me it's

404
00:15:46,150 --> 00:15:41,839
sometimes it just it's hypocritical

405
00:15:47,910 --> 00:15:46,160
yeah no i i mean i i think victimhood is

406
00:15:49,590 --> 00:15:47,920
is a good way of putting it in to

407
00:15:52,949 --> 00:15:49,600
suggest that you need to be somehow

408
00:15:55,590 --> 00:15:52,959
rescued by the government or that uh

409
00:15:56,870 --> 00:15:55,600
somehow the white person needs to change

410
00:16:00,150 --> 00:15:56,880
in some way in order for you to be

411
00:16:02,470 --> 00:16:00,160
successful or to raise your child

412
00:16:03,350 --> 00:16:02,480
to believe anything other than the fact

413
00:16:04,230 --> 00:16:03,360
that

414
00:16:06,310 --> 00:16:04,240
through

415
00:16:08,629 --> 00:16:06,320
effort and hard work you can achieve

416
00:16:11,350 --> 00:16:08,639
anything you want to achieve

417
00:16:13,110 --> 00:16:11,360
as opposed to raising a child to believe

418
00:16:15,110 --> 00:16:13,120
things are going to be hard out there

419
00:16:17,350 --> 00:16:15,120
people are going to look down on you the

420
00:16:19,990 --> 00:16:17,360
white man doesn't like you it's going to

421
00:16:22,230 --> 00:16:20,000
be rough i mean why would you put these

422
00:16:23,749 --> 00:16:22,240
thoughts into the head of a child but

423
00:16:24,629 --> 00:16:23,759
that's essentially what this movement is

424
00:16:26,550 --> 00:16:24,639
asking

425
00:16:27,829 --> 00:16:26,560
telling parents to do that's exactly

426
00:16:29,030 --> 00:16:27,839
right that's exactly what they're

427
00:16:33,269 --> 00:16:29,040
they're actually

428
00:16:36,629 --> 00:16:33,279
um indoctrinating them and

429
00:16:38,230 --> 00:16:36,639
looking for them to accept victimhood

430
00:16:45,110 --> 00:16:38,240
i

431
00:16:46,310 --> 00:16:45,120
and uh

432
00:16:48,629 --> 00:16:46,320
talking about

433
00:16:51,590 --> 00:16:48,639
being results-oriented

434
00:16:54,069 --> 00:16:51,600
they bring up acting white

435
00:16:56,150 --> 00:16:54,079
so anytime you're actually trying to be

436
00:16:57,110 --> 00:16:56,160
rational or reasonable

437
00:16:59,749 --> 00:16:57,120
uh

438
00:17:01,189 --> 00:16:59,759
and result oriented they call that

439
00:17:02,829 --> 00:17:01,199
acting white

440
00:17:05,669 --> 00:17:02,839
and it

441
00:17:09,750 --> 00:17:05,679
always if they're always

442
00:17:12,069 --> 00:17:09,760
action oriented is acting white yes

443
00:17:15,510 --> 00:17:12,079
big you know looking at things uh uh

444
00:17:19,110 --> 00:17:15,520
where knowledge builds confidence

445
00:17:23,029 --> 00:17:19,120
reading you know i've been here i

446
00:17:25,270 --> 00:17:23,039
actually arrived in 1984 in the military

447
00:17:27,669 --> 00:17:25,280
and one of the first things that i was

448
00:17:30,070 --> 00:17:27,679
met with in terms of education on the

449
00:17:32,310 --> 00:17:30,080
educational system here was that

450
00:17:34,470 --> 00:17:32,320
most of the children

451
00:17:36,390 --> 00:17:34,480
uh could not read

452
00:17:37,669 --> 00:17:36,400
you know and and

453
00:17:40,070 --> 00:17:37,679
i said well

454
00:17:41,430 --> 00:17:40,080
why not just put a reading program

455
00:17:43,110 --> 00:17:41,440
putting something together you know

456
00:17:45,669 --> 00:17:43,120
where we can support the families and

457
00:17:47,669 --> 00:17:45,679
teach them to read but there's still

458
00:17:49,510 --> 00:17:47,679
talking about the exact same thing that

459
00:17:52,150 --> 00:17:49,520
you were talking about in 1984 in the

460
00:17:53,190 --> 00:17:52,160
educational system today

461
00:17:54,549 --> 00:17:53,200
you know so

462
00:17:57,990 --> 00:17:54,559
instead of

463
00:17:58,789 --> 00:17:58,000
arguing

464
00:18:01,270 --> 00:17:58,799
or

465
00:18:03,270 --> 00:18:01,280
constantly having a vocal conversation

466
00:18:05,750 --> 00:18:03,280
with them i went out and helped

467
00:18:07,350 --> 00:18:05,760
to do a charter school

468
00:18:10,549 --> 00:18:07,360
that would reach out to these

469
00:18:13,110 --> 00:18:10,559
disconnected students 14 to 21 years old

470
00:18:15,350 --> 00:18:13,120
and get them their high school diploma

471
00:18:16,789 --> 00:18:15,360
uh that these kids had given up on the

472
00:18:18,950 --> 00:18:16,799
traditional

473
00:18:21,350 --> 00:18:18,960
uh public school system and they were

474
00:18:23,990 --> 00:18:21,360
married now they were working now you

475
00:18:25,669 --> 00:18:24,000
know so we hired advocates to go out and

476
00:18:27,110 --> 00:18:25,679
and reach out to them

477
00:18:29,590 --> 00:18:27,120
and say look

478
00:18:32,150 --> 00:18:29,600
a high school diploma is foundational it

479
00:18:34,789 --> 00:18:32,160
will change your life we have an

480
00:18:36,710 --> 00:18:34,799
opportunity for you to come back and get

481
00:18:38,470 --> 00:18:36,720
your high school diploma

482
00:18:40,549 --> 00:18:38,480
and our school is a

483
00:18:44,070 --> 00:18:40,559
non-traditional

484
00:18:46,230 --> 00:18:44,080
type of education but it's virtual and

485
00:18:48,870 --> 00:18:46,240
it's in person but it's not a classroom

486
00:18:51,830 --> 00:18:48,880
you can come in it's a cafe style you

487
00:18:53,750 --> 00:18:51,840
can sit in a lounge chair you know have

488
00:18:55,990 --> 00:18:53,760
a cup of coffee and if you need a

489
00:18:57,270 --> 00:18:56,000
certified science teacher they come to

490
00:18:59,029 --> 00:18:57,280
you

491
00:19:01,430 --> 00:18:59,039
so we were able to

492
00:19:03,590 --> 00:19:01,440
get them the high school diploma as fast

493
00:19:05,270 --> 00:19:03,600
as they would like to work so in six

494
00:19:07,110 --> 00:19:05,280
months to a year

495
00:19:08,789 --> 00:19:07,120
and we're being very successful we

496
00:19:10,789 --> 00:19:08,799
thought it would only take we'd only

497
00:19:13,350 --> 00:19:10,799
have about a hundred students maybe that

498
00:19:15,669 --> 00:19:13,360
would take advantage of this program uh

499
00:19:17,510 --> 00:19:15,679
at this charter school and we

500
00:19:19,669 --> 00:19:17,520
we're now at 400 and see students and

501
00:19:21,990 --> 00:19:19,679
grow so this is the type of

502
00:19:23,190 --> 00:19:22,000
action-oriented thing uh things that i'm

503
00:19:25,750 --> 00:19:23,200
talking about

504
00:19:27,510 --> 00:19:25,760
as opposed to people can achieve

505
00:19:30,190 --> 00:19:27,520
yeah as opposed to what we're doing here

506
00:19:32,630 --> 00:19:30,200
in california well if blacks are

507
00:19:35,669 --> 00:19:32,640
disproportionately not meeting the

508
00:19:36,789 --> 00:19:35,679
testing requirements for math

509
00:19:38,950 --> 00:19:36,799
then

510
00:19:41,029 --> 00:19:38,960
let's get rid of the requirements

511
00:19:43,750 --> 00:19:41,039
exactly that that's the response lower

512
00:19:45,909 --> 00:19:43,760
the standards lower the standards

513
00:19:47,590 --> 00:19:45,919
i mean it's as if they have

514
00:19:50,070 --> 00:19:47,600
it's as if they have no concern or

515
00:19:51,990 --> 00:19:50,080
compassion for the individual

516
00:19:53,669 --> 00:19:52,000
it's like but but what are you doing to

517
00:19:55,590 --> 00:19:53,679
this individual that you're lowering the

518
00:19:57,110 --> 00:19:55,600
standards for this individual

519
00:19:58,630 --> 00:19:57,120
rather than

520
00:20:00,950 --> 00:19:58,640
doing the harder work which is what

521
00:20:03,110 --> 00:20:00,960
you're doing the action work you're

522
00:20:04,710 --> 00:20:03,120
doing the action work which is saying

523
00:20:06,470 --> 00:20:04,720
well wait a minute if these black

524
00:20:07,909 --> 00:20:06,480
children are not meeting the standards

525
00:20:09,190 --> 00:20:07,919
let's figure out why they're not meeting

526
00:20:14,149 --> 00:20:09,200
the standards

527
00:20:15,350 --> 00:20:14,159
exactly yeah so

528
00:20:16,549 --> 00:20:15,360
but you know this has been going on for

529
00:20:18,070 --> 00:20:16,559
decades

530
00:20:19,110 --> 00:20:18,080
just one area

531
00:20:21,590 --> 00:20:19,120
yeah

532
00:20:23,990 --> 00:20:21,600
but you know that's why you you know

533
00:20:26,149 --> 00:20:24,000
with the left in control of our big

534
00:20:27,909 --> 00:20:26,159
cities which they absolutely are where

535
00:20:29,029 --> 00:20:27,919
you have large percentages of the black

536
00:20:30,630 --> 00:20:29,039
community

537
00:20:32,710 --> 00:20:30,640
um these are the policies that have been

538
00:20:34,470 --> 00:20:32,720
pursued now for decades

539
00:20:36,310 --> 00:20:34,480
and have been of utter failure

540
00:20:38,630 --> 00:20:36,320
because you haven't seen the advancement

541
00:20:40,710 --> 00:20:38,640
that we should have seen by now now now

542
00:20:42,870 --> 00:20:40,720
you understand crt

543
00:20:44,870 --> 00:20:42,880
you know and and

