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<v ->I care deeply about black people</v>

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and the issues of black people.

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But I care deeply about the issues of all people.

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I want to look at things objectively.

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When I look at what policies I believe

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will help not only black people,

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but what would help all people, I voice that.

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And because I stand in the opposition,

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that makes me an Uncle Tom.

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I used to get very offended and upset

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whenever people would call me an Uncle Tom.

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I think I'm in a place now, when someone calls me that,

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I kinda pity them because of their ignorance.

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It just shows that they haven't actually read the book.

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Whenever someone calls you an Uncle Tom,

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what they're trying to communicate

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is that either you just do not like black people

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and you see all black people as trash,

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or they're tying to communicate

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that, "Oh, you're just trying to fit in with white people.

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"You're trying to be accepted among whites.

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"And so, I wanna call you this derogatory word

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"to put you in your place and to remind you,

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"you will never be accepted by whites.

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"You'll always be just a black nigger."

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<v ->Those people who find my Instagram</v>

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and comment on it just to call me Uncle Tom, House Negro...

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I never thought that I would be called

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such racist and derogatory terms.

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<v ->Uncle Tom.</v>

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<v ->Uncle Tom.</v>

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<v ->Uncle Tom, coon, bed wench.</v>

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<v ->Boot licker.</v>

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Chuckin' and jobbin'.

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<v ->House Negro.</v>

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Coon.

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<v ->Uncle Tom and coon.</v>

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Matter of fact, I have a Coon Award over there.

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Coon of the year award.

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<v ->They call us the coons.</v>

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<v ->Coon.</v>
<v ->Coon.</v>

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<v ->For Indians like me, you're an Uncle Patel.</v>

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<v ->Uncle Ruckus.</v>

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<v ->Well, praise be to white God and his son, white Jesus.</v>

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<v ->The guy from "Get Out."</v>

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They put his face on my post.

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<v ->I find that the African-American experience for me</v>

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has been for the most part very good.

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<v ->I think the funniest thing I've ever been called,</v>

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most absurd thing is a black white supremacist.

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It's like the old Chappelle skit, Clayton Bigsby.

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<v ->They go (gasps).</v>

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<v ->White power.</v>

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<v ->It must be real.</v>

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<v ->People say crazy things.</v>

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Leftists say the craziest shit to you.

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<v Lenore>Don't try to twist what I say.</v>

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<v ->But that's what you're saying.</v>

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<v Lenore>That is not what I'm saying.</v>

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<v ->That is what you're saying.</v>

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<v Lenore>You can't tell me what I'm saying.</v>

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<v ->I know you, Lenore, that's what you're saying.</v>

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<v Lenore>You don't know me.</v>

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<v ->You sound like all of them.</v>

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<v Lenore>Oh yeah, okay.</v>

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And guess what, you sound like all them Uncle Toms.

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Now, how about that?
<v ->See that?</v>

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I knew it.

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Lenore, it's good to hear from you.

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It's good to hear from you.

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<v Lenore>Go drop dead.</v>

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<v ->All right.</v>

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Thank you, Lenore.

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What a sweet lady.

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<v ->An Uncle Tom is somebody who has sold out</v>

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by embracing the white man, by becoming a Republican,

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by rejecting the idea that you're a victim,

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by supporting things like hard work,

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accountability and low taxes.

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By refusing to think of yourself as a black person first,

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as opposed to as an American who is black.

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<v ->Your skin color should dictate how you think</v>

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and what you say.

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<v ->The only way I can operate as a human being</v>

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is via my skin color.

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I can't operate via my intelligence

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or the things I have accomplished.

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My resume should be, I'm black.

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<v ->An Uncle Tom has traditionally been a black person</v>

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that tried to serve and curry favor with white people.

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So, they believe that I wanna be accepted

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in the white community.

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Kinda like the House Negro back in slavery.

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That I'm in the house.

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"Master, what can I do for you?"

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And I'm gonna suck up to them

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and leave my people behind.

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<v ->Most black people don't believe</v>

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that other blacks can be independent free-thinkers

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or standing up--
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<v ->Or stand up for what is right.</v>

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They believe that if a black person

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stand up for what is right, they're a sell out.

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They're a Uncle Tom.

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The white people have to be brainwashing.

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<v ->As my late grandfathers used to say,</v>

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who lived to be 94, "I does not care."

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'cause he didn't have a lot of education.

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He said, "I does not care."

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So, I don't care if they call me names.

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Just meet me at the bank.

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(laughing)

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And we'll compare bank accounts.

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<v ->I am very optimistic about the future.</v>

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Frankly, I have seen certain changes

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in the United States over the last two years

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that surprise me.

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I've seen levels of compliance

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with the Civil Rights bill, and changes

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that have been most surprising.

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So, on the basis of this,

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I think we may be able to get a negro president

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in less than 40 years.

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<v Announcer>In churches, in bars, on the streets.</v>

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Americans have been celebrating this great landmark

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of the long struggle for civil rights.

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In Chicago, the veteran black leader, Jesse Jackson,

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broke down in tears.

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In Atlanta, from the pulpit

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of Martin Luther King's old church,

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its pastor declared, "Tonight, we have seized

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"the promise of America."

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<v Man>Not to sound crazy,</v>

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but white people always had Jesus.

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So, they always had that mentality,

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I could be anything, even God.

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For me, the image of him is like,

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who's the most powerful person in the world?

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Who's considered like a God, basically?

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It's the president of the United States.

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Obama became that image for us, like that Jesus.

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We never looked at ourselves as being politicians.

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We looked at ourselves as rappers.

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or football, basketball players, drug dealers.

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That's why I think Obama was important

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in becoming president.

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Because it gave us that optic.

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Like, we could be whatever we wanna be.

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<v Candace>It was America finally feeling</v>

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that we could let go.

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Just let go and say we finally did it.

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Progress is here.

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I cried when he won.

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<v ->I never thought in my lifetime that it would happen.</v>

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But it happened today.

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It's a reality and we did it.

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America is now more united.

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We did it.

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<v ->I can't believe that I got the opportunity</v>

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to live, to see something so great.

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I can't even describe it.

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I can't believe I got the chance to vote for someone...

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<v Woman>Just look around.</v>

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It's all young people, all colors.

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<v ->I believe, when you dream, your dreams can come true.</v>

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Who would have thought that this year

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a man like this will be elected

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as the president of United States?

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This is the beauty of America.

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God bless America.

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God bless America!

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(drill whirring)

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<v ->I became a Christian back in 2009.</v>

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The year prior, I voted for Barack Obama.

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I was really passionate about Barack Obama and his policies.

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I was having a conversation with a friend,

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and I was telling him how I'm a Democrat

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because the Democrat policy is pro-Medicaid,

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pro-government benefits, all these things

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that can help poor urban communities.

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And doesn't the Bible say

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that we're supposed to look out for poor people?

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And this friend of mine, who's also a Christian said,

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"Well, was it talking about the government

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"or is it talking about you?"

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And I was like, that's very interesting.

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And so, I went back and read it

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and it was talking about me.

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A lot of the way that I saw things began to change,

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but I was still a Democrat.

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This friend of mine challenged me

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to go and read the Republican platform

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and read the Democrat platform.

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And see where my values and my views line up.

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My whole mindset was changing around this time,

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and so I took him up on that offer.

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I went in and I read the entire Democrat platform

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and I read the entire Republican platform.

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And I was like, "Man, I'm a Republican,"

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<v ->I have learned to go beyond</v>

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just listening to what CNN says, or even Fox News.

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I go on Fox News all the time,

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but I decide to go beyond what they are saying

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and what they're selling

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and I'm able to listen and do the research on my own

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so I know who I believe in, who am I voting for and why.

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I used to be a Democrat.

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I used to be hardcore, Barack Obama,

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the Democrats are only here to help the people,

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they're the party of the people.

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And then I found out that the Democratic party

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was the party of slavery, Ku Klux Klan,

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the Jim Crow laws.

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They were opposed to the civil rights movement.

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The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendment

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which freed the slaves, gave black people citizenship

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and the right to vote.

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The Democrats unanimously voted against

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all of those rights.

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And when I found that out,

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and nobody could give me a legitimate stance

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on how the party switched,

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it's like I have no other choice

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but to at least consider what principles

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does the other side have?

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What are they offering?

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<v Man>When I began to educate myself</v>

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on the history of the Democratic party,

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I learned a lot about Margaret Sanger.

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<v Margaret>I think the greatest sin in the world</v>

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is bringing children into the world.

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That have disease--

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<v ->And I learned about the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.</v>

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And I learned about the Jim Crow south.

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And I learned about Black Wall Street.

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And all of those events had Democratic hands in them.

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It unraveled everything that I knew to be true.

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Everything that the news media taught me.

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Everything that my own culture taught me.

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<v ->We're going to the studio.</v>

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News nugget.

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Show time.

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George Washington mural should be covered but preserved

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according to a San Francisco school board decision.

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Don't they have better things to do?

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Do you know what the problem is with that mural?

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It has a slave in it.

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That was back then.

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But they wanna cover up history.

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It had a native American-Indian in it.

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They don't like that.

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It's part of history.

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I focus on three things.

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Performance, performance, performance.

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The three things that are my guiding lights,

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belief in God, belief in myself

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and my belief in the United Sates of America.

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I learned it from that man right there.

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(soft music)

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My dad worked three jobs until he could live off of two,

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and he worked two until he could live off of one.

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He used to be a chauffeur for the Coca Cola company.

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And then one day he was asked to drive

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for the chairman and CEO, Robert W. Woodruff.

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It was like a 24/7, seven-day a week job.

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I never heard him complain

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about having to work so hard.

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I never heard him complain

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about what the government didn't do to help us.

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We were poor, but we didn't know it.

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We didn't have people screaming at us all the time

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telling us we were poor.

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My dad encouraged my brother and I

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to get as much education as you can.

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'cause he worked in an environment

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where the most successful people

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were the ones that had the greatest amount of education.

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Success does not come in a straight line.

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It's a zigzag.

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<v ->I'm sick of us hearing about our people talking about,</v>

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"Oh, when I go to a job,

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"they're gonna discriminate against me.

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"White privilege."

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I don't wanna hear a lick of that crap anymore.

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(crowd applauding)

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You're stronger than that.

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You're more powerful than that.

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I tell you what, I go to a job interview,

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and someone don't give me an opportunity,

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I'm a apply for every single job on the block

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until I get a job.

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I don't need no handouts, I don't need your excuses.

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I'm a go harder than everybody else for their job.

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And if you go hard, and you put yourself in position,

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you'll be successful.

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(somber music)

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<v ->I never saw myself as handicapped,</v>

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because I was black, I was a woman,

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that I came from poverty.

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It was just not the way I processed the world.

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As someone who got a GED, went to a community college,

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then went on to get a four-year degree,

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graduating magna cum laude,

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while I was working 40 hours a week,

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nights and weekends at the community college library.

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My life has taken many turns.

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I married at 16, I dropped out of school.

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By the time I was 21, I had three small children.

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I had no idea that I would end up going to college

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and becoming a university professor.

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Graduate school was very interesting for me

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in a lot of ways.

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I had this experience in a course

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that was being taught by a white female,

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she was actually a white liberal.

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At some point in the classroom,

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I'm sure I'd said something that really irked her

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because she turned to me and she yelled,

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"You'll never be able to change the fact

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"that you're a black woman."

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And I interpreted that to mean that I was handicapped,

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whether I knew it or not.

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There I learned that I was black, I was poor,

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I was a woman, and that I was not supposed

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to have accomplished the things

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that I had already accomplished, which was success.

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By then, it was too late.

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<v Larry>When I was a kid, I went to a summer camp</v>

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in an area of California called Ukiah.

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Really bucolic, flowers everywhere, it was just wonderful.

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There was a Boy Scouts jamboree,

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and there were hundreds of Boy Scouts

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from all over California.

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And from what I can tell,

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there were just a handful of blacks.

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I was in a cabin with maybe seven or eight kids,

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and we'd been together now for three, four days.

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And there was one kid.

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He and I got into some sort of argument,

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I don't remember why, and he called me a nigger.

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And I literally had to restrain the other kids

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from killing this guy.

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I mean, they were just gonna kill him.

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They were more angry about it than I was.

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And so, I never really felt that those who are bigots,

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the racists were in the majority.

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I never really felt that.

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I always felt that people who were bigots

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intuitively were in the minority,

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and most people didn't feel that way.

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That seemed to be consistent

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with my own personal experiences.

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I was always confident.

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I always knew I had a good memory,

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made good grades, and my parents gave me

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a lot of positive feedback because of that.

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I always knew I was going to be an achiever,

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and it was no doubt about that.

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The only doubt was the route.

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There was never a time when I thought of myself

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as a victim, never, not one time.

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<v ->You're afraid of being marginalized.</v>

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Welcome to what it feels like to be black.

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<v ->A man caught on video unleashing a racist rant.</v>

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<v ->An alleged racist incident.</v>

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<v ->Racial bias.</v>

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<v ->Racist tendencies.</v>

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<v ->Racism.</v>
<v ->Racism from coast to coast.</v>

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<v ->The open racism.</v>

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<v ->Statements of racism.</v>

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<v ->He was brutally beaten by attackers</v>

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yelling racist and homophobic slurs.

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<v ->A racist drifter.</v>

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<v ->Is it racism, is it sexism?</v>

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<v ->How do we get white people to see racism</v>

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as their problem too.

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<v ->That was racist.</v>
<v ->Racist.</v>

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<v ->Go back to Africa kind of racism.</v>

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<v ->Straight up racist.</v>

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<v ->Racist tweets.</v>
<v ->Racist tweets.</v>

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<v ->Those tweets are racist.</v>

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<v ->A racial dog whistle.</v>

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<v ->The most successful black Americans today</v>

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are Nigerian-Americans,

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because they're not brainwashed by our media.

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<v ->We've heard all about the big, explosive cases</v>

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of racial injustice in America.

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But that's not what most black people in America deal with.

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You deal with what we call micro aggressions,

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or a 1000 cuts of racism every single day.

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<v ->I grew up being told of my disadvantages.</v>

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That this country is unfair to black people.

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<v ->You're black, you're not gonna be able to do it.</v>

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You can't get this, you can't get that,

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you can't get bank loans.

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<v ->When you walk into a bank,</v>

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you will get a loan more easily if you're a white guy.

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<v ->The ideology is implanted into you subconsciously</v>

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to believe these things.

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<v ->We don't teach our children to have confidence.</v>

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<v ->It's like we're brainwashed to think.</v>

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"Or is it because I'm black?

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"Why are they looking at me like that?"

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<v ->How many of you feel judged?</v>

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How many of you feel feared on sight

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when people see you?

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Show of hands.

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<v ->We teach them to be scared of this country,</v>

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to be scared of the world that they live in.

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<v ->It's like a cancerous plague</v>

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in the mind of black Americans.

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<v ->You trying to say that this country</v>

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does not specialize in racism and bigotry?

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<v ->I am saying that racism exists.</v>

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I am saying--
<v ->Exists,</v>

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but you have the luxury.

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You have the luxury to be cavalier about it.

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<v ->When you are angry, it's very easy to be deceived.</v>

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It's very sad to see black people operate in that.

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There's a lot of members in the black community,

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who they're operating in very negative energy.

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<v ->I call out racism.</v>

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That is maddening to me, and I'm crying about it

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because it's crazy--

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<v ->If you keep yourself in this constant state</v>

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of woe is me, I'm disadvantaged,

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I'll never accomplish anything,

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then you won't accomplish anything.

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<v ->It will be a self-fulfilling prophecy for you.</v>

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If you determine that you can't be successful

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or that you're oppressed, then you are oppressed.

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That's the power of the mind.

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If you believe that you can't, you won't,

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and you sure as hell won't try.

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And black America has been programmed

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to believe that we can't.

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<v ->The country was founded on racism and bigotry, David.</v>

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<v ->If you turn on a radio morning show.</v>

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<v Woman>If you a African-American and the cops show up,</v>

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we don't know if we gon' make it out alive, I'm sorry.

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<v Man>The message is clear.</v>

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<v Man>If you broke and white in America,</v>

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you're wasting your whiteness.

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<v Man>And that's what's being fed</v>

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into the urban community.

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<v Man>White supremacy is the backbone</v>

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of political and economic disenfranchisement of black folks.

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<v ->So long as black people continue to have their psyche</v>

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filled by that nonsense, we won't have an awakening.

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<v ->Trump is a racist.</v>

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He doesn't want more brown and black people here--

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<v ->It gets brainwashed into you in multiple facets.</v>

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We tend to be geared towards entertainment.

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<v Snoop>You need to know</v>

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that a lot of your fans is racist.

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<v ->People have used those entertainment personalities</v>

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to convince us subconsciously what we should believe.

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<v ->If you like that nigga, you motherfuckin' racist.</v>

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Fuck you and--

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♪ Fuck Donald Trump ♪

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♪ Fuck Donald Trump ♪

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♪ Yeah, nigga, fuck Donald Trump ♪

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<v ->I'm beginning to lose confidence</v>

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in the Trump administration.

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(audience laughing)

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Yeah, what do you think of that?

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<v ->I think it's actually a great thing.</v>

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<v ->Jay Z has always been a drug dealer</v>

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to the black community.

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He's very open about the fact

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that he used to sell crack cocaine

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when he was living in the projects,

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and that's how he got ahead.

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So, he was selling something that was harming

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the black community.

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Well, he's still doing that.

484
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He's still selling something

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that's harming the black community,

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and it's flying off the shelves, and that's victimhood.

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<v ->We have to have the conversation.</v>

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We have to have tough conversations.

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We have to talk about the N-word,

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and we have to talk about why white men are so privileged

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in this country.

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(somber music)

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<v ->Colin Kaepernick, same exact hustle.</v>

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This is a half-white man who's chosen

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to pick his hair out to be an Afro, to be black,

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because right now victimhood is hot.

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Colin Kaepernick is making a ton of money.