544
00:20:47,350 --> 00:20:44,880
crt you know i'm not going to go into

545
00:20:48,789 --> 00:20:47,360
the the the definition of it all over

546
00:20:51,669 --> 00:20:48,799
again i think we all

547
00:20:55,190 --> 00:20:51,679
now recognize the issues that we have

548
00:20:56,549 --> 00:20:55,200
with uh critical race theory uh but now

549
00:20:57,430 --> 00:20:56,559
we can say

550
00:20:58,549 --> 00:20:57,440
for

551
00:21:02,630 --> 00:20:58,559
certain

552
00:21:06,390 --> 00:21:02,640
that the oppressor and the oppressed

553
00:21:10,549 --> 00:21:06,400
has been identified you know in crt

554
00:21:11,350 --> 00:21:10,559
black people will always be inferior

555
00:21:14,149 --> 00:21:11,360
and

556
00:21:16,230 --> 00:21:14,159
white people would always be superior

557
00:21:18,149 --> 00:21:16,240
and that's what they're being taught and

558
00:21:22,149 --> 00:21:18,159
indoctrinated in school

559
00:21:24,470 --> 00:21:22,159
to to believe and the best way to

560
00:21:26,149 --> 00:21:24,480
have an individual to defeat an

561
00:21:28,470 --> 00:21:26,159
individual is to make sure that

562
00:21:30,470 --> 00:21:28,480
individual doesn't fight at all he gives

563
00:21:32,310 --> 00:21:30,480
up before he even starts and this is

564
00:21:34,149 --> 00:21:32,320
what's happening with our youth uh

565
00:21:37,190 --> 00:21:34,159
they're constantly telling them that

566
00:21:37,990 --> 00:21:37,200
they can't succeed that someone else

567
00:21:40,149 --> 00:21:38,000
uh

568
00:21:41,990 --> 00:21:40,159
is oppressing them now i have to

569
00:21:43,590 --> 00:21:42,000
interrupt you here excuses i have to

570
00:21:47,029 --> 00:21:43,600
interrupt you here because uh you know

571
00:21:48,470 --> 00:21:47,039
i'm getting i i'm seeing crt critical

572
00:21:50,149 --> 00:21:48,480
race theory is starting to get into the

573
00:21:51,510 --> 00:21:50,159
mainstream it's being talked about this

574
00:21:53,430 --> 00:21:51,520
was something that was relegated to

575
00:21:55,669 --> 00:21:53,440
conservative media and fox news and so

576
00:21:57,669 --> 00:21:55,679
on and it's been it's gotten so far out

577
00:21:59,029 --> 00:21:57,679
in the open you know as a result of

578
00:22:00,710 --> 00:21:59,039
what's going on in the school boards and

579
00:22:02,149 --> 00:22:00,720
so on and more and more people raising

580
00:22:04,870 --> 00:22:02,159
it that now

581
00:22:07,029 --> 00:22:04,880
the left has to kind of respond to it

582
00:22:09,350 --> 00:22:07,039
and so now you are hearing it

583
00:22:11,669 --> 00:22:09,360
on your msnbc's and your cnns they are

584
00:22:13,190 --> 00:22:11,679
talking about it and they're basically

585
00:22:15,669 --> 00:22:13,200
dismissing it

586
00:22:17,750 --> 00:22:15,679
as something that is being

587
00:22:19,669 --> 00:22:17,760
created by the right

588
00:22:22,950 --> 00:22:19,679
once again you know the the white

589
00:22:24,149 --> 00:22:22,960
supremacist right are just using this to

590
00:22:25,669 --> 00:22:24,159
try to

591
00:22:27,909 --> 00:22:25,679
uh you know fight against teachers

592
00:22:31,350 --> 00:22:27,919
unions to close the public school system

593
00:22:33,909 --> 00:22:31,360
down et cetera so they they they say

594
00:22:36,549 --> 00:22:33,919
this is all made up this is a boogeyman

595
00:22:38,630 --> 00:22:36,559
what what can you say what what what

596
00:22:40,950 --> 00:22:38,640
knowledge do you have

597
00:22:42,149 --> 00:22:40,960
about critical race theory actually

598
00:22:44,310 --> 00:22:42,159
being

599
00:22:47,669 --> 00:22:44,320
utilized in the schools

600
00:22:49,190 --> 00:22:47,679
well look at it this way um

601
00:22:51,270 --> 00:22:49,200
when we

602
00:22:54,149 --> 00:22:51,280
recognize

603
00:22:57,350 --> 00:22:54,159
that the school system is looking at

604
00:22:59,590 --> 00:22:57,360
everything through the lens of race

605
00:23:01,750 --> 00:22:59,600
they're teaching their children

606
00:23:03,110 --> 00:23:01,760
especially black children that they are

607
00:23:06,310 --> 00:23:03,120
inferior

608
00:23:08,549 --> 00:23:06,320
now they they know that crt is

609
00:23:10,070 --> 00:23:08,559
considered academic

610
00:23:11,750 --> 00:23:10,080
so

611
00:23:13,029 --> 00:23:11,760
in order for the

612
00:23:15,190 --> 00:23:13,039
the

613
00:23:16,789 --> 00:23:15,200
system to work

614
00:23:18,070 --> 00:23:16,799
you would have to

615
00:23:20,390 --> 00:23:18,080
reach out

616
00:23:23,830 --> 00:23:20,400
talk with these students

617
00:23:25,669 --> 00:23:23,840
and tell them in a way

618
00:23:27,590 --> 00:23:25,679
that's

619
00:23:31,909 --> 00:23:27,600
they

620
00:23:33,430 --> 00:23:31,919
will not succeed because someone else is

621
00:23:34,390 --> 00:23:33,440
oppressing them

622
00:23:37,510 --> 00:23:34,400
and that

623
00:23:41,110 --> 00:23:37,520
white students being privileged

624
00:23:44,950 --> 00:23:41,120
being born white are are privileged

625
00:23:46,549 --> 00:23:44,960
and have all the benefits of being white

626
00:23:47,590 --> 00:23:46,559
so

627
00:23:52,950 --> 00:23:47,600
teaching

628
00:23:54,149 --> 00:23:52,960
critical race theory in the school

629
00:23:55,350 --> 00:23:54,159
is not

630
00:23:57,269 --> 00:23:55,360
overt

631
00:23:59,669 --> 00:23:57,279
but they

632
00:24:00,710 --> 00:23:59,679
anytime you have a conversation about it

633
00:24:04,470 --> 00:24:00,720
it's

634
00:24:08,149 --> 00:24:04,480
presented to them in a way

635
00:24:11,269 --> 00:24:08,159
where it's filtered through race it's

636
00:24:13,909 --> 00:24:11,279
filtered through the idea

637
00:24:15,350 --> 00:24:13,919
that they're being oppressed yeah i

638
00:24:17,029 --> 00:24:15,360
think that's a good way of putting it

639
00:24:19,590 --> 00:24:17,039
because yeah it's easy to dismiss it and

640
00:24:21,590 --> 00:24:19,600
say well it's not like the kids walk

641
00:24:22,870 --> 00:24:21,600
into the classroom and it says okay kids

642
00:24:24,950 --> 00:24:22,880
today we're going to learn about

643
00:24:27,669 --> 00:24:24,960
critical race theory

644
00:24:30,070 --> 00:24:27,679
but all of this nonsense

645
00:24:32,149 --> 00:24:30,080
comes from critical race theory which is

646
00:24:35,909 --> 00:24:32,159
basically that america was founded on

647
00:24:38,390 --> 00:24:35,919
racist foundings that are our systems

648
00:24:39,590 --> 00:24:38,400
in institutions are permeated with

649
00:24:43,190 --> 00:24:39,600
racism

650
00:24:44,230 --> 00:24:43,200
that needs to be acknowledged recognized

651
00:24:51,909 --> 00:24:44,240
and

652
00:24:54,549 --> 00:24:51,919
happening in our military also it's one

653
00:24:56,870 --> 00:24:54,559
of the reasons why i wanted to

654
00:24:58,830 --> 00:24:56,880
be a part of uh standing together

655
00:25:01,190 --> 00:24:58,840
against racism and radicalism and the

656
00:25:02,390 --> 00:25:01,200
services because we're not creating

657
00:25:04,470 --> 00:25:02,400
warriors

658
00:25:07,590 --> 00:25:04,480
uh we're we're trying to create social

659
00:25:09,990 --> 00:25:07,600
justice warriors you know our oath

660
00:25:12,549 --> 00:25:10,000
has us defend the constitution against

661
00:25:14,549 --> 00:25:12,559
all enemies foreign and domestic

662
00:25:15,830 --> 00:25:14,559
and to have

663
00:25:17,430 --> 00:25:15,840
our

664
00:25:20,549 --> 00:25:17,440
uh

665
00:25:22,630 --> 00:25:20,559
officers and and our enlisted men

666
00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:22,640
look at one another

667
00:25:26,789 --> 00:25:25,200
through the lens of race

668
00:25:29,110 --> 00:25:26,799
uh it

669
00:25:31,669 --> 00:25:29,120
affects the chain of command it also

670
00:25:35,269 --> 00:25:31,679
affects respect you know if you have no

671
00:25:36,070 --> 00:25:35,279
respect for the leaders appointed over

672
00:25:36,950 --> 00:25:36,080
you

673
00:25:39,909 --> 00:25:36,960
it's

674
00:25:41,590 --> 00:25:39,919
to uh

675
00:25:44,310 --> 00:25:41,600
good order and discipline

676
00:25:45,590 --> 00:25:44,320
so we have to

677
00:25:47,350 --> 00:25:45,600
focus

678
00:25:51,350 --> 00:25:47,360
our attention again

679
00:25:55,350 --> 00:25:51,360
on the wharf warfighter you know and and

680
00:25:58,070 --> 00:25:55,360
really move away from this idea of

681
00:25:59,909 --> 00:25:58,080
within within the military you know and

682
00:26:02,710 --> 00:25:59,919
um political correctness within the

683
00:26:05,430 --> 00:26:02,720
military it is it is harmful

684
00:26:08,230 --> 00:26:05,440
uh to good order and discipline and it's

685
00:26:10,630 --> 00:26:08,240
harmful to all the individuals you know

686
00:26:13,990 --> 00:26:10,640
like me who are a part of

687
00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:14,000
the military who serve as veterans who

688
00:26:20,390 --> 00:26:18,320
served as a brotherhood you know to

689
00:26:24,070 --> 00:26:20,400
have to watch

690
00:26:26,149 --> 00:26:24,080
what's going on well let's talk about

691
00:26:27,909 --> 00:26:26,159
you were in the military for

692
00:26:30,230 --> 00:26:27,919
a lot of years over 30 years right

693
00:26:32,390 --> 00:26:30,240
approximately 33 years

694
00:26:34,149 --> 00:26:32,400
33 years and

695
00:26:35,909 --> 00:26:34,159
people who listen to my show have heard

696
00:26:37,350 --> 00:26:35,919
me uh state this before

697
00:26:38,549 --> 00:26:37,360
but they're gonna they're gonna hear it

698
00:26:40,549 --> 00:26:38,559
again because i want to get your

699
00:26:42,310 --> 00:26:40,559
thoughts this is from my friend

700
00:26:49,909 --> 00:26:42,320
who was a um

701
00:26:55,830 --> 00:26:54,149
and he told me a story uh that obviously

702
00:26:57,110 --> 00:26:55,840
was impactful for him that's why he told

703
00:26:57,909 --> 00:26:57,120
me the story

704
00:27:00,070 --> 00:26:57,919
that

705
00:27:01,750 --> 00:27:00,080
if you're asked by your

706
00:27:03,510 --> 00:27:01,760
by the officer

707
00:27:06,950 --> 00:27:03,520
plebe johnson

708
00:27:09,510 --> 00:27:06,960
how many black men are in your platoon

709
00:27:12,230 --> 00:27:09,520
the correct answer is sir

710
00:27:14,310 --> 00:27:12,240
i don't know sir

711
00:27:16,310 --> 00:27:14,320
because they were they were trained to

712
00:27:17,350 --> 00:27:16,320
be colorblind

713
00:27:39,269 --> 00:27:17,360
a

714
00:27:40,310 --> 00:27:39,279
recognize

715
00:27:41,909 --> 00:27:40,320
um

716
00:27:43,269 --> 00:27:41,919
how how did this change when did this

717
00:27:46,149 --> 00:27:43,279
change

718
00:27:48,470 --> 00:27:46,159
i i cannot tell you when it actually

719
00:27:50,389 --> 00:27:48,480
changed you know as uh

720
00:27:54,470 --> 00:27:50,399
as i was meaning to serve

721
00:27:56,630 --> 00:27:54,480
uh and growing into the ranks of uh

722
00:27:57,990 --> 00:27:56,640
leadership

723
00:28:04,149 --> 00:27:58,000
we

724
00:28:08,070 --> 00:28:05,510
gee what a novel

725
00:28:11,430 --> 00:28:08,080
notice it later on

726
00:28:12,389 --> 00:28:11,440
our

727
00:28:13,990 --> 00:28:12,399
uh

728
00:28:15,269 --> 00:28:14,000
new recruits

729
00:28:17,669 --> 00:28:15,279
would be

730
00:28:19,669 --> 00:28:17,679
assigned to the station

731
00:28:21,269 --> 00:28:19,679
to to the um

732
00:28:24,070 --> 00:28:21,279
to the air base

733
00:28:25,110 --> 00:28:24,080
we started to notice that they

734
00:28:27,830 --> 00:28:25,120
were

735
00:28:30,389 --> 00:28:27,840
being cuddled in a sense

736
00:28:32,470 --> 00:28:30,399
you know um

737
00:28:34,070 --> 00:28:32,480
when i went back and observed in basic

738
00:28:35,830 --> 00:28:34,080
training

739
00:28:38,230 --> 00:28:35,840
if there was an opportunity if there was

740
00:28:40,710 --> 00:28:38,240
an instance you know where uh an

741
00:28:42,950 --> 00:28:40,720
individual felt

742
00:28:45,110 --> 00:28:42,960
you know that he was being stressed he

743
00:28:48,549 --> 00:28:45,120
could call time out

744
00:28:51,269 --> 00:28:48,559
i i can't remember a day

745
00:28:54,230 --> 00:28:51,279
that i could call time out you know and

746
00:28:55,269 --> 00:28:54,240
have an opportunity to to sit back for a

747
00:28:57,669 --> 00:28:55,279
few minutes

748
00:29:00,070 --> 00:28:57,679
you know i remember the day i arrived

749
00:29:02,070 --> 00:29:00,080
there you know and i i it was my mistake

750
00:29:03,830 --> 00:29:02,080
i arrived with too many items you know

751
00:29:06,470 --> 00:29:03,840
and that pick them up and put them down

752
00:29:08,630 --> 00:29:06,480
thing uh by the time i was done i had

753
00:29:11,110 --> 00:29:08,640
one little suitcase and that was it pick

754
00:29:13,430 --> 00:29:11,120
it up put it down i have no idea with

755
00:29:15,350 --> 00:29:13,440
the rest of my items were

756
00:29:16,470 --> 00:29:15,360
one of my favorite movies of all time

757
00:29:18,070 --> 00:29:16,480
all the same

758
00:29:20,230 --> 00:29:18,080
one of my favorite movies of all time is

759
00:29:21,590 --> 00:29:20,240
is an officer and gentleman are you

760
00:29:23,669 --> 00:29:21,600
pretty familiar with that movie i'm a

761
00:29:24,870 --> 00:29:23,679
little familiar with it yeah

762
00:29:27,269 --> 00:29:24,880
so

763
00:29:28,870 --> 00:29:27,279
you know that looked you know officer

764
00:29:30,630 --> 00:29:28,880
candidate school i think they call right

765
00:29:32,470 --> 00:29:30,640
um anyway but they show them going

766
00:29:33,669 --> 00:29:32,480
through you know basic training and so

767
00:29:35,110 --> 00:29:33,679
on and it

768
00:29:36,789 --> 00:29:35,120
looks pretty rough

769
00:29:38,389 --> 00:29:36,799
there's no cut there was no coddling

770
00:29:41,029 --> 00:29:38,399
going on is that

771
00:29:43,190 --> 00:29:41,039
kind of the way it was and no longer

772
00:29:45,269 --> 00:29:43,200
that was the way it was you know we we

773
00:29:46,630 --> 00:29:45,279
went in we were all different

774
00:29:49,110 --> 00:29:46,640
and when we left

775
00:29:50,310 --> 00:29:49,120
we were the same we were a brotherhood

776
00:29:53,430 --> 00:29:50,320
and

777
00:29:56,149 --> 00:29:53,440
the purpose behind that was was to build

778
00:29:56,950 --> 00:29:56,159
the respect for one another

779
00:29:58,789 --> 00:29:56,960
uh

780
00:30:01,029 --> 00:29:58,799
that we were there

781
00:30:01,909 --> 00:30:01,039
and that you could depend

782
00:30:03,510 --> 00:30:01,919
on

783
00:30:05,669 --> 00:30:03,520
your brother to the left or your brother

784
00:30:07,029 --> 00:30:05,679
to the right you know and we would leave

785
00:30:09,909 --> 00:30:07,039
no man behind

786
00:30:14,310 --> 00:30:09,919
this this sense

787
00:30:15,269 --> 00:30:14,320
of duty of respect of honor

788
00:30:16,310 --> 00:30:15,279
that's

789
00:30:17,909 --> 00:30:16,320
what we

790
00:30:20,950 --> 00:30:17,919
left with

791
00:30:23,830 --> 00:30:20,960
we're finding that

792
00:30:25,750 --> 00:30:23,840
our our young men our young officers and

793
00:30:27,909 --> 00:30:25,760
our young enlisted men

794
00:30:30,310 --> 00:30:27,919
don't have that same

795
00:30:31,669 --> 00:30:30,320
fire for the country

796
00:30:34,630 --> 00:30:31,679
and they're being

797
00:30:37,190 --> 00:30:34,640
um we call it indoctrinated

798
00:30:39,029 --> 00:30:37,200
uh to look at everything through that

799
00:30:40,950 --> 00:30:39,039
lens

800
00:30:43,990 --> 00:30:40,960
of of race

801
00:30:45,510 --> 00:30:44,000
instead of seeing

802
00:30:48,549 --> 00:30:45,520
a brother

803
00:30:50,389 --> 00:30:48,559
in the military instead of seeing that

804
00:30:52,950 --> 00:30:50,399
individual that you were going to battle

805
00:30:54,310 --> 00:30:52,960
with you know and when you take the

806
00:30:56,230 --> 00:30:54,320
focus

807
00:30:59,350 --> 00:30:56,240
off of the mission

808
00:31:02,230 --> 00:30:59,360
everyone is harmed everyone and the

809
00:31:04,470 --> 00:31:02,240
country is harmed because our military

810
00:31:07,509 --> 00:31:04,480
isn't strengthened you know we need to

811
00:31:10,070 --> 00:31:07,519
go back to developing leaders

812
00:31:12,389 --> 00:31:10,080
individuals who are

813
00:31:14,389 --> 00:31:12,399
there to support and defend the

814
00:31:16,070 --> 00:31:14,399
constitution of the united states to

815
00:31:20,630 --> 00:31:16,080
defend this country

816
00:31:25,110 --> 00:31:22,389
and so

817
00:31:27,750 --> 00:31:25,120
if we do not focus on them

818
00:31:30,710 --> 00:31:27,760
then the principle of what you allow you

819
00:31:33,029 --> 00:31:30,720
deserve comes into play

820
00:31:35,350 --> 00:31:33,039
so if we're sitting back and we're

821
00:31:36,950 --> 00:31:35,360
allowing this to happen within a within

822
00:31:39,669 --> 00:31:36,960
our academies

823
00:31:42,149 --> 00:31:39,679
then we deserve the results

824
00:31:45,350 --> 00:31:42,159
that we're seeing today

825
00:31:48,870 --> 00:31:45,360
so so it's up to the alumni

826
00:31:51,269 --> 00:31:48,880
it's up to individuals who who are

827
00:31:53,750 --> 00:31:51,279
uh uh patriots

828
00:31:56,230 --> 00:31:53,760
to see this happening to stand up and

829
00:31:57,190 --> 00:31:56,240
say something about it

830
00:31:57,990 --> 00:31:57,200
right

831
00:32:00,630 --> 00:31:58,000
so

832
00:32:02,470 --> 00:32:00,640
we're gonna we're gonna um air this um

833
00:32:04,950 --> 00:32:02,480
tomorrow morning on veterans day and i

834
00:32:09,110 --> 00:32:04,960
know when talking to general rod bishop

835
00:32:10,870 --> 00:32:09,120
he's asking veterans to renew their oath

836
00:32:13,669 --> 00:32:10,880
which is

837
00:32:15,029 --> 00:32:13,679
i do solemnly swear that i will support

838
00:32:17,590 --> 00:32:15,039
and defend the constitution of the

839
00:32:20,149 --> 00:32:17,600
united states against all enemies

840
00:32:22,149 --> 00:32:20,159
foreign and domestic and and it goes on

841
00:32:25,190 --> 00:32:22,159
but i want to focus on that part because

842
00:32:30,149 --> 00:32:25,200
right i know that it's general bishop's

843
00:32:32,870 --> 00:32:30,159
belief that we have a domestic enemy

844
00:32:34,230 --> 00:32:32,880
do you share that belief and how would

845
00:32:38,950 --> 00:32:34,240
you

846
00:32:42,789 --> 00:32:41,110
i just shared that belief

847
00:32:46,710 --> 00:32:42,799
and

848
00:32:48,870 --> 00:32:46,720
but when i look at that domestic enemy

849
00:32:50,070 --> 00:32:48,880
it's the individuals

850