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Jay Z is making a ton of money.

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Is black America any better?

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The communities are still hurting,

501
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but they get to line their pockets

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and we accept the same type of crack cocaine.

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<v ->The left gets away with this</v>

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because 80 to 90% of the primary sources of news

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are left-wing.

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My father was a janitor.

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He was born in the Jim Crow south.

508
00:22:34.135 --> 00:22:36.008 line:15%
Fast forward, my father in his late 40s,

509
00:22:36.008 --> 00:22:37.275 line:15%
started a small business,

510
00:22:37.275 --> 00:22:38.657 line:15%
got a little bit of property.

511
00:22:38.657 --> 00:22:40.070 line:15%
This is what happens in America.

512
00:22:40.070 --> 00:22:42.135 line:15%
Raised three boys, educated them.

513
00:22:42.135 --> 00:22:43.905 line:15%
We have a thriving black middle class.

514
00:22:43.905 --> 00:22:45.528 line:15%
If black America were a country, Brooke,

515
00:22:45.528 --> 00:22:48.190 line:15%
it would be the 15th wealthiest country in the world.

516
00:22:48.190 --> 00:22:51.053 line:15%
For crying out loud, this is not your grandfather's America.

517
00:22:51.053 --> 00:22:52.615
<v ->America is an idea.</v>

518
00:22:52.615 --> 00:22:54.732
That's why we're different than every other country.

519
00:22:54.732 --> 00:22:57.036
That's why we have freedoms that other countries don't.

520
00:22:57.036 --> 00:22:59.105
That's why entrepreneurs are birthed here.

521
00:22:59.105 --> 00:23:01.200
That's why there's so many millionaires here.

522
00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:02.745
That's why black people are doing better here

523
00:23:02.745 --> 00:23:04.239
than anywhere else in the world.

524
00:23:04.239 --> 00:23:05.962
It's very simple.

525
00:23:05.962 --> 00:23:09.781
This ideology, people begin to adopt around the world,

526
00:23:09.781 --> 00:23:12.695
and they become successful.

527
00:23:12.695 --> 00:23:14.154
It's an idea.

528
00:23:14.154 --> 00:23:15.762
America is an idea.

529
00:23:15.762 --> 00:23:18.220
Anybody who adopts the idea of America

530
00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:20.853
will be American and successful.

531
00:23:20.853 --> 00:23:23.942
If you don't adopt the idea, you're not American.

532
00:23:23.942 --> 00:23:25.802
You're not get that forward in America

533
00:23:25.802 --> 00:23:28.273
if you don't pursue the American idea.

534
00:23:28.273 --> 00:23:30.457
(soft music)

535
00:23:30.457 --> 00:23:32.124
<v ->You wanna hold it?</v>

536
00:23:36.305 --> 00:23:38.517
(cock crowing)

537
00:23:38.517 --> 00:23:42.184
I love that this country values individuals.

538
00:23:43.133 --> 00:23:44.908
As a black American in the United States,

539
00:23:44.908 --> 00:23:47.003
I have autonomy in the things that I do

540
00:23:47.003 --> 00:23:48.586
or are of my doing.

541
00:23:55.408 --> 00:23:57.111
A lot people expect when you say farmer,

542
00:23:57.111 --> 00:23:58.758
they're expecting wide tracts of land

543
00:23:58.758 --> 00:24:01.194
and tractors and stuff, but we don't have any of that.

544
00:24:01.194 --> 00:24:04.456
And I realize when I look back here every day,

545
00:24:04.456 --> 00:24:08.333
I'm proud of what we've gotten done so far.

546
00:24:08.333 --> 00:24:11.942
Started with chickens, which is the gateway farming

547
00:24:11.942 --> 00:24:14.109
to goats, rabbits, horses.

548
00:24:18.439 --> 00:24:20.536
These are my goats, Posey and Zelda.

549
00:24:20.536 --> 00:24:23.548
One's a Nubian and one's a Kiko.

550
00:24:23.548 --> 00:24:25.631
A really badly bred Kiko.

551
00:24:28.143 --> 00:24:30.404
This year is the first year that I ever had goats.

552
00:24:30.404 --> 00:24:33.835
Individualism, independence and taking responsibility

553
00:24:33.835 --> 00:24:35.413
for your actions and for your food.

554
00:24:35.413 --> 00:24:38.110
I think that as for promoting small government values.

555
00:24:38.110 --> 00:24:39.650
When you do things yourself,

556
00:24:39.650 --> 00:24:43.567
you don't need the government to do it for you.

557
00:24:44.937 --> 00:24:46.921
I think black Americans should believe

558
00:24:46.921 --> 00:24:51.243
and uphold the ideas of constitutional inherent rights.

559
00:24:51.243 --> 00:24:54.950
Without those beliefs, we wouldn't be where we are today.

560
00:24:54.950 --> 00:24:57.533
(somber music)

561
00:25:02.396 --> 00:25:03.824
<v ->I will support and defend the constitution</v>

562
00:25:03.824 --> 00:25:05.852
of the United States of America against all enemies,

563
00:25:05.852 --> 00:25:06.975
foreign and domestic.

564
00:25:06.975 --> 00:25:09.513
I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same,

565
00:25:09.513 --> 00:25:11.579
that I take this obligation freely

566
00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:14.261
without any purpose of evasion or mental reservations,

567
00:25:14.261 --> 00:25:15.511
so help me God.

568
00:25:17.202 --> 00:25:22.035
We don't take an oath to a color, to a party, to a person.

569
00:25:23.410 --> 00:25:25.718
We take an oath to the thing that binds us all together,

570
00:25:25.718 --> 00:25:30.051
and that's our constitution, that's our rule of law.

571
00:25:33.117 --> 00:25:34.772
Those of us that understand that oath,

572
00:25:34.772 --> 00:25:38.939
will always be guardians of the American republic.

573
00:25:41.535 --> 00:25:44.636
If I want to see this nation that I love so dearly

574
00:25:44.636 --> 00:25:47.368
continue on in the path of liberty, freedom

575
00:25:47.368 --> 00:25:49.987
and individual rights, then I gotta make sure

576
00:25:49.987 --> 00:25:52.424
that subsequent generations understand that.

577
00:25:52.424 --> 00:25:55.188
They are willing to go out and fight for it and defend it

578
00:25:55.188 --> 00:25:56.537
just the same as I did.

579
00:25:56.537 --> 00:25:59.863
Because I had a dad that inculcated that into me.

580
00:25:59.863 --> 00:26:01.740
<v Man>Your green herring bones, but take your hat first.</v>

581
00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.944
That's the green hat with a brim on it.

582
00:26:02.944 --> 00:26:04.144
Try it on.
<v ->At the age of 15,</v>

583
00:26:04.144 --> 00:26:05.966
when my dad said that there was no greater honor

584
00:26:05.966 --> 00:26:06.828
than to wear the uniform

585
00:26:06.828 --> 00:26:08.001
of the United States of America,

586
00:26:08.001 --> 00:26:09.494
that's a powerful statement.

587
00:26:09.494 --> 00:26:14.011
Coming from a man that was born in 1920 down in the south.

588
00:26:14.011 --> 00:26:15.618
Never heard him say a bad word

589
00:26:15.618 --> 00:26:18.562
about the United States of America.

590
00:26:18.562 --> 00:26:20.742
He went off to serve and fight for this country,

591
00:26:20.742 --> 00:26:22.561
even though this country did not see him

592
00:26:22.561 --> 00:26:24.740
as it should have seen him.

593
00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:26.657
But he wasn't a victim.

594
00:26:28.022 --> 00:26:29.954
The black community really believe

595
00:26:29.954 --> 00:26:32.377
that if they could show that they were willing

596
00:26:32.377 --> 00:26:35.515
to stand side by side with white Americans

597
00:26:35.515 --> 00:26:37.191
and fight for liberties and freedoms,

598
00:26:37.191 --> 00:26:40.030
that sooner or later, people would understand

599
00:26:40.030 --> 00:26:43.657
that we can't have this hypocrisy.

600
00:26:43.657 --> 00:26:47.790
Executive order 9981 that President Harry Truman signed

601
00:26:47.790 --> 00:26:49.169
that desegregated our military.

602
00:26:49.169 --> 00:26:53.653
He finally realized that if we are true to ourselves

603
00:26:53.653 --> 00:26:55.974
about the liberation of other people,

604
00:26:55.974 --> 00:26:58.019
from the tyranny of Nazism, fascism

605
00:26:58.019 --> 00:27:01.584
and Japanese imperialism, we gotta be true to that here

606
00:27:01.584 --> 00:27:03.714
in our own country, in the United States of America.

607
00:27:03.714 --> 00:27:07.320
And that's why Harry Truman's picture hangs in my house.

608
00:27:07.320 --> 00:27:10.652
<v ->That's why the principles of the founders</v>

609
00:27:10.652 --> 00:27:12.235
speak loudly to me.

610
00:27:13.775 --> 00:27:17.421
<v ->Even though we face the difficulties</v>

611
00:27:17.421 --> 00:27:21.088
of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.

612
00:27:24.018 --> 00:27:27.989
It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

613
00:27:27.989 --> 00:27:31.106
I think it is an immoral posture

614
00:27:31.106 --> 00:27:34.325
to hold the position that individuals,

615
00:27:34.325 --> 00:27:38.243
whether they be Negroes or members of other minority groups,

616
00:27:38.243 --> 00:27:41.476
should have their basic constitutional

617
00:27:41.476 --> 00:27:44.164
and God-given rights held up.

618
00:27:44.164 --> 00:27:46.276
<v ->Self governance is what all</v>

619
00:27:46.276 --> 00:27:49.084
of those grassroots people were seeking.

620
00:27:49.084 --> 00:27:52.484
They understood that the victimizer,

621
00:27:52.484 --> 00:27:57.234
i.e. racism and discrimination may have knocked you down,

622
00:27:59.324 --> 00:28:02.574
but it's the victim that has to get up.

623
00:28:08.851 --> 00:28:11.101
Hello, sister Tasha Fields.

624
00:28:11.983 --> 00:28:14.816
Hi, this Rob Woodson, how are you?

625
00:28:16.881 --> 00:28:17.726
Good, listen.

626
00:28:17.726 --> 00:28:19.380
I wanna invite you and your husband

627
00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:21.937
to join this consortium of ours.

628
00:28:21.937 --> 00:28:25.449
We're calling it the 1776 Consortium,

629
00:28:25.449 --> 00:28:28.836
to respond to the 1619 piece that was done

630
00:28:28.836 --> 00:28:30.380
in the New York Times.

631
00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:33.862
I'm not interested in engaging in debate with them.

632
00:28:33.862 --> 00:28:36.914
I'm saying, we need an accurate portrayal of slavery,

633
00:28:36.914 --> 00:28:40.296
but it doesn't totally define the black condition.

634
00:28:40.296 --> 00:28:41.580
We want our people to understand

635
00:28:41.580 --> 00:28:43.773
that the future of black America

636
00:28:43.773 --> 00:28:46.002
is not defined by slavery,

637
00:28:46.002 --> 00:28:48.604
but by the kinds of things we did

638
00:28:48.604 --> 00:28:50.750
and responds to these conditions,

639
00:28:50.750 --> 00:28:54.306
similar to what you and your husband has overcome.

640
00:28:54.306 --> 00:28:57.425
So, I'm gonna send you if I could,

641
00:28:57.425 --> 00:28:59.784
a invitation to formally join us.

642
00:28:59.784 --> 00:29:02.675
Because what we would like to do...

643
00:29:02.675 --> 00:29:05.638
<v ->I wish that it would be mandatory reading,</v>

644
00:29:05.638 --> 00:29:07.033
not just in the black community

645
00:29:07.033 --> 00:29:09.726
but all across America, to read the autobiography

646
00:29:09.726 --> 00:29:11.726
of Booker T. Washington.

647
00:29:12.978 --> 00:29:16.195
Here was a man that was born into slavery.

648
00:29:16.195 --> 00:29:19.278
And when he learned that he was free,

649
00:29:20.376 --> 00:29:23.269
his number one quest, his number one goal

650
00:29:23.269 --> 00:29:25.269
was to get an education.

651
00:29:26.371 --> 00:29:28.990
He walks from present day West Virginia

652
00:29:28.990 --> 00:29:31.427
to Hampton, Virginia, to Hampton Institute,

653
00:29:31.427 --> 00:29:33.878
so that he could show himself qualified

654
00:29:33.878 --> 00:29:38.522
to enter that institution and get an education.

655
00:29:38.522 --> 00:29:41.122
When he established Tuskegee Normal

656
00:29:41.122 --> 00:29:43.042
and Industrial Institute,

657
00:29:43.042 --> 00:29:44.880
it wasn't just about the book learning,

658
00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:46.322
it was about industrial learning.

659
00:29:46.322 --> 00:29:49.917
It was about people being able to take an education

660
00:29:49.917 --> 00:29:52.177
and develop themselves into entrepreneurs

661
00:29:52.177 --> 00:29:55.344
so that they could have self reliance.

662
00:29:57.569 --> 00:29:59.946
There was a schism between Booker T. Washington

663
00:29:59.946 --> 00:30:01.529
and W.E.B. Du Bois.

664
00:30:04.448 --> 00:30:08.559
Booker T. Washington believed in the ability of someone

665
00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:10.767
to get out there and work with industries

666
00:30:10.767 --> 00:30:13.008
and show their value, by the talents

667
00:30:13.008 --> 00:30:14.718
that they were able to develop,

668
00:30:14.718 --> 00:30:19.051
by the businesses they were able to create and open.

669
00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:24.309
The W.E.B. Du Bois faction more so believed

670
00:30:24.309 --> 00:30:27.850
in that protest oriented demanding of rights

671
00:30:27.850 --> 00:30:30.017
and things of this nature.

672
00:30:31.054 --> 00:30:33.657
This is where you get the sellout, Uncle Tom

673
00:30:33.657 --> 00:30:34.658
and all of these things

674
00:30:34.658 --> 00:30:39.309
that they used to demonize Booker T. Washington.

675
00:30:39.309 --> 00:30:41.667
But when you think about, in the long run,

676
00:30:41.667 --> 00:30:42.834
who was right?

677
00:30:44.513 --> 00:30:47.579
W.E.B. Du Bois was an avowed socialist,

678
00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:49.467
who became an avowed communist,

679
00:30:49.467 --> 00:30:52.151
who renounced his American citizenship.

680
00:30:52.151 --> 00:30:55.389
But the institution that Booker T. Washington established

681
00:30:55.389 --> 00:30:57.139
is still there today.

682
00:30:59.063 --> 00:31:01.624
We need to go back and understand

683
00:31:01.624 --> 00:31:03.689
what Booker T. Washington was really,

684
00:31:03.689 --> 00:31:06.761
his philosophy, what he was trying to get us to understand.

685
00:31:06.761 --> 00:31:09.052
There's nothing wrong with hard work.

686
00:31:09.052 --> 00:31:10.789
There's nothing wrong with working your way up

687
00:31:10.789 --> 00:31:11.702
from the bottom.

688
00:31:11.702 --> 00:31:16.460
Much the same as his autobiography says, up from slavery.

689
00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:19.210
(dramatic music)

690
00:31:29.029 --> 00:31:31.417
<v ->I had a college student ask me one time,</v>

691
00:31:31.417 --> 00:31:34.551
how did you deal with color and race

692
00:31:34.551 --> 00:31:36.960
when you were climbing the corporate ladder?

693
00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:38.627
My answer, I didn't.

694
00:31:40.113 --> 00:31:41.946
Let them deal with it.

695
00:31:42.837 --> 00:31:46.420
I didn't focus on that, I didn't have time.

696
00:31:52.572 --> 00:31:54.583
I went to the president of the Pillsbury company

697
00:31:54.583 --> 00:31:56.531
and said, "I need to get involved

698
00:31:56.531 --> 00:31:58.388
"in some other aspects of the corporation,

699
00:31:58.388 --> 00:32:01.424
"because I want to run one of the business units one day."

700
00:32:01.424 --> 00:32:04.270
So, he said, "We need a lotta leadership in Burger King.

701
00:32:04.270 --> 00:32:07.457
"You have to go and spend two weeks at Whopper College."

702
00:32:07.457 --> 00:32:11.033
There really is a Whopper College in Miami.

703
00:32:11.033 --> 00:32:12.786
I graduated summa cum laude.

704
00:32:12.786 --> 00:32:15.036
(laughing)

705
00:32:18.248 --> 00:32:20.893
I was working for the Department of the Navy.

706
00:32:20.893 --> 00:32:23.840
The same day that I started, another white gentleman

707
00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:26.064
named Robert started working there also.

708
00:32:26.064 --> 00:32:28.273
We had very similar jobs.

709
00:32:28.273 --> 00:32:32.532
So, the first 12 months, I got outstanding performance

710
00:32:32.532 --> 00:32:35.263
four quarters in a row.

711
00:32:35.263 --> 00:32:38.241
Second year, outstanding performance fur quarters in a row.

712
00:32:38.241 --> 00:32:40.562
And Robert got outstanding performance.

713
00:32:40.562 --> 00:32:44.223
But Robert was getting his GS salary increase

714
00:32:44.223 --> 00:32:47.615
at least two months sooner than me.

715
00:32:47.615 --> 00:32:50.039
So, I went to Wayne, my supervisor and said,

716
00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:51.993
"Robert and I are both doing a great job."

717
00:32:51.993 --> 00:32:53.661
He said, "Yeah."

718
00:32:53.661 --> 00:32:58.187
"But why is he getting little increases quicker than me?"

719
00:32:58.187 --> 00:33:01.874
He said, "He has a Master's degree."

720
00:33:01.874 --> 00:33:03.730
I said, "Oh, it's not because he's white?"

721
00:33:03.730 --> 00:33:07.242
"Nope, he has a Master's degree."

722
00:33:07.242 --> 00:33:08.867
So, you know what I did?