00:32:51,350 --> 00:32:50,080
um

851
00:32:54,070 --> 00:32:51,360
to me who are

852
00:32:57,350 --> 00:32:54,080
not a part of the military

853
00:33:00,310 --> 00:32:57,360
there is an ideology that's out there

854
00:33:01,669 --> 00:33:00,320
that is becoming more and more pervasive

855
00:33:04,950 --> 00:33:01,679
and

856
00:33:07,669 --> 00:33:04,960
it's calling causing division

857
00:33:09,509 --> 00:33:07,679
you know uh our whole goal is to create

858
00:33:11,190 --> 00:33:09,519
unity

859
00:33:13,590 --> 00:33:11,200
uh our whole goal

860
00:33:16,549 --> 00:33:13,600
is to create support

861
00:33:19,350 --> 00:33:16,559
for the men and women in the military we

862
00:33:20,950 --> 00:33:19,360
when you divide then

863
00:33:22,950 --> 00:33:20,960
you will

864
00:33:24,789 --> 00:33:22,960
cause problems

865
00:33:27,029 --> 00:33:24,799
you can conquer

866
00:33:28,230 --> 00:33:27,039
and that that principle doesn't change

867
00:33:29,669 --> 00:33:28,240
division

868
00:33:32,389 --> 00:33:29,679
is an issue

869
00:33:35,750 --> 00:33:32,399
uh unity it's what we should look for

870
00:33:43,430 --> 00:33:38,470
and so i'm with general bishop in that

871
00:33:44,630 --> 00:33:43,440
sense i do see this ideology of marxism

872
00:33:48,789 --> 00:33:44,640
uh

873
00:33:51,669 --> 00:33:48,799
creeping in and causing division

874
00:33:53,669 --> 00:33:51,679
can you identify um

875
00:33:56,549 --> 00:33:53,679
sorry to interrupt can you identify this

876
00:33:59,110 --> 00:33:56,559
enemy in other words where is this all

877
00:34:01,590 --> 00:33:59,120
emanating from is there some central

878
00:34:03,669 --> 00:34:01,600
place that we can look to to say that

879
00:34:06,389 --> 00:34:03,679
this is where this ideology is coming

880
00:34:08,470 --> 00:34:06,399
from and and they're having meetings uh

881
00:34:10,069 --> 00:34:08,480
once a week or on a daily basis and

882
00:34:11,430 --> 00:34:10,079
they're planning this

883
00:34:14,069 --> 00:34:11,440
semi

884
00:34:15,270 --> 00:34:14,079
overthrow of the u.s system by using

885
00:34:19,190 --> 00:34:15,280
race

886
00:34:20,550 --> 00:34:19,200
no i i don't think it's it's it's that

887
00:34:21,750 --> 00:34:20,560
overt

888
00:34:23,349 --> 00:34:21,760
um

889
00:34:25,109 --> 00:34:23,359
i i believe

890
00:34:27,109 --> 00:34:25,119
it's

891
00:34:28,230 --> 00:34:27,119
manifesting itself

892
00:34:32,470 --> 00:34:28,240
and

893
00:34:35,349 --> 00:34:32,480
academics

894
00:34:37,990 --> 00:34:35,359
that are being put forth i i believe

895
00:34:41,430 --> 00:34:38,000
that they're they're working uh and

896
00:34:43,990 --> 00:34:41,440
utilizing individuals and

897
00:34:46,710 --> 00:34:44,000
giving them um

898
00:34:49,030 --> 00:34:46,720
they're misguiding them you know

899
00:34:52,149 --> 00:34:49,040
so

900
00:34:54,310 --> 00:34:52,159
what occurs with with uh to me this this

901
00:34:56,069 --> 00:34:54,320
this is just the way that i look at it

902
00:34:58,710 --> 00:34:56,079
what occurs to me

903
00:35:03,829 --> 00:34:58,720
is that when an individual comes in and

904
00:35:05,190 --> 00:35:03,839
and he feels that he's being oppressed

905
00:35:07,270 --> 00:35:05,200
then

906
00:35:09,430 --> 00:35:07,280
better allows

907
00:35:10,950 --> 00:35:09,440
him to be susceptible

908
00:35:13,190 --> 00:35:10,960
to to

909
00:35:16,069 --> 00:35:13,200
other ideologies

910
00:35:18,550 --> 00:35:16,079
and he gets confused so collective you

911
00:35:20,630 --> 00:35:18,560
know the fact that they're saying well

912
00:35:23,109 --> 00:35:20,640
this collectivism you see it's good for

913
00:35:27,510 --> 00:35:23,119
the group uh

914
00:35:30,710 --> 00:35:27,520
it it will eventually be destructive

915
00:35:32,310 --> 00:35:30,720
uh so i i can't say that you can you can

916
00:35:35,109 --> 00:35:32,320
point to it

917
00:35:36,150 --> 00:35:35,119
uh and say overtly look there it is in

918
00:35:38,630 --> 00:35:36,160
front of you

919
00:35:40,310 --> 00:35:38,640
what i'm saying is you listen to

920
00:35:41,510 --> 00:35:40,320
the type of

921
00:35:44,230 --> 00:35:41,520
words

922
00:35:46,390 --> 00:35:44,240
and and situations that are being put

923
00:35:48,950 --> 00:35:46,400
before you and that's how it's being

924
00:35:50,630 --> 00:35:48,960
identified

925
00:35:53,990 --> 00:35:50,640
so

926
00:35:56,150 --> 00:35:54,000
people looking at it a lot of people are

927
00:35:57,829 --> 00:35:56,160
participating in it unwittingly

928
00:36:00,230 --> 00:35:57,839
i would say right i mean you have some

929
00:36:02,710 --> 00:36:00,240
people i would say so yeah

930
00:36:04,390 --> 00:36:02,720
i would say they think they're actually

931
00:36:06,390 --> 00:36:04,400
working and doing something

932
00:36:08,790 --> 00:36:06,400
uh that they would consider

933
00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:08,800
beneficial for the community

934
00:36:13,510 --> 00:36:11,680
and it turns out that it would lead to

935
00:36:16,870 --> 00:36:13,520
the destruction of that of that

936
00:36:18,390 --> 00:36:16,880
community um i i'll give you an example

937
00:36:19,589 --> 00:36:18,400
of one of the things that we've we've

938
00:36:20,470 --> 00:36:19,599
worked on

939
00:36:23,990 --> 00:36:20,480
here

940
00:36:26,790 --> 00:36:24,000
94 years old

941
00:36:27,829 --> 00:36:26,800
world war ii vet uh he worked at a

942
00:36:30,550 --> 00:36:27,839
business

943
00:36:33,510 --> 00:36:30,560
uh in the town of somerville for 40

944
00:36:36,069 --> 00:36:33,520
years he was the first black man elected

945
00:36:39,270 --> 00:36:36,079
to county council there and he was a

946
00:36:42,230 --> 00:36:39,280
jazz drummer for count basin

947
00:36:45,270 --> 00:36:42,240
he had lived in this community all these

948
00:36:47,750 --> 00:36:45,280
years and no one knew about him the

949
00:36:50,470 --> 00:36:47,760
youth didn't know about it and the town

950
00:36:52,710 --> 00:36:50,480
didn't seem to know about when we

951
00:36:56,790 --> 00:36:52,720
went in

952
00:36:59,190 --> 00:36:56,800
and allowed him to begin to speak

953
00:37:02,550 --> 00:36:59,200
history was made

954
00:37:03,430 --> 00:37:02,560
because they found out not only

955
00:37:05,430 --> 00:37:03,440
uh

956
00:37:07,990 --> 00:37:05,440
was he

957
00:37:09,349 --> 00:37:08,000
a veteran but he was also one of the

958
00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:09,359
individuals

959
00:37:13,750 --> 00:37:12,240
that had been a part of secret

960
00:37:16,950 --> 00:37:13,760
experimentation

961
00:37:20,150 --> 00:37:16,960
and he had not received any benefits so

962
00:37:21,510 --> 00:37:20,160
our local legislators were able to help

963
00:37:24,390 --> 00:37:21,520
him

964
00:37:26,310 --> 00:37:24,400
get his benefits but the important part

965
00:37:28,790 --> 00:37:26,320
of everything that occurred with him is

966
00:37:32,550 --> 00:37:28,800
the community completely changed their

967
00:37:34,630 --> 00:37:32,560
their idea of who this man was and they

968
00:37:37,829 --> 00:37:34,640
looked to him now

969
00:37:40,790 --> 00:37:37,839
as a leader as a

970
00:37:44,069 --> 00:37:40,800
a a individual that they could look to

971
00:37:48,069 --> 00:37:44,079
to support the community and he began to

972
00:37:49,430 --> 00:37:48,079
speak to youth about respect and duty

973
00:37:51,510 --> 00:37:49,440
and honor

974
00:37:54,150 --> 00:37:51,520
and it made a tremendous difference in

975
00:37:57,030 --> 00:37:54,160
the lives of those of those youth

976
00:37:59,589 --> 00:37:57,040
now if he was not

977
00:38:01,190 --> 00:37:59,599
uh available

978
00:38:04,870 --> 00:38:01,200
for them

979
00:38:07,910 --> 00:38:04,880
to have a conversation with

980
00:38:09,589 --> 00:38:07,920
i just i i i started to wonder what

981
00:38:11,270 --> 00:38:09,599
their lives

982
00:38:14,390 --> 00:38:11,280
would have been like

983
00:38:15,829 --> 00:38:14,400
because they hadn't met a veteran

984
00:38:16,630 --> 00:38:15,839
uh of

985
00:38:22,390 --> 00:38:16,640
such

986
00:38:24,310 --> 00:38:22,400
and history right there in their town so

987
00:38:25,990 --> 00:38:24,320
it makes a difference

988
00:38:27,750 --> 00:38:26,000
who you look upon

989
00:38:29,750 --> 00:38:27,760
so that that principle of what you look

990
00:38:32,390 --> 00:38:29,760
upon you become

991
00:38:35,750 --> 00:38:32,400
is another important

992
00:38:37,829 --> 00:38:35,760
idea and principle that we try to share

993
00:38:39,030 --> 00:38:37,839
because putting these individuals before

994
00:38:41,910 --> 00:38:39,040
our youth

995
00:38:43,270 --> 00:38:41,920
and letting them see and learn

996
00:38:44,870 --> 00:38:43,280
from

997
00:38:48,630 --> 00:38:44,880
uh individuals

998
00:38:51,030 --> 00:38:48,640
who they consider

999
00:38:52,150 --> 00:38:51,040
they're the heroes of the community

1000
00:38:54,790 --> 00:38:52,160
it makes a

1001
00:38:56,950 --> 00:38:54,800
a profound um

1002
00:38:58,710 --> 00:38:56,960
impression on their lives

1003
00:39:00,390 --> 00:38:58,720
so

1004
00:39:03,829 --> 00:39:00,400
and saying it that way

1005
00:39:06,230 --> 00:39:03,839
imagine going to elementary school and

1006
00:39:09,510 --> 00:39:06,240
not having these individuals around

1007
00:39:11,670 --> 00:39:09,520
anymore you know and that that is what

1008
00:39:13,670 --> 00:39:11,680
worries me about what's going on with

1009
00:39:15,990 --> 00:39:13,680
with critical race theory they're

1010
00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:16,000
actually separating these individuals

1011
00:39:21,990 --> 00:39:19,200
out not allowing them to have an

1012
00:39:25,030 --> 00:39:22,000
opportunity to to speak with our youth

1013
00:39:27,270 --> 00:39:25,040
they're dividing them and and instead

1014
00:39:29,270 --> 00:39:27,280
focusing through race

1015
00:39:33,109 --> 00:39:29,280
and pointing

1016
00:39:35,270 --> 00:39:33,119
to oppressors which creates tremendous

1017
00:39:36,870 --> 00:39:35,280
problems in the psyche of these youth

1018
00:39:38,150 --> 00:39:36,880
and they go home

1019
00:39:41,190 --> 00:39:38,160
asking

1020
00:39:45,109 --> 00:39:41,200
why white people hate them

1021
00:39:47,430 --> 00:39:45,119
uh why they uh will never be able to

1022
00:39:50,230 --> 00:39:47,440
succeed in one of the greatest countries

1023
00:39:52,470 --> 00:39:50,240
on this earth well we

1024
00:39:54,950 --> 00:39:52,480
have to find a way

1025
00:39:58,310 --> 00:39:54,960
to make sure our youth

1026
00:40:04,710 --> 00:40:00,310
be subjected

1027
00:40:07,510 --> 00:40:04,720
to this constant uh indoctrination

1028
00:40:09,510 --> 00:40:07,520
that causes them to believe that they

1029
00:40:12,069 --> 00:40:09,520
are inferior and

1030
00:40:15,430 --> 00:40:12,079
find a way today

1031
00:40:18,630 --> 00:40:15,440
to make sure that they understand that

1032
00:40:21,910 --> 00:40:18,640
hard work that family

1033
00:40:22,950 --> 00:40:21,920
that love for their country is important

1034
00:40:24,710 --> 00:40:22,960
and that

1035
00:40:25,910 --> 00:40:24,720
saying the pledge

1036
00:40:27,750 --> 00:40:25,920
is not

1037
00:40:29,270 --> 00:40:27,760
uh

1038
00:40:32,150 --> 00:40:29,280
detrimental

1039
00:40:34,550 --> 00:40:32,160
to them as an individual and shows that

1040
00:40:37,349 --> 00:40:34,560
this country is oppressing them that it

1041
00:40:39,109 --> 00:40:37,359
is actually a sign of respect

1042
00:40:40,390 --> 00:40:39,119
and honor

1043
00:40:42,550 --> 00:40:40,400
so um

1044
00:40:45,109 --> 00:40:42,560
it it

1045
00:40:47,270 --> 00:40:45,119
it really infuriates me sometimes to see

1046
00:40:48,550 --> 00:40:47,280
what's happening with our youth i'm i'm

1047
00:40:50,870 --> 00:40:48,560
curious about something because you're

1048
00:40:52,550 --> 00:40:50,880
you're so on the front lines of dealing

1049
00:40:54,309 --> 00:40:52,560
with these issues in the black community

1050
00:40:56,550 --> 00:40:54,319
in in charleston and

1051
00:40:59,990 --> 00:40:56,560
south carolina

1052
00:41:02,710 --> 00:41:00,000
what is what is black lives matter doing

1053
00:41:05,430 --> 00:41:02,720
in these communities what are they doing

1054
00:41:06,950 --> 00:41:05,440
what do you see them doing to help

1055
00:41:09,030 --> 00:41:06,960
these communities because there's

1056
00:41:11,430 --> 00:41:09,040
probably no organization that's raised

1057
00:41:14,230 --> 00:41:11,440
more money that i can think of

1058
00:41:15,670 --> 00:41:14,240
in a year what organization nonprofit

1059
00:41:17,829 --> 00:41:15,680
has raised more money than black lives

1060
00:41:20,550 --> 00:41:17,839
matter so tell me what you see them

1061
00:41:23,109 --> 00:41:20,560
doing in charleston

1062
00:41:23,910 --> 00:41:23,119
well it's important to understand also

1063
00:41:26,150 --> 00:41:23,920
that

1064
00:41:30,309 --> 00:41:26,160
black lives matter means something

1065
00:41:35,670 --> 00:41:33,190
black lives matter as an organization is

1066
00:41:38,230 --> 00:41:35,680
a marxist organization

1067
00:41:39,589 --> 00:41:38,240
that's not how many black people in the

1068
00:41:42,630 --> 00:41:39,599
black community

1069
00:41:43,589 --> 00:41:42,640
view black lives matter they're thinking

1070
00:41:44,630 --> 00:41:43,599
about

1071
00:41:46,630 --> 00:41:44,640
um

1072
00:41:49,030 --> 00:41:46,640
their life when they say black lives

1073
00:41:50,069 --> 00:41:49,040
matter they're actually saying my life

1074
00:41:52,630 --> 00:41:50,079
matters

1075
00:41:55,030 --> 00:41:52,640
black lives matter as an organization

1076
00:41:58,230 --> 00:41:55,040
however does nothing

1077
00:42:01,349 --> 00:41:58,240
for our black community here black lives

1078
00:42:02,470 --> 00:42:01,359
matter will come in and individuals in

1079
00:42:06,630 --> 00:42:02,480
that organization

1080
00:42:10,390 --> 00:42:06,640
they create chaos they they uh create

1081
00:42:12,950 --> 00:42:10,400
protests and then the next day there's

1082
00:42:14,829 --> 00:42:12,960
nothing there's nothing to show for

1083
00:42:18,870 --> 00:42:14,839
you know so the

1084
00:42:21,190 --> 00:42:18,880
focus that they're trying to

1085
00:42:23,910 --> 00:42:21,200
trade really is to get some media

1086
00:42:27,990 --> 00:42:23,920
attention raise some more money and do

1087
00:42:29,510 --> 00:42:28,000
nothing to improve the black community

1088
00:42:31,109 --> 00:42:29,520
they're not they're not they're building

1089
00:42:32,470 --> 00:42:31,119
uh away from

1090
00:42:34,230 --> 00:42:32,480
black lives matter

1091
00:42:36,470 --> 00:42:34,240
hasn't built any community they haven't

1092
00:42:37,750 --> 00:42:36,480
built any community centers in

1093
00:42:39,510 --> 00:42:37,760
charleston

1094
00:42:42,870 --> 00:42:39,520
they they have

1095
00:42:46,230 --> 00:42:42,880
not worked on a project that

1096
00:42:49,750 --> 00:42:46,240
i can i cannot point to one project that

1097
00:42:52,150 --> 00:42:49,760
black lives matter has come in shared

1098
00:42:55,349 --> 00:42:52,160
funds for and built

1099
00:42:57,430 --> 00:42:55,359
that would support the community

1100
00:42:59,510 --> 00:42:57,440
what i've been trying to remind people

1101
00:43:01,829 --> 00:42:59,520
of as much as possible and i've just

1102
00:43:04,630 --> 00:43:01,839
been thinking of of late is occupy wall

1103
00:43:06,790 --> 00:43:04,640
street and and you know that was very

1104
00:43:08,950 --> 00:43:06,800
recent but but not that long ago right

1105
00:43:10,390 --> 00:43:08,960
occupy wall street it wasn't that long

1106
00:43:13,109 --> 00:43:10,400
ago they were in the parks and there

1107
00:43:16,230 --> 00:43:13,119
were all these radical you know losers

1108
00:43:18,230 --> 00:43:16,240
um taking over public spaces

1109
00:43:19,829 --> 00:43:18,240
and then you see today

1110
00:43:22,550 --> 00:43:19,839
and you see today you're like wait a

1111
00:43:24,630 --> 00:43:22,560
minute this looks a lot like the black

1112
00:43:26,470 --> 00:43:24,640
lives matter movement they take over

1113
00:43:28,390 --> 00:43:26,480
public spaces

1114
00:43:30,230 --> 00:43:28,400
they're not predominantly black by the

1115
00:43:32,230 --> 00:43:30,240
way if you look at those demonstrations

1116
00:43:34,630 --> 00:43:32,240
they're predominantly white

1117
00:43:37,510 --> 00:43:34,640
and this kyle rittenhouse who's on trial

1118
00:43:38,630 --> 00:43:37,520
right now for for for murder the the kid

1119
00:43:42,950 --> 00:43:38,640
that's on trial for the kenosha

1120
00:43:44,790 --> 00:43:42,960
wisconsin uh murders right um you know

1121
00:43:47,750 --> 00:43:44,800
the three people he murdered were white

1122
00:43:50,390 --> 00:43:47,760
at this black lives matter demonstration

1123
00:43:52,230 --> 00:43:50,400
and they were all each one of them had a

1124
00:43:55,910 --> 00:43:52,240
criminal background

1125
00:43:57,829 --> 00:43:55,920
and and and a direct marxist communist

1126
00:43:59,589 --> 00:43:57,839
background if you look at their social

1127
00:44:02,470 --> 00:43:59,599
media so that's what makes you realize

1128
00:44:05,510 --> 00:44:02,480
that wait a minute this is occupy wall

1129
00:44:07,510 --> 00:44:05,520
street in sheep's clothing occupy wall

1130
00:44:09,670 --> 00:44:07,520
street was more out there that clearly

1131
00:44:11,270 --> 00:44:09,680
this is an economic

1132
00:44:13,589 --> 00:44:11,280
movement if it's if you're talking about

1133
00:44:15,270 --> 00:44:13,599
occupy wall street this is an economic

1134
00:44:16,790 --> 00:44:15,280
movement when you say black lives matter

1135
00:44:19,030 --> 00:44:16,800
it makes it appear that oh no this is

1136
00:44:20,870 --> 00:44:19,040
just fighting racism but that's when

1137
00:44:23,589 --> 00:44:20,880
when you marry the two together that's

1138
00:44:25,750 --> 00:44:23,599
when you really realize that these are

1139
00:44:28,950 --> 00:44:25,760
really the same movements

1140
00:44:31,270 --> 00:44:28,960
they are communist movements that's what

1141
00:44:34,630 --> 00:44:31,280
occupy wall street was all about is the

1142
00:44:37,030 --> 00:44:34,640
people rising up against the upper class