723
00:33:08.867 --> 00:33:10.507
I didn't get mad.

724
00:33:10.507 --> 00:33:13.625
I went and got me a Master's degree.

725
00:33:13.625 --> 00:33:15.788
<v ->There are only four rungs to this ladder.</v>

726
00:33:15.788 --> 00:33:17.722
<v ->Went back, sat down with Wayne.</v>

727
00:33:17.722 --> 00:33:19.073
I said, "Well, I got a Master's degree.

728
00:33:19.073 --> 00:33:20.935
"That says next time you have opening for a promotion,"

729
00:33:20.935 --> 00:33:23.239
I said, "Keep me in mind.

730
00:33:23.239 --> 00:33:25.417
"See you around."

731
00:33:25.417 --> 00:33:27.773
And not long after that, they had a special project

732
00:33:27.773 --> 00:33:31.246
called a rocket assisted projector.

733
00:33:31.246 --> 00:33:32.182
They had to have someone

734
00:33:32.182 --> 00:33:37.182
who was gonna be the GS 13 supervisor and mathematician,

735
00:33:37.413 --> 00:33:39.299
to do the special ballistics

736
00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:42.132
on this rocket assisted projector.

737
00:33:43.881 --> 00:33:46.337
I got the promotion.

738
00:33:46.337 --> 00:33:49.961
And I had eight white people working for me.

739
00:33:49.961 --> 00:33:53.882
It was all about performance, not the color of your skin.

740
00:33:53.882 --> 00:33:56.301
So, since I now had that Master's degree

741
00:33:56.301 --> 00:33:59.551
and I had proved myself, I got the job.

742
00:34:00.932 --> 00:34:03.567
When I decided to live Dahlgren,

743
00:34:03.567 --> 00:34:05.876
never forget the department head.

744
00:34:05.876 --> 00:34:08.252
And he called me up for an exit interview.

745
00:34:08.252 --> 00:34:11.452
And I'll never forget Ross, I think he's deceased now.

746
00:34:11.452 --> 00:34:16.423
He said, "You know, you have taught me something."

747
00:34:16.423 --> 00:34:18.211
I said, "What?"

748
00:34:18.211 --> 00:34:22.358
He said, "I had never worked with a black person before.

749
00:34:22.358 --> 00:34:24.636
"You taught me, don't judge somebody

750
00:34:24.636 --> 00:34:26.403
"by the color of their skin."

751
00:34:26.403 --> 00:34:28.986
(somber music)

752
00:34:36.529 --> 00:34:40.377
<v ->I grew up primarily around black people.</v>

753
00:34:40.377 --> 00:34:43.159
Primarily in what we call the Afrocentric perspective.

754
00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:46.005
That mean, everything in life

755
00:34:46.005 --> 00:34:49.661
was seen from the lens of being black in America.

756
00:34:49.661 --> 00:34:51.594
I used to have gold teeth in my mouth.

757
00:34:51.594 --> 00:34:53.736
I got young savage tattooed across my stomach.

758
00:34:53.736 --> 00:34:55.805
I got my hood tattooed on my forearm.

759
00:34:55.805 --> 00:34:59.388
So, I kinda had this whole hip hop culture,

760
00:35:00.391 --> 00:35:02.558
negative, angry mentality.

761
00:35:03.607 --> 00:35:05.495
I grew up believing that white people

762
00:35:05.495 --> 00:35:07.069
did not like black people.

763
00:35:07.069 --> 00:35:08.918
And that no matter what you did in life,

764
00:35:08.918 --> 00:35:12.462
the white man is gonna hold you down.

765
00:35:12.462 --> 00:35:16.545
<v ->My parents didn't teach me that I was a victim,</v>

766
00:35:18.282 --> 00:35:21.919
but there were other influences that did.

767
00:35:21.919 --> 00:35:24.913
Whether we're talking about uncles and aunts,

768
00:35:24.913 --> 00:35:27.547
from the hip hop industry, the media.

769
00:35:27.547 --> 00:35:31.270
It painted a picture of the black man in America

770
00:35:31.270 --> 00:35:34.116
as being in a constant state of distress,

771
00:35:34.116 --> 00:35:36.177
a constant state of disadvantage.

772
00:35:36.177 --> 00:35:39.345
And I have relatives of mine who bought into that message.

773
00:35:39.345 --> 00:35:41.966
And I even bought into that message before I was born again.

774
00:35:41.966 --> 00:35:44.728
<v ->The only people I knew who existed in my life</v>

775
00:35:44.728 --> 00:35:48.469
and who I could pick to be role models

776
00:35:48.469 --> 00:35:50.367
were athletes and rappers.

777
00:35:50.367 --> 00:35:53.544
<v ->So, many of you guys have watched my political awakening.</v>

778
00:35:53.544 --> 00:35:56.749
I've been pretty much in front of everybody on the stage

779
00:35:56.749 --> 00:35:57.979
when I've had this reckoning,

780
00:35:57.979 --> 00:36:02.254
but there's one person who totally transformed

781
00:36:02.254 --> 00:36:03.087
the way that I thought.

782
00:36:03.087 --> 00:36:05.458
There was a video that I saw on YouTube

783
00:36:05.458 --> 00:36:07.655
and it was Larry Elder.

784
00:36:07.655 --> 00:36:10.405
(crowd cheering)

785
00:36:11.241 --> 00:36:13.155
Oh my God, they always call me the sunken place demon.

786
00:36:13.155 --> 00:36:13.988
I think it's the funniest thing...

787
00:36:13.988 --> 00:36:15.686
Larry Elder is my mentor.

788
00:36:15.686 --> 00:36:18.461
I can call him any time about any topic,

789
00:36:18.461 --> 00:36:21.382
'cause there are still spots of ignorance that I have.

790
00:36:21.382 --> 00:36:22.818
I'm having to contend with the fact

791
00:36:22.818 --> 00:36:25.101
that all I have is the media narrative of things,

792
00:36:25.101 --> 00:36:26.863
and he lived through it, he saw it,

793
00:36:26.863 --> 00:36:29.333
and he'll tell me exactly what to look up and research.

794
00:36:29.333 --> 00:36:30.878
<v ->Larry Elder was at the forefront</v>

795
00:36:30.878 --> 00:36:32.437
of being a thought leader,

796
00:36:32.437 --> 00:36:34.909
in terms of questioning prevalent narratives

797
00:36:34.909 --> 00:36:36.403
of the black community.

798
00:36:36.403 --> 00:36:38.891
Especially with regards to individual accountability.

799
00:36:38.891 --> 00:36:41.412
<v ->If you have parents who care about education,</v>

800
00:36:41.412 --> 00:36:43.068
there are books around and you're immersed in it,

801
00:36:43.068 --> 00:36:44.915
you're gonna have a better situation

802
00:36:44.915 --> 00:36:46.770
than somebody else with the same IQ

803
00:36:46.770 --> 00:36:48.820
whose parents don't have that kind of motivation,

804
00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:50.919
who don't immerse you in education.

805
00:36:50.919 --> 00:36:52.592
Environment absolutely has a role.

806
00:36:52.592 --> 00:36:55.028
<v ->He provided a huge part of my awakening.</v>

807
00:36:55.028 --> 00:36:57.324
One video of him with Dave Reuben,

808
00:36:57.324 --> 00:36:59.372
and I went, "Oh my goodness!

809
00:36:59.372 --> 00:37:00.475
"I've been so ignorant."

810
00:37:00.475 --> 00:37:01.774
<v ->You wouldn't not acknowledge</v>

811
00:37:01.774 --> 00:37:03.703
that there are some systemic issues.

812
00:37:03.703 --> 00:37:04.799
<v ->Give me an example.</v>

813
00:37:04.799 --> 00:37:07.618
Tell me what you think the most systemic, racist issue is.

814
00:37:07.618 --> 00:37:08.614
What is it?

815
00:37:08.614 --> 00:37:10.999
Well, I would say that because black people

816
00:37:10.999 --> 00:37:12.876
in most cases, in many cases,

817
00:37:12.876 --> 00:37:17.876
were descendants of slaves, that racism as an institution--

818
00:37:18.047 --> 00:37:19.264
<v ->In 2015?</v>
<v ->A certain amount if it</v>

819
00:37:19.264 --> 00:37:21.466
just exists.
<v ->In 2015?</v>

820
00:37:21.466 --> 00:37:23.239
Give me the most blatant racist example

821
00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:25.527
you can come up with right now.

822
00:37:25.527 --> 00:37:28.302
<v ->I think you could probably find evidence</v>

823
00:37:28.302 --> 00:37:31.385
that in general cops are more willing

824
00:37:33.632 --> 00:37:37.632
to shoot if the perpetrator is black than white.

825
00:37:38.607 --> 00:37:40.885
<v ->What's your basis for saying that?</v>

826
00:37:40.885 --> 00:37:42.068
<v ->Look, I know a lot of people would say,</v>

827
00:37:42.068 --> 00:37:43.244
"Look what's going on in Chicago."

828
00:37:43.244 --> 00:37:44.077
<v ->I know what they would say,</v>

829
00:37:44.077 --> 00:37:45.117
I'm talking about what the facts are.

830
00:37:45.117 --> 00:37:48.703
965 people were shot by cops last year and killed.

831
00:37:48.703 --> 00:37:51.724
4% of them were white cops shooting unarmed blacks.

832
00:37:51.724 --> 00:37:56.231
In Chicago in 2011, 21 people were shot and killed by cops.

833
00:37:56.231 --> 00:37:58.353
In 2015, there were seven.

834
00:37:58.353 --> 00:38:00.796
In Chicago, which is 1/3 black, 1/3 white

835
00:38:00.796 --> 00:38:03.156
and 1/3 Hispanic, 70% of the homicides

836
00:38:03.156 --> 00:38:04.660
are black on black.

837
00:38:04.660 --> 00:38:08.564
About 40 per month, almost 500 per year

838
00:38:08.564 --> 00:38:09.701
last year in Chicago,

839
00:38:09.701 --> 00:38:11.800
and 75% of them are unsolved.

840
00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:13.605
Where is the Black Lives Matter on that?

841
00:38:13.605 --> 00:38:16.272
The idea that a racist white cop

842
00:38:16.272 --> 00:38:19.297
shooting unarmed black people is a peril to black people

843
00:38:19.297 --> 00:38:21.916
is BS, is complete and total--

844
00:38:21.916 --> 00:38:24.934
<v ->A white guy can say all this stuff all he want.</v>

845
00:38:24.934 --> 00:38:26.645
It's facts or it's not.

846
00:38:26.645 --> 00:38:28.594
But Larry Elder did something different.

847
00:38:28.594 --> 00:38:30.984
<v ->What this lie does, it causes young, black men</v>

848
00:38:30.984 --> 00:38:32.436
to be confrontational with cops

849
00:38:32.436 --> 00:38:34.694
instead of cooperating, and it causes the cops to pull back

850
00:38:34.694 --> 00:38:36.678
for fear that they'd be called racist--

851
00:38:36.678 --> 00:38:41.131
<v ->I saw a black man that reminded me of myself</v>

852
00:38:41.131 --> 00:38:43.489
and other people I grew up with.

853
00:38:43.489 --> 00:38:47.798
And I said, he's black, he came from a similar background.

854
00:38:47.798 --> 00:38:49.376
How did he come to these conclusions?

855
00:38:49.376 --> 00:38:51.275
<v ->It's incomparable to have porous borders</v>

856
00:38:51.275 --> 00:38:52.529
and a welfare state.

857
00:38:52.529 --> 00:38:54.249
So, I think it's just common sense to say,

858
00:38:54.249 --> 00:38:57.419
if you come here, you ought not be a charge on taxpayers.

859
00:38:57.419 --> 00:38:59.096
Why is that so controversial?

860
00:38:59.096 --> 00:39:01.383
<v ->In order to be persuaded or to like someone's work,</v>

861
00:39:01.383 --> 00:39:03.141
you don't have to share a race with them.

862
00:39:03.141 --> 00:39:06.033
However, we're talking about a very important,

863
00:39:06.033 --> 00:39:08.912
fundamental shift, like a breaking of the frame.

864
00:39:08.912 --> 00:39:11.234
<v ->What's the purpose of an SAT?</v>

865
00:39:11.234 --> 00:39:13.865
The purpose of the SAT is to make sure

866
00:39:13.865 --> 00:39:16.063
the student can do the freaking work

867
00:39:16.063 --> 00:39:17.332
that's required of him or her

868
00:39:17.332 --> 00:39:19.866
once they get admitted to that given university.

869
00:39:19.866 --> 00:39:21.931
So, if you give 'em adjusted score

870
00:39:21.931 --> 00:39:24.094
because of their disadvantaged nature,

871
00:39:24.094 --> 00:39:26.142
that does not give them the ability

872
00:39:26.142 --> 00:39:28.625
to compete at the school and succeed.

873
00:39:28.625 --> 00:39:32.033
So, all you're gonna do is create more dropouts

874
00:39:32.033 --> 00:39:32.866
than we already have,

875
00:39:32.866 --> 00:39:34.362
because of race based preferences.

876
00:39:34.362 --> 00:39:36.561
<v ->You're talking about breaking a very major narrative,</v>

877
00:39:36.561 --> 00:39:38.135
shattering a glass ceiling.

878
00:39:38.135 --> 00:39:39.744
<v ->A lot of young black people are discovering me</v>

879
00:39:39.744 --> 00:39:42.200
and consider me to be something of a mentor,

880
00:39:42.200 --> 00:39:45.127 line:15%
the way I considered Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams.

881
00:39:45.127 --> 00:39:46.864 line:15%
<v ->Black people have never taken a position</v>

882
00:39:46.864 --> 00:39:48.053 line:15%
that you describe.

883
00:39:48.053 --> 00:39:50.457 line:15%
So, it is not a question of what black people chose.

884
00:39:50.457 --> 00:39:53.534 line:15%
It is what you choose to put in the mouths of black people.

885
00:39:53.534 --> 00:39:55.822 line:15%
It's what you choose to project.

886
00:39:55.822 --> 00:39:56.733
<v ->We didn't learn about these guys.</v>

887
00:39:56.733 --> 00:40:00.501
I didn't know who Thomas Sowell was until four years ago.

888
00:40:00.501 --> 00:40:04.683
<v ->The engineer is judged by the end product</v>

889
00:40:04.683 --> 00:40:06.339
which is not simply ideas.

890
00:40:06.339 --> 00:40:09.104
If he builds a building that collapses,

891
00:40:09.104 --> 00:40:12.479
it doesn't matter how brilliant his idea was,

892
00:40:12.479 --> 00:40:13.729
or he's ruined.

893
00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:17.415
Conversely, if an intellectual who's brilliant

894
00:40:17.415 --> 00:40:20.374
has an idea for rearranging society,

895
00:40:20.374 --> 00:40:22.489
and that ends in disaster, he pays no price at all.

896
00:40:22.489 --> 00:40:25.005
<v ->To hear Thomas Sowell destroy</v>

897
00:40:25.005 --> 00:40:26.472
all of this so-called data,

898
00:40:26.472 --> 00:40:29.639
that the so-called enlightened among us

899
00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:31.342
were using to try to get their way

900
00:40:31.342 --> 00:40:32.468
and to try to shape policy--

901
00:40:32.468 --> 00:40:33.881
<v ->But you would also have to agree</v>

902
00:40:33.881 --> 00:40:36.872
that generally speaking, women are paid less for example,

903
00:40:36.872 --> 00:40:38.301
for the same jobs as men.

904
00:40:38.301 --> 00:40:39.261
<v ->No, I would not.</v>

905
00:40:39.261 --> 00:40:40.332
I would not agree with that.

906
00:40:40.332 --> 00:40:41.856
You're talking about women.

907
00:40:41.856 --> 00:40:44.053
With the same number of years of experience.

908
00:40:44.053 --> 00:40:47.641
With the same continuous service, et cetera, et cetera.

909
00:40:47.641 --> 00:40:50.433
Then when I look at that, I don't find that disparity.

910
00:40:50.433 --> 00:40:52.967
I find for example, in many cases, the women are making more

911
00:40:52.967 --> 00:40:55.177
depending on how you break the data down.

912
00:40:55.177 --> 00:40:57.233
The difference with women

913
00:40:57.233 --> 00:40:59.443
is between married women and everybody else.

914
00:40:59.443 --> 00:41:03.943
<v ->If his message would have somehow penetrated through</v>

915
00:41:05.586 --> 00:41:10.267
all of the nonsense, and all of the manufactured,

916
00:41:10.267 --> 00:41:13.161
preconceived notion that I bought into

917
00:41:13.161 --> 00:41:15.165
and settled itself in my mind,

918
00:41:15.165 --> 00:41:18.104
he would've been a huge influence for me.

919
00:41:18.104 --> 00:41:23.076
<v ->Why wouldn't they teach us about Thomas Sowell in school?</v>

920
00:41:23.076 --> 00:41:24.624
<v Candace>I know Lebron James.</v>

921
00:41:24.624 --> 00:41:26.088
<v ->I know you guys are excited to see her.</v>

922
00:41:26.088 --> 00:41:27.886
I didn't know you guys would be excited to see me too,

923
00:41:27.886 --> 00:41:31.013
but thank you.
(crowd cheering)

924
00:41:31.013 --> 00:41:33.513
<v ->I know all of these rappers.</v>

925
00:41:34.571 --> 00:41:36.821
I don't know Thomas Sowell.

926
00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:40.322
I don't know about Walter Williams.

927
00:41:40.322 --> 00:41:41.526
<v ->I've always been a radical.</v>

928
00:41:41.526 --> 00:41:43.207
I've always challenged the status quo.

929
00:41:43.207 --> 00:41:44.621
<v Woman>If there's one person that you think</v>

930
00:41:44.621 --> 00:41:46.230
black America would be celebrating...

931
00:41:46.230 --> 00:41:48.115
<v ->I supported things like minimum wage laws</v>

932
00:41:48.115 --> 00:41:50.215
'cause I thought it was a good idea.