1143
00:44:38,950 --> 00:44:37,040
they realize that this doesn't work as

1144
00:44:41,510 --> 00:44:38,960
well what what really resonates with

1145
00:44:43,670 --> 00:44:41,520
americans is racism because nobody wants

1146
00:44:45,349 --> 00:44:43,680
to be called a racist in america we

1147
00:44:47,430 --> 00:44:45,359
don't really begrudge rich people for

1148
00:44:48,950 --> 00:44:47,440
the most part at least we didn't

1149
00:44:52,069 --> 00:44:48,960
and that's why that movement was not as

1150
00:44:53,670 --> 00:44:52,079
successful but you know nobody wants to

1151
00:44:55,990 --> 00:44:53,680
be called a racist

1152
00:44:57,589 --> 00:44:56,000
and obviously america does that

1153
00:45:00,470 --> 00:44:57,599
yeah look what's going on with black

1154
00:45:02,630 --> 00:45:00,480
lives matter right now you know uh in

1155
00:45:04,630 --> 00:45:02,640
this sense also black lives matter

1156
00:45:06,710 --> 00:45:04,640
raised millions of dollars right and

1157
00:45:08,710 --> 00:45:06,720
they they recruited individuals if you

1158
00:45:09,990 --> 00:45:08,720
happen to be black and you were

1159
00:45:11,109 --> 00:45:10,000
participating in this and you were

1160
00:45:12,470 --> 00:45:11,119
arrested

1161
00:45:14,150 --> 00:45:12,480
um

1162
00:45:15,829 --> 00:45:14,160
then maybe they would come out and they

1163
00:45:17,510 --> 00:45:15,839
would provide some bail money for you

1164
00:45:19,750 --> 00:45:17,520
you know but

1165
00:45:21,349 --> 00:45:19,760
what what else did it provide for you

1166
00:45:23,109 --> 00:45:21,359
you know we said you would walk away

1167
00:45:24,950 --> 00:45:23,119
with a criminal record

1168
00:45:26,950 --> 00:45:24,960
uh you'd have to go back to court the

1169
00:45:29,270 --> 00:45:26,960
attorney would be the one that receives

1170
00:45:31,270 --> 00:45:29,280
all the money you know and his son will

1171
00:45:33,349 --> 00:45:31,280
be the one to go to harvard you know

1172
00:45:37,030 --> 00:45:33,359
i did not understand

1173
00:45:39,349 --> 00:45:37,040
why black people did not recognize

1174
00:45:40,950 --> 00:45:39,359
you know and and the economics behind it

1175
00:45:44,069 --> 00:45:40,960
and the millions that were raised behind

1176
00:45:46,069 --> 00:45:44,079
it didn't go to black organizations

1177
00:45:48,390 --> 00:45:46,079
didn't go to help the individuals where

1178
00:45:50,390 --> 00:45:48,400
where uh like in chicago where so many

1179
00:45:52,069 --> 00:45:50,400
have lost their lives how many of them

1180
00:45:55,750 --> 00:45:52,079
have been helped by black lives matter

1181
00:45:58,870 --> 00:45:55,760
you know uh their their their families

1182
00:46:01,910 --> 00:45:58,880
uh lost a loved one you know the crime

1183
00:46:05,589 --> 00:46:01,920
rate that has gone through the roof the

1184
00:46:08,230 --> 00:46:05,599
defund the police uh uh movement you

1185
00:46:10,710 --> 00:46:08,240
know that who suffered it was a it was

1186
00:46:12,470 --> 00:46:10,720
the black community that suffered they

1187
00:46:15,829 --> 00:46:12,480
were less safe

1188
00:46:17,109 --> 00:46:15,839
uh so all of these policies that i've

1189
00:46:18,870 --> 00:46:17,119
watched

1190
00:46:21,030 --> 00:46:18,880
before

1191
00:46:24,390 --> 00:46:21,040
uh within the black community they've

1192
00:46:27,030 --> 00:46:24,400
led to even more destruction in in the

1193
00:46:29,670 --> 00:46:27,040
black community and why

1194
00:46:30,550 --> 00:46:29,680
individuals aren't receiving that you

1195
00:46:32,950 --> 00:46:30,560
know

1196
00:46:34,069 --> 00:46:32,960
let me say this to you

1197
00:46:35,990 --> 00:46:34,079
who again

1198
00:46:37,829 --> 00:46:36,000
you're the real deal you're working on

1199
00:46:39,190 --> 00:46:37,839
the front lines to solve

1200
00:46:41,750 --> 00:46:39,200
issues

1201
00:46:43,190 --> 00:46:41,760
one of the founders of black lives

1202
00:46:44,950 --> 00:46:43,200
matter and i think what is it two or

1203
00:46:46,790 --> 00:46:44,960
three women i think it's three women

1204
00:46:48,710 --> 00:46:46,800
three women that get credit as being the

1205
00:46:51,910 --> 00:46:48,720
founders one of them lives very close to

1206
00:46:55,430 --> 00:46:51,920
me here she lives in topanga canyon

1207
00:46:57,829 --> 00:46:55,440
california okay to pink canyon

1208
00:47:00,150 --> 00:46:57,839
i think i used to drive through there to

1209
00:47:03,349 --> 00:47:00,160
to work every day and stopped there many

1210
00:47:06,150 --> 00:47:03,359
times i've never in my life seen a black

1211
00:47:08,150 --> 00:47:06,160
person in topanga canyon she's probably

1212
00:47:09,109 --> 00:47:08,160
living in the whitest

1213
00:47:12,390 --> 00:47:09,119
town

1214
00:47:14,230 --> 00:47:12,400
that exists in the state of california

1215
00:47:16,390 --> 00:47:14,240
that's where she is

1216
00:47:17,670 --> 00:47:16,400
this woman who supposedly is so

1217
00:47:19,829 --> 00:47:17,680
concerned

1218
00:47:22,390 --> 00:47:19,839
about black lives matter

1219
00:47:24,950 --> 00:47:22,400
she's so concerned about black lives and

1220
00:47:27,190 --> 00:47:24,960
she lives in topanga canyon a remote

1221
00:47:30,549 --> 00:47:27,200
little community

1222
00:47:31,750 --> 00:47:30,559
uh in los angeles that is as white as it

1223
00:47:33,349 --> 00:47:31,760
can be that kind of tells you everything

1224
00:47:36,150 --> 00:47:33,359
you need to know

1225
00:47:38,870 --> 00:47:36,160
that really now and we spend a lot of

1226
00:47:40,630 --> 00:47:38,880
time talking about uh

1227
00:47:43,109 --> 00:47:40,640
the

1228
00:47:43,910 --> 00:47:43,119
issue of black lives matter

1229
00:47:48,069 --> 00:47:43,920
and

1230
00:47:50,150 --> 00:47:48,079
the uh problems you know that we have

1231
00:47:52,950 --> 00:47:50,160
here in in the black community

1232
00:47:55,990 --> 00:47:52,960
i believe also that that this is a a

1233
00:47:58,309 --> 00:47:56,000
huge distraction for us also if we if

1234
00:47:59,910 --> 00:47:58,319
you waste this amount of time and that

1235
00:48:02,390 --> 00:47:59,920
that's how i look at it you waste this

1236
00:48:03,990 --> 00:48:02,400
amount of time talking about these

1237
00:48:06,630 --> 00:48:04,000
issues uh

1238
00:48:08,950 --> 00:48:06,640
verbalizing it without taking any kind

1239
00:48:12,549 --> 00:48:08,960
of of action

1240
00:48:14,390 --> 00:48:12,559
it it is it is even more harmful for the

1241
00:48:16,150 --> 00:48:14,400
community because they're completely

1242
00:48:18,309 --> 00:48:16,160
distracted

1243
00:48:22,069 --> 00:48:18,319
we need to start talking about what we

1244
00:48:24,870 --> 00:48:22,079
are doing and what we can do in terms of

1245
00:48:27,510 --> 00:48:24,880
unity in our communities you know there

1246
00:48:30,069 --> 00:48:27,520
are individuals uh i've come across a

1247
00:48:31,510 --> 00:48:30,079
group in in georgia for instance they

1248
00:48:34,630 --> 00:48:31,520
got together

1249
00:48:37,270 --> 00:48:34,640
pull their money and purchase the land

1250
00:48:41,109 --> 00:48:37,280
and through the black achievement fund

1251
00:48:44,069 --> 00:48:41,119
now they're building a city

1252
00:48:46,309 --> 00:48:44,079
huge they're working with individuals

1253
00:48:48,549 --> 00:48:46,319
within their organization to improve

1254
00:48:51,270 --> 00:48:48,559
their lot in life and they're doing it

1255
00:48:52,470 --> 00:48:51,280
in a way where they support one another

1256
00:48:55,109 --> 00:48:52,480
these are the kind of things that we

1257
00:48:57,270 --> 00:48:55,119
need to talk about uh in the black

1258
00:48:59,829 --> 00:48:57,280
community instead of constantly trying

1259
00:49:01,670 --> 00:48:59,839
to figure out uh whether or not black

1260
00:49:03,829 --> 00:49:01,680
lives matter is going to come in and

1261
00:49:05,670 --> 00:49:03,839
save us so whether um

1262
00:49:08,150 --> 00:49:05,680
al sharpton or jesse jackson are going

1263
00:49:09,190 --> 00:49:08,160
to come in and speak uh in in our town

1264
00:49:11,670 --> 00:49:09,200
or something

1265
00:49:13,109 --> 00:49:11,680
no it's it's time for us

1266
00:49:15,910 --> 00:49:13,119
to wake up

1267
00:49:17,750 --> 00:49:15,920
and start working together we have

1268
00:49:19,990 --> 00:49:17,760
we have billions of dollars that we can

1269
00:49:21,109 --> 00:49:20,000
utilize together to make our lives

1270
00:49:24,309 --> 00:49:21,119
better

1271
00:49:25,290 --> 00:49:24,319
so do you agree with what barack obama

1272
00:49:26,470 --> 00:49:25,300
used to say

1273
00:49:28,630 --> 00:49:26,480
[Music]