933
00:41:50.215 --> 00:41:51.837
Until I ran into some professor, he said,

934
00:41:51.837 --> 00:41:54.572
"Well, look Walter, let's look at the effects

935
00:41:54.572 --> 00:41:55.423
"of the minimum wage law,

936
00:41:55.423 --> 00:41:57.059
"as opposed to looking at the intentions."

937
00:41:57.059 --> 00:42:00.797
They gave me material to read and then I changed my mind.

938
00:42:00.797 --> 00:42:03.964
<v ->It's like havin' a very successful family</v>

939
00:42:03.964 --> 00:42:06.827
that you never knew you had.

940
00:42:06.827 --> 00:42:08.956
Until your grandfather dies

941
00:42:08.956 --> 00:42:11.670
and y'all meet at the funeral.

942
00:42:11.670 --> 00:42:15.440
While I was hangin' out with my cousin smokin' weed,

943
00:42:15.440 --> 00:42:19.410
we got people in our family that have gone to Harvard.

944
00:42:19.410 --> 00:42:22.725
We have people in our family that own businesses.

945
00:42:22.725 --> 00:42:24.225
Highly successful.

946
00:42:26.301 --> 00:42:29.211
Why have you hidden this from me?

947
00:42:29.211 --> 00:42:31.977
<v ->It's unfortunate but history is written by academics,</v>

948
00:42:31.977 --> 00:42:35.109
and academia is a tool of the left.

949
00:42:35.109 --> 00:42:38.023
<v ->If you find a very educated black American,</v>

950
00:42:38.023 --> 00:42:40.945
somebody who got a 4.0 at a public high school,

951
00:42:40.945 --> 00:42:43.432
they're actively learning their history wrong.

952
00:42:43.432 --> 00:42:46.748
That's a part of the uphill battle that we have.

953
00:42:46.748 --> 00:42:51.581
Is that if you are educated, you're actually mis-educated.

954
00:42:55.055 --> 00:42:57.783
<v ->When I was growing up, my mom was a Democrat,</v>

955
00:42:57.783 --> 00:42:59.411
remained a Democrat her entire life.

956
00:42:59.411 --> 00:43:00.922
My dad was a Republican,

957
00:43:00.922 --> 00:43:02.710
remained a Republican his entire life.

958
00:43:02.710 --> 00:43:04.621
By the way, most blacks were Republican

959
00:43:04.621 --> 00:43:06.270
until the New Deal.

960
00:43:06.270 --> 00:43:08.270
My dad was born in 1915,

961
00:43:09.375 --> 00:43:12.639
and my dad like most people his age was a Republican.

962
00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:13.472
He never changed.

963
00:43:13.472 --> 00:43:15.337
My mom became a democrat in large part

964
00:43:15.337 --> 00:43:16.543
because of Franklin Roosevelt.

965
00:43:16.543 --> 00:43:19.679
<v ->To 30 millions of our citizens,</v>

966
00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:21.612
who will reap direct benefits

967
00:43:21.612 --> 00:43:24.082
through unemployment compensation.

968
00:43:24.082 --> 00:43:25.114
<v Larry>Most blacks were Republican</v>

969
00:43:25.114 --> 00:43:27.504
to the extent that they could vote before the New Deal.

970
00:43:27.504 --> 00:43:28.495
And when the New Deal came,

971
00:43:28.495 --> 00:43:31.161
a number of blacks switched over to the New Deal.

972
00:43:31.161 --> 00:43:32.206
That switch has continued.

973
00:43:32.206 --> 00:43:34.521
<v Announcer>Only a few months before his tragic death,</v>

974
00:43:34.521 --> 00:43:37.315
President Kennedy called on the American Congress

975
00:43:37.315 --> 00:43:39.882
to pass the most far reaching Civil Rights bill

976
00:43:39.882 --> 00:43:41.883
in the nation's history.

977
00:43:41.883 --> 00:43:44.157
<v ->To protect the constitutional rights of all citizens.</v>

978
00:43:44.157 --> 00:43:46.547
(audience applauding)

979
00:43:46.547 --> 00:43:49.943
<v ->The shift came with the presidential election</v>

980
00:43:49.943 --> 00:43:53.356
between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy.

981
00:43:53.356 --> 00:43:56.134
Martin Luther King Jr. had been imprisoned,

982
00:43:56.134 --> 00:44:00.349
and both sides asked their respective presidential candidate

983
00:44:00.349 --> 00:44:03.741
to give a courtesy call to Coretta Scott King

984
00:44:03.741 --> 00:44:05.903
and offer their condolences and their support

985
00:44:05.903 --> 00:44:07.403
and what have you.

986
00:44:08.732 --> 00:44:12.419
The rumor got out that John F. Kennedy did.

987
00:44:12.419 --> 00:44:13.905
And so, the next thing you know,

988
00:44:13.905 --> 00:44:15.530
and every house down south,

989
00:44:15.530 --> 00:44:18.551
and I can say this from my own eyeballs.

990
00:44:18.551 --> 00:44:21.444
There were three pictures that hung in the living room

991
00:44:21.444 --> 00:44:23.966
of any black home down south.

992
00:44:23.966 --> 00:44:26.517
It was Jesus Christ, Martin Luther King Jr.

993
00:44:26.517 --> 00:44:28.744
and John F. Kennedy.

994
00:44:28.744 --> 00:44:31.931
<v Larry>John Kennedy promoted a dramatic tax cut.</v>

995
00:44:31.931 --> 00:44:34.317
He was a coal warrior, he was a hunter,

996
00:44:34.317 --> 00:44:36.334
he believed in the Second Amendment.

997
00:44:36.334 --> 00:44:38.481
John Kennedy's collection of views right now

998
00:44:38.481 --> 00:44:39.714
would make him a Republican.

999
00:44:39.714 --> 00:44:43.807
He would not be welcome within the Democratic party.

1000
00:44:43.807 --> 00:44:46.474
<v ->No memorial, oration or eulogy</v>

1001
00:44:47.823 --> 00:44:52.555
could more eloquently honor President Kennedy's memory

1002
00:44:52.555 --> 00:44:55.642
than the earliest possible passage

1003
00:44:55.642 --> 00:44:57.919
of the Civil Rights bill for which he fought so long.

1004
00:44:57.919 --> 00:44:59.069
(audience applauding)

1005
00:44:59.069 --> 00:45:01.543
<v ->It goes back to the mid-1960s</v>

1006
00:45:01.543 --> 00:45:05.710
as to why blacks believe they should be Democrats.

1007
00:45:08.253 --> 00:45:11.336
In 1964, the Civil Rights Act passed.

1008
00:45:13.882 --> 00:45:16.690
Lyndon Johnson signed it.

1009
00:45:16.690 --> 00:45:19.607
1965, the Voting Rights Act passed.

1010
00:45:20.540 --> 00:45:22.960
Lyndon Johnson signed it.

1011
00:45:22.960 --> 00:45:27.960
So, he got credit for those two major pieces of legislation.

1012
00:45:30.394 --> 00:45:33.138
But here's what they don't tell you.

1013
00:45:33.138 --> 00:45:36.713
There was a larger percentage of Republicans in Congress,

1014
00:45:36.713 --> 00:45:39.710
in both instances that voted for it

1015
00:45:39.710 --> 00:45:42.829
than the percentage of Democrats that voted for it.

1016
00:45:42.829 --> 00:45:45.994
<v ->Who enabled the Civil Rights legislation in '64 to pass</v>

1017
00:45:45.994 --> 00:45:48.956
was Senate Republicans, led by Everett Dirksen.

1018
00:45:48.956 --> 00:45:51.085
<v ->Everett Dirksen got an award from the NAACP</v>

1019
00:45:51.085 --> 00:45:53.278
for helping to shepherd the act into fruition.

1020
00:45:53.278 --> 00:45:54.480
Most blacks are unaware of that.

1021
00:45:54.480 --> 00:45:57.306
I didn't study that kind of stuff when I was in history.

1022
00:45:57.306 --> 00:46:00.266
<v ->President Johnson was able to get</v>

1023
00:46:00.266 --> 00:46:02.963
the Civil Rights bill passed,

1024
00:46:02.963 --> 00:46:04.805
and it was perceived that it was an effort

1025
00:46:04.805 --> 00:46:07.370
on the part of the Democrats.

1026
00:46:07.370 --> 00:46:11.076
And so that's a perception and a narrative

1027
00:46:11.076 --> 00:46:14.404
that has been created, that caused the community

1028
00:46:14.404 --> 00:46:17.571
to connect that event, momentous event

1029
00:46:20.017 --> 00:46:21.822
to the Democratic party.

1030
00:46:21.822 --> 00:46:24.015
And they have been using that idea

1031
00:46:24.015 --> 00:46:26.848
to effectively create a perception

1032
00:46:27.964 --> 00:46:30.824
that the best friend to the black community

1033
00:46:30.824 --> 00:46:35.241
is the Democratic party, which is far from the truth.

1034
00:46:36.546 --> 00:46:37.962
<v ->Black people have been taught</v>

1035
00:46:37.962 --> 00:46:40.511
that the Democratic party wears the white hat

1036
00:46:40.511 --> 00:46:43.154
when it comes to Civil Rights and racial justice,

1037
00:46:43.154 --> 00:46:45.756
and Republicans have been described

1038
00:46:45.756 --> 00:46:47.222
as wearing the black hat.

1039
00:46:47.222 --> 00:46:52.222
<v ->If resistance to the Federal Court order ceases at once,</v>

1040
00:46:52.275 --> 00:46:56.222
the further presence of Federal troops will be unnecessary.

1041
00:46:56.222 --> 00:46:57.398
And the city of Little Rock

1042
00:46:57.398 --> 00:47:01.136
will return to its normal habits of peace and order.

1043
00:47:01.136 --> 00:47:02.812
And a blot upon the fair name

1044
00:47:02.812 --> 00:47:05.616
and high honor of our nation in the world

1045
00:47:05.616 --> 00:47:07.002
will be removed.

1046
00:47:07.002 --> 00:47:09.550
<v Man>Dwight Eisenhower was responsible</v>

1047
00:47:09.550 --> 00:47:13.693
for bringing the civil rights issues to the forefront.

1048
00:47:13.693 --> 00:47:17.193
<v Martin>I have a dream, that one day...</v>

1049
00:47:18.100 --> 00:47:22.490
<v ->It was a movement that was challenging America</v>

1050
00:47:22.490 --> 00:47:24.240
to embrace its ideas.

1051
00:47:25.998 --> 00:47:27.424
Those ideas that were found

1052
00:47:27.424 --> 00:47:29.502
in the Declaration of Independence,

1053
00:47:29.502 --> 00:47:31.972
that all men are created equal.

1054
00:47:31.972 --> 00:47:35.172
To hold our society, America,

1055
00:47:35.172 --> 00:47:38.359
to the principles that were found in the constitution.

1056
00:47:38.359 --> 00:47:40.245
And those constitutional principles

1057
00:47:40.245 --> 00:47:42.307
that protect our liberties,

1058
00:47:42.307 --> 00:47:45.660
and protect our individual rights,

1059
00:47:45.660 --> 00:47:48.047
is what that civil rights movement was all about.

1060
00:47:48.047 --> 00:47:51.864
<v ->There must be a revolution of values in our country.</v>

1061
00:47:51.864 --> 00:47:55.330
Because some of the values that presently exist

1062
00:47:55.330 --> 00:47:58.747
are certainly out of line with the values

1063
00:47:59.956 --> 00:48:02.558
and the idealistic structure

1064
00:48:02.558 --> 00:48:05.096
that brought our nation into being.

1065
00:48:05.096 --> 00:48:07.726
Unfortunately, we haven't been true to these ideals.

1066
00:48:07.726 --> 00:48:10.132
<v Man>It was signed under the hope</v>

1067
00:48:10.132 --> 00:48:11.613
that that piece of legislation

1068
00:48:11.613 --> 00:48:13.695
would open up opportunities for the blacks.

1069
00:48:13.695 --> 00:48:18.290
To have equal access, to have first class citizenship,

1070
00:48:18.290 --> 00:48:20.370
have better economic opportunities.

1071
00:48:20.370 --> 00:48:25.093
That was the dream that Dr. Martin Luther King talked about.

1072
00:48:25.093 --> 00:48:27.843
(crowd cheering)

1073
00:48:29.548 --> 00:48:32.292
<v Larry>Al Gore's father, Al Gore Sr.,</v>

1074
00:48:32.292 --> 00:48:34.542
worked with other Democrats

1075
00:48:36.422 --> 00:48:38.531
to mount what was at the time,

1076
00:48:38.531 --> 00:48:43.325
the longest filibuster in the history of the Senate.

1077
00:48:43.325 --> 00:48:46.107
To prevent the bill from ever getting onto the floor

1078
00:48:46.107 --> 00:48:47.024
for a vote.

1079
00:48:48.818 --> 00:48:52.117
Al Gore's dad by the way died a Democrat.

1080
00:48:52.117 --> 00:48:56.699
He didn't make a big switch to join the racist Republicans.

1081
00:48:56.699 --> 00:49:00.178
<v ->Whenever I began to read the Republican party platform,</v>

1082
00:49:00.178 --> 00:49:03.072
I didn't find one thing in there

1083
00:49:03.072 --> 00:49:06.322
that I felt as a black man targeted me.

1084
00:49:07.542 --> 00:49:10.211
I began to wonder, well, if I can't find anything

1085
00:49:10.211 --> 00:49:11.578
in their platform, maybe I can find something

1086
00:49:11.578 --> 00:49:13.862
in the Republican party's past

1087
00:49:13.862 --> 00:49:16.597
that gives me an example of how they targeted me

1088
00:49:16.597 --> 00:49:17.847
as a black man.

1089
00:49:19.575 --> 00:49:23.748
And I started with Abraham Lincoln, who was a Republican.

1090
00:49:23.748 --> 00:49:27.327
You can argue, he signed the Emancipation Proclamation

1091
00:49:27.327 --> 00:49:30.720
as a war strategy, and you could argue that.

1092
00:49:30.720 --> 00:49:32.100
But at the end of the day,

1093
00:49:32.100 --> 00:49:34.476
the fact of the matter is that it was a Republican

1094
00:49:34.476 --> 00:49:37.660
who signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

1095
00:49:37.660 --> 00:49:41.952
And then if you fast forward to women suffrage,

1096
00:49:41.952 --> 00:49:46.035
it was a Republican Chief Justice in William Taft

1097
00:49:47.098 --> 00:49:49.585
that struck down laws that made it illegal

1098
00:49:49.585 --> 00:49:51.085
for women to vote.

1099
00:49:54.448 --> 00:49:56.448
If you look at Jim Crow.

1100
00:49:58.774 --> 00:50:02.461
It was Republican votes in the Senate and in the House

1101
00:50:02.461 --> 00:50:05.631
that was able to rid this country of Jim Crow.

1102
00:50:05.631 --> 00:50:08.298
(ominous music)

1103
00:50:12.258 --> 00:50:16.076
<v ->When we look at the history of entities like the KKK,</v>

1104
00:50:16.076 --> 00:50:18.355
it was specifically intended

1105
00:50:18.355 --> 00:50:21.358
to suppress the African-Americans

1106
00:50:21.358 --> 00:50:24.413
and keep them from voting for Republicans specifically.

1107
00:50:24.413 --> 00:50:28.330
That was always what the KKK was founded to do.

1108
00:50:30.058 --> 00:50:32.853
<v ->A lot of black people were voting for Democrats</v>

1109
00:50:32.853 --> 00:50:34.687
because they were being forced to.

1110
00:50:34.687 --> 00:50:36.526
If you don't vote for Democrats,

1111
00:50:36.526 --> 00:50:38.600
the Ku Klux Klan are gonna come

1112
00:50:38.600 --> 00:50:41.494
and lynch your eldest son.

1113
00:50:41.494 --> 00:50:44.225
And so, you fast forward to today,

1114
00:50:44.225 --> 00:50:45.577
the message is still the same.

1115
00:50:45.577 --> 00:50:47.054
If you don't vote for Democrats,

1116
00:50:47.054 --> 00:50:48.321
the Republicans are gonna come.

1117
00:50:48.321 --> 00:50:50.128
<v ->They can turn back voting rights.</v>

1118
00:50:50.128 --> 00:50:53.347
They can turn back many of the things

1119
00:50:53.347 --> 00:50:55.992
that people suffered and died for.

1120
00:50:55.992 --> 00:50:59.602
Didn't nobody donate to us the right to vote.

1121
00:50:59.602 --> 00:51:01.451
<v ->It's the same Democratic party.</v>

1122
00:51:01.451 --> 00:51:04.120
It's just, they learned to play the game better.

1123
00:51:04.120 --> 00:51:05.956
<v ->We in the same ship.</v>

1124
00:51:05.956 --> 00:51:08.429
It's the same suit just worned over.

1125
00:51:08.429 --> 00:51:09.667
It ain't nothing change.

1126
00:51:09.667 --> 00:51:11.425
The same party is doing the same thing

1127
00:51:11.425 --> 00:51:13.081
they always been doing.

1128
00:51:13.081 --> 00:51:16.052
Party of division, the party of power.

1129
00:51:16.052 --> 00:51:17.723
<v ->If you're a minority, you're smart,</v>

1130
00:51:17.723 --> 00:51:19.769
you can believe what you wanna believe,

1131
00:51:19.769 --> 00:51:21.005
support what you wanna support,

1132
00:51:21.005 --> 00:51:22.685
you are free to do these things.

1133
00:51:22.685 --> 00:51:24.840
We don't have to support one person.

1134
00:51:24.840 --> 00:51:28.343
You don't have to drink at this one water fountain.

1135
00:51:28.343 --> 00:51:29.525
We are free to make choices.

1136
00:51:29.525 --> 00:51:31.719
It's like, okay, that's great.

1137
00:51:31.719 --> 00:51:34.277
I choose to be a Republican, and when whoa!

1138
00:51:34.277 --> 00:51:35.578
Everybody stop.

1139
00:51:35.578 --> 00:51:38.161
(somber music)

1140
00:51:39.377 --> 00:51:42.855
<v ->He is encouraging a generation of foolish, young people.</v>

1141
00:51:42.855 --> 00:51:45.683
These are lost, disturbed, self-loathing people.

1142
00:51:45.683 --> 00:51:49.498
<v ->Notice that all of those youngsters had caps on.</v>

1143
00:51:49.498 --> 00:51:52.783
It was almost like, we're gonna dress you for the photo.

1144
00:51:52.783 --> 00:51:55.449
<v ->It's gone like from physical restrictions,</v>

1145
00:51:55.449 --> 00:51:58.001
but now, in the 21st century

1146
00:51:58.001 --> 00:52:00.083
as we're reaching the information age,

1147
00:52:00.083 --> 00:52:02.455
it's a become a sort of metaphysical restriction

1148
00:52:02.455 --> 00:52:04.520
as to what a minority can and can't do.

1149
00:52:04.520 --> 00:52:05.903
Minorities shouldn't think this way.

1150
00:52:05.903 --> 00:52:08.027
Minorities shouldn't support these people.

1151
00:52:08.027 --> 00:52:10.011
Minorities shouldn't believe these things.

1152
00:52:10.011 --> 00:52:11.914
<v ->Black conservatives today,</v>

1153
00:52:11.914 --> 00:52:14.009
or anybody that has a black conservative message,

1154
00:52:14.009 --> 00:52:16.010
we are the people that are escaping the plantation.

1155
00:52:16.010 --> 00:52:18.481
<v ->The liberal will try to control a black person</v>

1156
00:52:18.481 --> 00:52:19.927
through the concept of racism,

1157
00:52:19.927 --> 00:52:22.556
because they know that we are very proud, emotional people.

1158
00:52:22.556 --> 00:52:24.822
<v ->What was your reaction when black slaves</v>

1159
00:52:24.822 --> 00:52:26.465
escaped the plantation?

1160
00:52:26.465 --> 00:52:27.489
It was swift.

1161
00:52:27.489 --> 00:52:30.190
<v ->What I saw was a minstrel show today.</v>

1162
00:52:30.190 --> 00:52:31.926
Him in front of all of these white people

1163
00:52:31.926 --> 00:52:33.176
embarrassing himself.

1164
00:52:33.176 --> 00:52:35.292
<v ->When minorities don't support</v>

1165
00:52:35.292 --> 00:52:38.087
the agenda of the Democrats or the left,

1166
00:52:38.087 --> 00:52:41.087
all of a sudden, the restrictions they put on years ago

1167
00:52:41.087 --> 00:52:42.183
in a physical realm,

1168
00:52:42.183 --> 00:52:44.137
they're now doing in a metaphysical realm.

1169
00:52:44.137 --> 00:52:45.594 line:15%
<v ->But are we 100% convinced?</v>

1170
00:52:45.594 --> 00:52:49.059 line:15%
Are we back on the Kanye is not sick and off his meds?

1171
00:52:49.059 --> 00:52:53.449
<v ->He really has a problem pumping the break here</v>

1172
00:52:53.449 --> 00:52:54.797
mentally and emotionally.

1173
00:52:54.797 --> 00:52:57.349
<v ->Maybe he was missing his medication.</v>

1174
00:52:57.349 --> 00:52:59.512
<v ->Though makes clear that he has struggled</v>

1175
00:52:59.512 --> 00:53:03.035
and admitted diagnoses for personal mental health issues.

1176
00:53:03.035 --> 00:53:07.019 line:15%
<v ->Anybody who threatens their 95% monolithic black vote</v>

1177
00:53:07.019 --> 00:53:08.354
is an enemy.

1178
00:53:08.354 --> 00:53:10.287
They've gotta be dealt with, they've gotta be put down.

1179
00:53:10.287 --> 00:53:11.681
<v ->Another stunning act of terror--</v>

1180
00:53:11.681 --> 00:53:13.889
<v ->A mass shooting at two mosques in New Zealand.</v>

1181
00:53:13.889 --> 00:53:16.599
<v ->He claims to have been radicalized by Candace Owens.</v>

1182
00:53:16.599 --> 00:53:18.553
<v ->Saying that she was an inspiration to him.</v>

1183
00:53:18.553 --> 00:53:20.695
She has responded sarcastically.

1184
00:53:20.695 --> 00:53:22.307
Few events I have not been blamed for.

1185
00:53:22.307 --> 00:53:23.942
Brazilian mining dam collapse.

1186
00:53:23.942 --> 00:53:26.028
Chinese air smog.

1187
00:53:26.028 --> 00:53:28.042
Tenerife air crash, 1973.

1188
00:53:28.042 --> 00:53:30.469
She's not taking this at all seriously.

1189
00:53:30.469 --> 00:53:31.506 line:15%
<v ->What do you think the press is doing</v>

1190
00:53:31.506 --> 00:53:33.786 line:15%
when you try to smear someone as having a mental disorder

1191
00:53:33.786 --> 00:53:34.997
and when you say that someone

1192
00:53:34.997 --> 00:53:36.640
is inspiring a mosque shooting.

1193
00:53:36.640 --> 00:53:38.311
Or you're trying to make it so that my career

1194
00:53:38.311 --> 00:53:39.398
is effectively cut off.

1195
00:53:39.398 --> 00:53:41.303
You're trying to make it so that nobody talks to me,

1196
00:53:41.303 --> 00:53:43.450
so that I'm considered sort of this reject.

1197
00:53:43.450 --> 00:53:46.066
<v ->I just have to say that I object strenuously</v>

1198
00:53:46.066 --> 00:53:49.004
to your use of the word hilarious.

1199
00:53:49.004 --> 00:53:51.265
To me, this feels a lot like your reaction

1200
00:53:51.265 --> 00:53:54.170
to being named on one of these manifestos.

1201
00:53:54.170 --> 00:53:56.891
Now, you're of course not responsible

1202
00:53:56.891 --> 00:53:59.964
for the words of somebody writing that document.

1203
00:53:59.964 --> 00:54:03.991
But I do think that laughing at it is a real problem,

1204
00:54:03.991 --> 00:54:05.540
because these are real families

1205
00:54:05.540 --> 00:54:07.262
that are impacted by this violence.

1206
00:54:07.262 --> 00:54:10.024
<v ->I'm a black female who came from poverty.</v>

1207
00:54:10.024 --> 00:54:12.021
I should be at the top of the progressive stack.

1208
00:54:12.021 --> 00:54:13.438
I should be receiving awards.

1209
00:54:13.438 --> 00:54:15.422
They should be calling me, inviting me on the red carpet

1210
00:54:15.422 --> 00:54:17.082
to share my story, but they're not.

1211
00:54:17.082 --> 00:54:17.915
Why?

1212
00:54:17.915 --> 00:54:19.987
Because I'm not saying what they want me to say.

1213
00:54:19.987 --> 00:54:23.140
You would rather assign meaning to a homicidal maniac

1214
00:54:23.140 --> 00:54:26.648
than to actually address the things that I said today

1215
00:54:26.648 --> 00:54:28.698
that are actually harming black America.

1216
00:54:28.698 --> 00:54:30.586
Number one, father absence.

1217
00:54:30.586 --> 00:54:32.762
Number two, the education system

1218
00:54:32.762 --> 00:54:33.726
and the illiteracy rate.

1219
00:54:33.726 --> 00:54:36.584
Allele immigration ranks high, abortion ranks high,

1220
00:54:36.584 --> 00:54:38.644
white supremacy and white nationalism,

1221
00:54:38.644 --> 00:54:41.102
if I had to make a list again of 100 things,

1222
00:54:41.102 --> 00:54:42.969
would not be on it.

1223
00:54:42.969 --> 00:54:45.655
This hearing in my opinion is a farce,

1224
00:54:45.655 --> 00:54:47.342
and it is ironic that you're sitting here

1225
00:54:47.342 --> 00:54:49.765
and you're having three Caucasian people testify,

1226
00:54:49.765 --> 00:54:51.404
and tell you what their expertise are.

1227
00:54:51.404 --> 00:54:52.722
Do I know what my expertise are?

1228
00:54:52.722 --> 00:54:53.942
Black in America.

1229
00:54:53.942 --> 00:54:55.662
I've been black in America my whole life.

1230
00:54:55.662 --> 00:54:57.566
All 30 years, and I can tell you,

1231
00:54:57.566 --> 00:54:59.455
that you guys have done the exact same thing

1232
00:54:59.455 --> 00:55:01.644
every four years ahead of an election cycle

1233
00:55:01.644 --> 00:55:03.077
and it needs to stop.

1234
00:55:03.077 --> 00:55:05.877
<v ->I think probably the most hated</v>

1235
00:55:05.877 --> 00:55:09.094
political person in America, is a black conservative.

1236
00:55:09.094 --> 00:55:12.879
And that's because we refute the entire philosophy

1237
00:55:12.879 --> 00:55:15.523
of the Democratic party.

1238
00:55:15.523 --> 00:55:18.190
(ominous music)

1239
00:55:22.672 --> 00:55:24.059
<v Man>I think the fact that a black person</v>

1240
00:55:24.059 --> 00:55:26.729
can start in government housing,

1241
00:55:26.729 --> 00:55:29.408
and go on to be one of the most successful brain surgeons

1242
00:55:29.408 --> 00:55:30.575
ever to exist,

1243
00:55:32.059 --> 00:55:33.816
that's somebody you should emulate.

1244
00:55:33.816 --> 00:55:36.751
That's someone you should idolize.

1245
00:55:36.751 --> 00:55:39.009
That's someone you should put on a pedestal.

1246
00:55:39.009 --> 00:55:42.538
<v ->Came from nothing, became a neurosurgeon,</v>

1247
00:55:42.538 --> 00:55:44.065
one of the greatest men in the world.

1248
00:55:44.065 --> 00:55:48.732
Some of things he done, nobody's ever done in the world.

1249
00:55:49.885 --> 00:55:52.876
<v ->He was the first person to perform surgery</v>

1250
00:55:52.876 --> 00:55:55.543
on conjoined twins at the brain.

1251
00:55:56.387 --> 00:55:57.557
No one wanted to do that.

1252
00:55:57.557 --> 00:55:59.280
And he did that as a black man.

1253
00:55:59.280 --> 00:56:02.728
<v ->I don't think myself as a surgeon,</v>

1254
00:56:02.728 --> 00:56:06.518
just a guy people pay to stab their brain

1255
00:56:06.518 --> 00:56:07.981
(audience laughing)

1256
00:56:07.981 --> 00:56:09.654
until they're healthy.

1257
00:56:09.654 --> 00:56:10.955
(audience laughing)

1258
00:56:10.955 --> 00:56:13.293
<v ->A quick back story on Dr. Ben for those who don't know.</v>

1259
00:56:13.293 --> 00:56:14.744
He's a former brain surgeon

1260
00:56:14.744 --> 00:56:16.306
and Republican presidential candidate,

1261
00:56:16.306 --> 00:56:18.354
who our celebrity in chief, Donald J. Trump,

1262
00:56:18.354 --> 00:56:21.517
nominated as his HUD secretary in 2017,

1263
00:56:21.517 --> 00:56:24.584
despite him having zero relevant experience.

1264
00:56:24.584 --> 00:56:26.947
<v ->Ben Carson is a very intelligent person.</v>

1265
00:56:26.947 --> 00:56:30.963
To ignore that and say like, oh well, he's a doctor.

1266
00:56:30.963 --> 00:56:32.681
He has no business in government.

1267
00:56:32.681 --> 00:56:33.573
Really?

1268
00:56:33.573 --> 00:56:35.264
So we can't even have people

1269
00:56:35.264 --> 00:56:36.663
who are smart enough to be doctors

1270
00:56:36.663 --> 00:56:37.721
in the government now?

1271
00:56:37.721 --> 00:56:39.133
Like, who do you want to be in the government then?

1272
00:56:39.133 --> 00:56:40.416
<v ->Just because Dr. Ben Carson</v>

1273
00:56:40.416 --> 00:56:41.880
is a well educated neurosurgeon,

1274
00:56:41.880 --> 00:56:43.309
who doesn't speak fluent nigger

1275
00:56:43.309 --> 00:56:45.176
doesn't mean he's acting white.

1276
00:56:45.176 --> 00:56:46.909
So, I don't agree with calling people Oreos

1277
00:56:46.909 --> 00:56:50.211
but I can see why you would call Dr. Ben Carson one.

1278
00:56:50.211 --> 00:56:52.498
<v ->Ben Carson, do you pass the black test?</v>

1279
00:56:52.498 --> 00:56:56.837
<v ->You know, I grew up in Detroit and I grew up in Boston.</v>

1280
00:56:56.837 --> 00:57:00.464
In Boston, we lived in the ghetto.

1281
00:57:00.464 --> 00:57:03.972
(audience laughing)

1282
00:57:03.972 --> 00:57:06.293
<v ->Excuse me, you grew up in a what?</v>

1283
00:57:06.293 --> 00:57:07.126
A ghetto?

1284
00:57:08.542 --> 00:57:10.018
A ghetto?

1285
00:57:10.018 --> 00:57:12.766
That sounds like a French person saying cat in Spanish.

1286
00:57:12.766 --> 00:57:14.148
What is that?

1287
00:57:14.148 --> 00:57:17.070
What kind of black person says, "Ghetto."

1288
00:57:17.070 --> 00:57:19.771
Mother (bleep) I'm straight outta Compton.

1289
00:57:19.771 --> 00:57:23.539
<v ->This kind of crap goes on all the time.</v>

1290
00:57:23.539 --> 00:57:26.679
They're trying to say he is not black enough.

1291
00:57:26.679 --> 00:57:30.110
<v ->I was at a Popeyes organization,</v>

1292
00:57:30.110 --> 00:57:32.777
and then I deposited basketballs

1293
00:57:33.668 --> 00:57:36.168
at the urban athletic complex.

1294
00:57:37.082 --> 00:57:40.184
Thereafter, I rounded out the night

1295
00:57:40.184 --> 00:57:41.925
by making it precipitate

1296
00:57:41.925 --> 00:57:43.956
at a ladies clothing removal facility.

1297
00:57:43.956 --> 00:57:46.176
(audience laughing)

1298
00:57:46.176 --> 00:57:47.168
<v ->We wanna shun him.</v>

1299
00:57:47.168 --> 00:57:49.348
He's a sellout, he's a coon.

1300
00:57:49.348 --> 00:57:51.311
We wanna remove his name off of schools.

1301
00:57:51.311 --> 00:57:52.987
<v ->The Detroit school board now considering</v>

1302
00:57:52.987 --> 00:57:55.607
stripping the name of HUD secretary Dr. Ben Carson

1303
00:57:55.607 --> 00:57:59.652
off of a local school, over his ties, yes, to the president.

1304
00:57:59.652 --> 00:58:01.000
<v Larry>I've cringed when I've seen the way</v>

1305
00:58:01.000 --> 00:58:03.108
people like Ben Carson get treated by the media.

1306
00:58:03.108 --> 00:58:06.116
For example, when Carson first became HUD secretary,

1307
00:58:06.116 --> 00:58:09.435
he gave a speech where he likened slaves to immigrants.

1308
00:58:09.435 --> 00:58:11.172
<v ->A land of dreams and opportunity.</v>

1309
00:58:11.172 --> 00:58:12.781
There were other immigrants who came here

1310
00:58:12.781 --> 00:58:14.069
in the bottom of slave ships,

1311
00:58:14.069 --> 00:58:17.486
worked even longer, even harder for less.

1312
00:58:18.585 --> 00:58:20.132
But they too had a dream.

1313
00:58:20.132 --> 00:58:22.585
<v Larry>And he got fried, especially in the black media.</v>

1314
00:58:22.585 --> 00:58:25.820
<v ->Like we actually came here on our own accord.</v>

1315
00:58:25.820 --> 00:58:27.006
<v ->Shackled.</v>

1316
00:58:27.006 --> 00:58:28.204
Beat.

1317
00:58:28.204 --> 00:58:30.561
Shot, killed, on our way here to find a better life.

1318
00:58:30.561 --> 00:58:32.596
<v ->How does he miss that no slave</v>

1319
00:58:32.596 --> 00:58:34.989
came to this country willingly?

1320
00:58:34.989 --> 00:58:37.797
<v ->This is one of the most atrocious acts</v>

1321
00:58:37.797 --> 00:58:41.160
of historical revisionism that one might imagine.

1322
00:58:41.160 --> 00:58:44.743
<v ->It wasn't always easy for new immigrants.</v>

1323
00:58:46.446 --> 00:58:49.612
Certainly it wasn't easy for those of African heritage

1324
00:58:49.612 --> 00:58:52.932
who had not come here voluntarily,

1325
00:58:52.932 --> 00:58:57.265
and yet in their own way were immigrants themselves.

1326
00:58:58.909 --> 00:59:02.310
<v Larry>Obama said the very same thing at least 11 times.</v>

1327
00:59:02.310 --> 00:59:04.060
Nobody said anything.

1328
00:59:06.565 --> 00:59:09.281
The left claims it advocates for black people,

1329
00:59:09.281 --> 00:59:11.728
but they really advocate for left wing black people.

1330
00:59:11.728 --> 00:59:16.689
<v ->Reagan won Pennsylvania by the margin of despair.</v>

1331
00:59:16.689 --> 00:59:19.484
By the margins of fracture of our coalition.

1332
00:59:19.484 --> 00:59:21.094
Your time has come.

1333
00:59:21.094 --> 00:59:24.917
Pick up your slingshot, pick up your rock.

1334
00:59:24.917 --> 00:59:27.084
Declare our time has come.

1335
00:59:29.025 --> 00:59:31.594
<v Jesse>When I became old enough to vote,</v>

1336
00:59:31.594 --> 00:59:33.075
I registered as a Democrat,

1337
00:59:33.075 --> 00:59:36.326
because that's what the black people did.