1274
00:49:30,230 --> 00:49:28,640
that the biggest problem or among the

1275
00:49:33,750 --> 00:49:30,240
biggest problem in the black communities

1276
00:49:34,549 --> 00:49:33,760
is the the the absence of black fathers

1277
00:49:36,870 --> 00:49:34,559
yes

1278
00:49:39,829 --> 00:49:36,880
absolutely you know uh the destruction

1279
00:49:41,109 --> 00:49:39,839
of the family was one way

1280
00:49:42,829 --> 00:49:41,119
uh to

1281
00:49:44,710 --> 00:49:42,839
continue

1282
00:49:46,870 --> 00:49:44,720
victimhood

1283
00:49:48,870 --> 00:49:46,880
because

1284
00:49:50,950 --> 00:49:48,880
when you when you think about how

1285
00:49:52,390 --> 00:49:50,960
knowledge is passed on in the black

1286
00:49:54,150 --> 00:49:52,400
community it was passed on through

1287
00:49:56,870 --> 00:49:54,160
storytelling

1288
00:49:58,710 --> 00:49:56,880
uh in in order to have that you had to

1289
00:50:01,109 --> 00:49:58,720
have a

1290
00:50:02,470 --> 00:50:01,119
a family unit

1291
00:50:03,829 --> 00:50:02,480
where

1292
00:50:06,549 --> 00:50:03,839
the parents

1293
00:50:08,870 --> 00:50:06,559
shared the knowledge and the wisdom that

1294
00:50:11,510 --> 00:50:08,880
they had and pass it on down through

1295
00:50:14,150 --> 00:50:11,520
legacy through their youth

1296
00:50:15,430 --> 00:50:14,160
if you want to continue

1297
00:50:17,910 --> 00:50:15,440
uh

1298
00:50:21,270 --> 00:50:17,920
make sure that individuals do not

1299
00:50:23,589 --> 00:50:21,280
succeed the best way to do that is to

1300
00:50:26,309 --> 00:50:23,599
destroy the family unit

1301
00:50:28,790 --> 00:50:26,319
and that's what has been happening

1302
00:50:31,829 --> 00:50:28,800
that's what happened with welfare uh

1303
00:50:33,829 --> 00:50:31,839
that's what's happening even today you

1304
00:50:35,829 --> 00:50:33,839
know where they're trying to put some

1305
00:50:37,430 --> 00:50:35,839
universal income in place

1306
00:50:40,549 --> 00:50:37,440
uh it's what's happening in our

1307
00:50:42,470 --> 00:50:40,559
education system well where they're

1308
00:50:44,549 --> 00:50:42,480
they're

1309
00:50:47,670 --> 00:50:44,559
lowering the standards instead of

1310
00:50:50,069 --> 00:50:47,680
challenging our youth you know so

1311
00:50:53,670 --> 00:50:50,079
all of this combined

1312
00:50:56,549 --> 00:50:53,680
is detrimental for the um

1313
00:50:57,670 --> 00:50:56,559
the youth in the minority community

1314
00:51:00,309 --> 00:50:57,680
and there

1315
00:51:02,630 --> 00:51:00,319
and with with this process

1316
00:51:05,109 --> 00:51:02,640
and with the destruction of the family

1317
00:51:07,430 --> 00:51:05,119
you know this process can be continued

1318
00:51:08,710 --> 00:51:07,440
we have to go back

1319
00:51:10,710 --> 00:51:08,720
to make

1320
00:51:13,910 --> 00:51:10,720
marriage popular

1321
00:51:17,430 --> 00:51:13,920
we have to work in a way where we

1322
00:51:19,349 --> 00:51:17,440
teach our youth that the uh that getting

1323
00:51:20,309 --> 00:51:19,359
an education

1324
00:51:23,109 --> 00:51:20,319
and

1325
00:51:25,190 --> 00:51:23,119
let that knowledge create confidence in

1326
00:51:29,109 --> 00:51:25,200
them you know um

1327
00:51:31,829 --> 00:51:29,119
we have to make sure that when we

1328
00:51:35,670 --> 00:51:31,839
talk with them about owning property and

1329
00:51:39,030 --> 00:51:35,680
owning land you know what that means for

1330
00:51:40,710 --> 00:51:39,040
legacy now there's there's many many

1331
00:51:43,109 --> 00:51:40,720
individuals out there right now with air

1332
00:51:45,270 --> 00:51:43,119
property they they don't understand the

1333
00:51:47,670 --> 00:51:45,280
value and the assets that they have

1334
00:51:49,670 --> 00:51:47,680
available to them right now

1335
00:51:51,190 --> 00:51:49,680
and you know all this type of work that

1336
00:51:53,270 --> 00:51:51,200
you do you know community work and work

1337
00:51:55,829 --> 00:51:53,280
with schools and so on is all

1338
00:51:57,829 --> 00:51:55,839
extremely helpful and necessary but by

1339
00:51:59,829 --> 00:51:57,839
the same token we all recognize that

1340
00:52:00,790 --> 00:51:59,839
everything starts in the home

1341
00:52:02,150 --> 00:52:00,800
and you know

1342
00:52:04,950 --> 00:52:02,160
that's where the child is still going to

1343
00:52:06,790 --> 00:52:04,960
get 90 of whatever they're going to

1344
00:52:09,190 --> 00:52:06,800
take off with them when they leave home

1345
00:52:11,670 --> 00:52:09,200
when they're 18 years old it comes from

1346
00:52:14,390 --> 00:52:11,680
the home and right now

1347
00:52:16,950 --> 00:52:14,400
you've got um you know a high incidence

1348
00:52:19,270 --> 00:52:16,960
of lack of black fathers in the home

1349
00:52:21,109 --> 00:52:19,280
and i was reading something that

1350
00:52:24,470 --> 00:52:21,119
indicated that you know this has also

1351
00:52:25,670 --> 00:52:24,480
done a full 180 that back in the i'm not

1352
00:52:27,349 --> 00:52:25,680
just going to kind of pick a decade

1353
00:52:29,270 --> 00:52:27,359
because i'm not recall specifically but

1354
00:52:31,910 --> 00:52:29,280
it was you know 40s and 50s

1355
00:52:33,349 --> 00:52:31,920
there was actually more black fathers in

1356
00:52:37,510 --> 00:52:33,359
the home than white fathers as far as

1357
00:52:39,109 --> 00:52:37,520
the incidence of of single family homes

1358
00:52:41,270 --> 00:52:39,119
and and when you go and you look at

1359
00:52:43,990 --> 00:52:41,280
black wall street same thing

1360
00:52:46,230 --> 00:52:44,000
and it's totally flipped so you know and

1361
00:52:49,270 --> 00:52:46,240
i guess the theory is that it was

1362
00:52:51,109 --> 00:52:49,280
welfare where we were rewarding

1363
00:52:53,670 --> 00:52:51,119
having children

1364
00:52:55,270 --> 00:52:53,680
that caused um

1365
00:52:56,470 --> 00:52:55,280
single mothers you know people to have

1366
00:52:58,710 --> 00:52:56,480
children

1367
00:52:59,829 --> 00:52:58,720
um even though it wasn't the right

1368
00:53:01,510 --> 00:52:59,839
environment for it i mean the right

1369
00:53:03,990 --> 00:53:01,520
environment to have a child is you've

1370
00:53:05,589 --> 00:53:04,000
been in a long-term relationship ideally

1371
00:53:07,430 --> 00:53:05,599
you've been married you've made a

1372
00:53:09,190 --> 00:53:07,440
lifetime commitment to each other you

1373
00:53:10,630 --> 00:53:09,200
then make a conscious decision that you

1374
00:53:12,150 --> 00:53:10,640
know what we love each other so much

1375
00:53:13,589 --> 00:53:12,160
we're ready to start a family and then

1376
00:53:15,990 --> 00:53:13,599
you have a child and maybe you have a

1377
00:53:17,510 --> 00:53:16,000
second and a third and that's how

1378
00:53:18,950 --> 00:53:17,520
children are supposed to be born into

1379
00:53:19,829 --> 00:53:18,960
this world

1380
00:53:23,829 --> 00:53:19,839
but

1381
00:53:24,549 --> 00:53:23,839
from your church also

1382
00:53:27,349 --> 00:53:24,559
but

1383
00:53:30,790 --> 00:53:27,359
when you um there's an economic

1384
00:53:32,309 --> 00:53:30,800
incentive to have a child sooner

1385
00:53:35,030 --> 00:53:32,319
than

1386
00:53:38,309 --> 00:53:35,040
following those steps i just identified

1387
00:53:40,549 --> 00:53:38,319
exactly over decades and time you end up

1388
00:53:42,069 --> 00:53:40,559
having what we have today where people

1389
00:53:43,829 --> 00:53:42,079
aren't waiting until they're in this

1390
00:53:44,950 --> 00:53:43,839
loving marriage

1391
00:53:46,710 --> 00:53:44,960
and

1392
00:53:48,790 --> 00:53:46,720
that is that is that right though is it

1393
00:53:49,990 --> 00:53:48,800
still is that is that there is that the

1394
00:53:51,910 --> 00:53:50,000
right explanation for it because

1395
00:53:55,349 --> 00:53:51,920
honestly i don't know uh thomas soule

1396
00:53:58,790 --> 00:53:55,359
and walter williams uh have identified

1397
00:54:00,790 --> 00:53:58,800
you know specifically that process and

1398
00:54:01,750 --> 00:54:00,800
and talked about how detrimental that

1399
00:54:03,829 --> 00:54:01,760
has been

1400
00:54:05,829 --> 00:54:03,839
and how it destroyed uh the black

1401
00:54:06,630 --> 00:54:05,839
families

1402
00:54:08,069 --> 00:54:06,640
it

1403
00:54:10,549 --> 00:54:08,079
in my life

1404
00:54:12,790 --> 00:54:10,559
uh i grew up living in that environment

1405
00:54:14,950 --> 00:54:12,800
you know my my mom and dad did split up

1406
00:54:15,990 --> 00:54:14,960
but my grandparents

1407
00:54:19,829 --> 00:54:16,000
helped me

1408
00:54:21,510 --> 00:54:19,839
to understand that hard work

1409
00:54:27,589 --> 00:54:21,520
and

1410
00:54:30,230 --> 00:54:27,599
showed me that you could be whatever you

1411
00:54:31,829 --> 00:54:30,240
wanted to be uh they never

1412
00:54:34,150 --> 00:54:31,839
told me that i couldn't achieve

1413
00:54:36,069 --> 00:54:34,160
something and

1414
00:54:39,589 --> 00:54:36,079
they grew up doing a period of time

1415
00:54:42,870 --> 00:54:39,599
where racism was much more pervasive you

1416
00:54:44,789 --> 00:54:42,880
know and and to for me not to really

1417
00:54:47,990 --> 00:54:44,799
recognize it

1418
00:54:49,030 --> 00:54:48,000
i i still look back on how in the world

1419
00:54:53,270 --> 00:54:49,040
did i

1420
00:54:55,910 --> 00:54:53,280
not get so in in

1421
00:54:58,470 --> 00:54:55,920
and what was going on with race i i

1422
00:55:01,750 --> 00:54:58,480
remember a story um

1423
00:55:05,190 --> 00:55:01,760
i mean the time my my grandmother took

1424
00:55:06,470 --> 00:55:05,200
me out grocery shopping and i'm walking

1425
00:55:08,710 --> 00:55:06,480
with her

1426
00:55:10,230 --> 00:55:08,720
and she's bumping me you know i'm trying

1427
00:55:12,549 --> 00:55:10,240
to why does she why does she keep

1428
00:55:13,510 --> 00:55:12,559
bumping me like right like this you know

1429
00:55:14,950 --> 00:55:13,520
uh

1430
00:55:18,470 --> 00:55:14,960
apparently

1431
00:55:22,630 --> 00:55:18,480
we weren't supposed to go into a certain

1432
00:55:24,470 --> 00:55:22,640
door or area to go shopping we had she

1433
00:55:27,270 --> 00:55:24,480
she had a

1434
00:55:29,030 --> 00:55:27,280
a specific area that

1435
00:55:31,589 --> 00:55:29,040
uh black people were allowed to go in

1436
00:55:33,750 --> 00:55:31,599
and do their shopping i never knew that

1437
00:55:37,030 --> 00:55:33,760
you know but she didn't tell me i

1438
00:55:40,390 --> 00:55:37,040
couldn't shop in the other area what she

1439
00:55:43,910 --> 00:55:40,400
did she just made sure that she guided

1440
00:55:46,870 --> 00:55:43,920
me to the area uh where she could get

1441
00:55:48,630 --> 00:55:46,880
the food and pay for it and leave

1442
00:55:51,430 --> 00:55:48,640
wow you're a lot you're like it was

1443
00:55:52,470 --> 00:55:51,440
years later before i recognized that

1444