1338
00:59:36.326 --> 00:59:39.740
I suffer for it because I started to believe

1339
00:59:39.740 --> 00:59:43.317
what the Democratic party was saying.

1340
00:59:43.317 --> 00:59:45.484
I believed into their lie.

1341
00:59:48.690 --> 00:59:51.411
Louis Farrakhan would come out here to LA

1342
00:59:51.411 --> 00:59:53.407
and he would give talks at The Forum,

1343
00:59:53.407 --> 00:59:56.138
and he talked about how bad the old blue-eyed devil was.

1344
00:59:56.138 --> 00:59:59.555
<v ->We and white people are mortal enemies.</v>

1345
01:00:02.278 --> 01:00:04.752
They were not made to be our friends.

1346
01:00:04.752 --> 01:00:06.978
They were made to be our enemies,

1347
01:00:06.978 --> 01:00:11.075
and they are that, and they can't be nothing but that.

1348
01:00:11.075 --> 01:00:12.833
They're locked into that.

1349
01:00:12.833 --> 01:00:15.753
There ain't no redemption for them.

1350
01:00:15.753 --> 01:00:20.159
<v ->That is why I challenge you now to stand together.</v>

1351
01:00:20.159 --> 01:00:21.747
<v Jesse>I would listen to Jesse Jackson.</v>

1352
01:00:21.747 --> 01:00:23.997
<v ->Raise your fists together</v>

1353
01:00:25.770 --> 01:00:29.520
and engage in our national black listening...

1354
01:00:31.213 --> 01:00:32.579
<v ->I would listen to them, and they would say</v>

1355
01:00:32.579 --> 01:00:34.539
and it's all white people fault.

1356
01:00:34.539 --> 01:00:35.782
And so, I started to believe

1357
01:00:35.782 --> 01:00:39.080
because nobody else was opposing what they were saying.

1358
01:00:39.080 --> 01:00:40.202
And for the first time in my life,

1359
01:00:40.202 --> 01:00:43.190
I started to resent white people.

1360
01:00:43.190 --> 01:00:44.541
I suffered for it.

1361
01:00:44.541 --> 01:00:48.208
I finally got over it but I suffered for it.

1362
01:00:50.101 --> 01:00:54.487
When I turned 30-something, I started asking questions like,

1363
01:00:54.487 --> 01:00:58.730
if the white man is holding me back because I'm black,

1364
01:00:58.730 --> 01:01:00.813
why is it that they're not holding Jesse Jackson

1365
01:01:00.813 --> 01:01:04.714
and his family back, the so-called NAACP and all of them.

1366
01:01:04.714 --> 01:01:06.796
Their kids went to the best school,

1367
01:01:06.796 --> 01:01:08.874
they had father and mothers in their homes

1368
01:01:08.874 --> 01:01:10.568
and they were doing very well.

1369
01:01:10.568 --> 01:01:13.883
And so, I wonder, why is it that they're not holding

1370
01:01:13.883 --> 01:01:15.833
those people back if they're holding me back

1371
01:01:15.833 --> 01:01:17.132
because I'm black.

1372
01:01:17.132 --> 01:01:19.617
And that's when I realized I've been lied to.

1373
01:01:19.617 --> 01:01:21.307
And everything started changing.

1374
01:01:21.307 --> 01:01:23.603
<v ->Jesse Jackson is a racist demagogue,</v>

1375
01:01:23.603 --> 01:01:24.656
and he's built a career

1376
01:01:24.656 --> 01:01:26.171
on keeping black people down.

1377
01:01:26.171 --> 01:01:28.526
Keeping 'em angry, brainwashing them

1378
01:01:28.526 --> 01:01:31.383
to control them for his own personal gain.

1379
01:01:31.383 --> 01:01:32.604
And they have lost that power--

1380
01:01:32.604 --> 01:01:34.937
<v ->Speak your mind, Reverend.</v>

1381
01:01:38.456 --> 01:01:42.031
<v ->I grew up in Alabama on a plantation,</v>

1382
01:01:42.031 --> 01:01:44.468
and I grew up under Jim Crow laws.

1383
01:01:44.468 --> 01:01:46.353
They deliberately kept us down

1384
01:01:46.353 --> 01:01:49.749
by causing us to become angry, destroying the family

1385
01:01:49.749 --> 01:01:51.925
and demoralizing black people.

1386
01:01:51.925 --> 01:01:54.037
And so, what we're trying to do is wake them up

1387
01:01:54.037 --> 01:01:55.744
to that reality.

1388
01:01:55.744 --> 01:01:58.897
When I was growing up, I was just taught good and evil,

1389
01:01:58.897 --> 01:02:00.314
right versus wrong.

1390
01:02:00.314 --> 01:02:02.831
I had never even heard the word racism.

1391
01:02:02.831 --> 01:02:04.994
We knew that it was a spiritual battle

1392
01:02:04.994 --> 01:02:08.244
between right and wrong, good and evil.

1393
01:02:10.356 --> 01:02:12.580
There was no such thing as racism, sexism

1394
01:02:12.580 --> 01:02:15.477
or homophobia-ism, Islamophobia-ism.

1395
01:02:15.477 --> 01:02:18.648
Or there be that ism, or white supremacism.

1396
01:02:18.648 --> 01:02:19.881
It didn't exist.

1397
01:02:19.881 --> 01:02:22.419
That only came about when we allowed the Democrats

1398
01:02:22.419 --> 01:02:23.252
to take over.

1399
01:02:23.252 --> 01:02:26.221
They start making up words to deceive us.

1400
01:02:26.221 --> 01:02:28.934
<v ->We've got to deal with homophobia in our communities.</v>

1401
01:02:28.934 --> 01:02:30.428
Including the black community.

1402
01:02:30.428 --> 01:02:33.391
<v ->A lot of the black civil rights leaders</v>

1403
01:02:33.391 --> 01:02:36.045
have abandoned the moral high ground,

1404
01:02:36.045 --> 01:02:38.904
and have perverted the civil rights movement

1405
01:02:38.904 --> 01:02:40.205
to the point where it's become

1406
01:02:40.205 --> 01:02:42.659
a part of a race grievance industry.

1407
01:02:42.659 --> 01:02:45.726
<v ->We're on the brink of undoing</v>

1408
01:02:45.726 --> 01:02:48.491
what Dr. King and others went to jail for.

1409
01:02:48.491 --> 01:02:49.647
<v ->Blacks have been convinced</v>

1410
01:02:49.647 --> 01:02:51.154
that they're supposed to respect you,

1411
01:02:51.154 --> 01:02:53.459
if you have the title, reverend or pastor,

1412
01:02:53.459 --> 01:02:54.895
even if you're no good.

1413
01:02:54.895 --> 01:02:56.565
<v ->You probably can't even remember</v>

1414
01:02:56.565 --> 01:02:58.096
a sermon from Al Sharpton.

1415
01:02:58.096 --> 01:02:59.704
Reverend Al Sharpton.

1416
01:02:59.704 --> 01:03:01.120
He's a reverend of what?

1417
01:03:01.120 --> 01:03:02.597
<v ->In politics, the road to the White House</v>

1418
01:03:02.597 --> 01:03:04.436
took a detour through Harlem today.

1419
01:03:04.436 --> 01:03:06.790
It is like a rite of passage for Democratic candidates,

1420
01:03:06.790 --> 01:03:09.653
as an outreach to the African-American community.

1421
01:03:09.653 --> 01:03:12.261
Well toady, South Bend, Indiana mayor, Pete Buttigieg

1422
01:03:12.261 --> 01:03:15.317
had lunch at Sylvia's with Reverend Al Sharpton.

1423
01:03:15.317 --> 01:03:17.884
<v Announcer>Barack Obama dined here in 2008.</v>

1424
01:03:17.884 --> 01:03:20.600
So did Bernie Sanders in 2016.

1425
01:03:20.600 --> 01:03:24.050
<v ->I could tell the Negroes to go left and they'll go left.</v>

1426
01:03:24.050 --> 01:03:25.848
How much are you willing to pay me

1427
01:03:25.848 --> 01:03:29.308
to get the Negroes to do what I want them to do?

1428
01:03:29.308 --> 01:03:31.493
<v ->They're the ones that receive the contributions</v>

1429
01:03:31.493 --> 01:03:34.108
to say, "Hey, let's keep these people subjugated.

1430
01:03:34.108 --> 01:03:35.977
"Let's keep them voting for us,

1431
01:03:35.977 --> 01:03:37.453
"and you do what is necessary.

1432
01:03:37.453 --> 01:03:39.761
"And help us to squelch these voices

1433
01:03:39.761 --> 01:03:42.541
"that are rising up in opposition to what we believe."

1434
01:03:42.541 --> 01:03:44.067
<v ->They're leading the narratives</v>

1435
01:03:44.067 --> 01:03:45.918
that others want them to lead.

1436
01:03:45.918 --> 01:03:48.751
<v ->And today, we shall pour outrage</v>

1437
01:03:49.592 --> 01:03:52.421
is when you keep pressing people down.

1438
01:03:52.421 --> 01:03:53.978
<v Man>If we can get the black community</v>

1439
01:03:53.978 --> 01:03:58.311
to hate the police, then they'll keep breaking laws.

1440
01:04:00.936 --> 01:04:02.832
<v Larry>So they gotta keep black people angry,</v>

1441
01:04:02.832 --> 01:04:05.249
stirred up angry, ticked off.

1442
01:04:10.375 --> 01:04:12.247
How else do you get 95% of people

1443
01:04:12.247 --> 01:04:15.564
to pull the lever for a party,

1444
01:04:15.564 --> 01:04:18.891
whose views are absolutely inconsistent

1445
01:04:18.891 --> 01:04:20.951
with the best interests of the country in general

1446
01:04:20.951 --> 01:04:23.747
and of the best interests of black people in particular.

1447
01:04:23.747 --> 01:04:26.218
<v Martin>We still advocate nonviolence</v>

1448
01:04:26.218 --> 01:04:30.202
with passive resistance, and still determined to use

1449
01:04:30.202 --> 01:04:32.010
the weapon of love.

1450
01:04:32.010 --> 01:04:35.373
But we are still insisting emphatically

1451
01:04:35.373 --> 01:04:38.479
that violence is self defeating.

1452
01:04:38.479 --> 01:04:42.038
That he who lives by the sword will perish by the sword.

1453
01:04:42.038 --> 01:04:44.397
<v Man>Martin Luther King was a pastor.</v>

1454
01:04:44.397 --> 01:04:46.769
He was a genuine pastor.

1455
01:04:46.769 --> 01:04:48.712
That's why Martin Luther King can't be around.

1456
01:04:48.712 --> 01:04:50.445
He can't leave.

1457
01:04:50.445 --> 01:04:51.945
He's too powerful.

1458
01:04:53.662 --> 01:04:55.522
<v ->The anger building up in a community</v>

1459
01:04:55.522 --> 01:04:57.698
which causes people to riot

1460
01:04:57.698 --> 01:05:00.950
and to tear things down and to burn things up,

1461
01:05:00.950 --> 01:05:04.449
it goes to show that black people don't feel these days

1462
01:05:04.449 --> 01:05:05.520
like we're building anything.

1463
01:05:05.520 --> 01:05:07.457
That we're contributing to anything.

1464
01:05:07.457 --> 01:05:09.390
When it comes America,

1465
01:05:09.390 --> 01:05:11.144
black people helped build this country.

1466
01:05:11.144 --> 01:05:13.561
(soft music)

1467
01:05:15.467 --> 01:05:17.156
<v ->When you look back at the history of black people</v>

1468
01:05:17.156 --> 01:05:19.843
here in America, once we were free from slavery,

1469
01:05:19.843 --> 01:05:23.594
we were successful in ways, and we overcame things

1470
01:05:23.594 --> 01:05:26.226
and we did things far beyond

1471
01:05:26.226 --> 01:05:28.424
our predecessors could have imagined.

1472
01:05:28.424 --> 01:05:32.665
Simply because we had that almost instinctively in us.

1473
01:05:32.665 --> 01:05:35.507
<v ->As blacks emerged from slavery,</v>

1474
01:05:35.507 --> 01:05:38.870
minute percentage could read or write.

1475
01:05:38.870 --> 01:05:40.593
And yet in 1/2 a century,

1476
01:05:40.593 --> 01:05:42.966
over 1/2 the black population was literate.

1477
01:05:42.966 --> 01:05:44.365
And economic historians call that

1478
01:05:44.365 --> 01:05:48.819
one of the most remarkable things in history.

1479
01:05:48.819 --> 01:05:51.601
<v Man>So, in the late 1800s,</v>

1480
01:05:51.601 --> 01:05:56.210
we had actually in not very well documented boon

1481
01:05:56.210 --> 01:05:58.583
of African American proliferation

1482
01:05:58.583 --> 01:06:03.333
into the political space, into the entrepreneurial space.

1483
01:06:04.354 --> 01:06:05.751
And we had real movers and shakers

1484
01:06:05.751 --> 01:06:08.579
in our communities who were doing real things.

1485
01:06:08.579 --> 01:06:10.855
<v ->Because at one time, blacks were Republicans,</v>

1486
01:06:10.855 --> 01:06:11.912
and you dominated.

1487
01:06:11.912 --> 01:06:14.088
Those seven years after the Civil War,

1488
01:06:14.088 --> 01:06:15.487
you were Republicans.

1489
01:06:15.487 --> 01:06:18.818
You had more blacks in the House and Senate than you do now,

1490
01:06:18.818 --> 01:06:22.378
and you dominated your own economic communities.

1491
01:06:22.378 --> 01:06:24.711
You did that as Republicans.

1492
01:06:26.474 --> 01:06:29.142
<v ->But then what happened was that Democrats realized</v>

1493
01:06:29.142 --> 01:06:31.104
they could still control us

1494
01:06:31.104 --> 01:06:35.521
by enacting new laws to suppress our civil liberties.

1495
01:06:36.847 --> 01:06:40.499
That brings us to the rise of Jim Crow.

1496
01:06:40.499 --> 01:06:43.200
The Jim Crow era and Ruby Bridges going to school,

1497
01:06:43.200 --> 01:06:47.890
that happened in the 1950s, 1960s, that general era.

1498
01:06:47.890 --> 01:06:50.024
But we had Hiram Rhodes Revels

1499
01:06:50.024 --> 01:06:52.183
and many other African-Americans

1500
01:06:52.183 --> 01:06:54.927
rise to positions of power in the political space

1501
01:06:54.927 --> 01:06:56.603
in the late 1800s.

1502
01:06:56.603 --> 01:07:00.908
So, there's this gap of missing achievement that we have,

1503
01:07:00.908 --> 01:07:02.991
and that is what the KKK,

1504
01:07:03.983 --> 01:07:08.316
that is what the Jim Crow laws did to our community.

1505
01:07:10.065 --> 01:07:13.482
<v ->You can't depend on a government school</v>

1506
01:07:14.400 --> 01:07:17.020
to teach you raw history.

1507
01:07:17.020 --> 01:07:20.433
<v ->You're gonna see people like even Frederick Douglas</v>

1508
01:07:20.433 --> 01:07:23.035
become less and less and less celebrated,

1509
01:07:23.035 --> 01:07:24.708
and less and less and less popular

1510
01:07:24.708 --> 01:07:26.802
because he doesn't really fit the narrative.

1511
01:07:26.802 --> 01:07:30.082
He was a Republican, very American.

1512
01:07:30.082 --> 01:07:31.711
<v ->When they wanna teach you somebody that was great</v>

1513
01:07:31.711 --> 01:07:34.429
in black American history and they happen to be Republican,

1514
01:07:34.429 --> 01:07:35.730
they don't tell you that element.

1515
01:07:35.730 --> 01:07:37.853
And they also, and this is sort of one of the biggest myths

1516
01:07:37.853 --> 01:07:41.753
that they tell you, that the parties completely switched.

1517
01:07:41.753 --> 01:07:43.754
<v ->They have to say the parties switched.</v>

1518
01:07:43.754 --> 01:07:45.196
They have to.

1519
01:07:45.196 --> 01:07:48.430
Because they can't acknowledge

1520
01:07:48.430 --> 01:07:51.229
that they're part of all of the worst things

1521
01:07:51.229 --> 01:07:53.550
that have ever happened to black people in history.

1522
01:07:53.550 --> 01:07:54.652
And if you know better

1523
01:07:54.652 --> 01:07:56.528
and you know the parties didn't switch,

1524
01:07:56.528 --> 01:07:58.103
and you just look at today,

1525
01:07:58.103 --> 01:08:00.732
there's still a part of every negative thing

1526
01:08:00.732 --> 01:08:03.719
that have happened to black people in America.

1527
01:08:03.719 --> 01:08:05.750
<v Larry>Let's just take one issue.</v>

1528
01:08:05.750 --> 01:08:07.467
And that's the issue we've talked abut for a long time

1529
01:08:07.467 --> 01:08:08.741
and that's vouchers.

1530
01:08:08.741 --> 01:08:11.292
<v Reporter>They have to pass through metal detectors.</v>

1531
01:08:11.292 --> 01:08:12.931
They're faced by security guards

1532
01:08:12.931 --> 01:08:14.625
looking for hidden weapons.

1533
01:08:14.625 --> 01:08:16.950
They're watched over by armed police.

1534
01:08:16.950 --> 01:08:18.653
<v Larry>You're required to send your kid to a school</v>

1535
01:08:18.653 --> 01:08:22.016
where only 3% of kids can do math at grade level,

1536
01:08:22.016 --> 01:08:24.131
because you have no option.

1537
01:08:24.131 --> 01:08:26.136
Republicans want you to have an option.

1538
01:08:26.136 --> 01:08:27.335
But Republicans of course are racist

1539
01:08:27.335 --> 01:08:29.464
so you can't vote for them, right?

1540
01:08:29.464 --> 01:08:30.394
What a dilemma!

1541
01:08:30.394 --> 01:08:32.583
<v ->Slave codes in the early 19th century</v>

1542
01:08:32.583 --> 01:08:35.920
made it illegal for black Americans to learn to read, why?

1543
01:08:35.920 --> 01:08:39.380
Because if slaves could read, they could access information.

1544
01:08:39.380 --> 01:08:41.281
I don't believe that much has changed.

1545
01:08:41.281 --> 01:08:42.226
<v ->If the parties did switch</v>

1546
01:08:42.226 --> 01:08:44.372
and Democrats really are the party

1547
01:08:44.372 --> 01:08:46.539
of, for and by minorities,

1548
01:08:47.768 --> 01:08:50.685
then why do they react so viciously

1549
01:08:51.847 --> 01:08:53.973
when you introduce legislation

1550
01:08:53.973 --> 01:08:58.415
that would help the minorities by giving them school choice?

1551
01:08:58.415 --> 01:09:00.015
There's answers to all these questions.

1552
01:09:00.015 --> 01:09:01.645
But you have to be the one to find them.

1553
01:09:01.645 --> 01:09:03.992
Because no one else is going to tell you

1554
01:09:03.992 --> 01:09:06.133
the inconvenient truth.

1555
01:09:06.133 --> 01:09:08.883
The welfare state is slavery 2.0.

1556
01:09:14.052 --> 01:09:16.714
<v ->The biggest falsehood, the biggest lie</v>

1557
01:09:16.714 --> 01:09:21.214
that gets repeated is that the kind of disorganization

1558
01:09:22.145 --> 01:09:24.727
and chaos and violence

1559
01:09:24.727 --> 01:09:28.563
and self-destruction that we're witnessing

1560
01:09:28.563 --> 01:09:33.563
in the black community is somehow a legacy of slavery

1561
01:09:33.630 --> 01:09:35.324
and Jim Crow.

1562
01:09:35.324 --> 01:09:36.907
That is just a lie.

1563
01:09:40.851 --> 01:09:45.011
Because if that were so, between 1930 and 1940,

1564
01:09:45.011 --> 01:09:47.545
during the years of the depression,

1565
01:09:47.545 --> 01:09:51.402
when segregation and racism was enshrined in laws,

1566
01:09:51.402 --> 01:09:55.076
when there was no black representation in government,

1567
01:09:55.076 --> 01:09:58.677
even in the face of these horrible conditions,

1568
01:09:58.677 --> 01:10:01.330
the black community had the highest marriage rate

1569
01:10:01.330 --> 01:10:03.330
of any group in society.

1570
01:10:04.594 --> 01:10:08.261
Our institutions served as an anchor for us.

1571
01:10:09.668 --> 01:10:12.202
And so therefore, elderly people could walk

1572
01:10:12.202 --> 01:10:14.429
in their neighborhood without fear

1573
01:10:14.429 --> 01:10:17.929
of being assaulted by their grandchildren.

1574
01:10:20.120 --> 01:10:24.247
Our business formation rate was high then.

1575
01:10:24.247 --> 01:10:26.688
<v Reporter>Has yielded a 1/2 million dollar yearly growth.</v>

1576
01:10:26.688 --> 01:10:28.573
<v ->If we were able to accomplish</v>

1577
01:10:28.573 --> 01:10:33.203
the building of hospitals, dental schools, hotels,

1578
01:10:33.203 --> 01:10:36.203
movie theaters, Vaudeville theaters.

1579
01:10:37.235 --> 01:10:40.068
If we were able to accomplish this

1580
01:10:41.169 --> 01:10:43.917
and not engage in the kind of self-destruction...

1581
01:10:43.917 --> 01:10:46.042
<v Man>What's the proper way to mug a nigga?</v>

1582
01:10:46.042 --> 01:10:48.648
<v ->You know, walked on him, grab him by his hood and,</v>

1583
01:10:48.648 --> 01:10:49.966
one to the head.
<v ->One to the head.</v>

1584
01:10:49.966 --> 01:10:51.278
I'm a hit you one time in the head,

1585
01:10:51.278 --> 01:10:52.809
two times in the chest.

1586
01:10:52.809 --> 01:10:55.059
<v ->How can you explain that?</v>

1587
01:10:56.868 --> 01:10:58.449
<v Candace>How is that possible in a society</v>

1588
01:10:58.449 --> 01:11:01.402
that has experienced so much social progress,

1589
01:11:01.402 --> 01:11:04.492
that we are seeing a decline in the black community?

1590
01:11:04.492 --> 01:11:06.702
The statistics of illegitimacy, crime rates

1591
01:11:06.702 --> 01:11:08.525
and illiteracy have worsened

1592
01:11:08.525 --> 01:11:10.897
since the time of segregation and Jim Crow.

1593
01:11:10.897 --> 01:11:13.314
(soft music)

1594
01:11:21.350 --> 01:11:24.385
<v Larry>Before the war on poverty launched,</v>

1595
01:11:24.385 --> 01:11:26.971
87% of blacks lived below the federally defined

1596
01:11:26.971 --> 01:11:29.054
level of poverty in 1940.

1597
01:11:30.465 --> 01:11:34.220
By 1960, that number had decreased to 47%.

1598
01:11:34.220 --> 01:11:36.553
A 40-point drop in 20 years.

1599
01:11:37.626 --> 01:11:40.182
That's probably the greatest economic prosperity period

1600
01:11:40.182 --> 01:11:43.335
for blacks in the history of this country,

1601
01:11:43.335 --> 01:11:45.673
and this all happened before affirmative action,

1602
01:11:45.673 --> 01:11:48.673
before the so-called war on poverty.

1603
01:11:50.452 --> 01:11:52.773
<v Man>Back then it was commonplace</v>

1604
01:11:52.773 --> 01:11:55.523
to have both parents in the home.

1605
01:11:57.876 --> 01:11:59.663
If you made a commitment and you marry somebody

1606
01:11:59.663 --> 01:12:02.663
and you had kids, you stay with 'em.

1607
01:12:03.729 --> 01:12:06.511
<v Man>It wasn't just about your immediate family.</v>

1608
01:12:06.511 --> 01:12:09.594
It was also about your church family.

1609
01:12:12.327 --> 01:12:15.156
<v Jesse>In those days, black men were in control.</v>

1610
01:12:15.156 --> 01:12:18.356
The black woman respected the black man.

1611
01:12:18.356 --> 01:12:21.671
<v Man>Having a strong father showed me how to be a man.</v>

1612
01:12:21.671 --> 01:12:24.921
It also showed me how to treat a woman.

1613
01:12:26.616 --> 01:12:28.950
<v Man>When I was young, I remember going to open house</v>

1614
01:12:28.950 --> 01:12:32.950
and everybody's parents were there, everybody's.

1615
01:12:43.926 --> 01:12:48.176
<v ->Up until 1962-'63, 85% of all black families</v>

1616
01:12:49.161 --> 01:12:52.411
had a man and a woman raising children.

1617
01:12:53.564 --> 01:12:56.314
But that all changed in the '60s.

1618
01:12:58.951 --> 01:13:01.647
<v ->If you estimate that the welfare is paying,</v>

1619
01:13:01.647 --> 01:13:05.980
I guess, six, $7 billion dollars a year in benefits,

1620
01:13:06.988 --> 01:13:10.274
how much would you say is denied by these illegal practices?

1621
01:13:10.274 --> 01:13:12.694
<v Rob>The architect of this destruction</v>

1622
01:13:12.694 --> 01:13:14.185
was Cloward and Piven.

1623
01:13:14.185 --> 01:13:15.712
<v ->The American public welfare system</v>

1624
01:13:15.712 --> 01:13:20.231
is only expanding 1/2 of what it should be expanding

1625
01:13:20.231 --> 01:13:21.549
if it were reaching all of the people

1626
01:13:21.549 --> 01:13:24.945
who are eligible under existing statutes.

1627
01:13:24.945 --> 01:13:27.057
So, we think welfare costs should probably double.

1628
01:13:27.057 --> 01:13:30.243
<v ->A couple of renowned sociologists</v>

1629
01:13:30.243 --> 01:13:34.259
at the Columbia University School of Social Work.

1630
01:13:34.259 --> 01:13:37.759
And their theory was, if we could separate

1631
01:13:39.819 --> 01:13:43.911
work from income, it would make men redundant,

1632
01:13:43.911 --> 01:13:47.994
and if we can just remove the stigma from welfare

1633
01:13:48.971 --> 01:13:53.812
and entice more people to flood the welfare system,

1634
01:13:53.812 --> 01:13:57.683
it will bankrupt cities and the country.

1635
01:13:57.683 --> 01:13:59.435
<v Dr. Wiley>The welfare rights movement and the lawyers</v>

1636
01:13:59.435 --> 01:14:02.473
are challenging man in the house rules,

1637
01:14:02.473 --> 01:14:05.025
and other kinds of requirements which are restricting.

1638
01:14:05.025 --> 01:14:07.661
This, I presume would be additional people

1639
01:14:07.661 --> 01:14:10.456
who could become eligible for additional money

1640
01:14:10.456 --> 01:14:12.666
if these were challenged.

1641
01:14:12.666 --> 01:14:17.054
<v ->Yes, that would raise the cost even more.</v>

1642
01:14:17.054 --> 01:14:21.524
<v ->To recruit people into the welfare system,</v>

1643
01:14:21.524 --> 01:14:23.274
we relaxed the rules.

1644
01:14:24.417 --> 01:14:27.134
If a woman had to declare paternity

1645
01:14:27.134 --> 01:14:30.659
in order to qualify for welfare, the ACLU sued

1646
01:14:30.659 --> 01:14:35.032
and said this is a violation of our privacy rights.

1647
01:14:35.032 --> 01:14:37.549
They also said that the nuclear family,

1648
01:14:37.549 --> 01:14:42.216
Ozzie and Harriet, was Eurocentric and therefore racist.

1649
01:14:44.995 --> 01:14:48.370
The women's movement concurred with that.

1650
01:14:48.370 --> 01:14:51.453
The Black Power movement also agreed.

1651
01:14:52.568 --> 01:14:57.010
Millions of blacks in a period of less than four years

1652
01:14:57.010 --> 01:15:00.969
flooded into the welfare system in major cities.

1653
01:15:00.969 --> 01:15:02.778
At a time when the unemployment rate

1654
01:15:02.778 --> 01:15:05.829
for blacks in New York for males

1655
01:15:05.829 --> 01:15:07.941
was less than 4%.

1656
01:15:07.941 --> 01:15:11.145
<v ->If I could get me a job where I could be my own man.</v>

1657
01:15:11.145 --> 01:15:13.485
Don't make think that they feelin' sorry for me.

1658
01:15:13.485 --> 01:15:15.309
Give me this, give me what I need,

1659
01:15:15.309 --> 01:15:17.642
just like a pet, like a dog.

1660
01:15:20.044 --> 01:15:21.395
You have to be fed now.

1661
01:15:21.395 --> 01:15:22.473
Give him some food.

1662
01:15:22.473 --> 01:15:24.274
<v Rob>What you then saw is a consequence</v>

1663
01:15:24.274 --> 01:15:26.970
of separating work from income.

1664
01:15:26.970 --> 01:15:29.151
The out-of-wedlock births in the black community

1665
01:15:29.151 --> 01:15:30.823
began to skyrocket.

1666
01:15:30.823 --> 01:15:33.906
Went from under 25% to 70%.

1667
01:15:37.016 --> 01:15:39.941
<v ->It is a neutron bomb that was dropped on this country,</v>

1668
01:15:39.941 --> 01:15:43.798
and it really hurt families, especially the black family.

1669
01:15:43.798 --> 01:15:46.379
During slavery, a black kid was more likely

1670
01:15:46.379 --> 01:15:48.816
to be raised under a roof with his biological mother

1671
01:15:48.816 --> 01:15:51.566
and biological father than today.

1672
01:15:53.287 --> 01:15:55.514
The welfare state has done more to destroy

1673
01:15:55.514 --> 01:15:58.864
and destabilize the black family than even slavery did.

1674
01:15:58.864 --> 01:16:00.895
<v Candace>We allowed them to remove the fathers</v>

1675
01:16:00.895 --> 01:16:02.392
from our homes.

1676
01:16:02.392 --> 01:16:04.892
Removing the backbone of our families.

1677
01:16:04.892 --> 01:16:06.663
<v ->I remember my dad used to be hard on us,</v>

1678
01:16:06.663 --> 01:16:09.978
making us fold clothes and washing dishes properly.

1679
01:16:09.978 --> 01:16:12.090
And if we didn't, we got a whooping.

1680
01:16:12.090 --> 01:16:14.467
If we didn't 'em right, or if we didn't do 'em

1681
01:16:14.467 --> 01:16:15.525
when he told us to do 'em.

1682
01:16:15.525 --> 01:16:18.042
And I didn't like him when he did that to us.

1683
01:16:18.042 --> 01:16:20.824
My dad made me a responsible man by doing that.

1684
01:16:20.824 --> 01:16:23.455
And it just really made me wonder

1685
01:16:23.455 --> 01:16:25.974
like what if he wasn't there?

1686
01:16:25.974 --> 01:16:28.504
<v ->I'm very blessed to be who I am today,</v>

1687
01:16:28.504 --> 01:16:30.591
and a lot of that had to do with the upbringing

1688
01:16:30.591 --> 01:16:31.969
I had from my father,

1689
01:16:31.969 --> 01:16:35.638
who was in the house, who made sure that we were in school,

1690
01:16:35.638 --> 01:16:36.974
who made sure that we were clothed,

1691
01:16:36.974 --> 01:16:38.710
that we had shelter, that we had food.

1692
01:16:38.710 --> 01:16:40.323
That was my father.

1693
01:16:40.323 --> 01:16:43.084
<v ->When I was growing up, fathers led.</v>

1694
01:16:43.084 --> 01:16:45.814
And you knew not to be fighting and carrying 'em

1695
01:16:45.814 --> 01:16:47.845
because you had respect for the elderly,

1696
01:16:47.845 --> 01:16:49.001
and you respect yourself

1697
01:16:49.001 --> 01:16:50.640
because you represented your parents

1698
01:16:50.640 --> 01:16:52.348
when you're out there.

1699
01:16:52.348 --> 01:16:54.558
But that representation is no longer there

1700
01:16:54.558 --> 01:16:56.038
because the man is not there.

1701
01:16:56.038 --> 01:16:58.443
<v ->If you look at every major issue</v>

1702
01:16:58.443 --> 01:17:00.279
facing the black community today,

1703
01:17:00.279 --> 01:17:01.922
it can be stemmed back to fatherlessness.

1704
01:17:01.922 --> 01:17:03.300
You see black people joining gangs.

1705
01:17:03.300 --> 01:17:05.672
They're joining the gang to simulate a family unit.

1706
01:17:05.672 --> 01:17:07.802
Family unit can be solved with the father.

1707
01:17:07.802 --> 01:17:09.888
Don't understand what it's like, how to treat a woman,

1708
01:17:09.888 --> 01:17:13.429
how to be respectful, how to earn a living the legal way.

1709
01:17:13.429 --> 01:17:15.298
They didn't have a father in their home

1710
01:17:15.298 --> 01:17:16.467
that taught them these things.

1711
01:17:16.467 --> 01:17:18.141
And then that father didn't have a father in his home.

1712
01:17:18.141 --> 01:17:20.193
So, this generational fatherlessness

1713
01:17:20.193 --> 01:17:23.039
is far more dangerous to the black community

1714
01:17:23.039 --> 01:17:26.141
than institutional or generational racism.

1715
01:17:26.141 --> 01:17:30.109
<v ->If there is a strong man in the household,</v>

1716
01:17:30.109 --> 01:17:33.262
people aren't eligible for these benefits.

1717
01:17:33.262 --> 01:17:35.459
So, you see how it kinda starts and it just grows

1718
01:17:35.459 --> 01:17:36.292
and grows and grows.

1719
01:17:36.292 --> 01:17:39.195
<v ->With the political left, this whole idea</v>

1720
01:17:39.195 --> 01:17:42.054
that government can bring people out of poverty

1721
01:17:42.054 --> 01:17:44.443
and that government can fix all the problems,

1722
01:17:44.443 --> 01:17:46.441
we know that government can't do that.

1723
01:17:46.441 --> 01:17:49.092
That government can't raise a family.

1724
01:17:49.092 --> 01:17:49.925
<v ->Who like man.</v>

1725
01:17:49.925 --> 01:17:50.856
(bleep) this job.

1726
01:17:50.856 --> 01:17:51.772
You can't have the pizza.

1727
01:17:51.772 --> 01:17:53.847
I said, "(bleep) I want the money and your car."

1728
01:17:53.847 --> 01:17:56.026
<v Reporter>Dequandre Weaver was 14 years old</v>

1729
01:17:56.026 --> 01:17:57.282
when this video was shot,

1730
01:17:57.282 --> 01:17:58.738
and this week a judge sentenced him

1731
01:17:58.738 --> 01:18:03.619
to serve 20 years in prison for a list of felonies.

1732
01:18:03.619 --> 01:18:07.369
<v ->Because the left has promoted the welfare state,</v>

1733
01:18:07.369 --> 01:18:09.601
has encouraged women to marry the government,

1734
01:18:09.601 --> 01:18:11.527
has allowed men to abandon their financial

1735
01:18:11.527 --> 01:18:14.379
and moral responsibility, we have these problems.

1736
01:18:14.379 --> 01:18:16.816
<v ->It is no wonder that you have the chaos.</v>

1737
01:18:16.816 --> 01:18:20.816
More blacks are killing other blacks in one year

1738
01:18:23.949 --> 01:18:26.699
than the Klan killed in 70 years.

1739
01:18:30.341 --> 01:18:33.008
(ominous music)

1740
01:18:34.758 --> 01:18:36.981
(gunshots blaring)

1741
01:18:36.981 --> 01:18:39.438
<v Man>We are on autopilot in the destruction</v>

1742
01:18:39.438 --> 01:18:42.140
of our own communities.