00:55:56,150 --> 00:55:52,480
this was

1445
00:55:58,549 --> 00:55:56,160
uh uh uh separate but equal you know uh

1446
00:56:00,470 --> 00:55:58,559
what whatever you wanted to call it but

1447
00:56:02,950 --> 00:56:00,480
you're a lot older than i

1448
00:56:06,390 --> 00:56:02,960
friend

1449
00:56:08,789 --> 00:56:06,400
oh yeah i'm 65 and grown

1450
00:56:09,589 --> 00:56:08,799
so so so so when you were when you were

1451
00:56:43,670 --> 00:56:09,599
a

1452
00:56:47,109 --> 00:56:43,680
from it

1453
00:56:50,230 --> 00:56:47,119
yes and and uh by doing so

1454
00:56:52,549 --> 00:56:50,240
those seeds were never planted

1455
00:56:54,309 --> 00:56:52,559
and they never took root within me

1456
00:56:57,270 --> 00:56:54,319
to say that i could not achieve

1457
00:57:01,270 --> 00:56:57,280
something right you know so i i give

1458
00:57:03,190 --> 00:57:01,280
homage to my grandmother uh for a lot of

1459
00:57:04,309 --> 00:57:03,200
the things that she taught me the wisdom

1460
00:57:07,510 --> 00:57:04,319
she had

1461
00:57:11,030 --> 00:57:07,520
you know even in my marriage today

1462
00:57:12,950 --> 00:57:11,040
she was able to guide me

1463
00:57:15,030 --> 00:57:12,960
when i got married hey i wanted to go

1464
00:57:17,990 --> 00:57:15,040
out and spend all kinds of money you

1465
00:57:19,270 --> 00:57:18,000
know but she she gave me ideas about how

1466
00:57:21,589 --> 00:57:19,280
uh to

1467
00:57:24,150 --> 00:57:21,599
make my marriage stronger you know say

1468
00:57:27,030 --> 00:57:24,160
hey buy it buy this ring and every five

1469
00:57:27,990 --> 00:57:27,040
years when she asked you upgrade that

1470
00:57:30,309 --> 00:57:28,000
ring

1471
00:57:31,349 --> 00:57:30,319
you know and it was it

1472
00:57:34,150 --> 00:57:31,359
was

1473
00:57:36,230 --> 00:57:34,160
that stuck with me for years and i i've

1474
00:57:38,470 --> 00:57:36,240
been married now for 43 years and when

1475
00:57:40,390 --> 00:57:38,480
my wife said okay i think my diamond's

1476
00:57:42,870 --> 00:57:40,400
large enough now i'm good

1477
00:57:44,870 --> 00:57:42,880
you know i would think of my grandmother

1478
00:57:46,549 --> 00:57:44,880
that's great but well you know the other

1479
00:57:47,270 --> 00:57:46,559
thing i used to say it's like this that

1480
00:57:57,589 --> 00:57:47,280
i

1481
00:57:58,470 --> 00:57:57,599
the world and you see how other people

1482
00:58:00,950 --> 00:57:58,480
live

1483
00:58:03,270 --> 00:58:00,960
and i believe that's something that many

1484
00:58:05,030 --> 00:58:03,280
in the minority community never had the

1485
00:58:07,910 --> 00:58:05,040
opportunity to do

1486
00:58:11,190 --> 00:58:07,920
if they could just get a glimpse of what

1487
00:58:14,710 --> 00:58:11,200
it's like in other places and see

1488
00:58:17,349 --> 00:58:14,720
what we have here in america

1489
00:58:19,910 --> 00:58:17,359
would be tremendous i think much more

1490
00:58:23,589 --> 00:58:19,920
gratitude uh

1491
00:58:25,030 --> 00:58:23,599
much more appreciation would be

1492
00:58:27,990 --> 00:58:25,040
received

1493
00:58:29,510 --> 00:58:28,000
and understood well if if people were i

1494
00:58:32,630 --> 00:58:29,520
agree with you if people were able to

1495
00:58:35,510 --> 00:58:32,640
travel they would see that the

1496
00:58:36,630 --> 00:58:35,520
vast vast majority of the world

1497
00:58:39,190 --> 00:58:36,640
probably

1498
00:58:40,230 --> 00:58:39,200
again picking a number 90 percent lives

1499
00:58:42,309 --> 00:58:40,240
below

1500
00:58:44,390 --> 00:58:42,319
america's poverty line

1501
00:58:46,390 --> 00:58:44,400
the rest of the world lives what we call

1502
00:58:48,630 --> 00:58:46,400
poverty

1503
00:58:51,349 --> 00:58:48,640
is middle class around around the world

1504
00:58:53,030 --> 00:58:51,359
i mean you haven't seen real poverty

1505
00:58:53,750 --> 00:58:53,040
until you've traveled

1506
00:58:56,390 --> 00:58:53,760
to

1507
00:58:59,750 --> 00:58:56,400
exactly you know places like morocco or

1508
00:59:02,710 --> 00:58:59,760
other countries in in africa or central

1509
00:59:04,710 --> 00:59:02,720
america or south america i mean

1510
00:59:07,829 --> 00:59:04,720
just about everywhere i mean you know

1511
00:59:09,589 --> 00:59:07,839
poverty there is no electricity

1512
00:59:12,549 --> 00:59:09,599
no running water

1513
00:59:14,789 --> 00:59:12,559
no cable television

1514
00:59:16,630 --> 00:59:14,799
it's just no comparison

1515
00:59:18,950 --> 00:59:16,640
there's no comparison to living in the

1516
00:59:19,829 --> 00:59:18,960
united states and uh

1517
00:59:21,910 --> 00:59:19,839
being

1518
00:59:24,549 --> 00:59:21,920
surrounded by individuals who are

1519
00:59:27,670 --> 00:59:24,559
servant-minded you know i'm i'm a member

1520
00:59:29,430 --> 00:59:27,680
of uh the exchange club america service

1521
00:59:30,829 --> 00:59:29,440
organization

1522
00:59:34,069 --> 00:59:30,839
and

1523
00:59:36,870 --> 00:59:34,079
to it's another brotherhood it's another

1524
00:59:39,670 --> 00:59:36,880
group of individuals who look at making

1525
00:59:41,270 --> 00:59:39,680
our community a better place to live

1526
00:59:44,630 --> 00:59:41,280
and they they

1527
00:59:46,470 --> 00:59:44,640
help me to understand

1528
00:59:48,789 --> 00:59:46,480
how important it is

1529
00:59:50,870 --> 00:59:48,799
to serve the community

1530
00:59:53,750 --> 00:59:50,880
and by

1531
00:59:56,069 --> 00:59:53,760
working with them i'm able to go out and

1532
00:59:58,069 --> 00:59:56,079
share that with the black community with

1533
00:59:59,670 --> 00:59:58,079
the hispanic community with the american

1534
01:00:02,069 --> 00:59:59,680
indian community you know when i worked

1535
01:00:04,150 --> 01:00:02,079
as a commission when i worked in the

1536
01:00:05,990 --> 01:00:04,160
commission for the governor here

1537
01:00:08,549 --> 01:00:06,000
for the commission for minority affairs

1538
01:00:10,390 --> 01:00:08,559
i was able to build relationships

1539
01:00:12,829 --> 01:00:10,400
with many of the minority communities

1540
01:00:14,470 --> 01:00:12,839
across the state and to

1541
01:00:15,349 --> 01:00:14,480
share um

1542
01:00:19,990 --> 01:00:15,359
the

1543
01:00:22,309 --> 01:00:20,000
do

1544
01:00:25,750 --> 01:00:22,319
to just work with in their own

1545
01:00:26,829 --> 01:00:25,760
communities and and to grow it and

1546
01:00:29,990 --> 01:00:26,839
to create

1547
01:00:32,230 --> 01:00:30,000
unity it was nothing like it it just

1548
01:00:34,150 --> 01:00:32,240
gave you it gave you that feeling of

1549
01:00:38,069 --> 01:00:34,160
accomplishment

1550
01:00:40,390 --> 01:00:38,079
and i'm hoping that as we continue

1551
01:00:42,309 --> 01:00:40,400
to work in the educational system and we

1552
01:00:43,990 --> 01:00:42,319
continue to work in our communities that

1553
01:00:46,470 --> 01:00:44,000
more and more black people

1554
01:00:48,789 --> 01:00:46,480
will start to recognize that it's about

1555
01:00:51,270 --> 01:00:48,799
service it's about service to this

1556
01:00:53,910 --> 01:00:51,280
country that's important it's about

1557
01:00:55,990 --> 01:00:53,920
serving your fellow man you know black

1558
01:00:56,950 --> 01:00:56,000
people do not see other black people

1559
01:00:57,670 --> 01:00:56,960
coming

1560
01:00:59,430 --> 01:00:57,680
uh

1561
01:01:00,150 --> 01:00:59,440
to their aid

1562
01:01:03,430 --> 01:01:00,160
i

1563
01:01:06,390 --> 01:01:03,440
want to see that happen more you know

1564
01:01:07,990 --> 01:01:06,400
and i believe that when

1565
01:01:09,670 --> 01:01:08,000
because that principle of what you look

1566
01:01:12,950 --> 01:01:09,680
upon you become

1567
01:01:15,270 --> 01:01:12,960
when they see more black individuals

1568
01:01:18,470 --> 01:01:15,280
serving them and making their community

1569
01:01:21,109 --> 01:01:18,480
better it will change their mindset

1570
01:01:24,789 --> 01:01:21,119
education will change your mindset you

1571
01:01:26,710 --> 01:01:24,799
know success respect loyalty

1572
01:01:29,589 --> 01:01:26,720
all of these things are important and

1573
01:01:32,150 --> 01:01:29,599
these these virtues that that are are

1574
01:01:36,150 --> 01:01:32,160
becoming

1575
01:01:38,630 --> 01:01:36,160
passe in a sense you know uh because i i

1576
01:01:41,670 --> 01:01:38,640
very rarely see individuals in the

1577
01:01:43,910 --> 01:01:41,680
minority community with a flag somewhere

1578
01:01:45,990 --> 01:01:43,920
nearby you know or saying the pledge of

1579
01:01:51,030 --> 01:01:46,000
allegiance or singing the national

1580
01:01:54,069 --> 01:01:51,040
anthem i make that a point wherever i go

1581
01:01:58,309 --> 01:01:54,079
that if i see

1582
01:02:00,470 --> 01:01:58,319
a a an area that may be governmental or

1583
01:02:03,430 --> 01:02:00,480
maybe a public

1584
01:02:05,430 --> 01:02:03,440
if it's not a flag available ask why why

1585
01:02:07,190 --> 01:02:05,440
why is why is an american flag in this

1586
01:02:09,029 --> 01:02:07,200
in this location i mean it's just

1587
01:02:12,309 --> 01:02:09,039
wanting to locate some of it should be

1588
01:02:14,470 --> 01:02:12,319
and no but sometimes they have no idea

1589
01:02:16,390 --> 01:02:14,480
so we get a flag and we make sure that

1590
01:02:18,069 --> 01:02:16,400
that's taken care of you know why the

1591
01:02:20,789 --> 01:02:18,079
flag isn't being flown

1592
01:02:23,829 --> 01:02:20,799
in front of schools why children are

1593
01:02:27,349 --> 01:02:23,839
going out in the morning and and um

1594
01:02:31,109 --> 01:02:27,359
and performing that ceremony

1595
01:02:33,109 --> 01:02:31,119
it's important that we instill

1596
01:02:36,950 --> 01:02:33,119
within our youth

1597
01:02:43,349 --> 01:02:40,230
basic foundational truths

1598
01:02:45,829 --> 01:02:43,359
that make this country great and we need

1599
01:02:46,870 --> 01:02:45,839
to continue to talk to them and share

1600
01:02:49,190 --> 01:02:46,880
with them the meaning of the

1601
01:02:51,589 --> 01:02:49,200
constitution and how important it is to

1602
01:02:53,430 --> 01:02:51,599
their lives each and every day we we

1603
01:02:55,029 --> 01:02:53,440
don't do that enough

1604
01:02:58,789 --> 01:02:55,039
thank you again to chief master sergeant

1605
01:03:00,150 --> 01:02:58,799
ken battle happy veterans day to all

1606
01:03:01,270 --> 01:03:00,160
and thank you also to our producer

1607
01:03:02,390 --> 01:03:01,280
michael parker thank you all for

1608
01:03:04,090 --> 01:03:02,400
listening we'll be back soon with

1609
01:03:08,789 --> 01:03:04,100
another episode of the hidden tree show

1610
01:03:11,990 --> 01:03:10,230
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01:03:15,510 --> 01:03:12,000
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1612
01:03:17,750 --> 01:03:15,520
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