1743
01:18:42.140 --> 01:18:44.858
<v ->Black on black crime is something that our media tells us</v>

1744
01:18:44.858 --> 01:18:47.081
that we're not allowed to talk about.

1745
01:18:47.081 --> 01:18:50.331
Over 93% of black homicide victims

1746
01:18:51.487 --> 01:18:54.364
are killed by other black people.

1747
01:18:54.364 --> 01:18:56.528
We are not supposed to be outraged,

1748
01:18:56.528 --> 01:18:59.823
and we're not told to remember the names of those victims.

1749
01:18:59.823 --> 01:19:02.620
Because if we begin to focus on that area,

1750
01:19:02.620 --> 01:19:04.374
something that is causing real harm

1751
01:19:04.374 --> 01:19:06.857
and devastation to our communities,

1752
01:19:06.857 --> 01:19:09.107
we might uncover the truth.

1753
01:19:12.080 --> 01:19:15.753
Our inner cities are all by Democrat design.

1754
01:19:15.753 --> 01:19:19.457
Like Chicago, like Baltimore and like Detroit.

1755
01:19:19.457 --> 01:19:23.361
They have been run by Democrats for decades.

1756
01:19:23.361 --> 01:19:24.382
We have been made to believe

1757
01:19:24.382 --> 01:19:26.953
that the conditions in our cities are normal.

1758
01:19:26.953 --> 01:19:28.366
We're supposed to turn a blind eye

1759
01:19:28.366 --> 01:19:31.100
to the corruption, to the crime, to the gangs, and instead,

1760
01:19:31.100 --> 01:19:34.294
focus on what our media deems of more importance.

1761
01:19:34.294 --> 01:19:35.807
We're instead told that we should be focusing

1762
01:19:35.807 --> 01:19:37.178 line:15%
on white people.

1763
01:19:37.178 --> 01:19:39.733 line:15%
We're supposed to be reactive and angry and fearful

1764
01:19:39.733 --> 01:19:42.248
about white supremacy, when in fact,

1765
01:19:42.248 --> 01:19:47.248
it is liberal supremacy that is harming our communities.

1766
01:19:47.583 --> 01:19:50.395
<v ->In the inner cities, who's killing who?</v>

1767
01:19:50.395 --> 01:19:52.913
Back in slavery, they used to rip the families apart,

1768
01:19:52.913 --> 01:19:54.052
take the father out of the home.

1769
01:19:54.052 --> 01:19:56.704
Now we removing ourselves from the home.

1770
01:19:56.704 --> 01:19:59.544
These are things that I believe

1771
01:19:59.544 --> 01:20:00.716
have gotten us to the point

1772
01:20:00.716 --> 01:20:04.095
where we are on autopilot for the liberal movement.

1773
01:20:04.095 --> 01:20:06.438
(soft music)

1774
01:20:06.438 --> 01:20:08.213
<v Larry>You begin to ask yourself,</v>

1775
01:20:08.213 --> 01:20:12.092
why is it that more black women are getting abortions

1776
01:20:12.092 --> 01:20:14.872
than any other ethnic group?

1777
01:20:14.872 --> 01:20:16.662
And you begin to look at maps

1778
01:20:16.662 --> 01:20:20.869
of where these Planned Parenthood clinics are situated.

1779
01:20:20.869 --> 01:20:24.377
<v Jesse>77% of Planned Parenthood abortion pills</v>

1780
01:20:24.377 --> 01:20:27.705
are located in the inner cities.

1781
01:20:27.705 --> 01:20:30.423
<v Woman>Somehow, the script was flipped,</v>

1782
01:20:30.423 --> 01:20:33.546
and so it became a civil right to abort a child.

1783
01:20:33.546 --> 01:20:36.503
<v ->It is her body, it is her right, it is her decision.</v>

1784
01:20:36.503 --> 01:20:39.506
<v ->It became a woman's reproductive right,</v>

1785
01:20:39.506 --> 01:20:42.780
but nobody really examined the motives behind it.

1786
01:20:42.780 --> 01:20:47.201
<v ->52% of all African-American pregnancies end in abortion.</v>

1787
01:20:47.201 --> 01:20:49.451
1786 a day, and since 1973,

1788
01:20:52.564 --> 01:20:55.129
over 20 million African-Americans

1789
01:20:55.129 --> 01:20:57.522
have been killed by abortion alone.

1790
01:20:57.522 --> 01:21:00.868
<v ->For more federal funding for Planned Parenthood.</v>

1791
01:21:00.868 --> 01:21:04.055
<v ->The Democratic party has always been focused</v>

1792
01:21:04.055 --> 01:21:08.722
on pushing eugenics and abortion on the black community.

1793
01:21:11.094 --> 01:21:13.480
<v ->Margaret Sanger, the woman that ultimately founded</v>

1794
01:21:13.480 --> 01:21:14.880
what became Planned Parenthood,

1795
01:21:14.880 --> 01:21:18.303
believed that certain people were degenerate,

1796
01:21:18.303 --> 01:21:20.693
were unworthy of living.

1797
01:21:20.693 --> 01:21:22.725
And if you're one of those persons,

1798
01:21:22.725 --> 01:21:24.594
perfectly okay for you to be eliminated.

1799
01:21:24.594 --> 01:21:25.894
<v Man>Whether you're talking about</v>

1800
01:21:25.894 --> 01:21:28.446
Margaret Sanger strategies back then,

1801
01:21:28.446 --> 01:21:30.661
or you're talking about Planned Parenthood's tactics

1802
01:21:30.661 --> 01:21:34.236
of today, they're still able to Trojan Horse

1803
01:21:34.236 --> 01:21:36.024
the black community.

1804
01:21:36.024 --> 01:21:38.311
That is to deliver this message

1805
01:21:38.311 --> 01:21:39.838
of, "We're for women's health.

1806
01:21:39.838 --> 01:21:41.583
"We're for the black community."

1807
01:21:41.583 --> 01:21:44.482
<v ->More than 1/2 of Planned Parenthood's centers</v>

1808
01:21:44.482 --> 01:21:49.482
are located in areas without ready access to healthcare.

1809
01:21:49.573 --> 01:21:52.300
<v ->Here you have the left wing embracing Planned Parenthood,</v>

1810
01:21:52.300 --> 01:21:53.997
embracing the pro-choice movement,

1811
01:21:53.997 --> 01:21:56.271
completely oblivious to the fact that Margaret Sanger

1812
01:21:56.271 --> 01:21:59.245
was not particularly fond of poor, black people,

1813
01:21:59.245 --> 01:22:01.111
who in her view could not make it on their own.

1814
01:22:01.111 --> 01:22:02.219
<v ->I think the greatest sin in the world</v>

1815
01:22:02.219 --> 01:22:04.258
is bringing children into the world

1816
01:22:04.258 --> 01:22:07.518
that have disease from their parents,

1817
01:22:07.518 --> 01:22:09.225
that have no chance in the world

1818
01:22:09.225 --> 01:22:11.104
to be a human being practically.

1819
01:22:11.104 --> 01:22:13.991
Delinquents, prisoners, all sorts of things,

1820
01:22:13.991 --> 01:22:15.501
just marked when they're born.

1821
01:22:15.501 --> 01:22:18.786
That to me is the greatest sin.

1822
01:22:18.786 --> 01:22:22.929
<v ->I see black people argue that if a woman is poor,</v>

1823
01:22:22.929 --> 01:22:25.362
she shouldn't have a child.

1824
01:22:25.362 --> 01:22:28.715
If that were the case, a lot of black people that I know

1825
01:22:28.715 --> 01:22:30.375
who have done great things in life

1826
01:22:30.375 --> 01:22:32.214
would never have been born,

1827
01:22:32.214 --> 01:22:33.460
and I would have been one of them.

1828
01:22:33.460 --> 01:22:35.593
<v Man>The Billboard's idea that abortion is genocide</v>

1829
01:22:35.593 --> 01:22:38.942
has made a comeback in some parts of the black community.

1830
01:22:38.942 --> 01:22:40.470
<v Candace>Our population growth has stagnated.</v>

1831
01:22:40.470 --> 01:22:42.744
<v Man>Fueling this is the growing number of Latinos</v>

1832
01:22:42.744 --> 01:22:44.469
who have fewer abortions, more children...

1833
01:22:44.469 --> 01:22:45.554
<v Candace>60% of all new births</v>

1834
01:22:45.554 --> 01:22:46.845
in this country are Latino,

1835
01:22:46.845 --> 01:22:49.279
and you have Democrats that are advocating for open borders.

1836
01:22:49.279 --> 01:22:51.082
<v Man>Ethnic minority than black Americans.</v>

1837
01:22:51.082 --> 01:22:52.271
<v Candace>Right now, the Democrat party</v>

1838
01:22:52.271 --> 01:22:54.645
relies upon our vote, but they don't have to forever.

1839
01:22:54.645 --> 01:22:58.312
(speaking foreign language)

1840
01:23:00.738 --> 01:23:02.364
Black Americans are gonna wake up,

1841
01:23:02.364 --> 01:23:03.954
or we're going to become irrelevant.

1842
01:23:03.954 --> 01:23:06.651
<v ->Black people in general are starting to get the sense</v>

1843
01:23:06.651 --> 01:23:10.064
that we are being traded for illegal immigrants.

1844
01:23:10.064 --> 01:23:12.031
<v Reporter>The caravan lurched forward</v>

1845
01:23:12.031 --> 01:23:15.031
carrying babies, suitcases and hope.

1846
01:23:15.877 --> 01:23:20.460
<v Candace>They're importing a whole new victim class.</v>

1847
01:23:21.476 --> 01:23:24.559
It's gonna do exactly to the illegals

1848
01:23:25.414 --> 01:23:29.400
what they did to black America in the '60s.

1849
01:23:29.400 --> 01:23:30.613
Get them addicted to government,

1850
01:23:30.613 --> 01:23:32.536
give them the handouts, and turn them

1851
01:23:32.536 --> 01:23:34.823
into a permanent class of victim voters.

1852
01:23:34.823 --> 01:23:37.777
<v Man>They are willing to use</v>

1853
01:23:37.777 --> 01:23:40.360
people's genuine disadvantages,

1854
01:23:41.669 --> 01:23:45.419
people's genuine struggles to get into power.

1855
01:23:46.477 --> 01:23:48.316
<v ->And we are gonna fight for fairness</v>

1856
01:23:48.316 --> 01:23:50.479
and justice for immigration.

1857
01:23:50.479 --> 01:23:52.155 line:15%
We're gonna fight for DACA,

1858
01:23:52.155 --> 01:23:54.340 line:15%
and we're going to help this country--

1859
01:23:54.340 --> 01:23:57.944 line:15%
<v ->How is it that we have Maxine Waters and John Lewis</v>

1860
01:23:57.944 --> 01:24:00.956
and others in the Black Congressional Caucus

1861
01:24:00.956 --> 01:24:03.123
who are fighting for DACA?

1862
01:24:05.292 --> 01:24:07.165
For the dreamers

1863
01:24:07.165 --> 01:24:11.423
of illegal aliens who have come to our nation,

1864
01:24:11.423 --> 01:24:15.357
and they're not fighting for black children

1865
01:24:15.357 --> 01:24:20.295
and the dreams that our kids and our teenagers have.

1866
01:24:20.295 --> 01:24:24.373
They've set them aside and made DACA their priority.

1867
01:24:24.373 --> 01:24:27.752
I submit to you they're in pursuit of an agenda.

1868
01:24:27.752 --> 01:24:31.135
<v ->The black community has been destroyed</v>

1869
01:24:31.135 --> 01:24:35.446
by racist, illegal immigration and we're not gonna have it.

1870
01:24:35.446 --> 01:24:38.389
When my people do a crime, we get three strikes.

1871
01:24:38.389 --> 01:24:40.433
Your people do a crime, they get amnesty,

1872
01:24:40.433 --> 01:24:41.981
they get benefits, and they're not...

1873
01:24:41.981 --> 01:24:44.226
<v ->Blacks are protesting the fact</v>

1874
01:24:44.226 --> 01:24:46.402
that for the last 50 years,

1875
01:24:46.402 --> 01:24:50.117
they're living in cities that are the most dangerous,

1876
01:24:50.117 --> 01:24:52.461
disinvested places, and they've been run

1877
01:24:52.461 --> 01:24:54.863
by liberal black Democrats.

1878
01:24:54.863 --> 01:24:59.189
But they've got no alternative to express that discontent.

1879
01:24:59.189 --> 01:25:01.449
<v ->The black community is low-hanging fruit</v>

1880
01:25:01.449 --> 01:25:03.413
for the Republican party.

1881
01:25:03.413 --> 01:25:06.502
And the fact that they're not making a more concerted effort

1882
01:25:06.502 --> 01:25:09.835
to message to our community aggressively

1883
01:25:10.782 --> 01:25:12.177
is a huge mistake.

1884
01:25:12.177 --> 01:25:13.215
<v ->First, they have to be serious</v>

1885
01:25:13.215 --> 01:25:17.118
about whether or not they want minorities in the party.

1886
01:25:17.118 --> 01:25:20.121
And if they are, then they need to totally rethink

1887
01:25:20.121 --> 01:25:21.521
how they're goin' about it.

1888
01:25:21.521 --> 01:25:23.938
(soft music)

1889
01:25:27.942 --> 01:25:30.999
My experiences running as a mayoral candidate

1890
01:25:30.999 --> 01:25:34.332
in a city that's predominantly Democrat,

1891
01:25:35.449 --> 01:25:39.146
I've been criticized by Republican strategists

1892
01:25:39.146 --> 01:25:42.896
for spending my time in minority communities.

1893
01:25:46.716 --> 01:25:49.527
I've placed my campaign office

1894
01:25:49.527 --> 01:25:52.552
in a historically black community.

1895
01:25:52.552 --> 01:25:54.302
I did that by choice.

1896
01:25:55.756 --> 01:25:58.781
I have not found the kind of support

1897
01:25:58.781 --> 01:26:01.531
that I expected from Republicans.

1898
01:26:02.711 --> 01:26:06.091
I think that if you look at the Republican party,

1899
01:26:06.091 --> 01:26:08.237
I believe that if I were white

1900
01:26:08.237 --> 01:26:11.935
that I would notice that there were so few people of color,

1901
01:26:11.935 --> 01:26:14.598
racial and ethnic minorities in my party,

1902
01:26:14.598 --> 01:26:17.930
and I would support the ones that were sincere.

1903
01:26:17.930 --> 01:26:19.374
I love America.

1904
01:26:19.374 --> 01:26:20.810
I believe the American dream,

1905
01:26:20.810 --> 01:26:23.443
and I wanna give hope to people who are disadvantaged,

1906
01:26:23.443 --> 01:26:26.298
not just black people, but also white people

1907
01:26:26.298 --> 01:26:28.806
who come from unfortunate circumstances.

1908
01:26:28.806 --> 01:26:32.414
When I've gone to campaign and elections meetings,

1909
01:26:32.414 --> 01:26:34.105
I hear these strategists say,

1910
01:26:34.105 --> 01:26:37.237
"Don't waste your time in minority communities.

1911
01:26:37.237 --> 01:26:39.336
"You need to hunt where the ducks are."

1912
01:26:39.336 --> 01:26:41.008
<v ->For years, the Democratic party</v>

1913
01:26:41.008 --> 01:26:44.213
has assumed they're going to get 90-95% of the black vote,

1914
01:26:44.213 --> 01:26:46.391
as did the Republican party.

1915
01:26:46.391 --> 01:26:47.477
They didn't even try.

1916
01:26:47.477 --> 01:26:48.518
Republicans have convinced themselves

1917
01:26:48.518 --> 01:26:50.911
that blacks are unalterably Democrats,

1918
01:26:50.911 --> 01:26:52.046
there's nothing we can do about it.

1919
01:26:52.046 --> 01:26:54.261
Let's husband our money and our energy

1920
01:26:54.261 --> 01:26:56.254
and just spend it where we think we can get votes.

1921
01:26:56.254 --> 01:26:58.387
<v ->The Republican party ignores us</v>

1922
01:26:58.387 --> 01:27:02.235
because they believe a narrative that has been pushed

1923
01:27:02.235 --> 01:27:03.524
out into the public square

1924
01:27:03.524 --> 01:27:06.774
that the black community is a monolith.

1925
01:27:08.217 --> 01:27:10.299
And so we're being ignored on both sides.

1926
01:27:10.299 --> 01:27:12.010
<v Announcer>The major conservative in the race,</v>

1927
01:27:12.010 --> 01:27:14.670
Carol Swain, was the last to concede tonight.

1928
01:27:14.670 --> 01:27:17.357
<v Jesse>We're not making the kind of investments</v>

1929
01:27:17.357 --> 01:27:19.274
in our minority allies.

1930
01:27:21.146 --> 01:27:23.194
<v ->That's the fault of the Republican party,</v>

1931
01:27:23.194 --> 01:27:25.548
is that they have just completely said,

1932
01:27:25.548 --> 01:27:26.916
"We can't connect with 'em."

1933
01:27:26.916 --> 01:27:28.264
And they gave up.

1934
01:27:28.264 --> 01:27:32.083
<v ->We have more in common with the Republican party by far</v>

1935
01:27:32.083 --> 01:27:33.354
than anything Democrat.

1936
01:27:33.354 --> 01:27:36.795
Regardless of where your position is socioeconomically.

1937
01:27:36.795 --> 01:27:38.794
<v ->'cause the Democrats, they're not giving jobs,</v>

1938
01:27:38.794 --> 01:27:40.083
they don't care about jobs.

1939
01:27:40.083 --> 01:27:41.737
So they don't want you to succeed.

1940
01:27:41.737 --> 01:27:43.573
They don't want you to own anything.

1941
01:27:43.573 --> 01:27:44.972
That's why they keep spoonfeeding you,

1942
01:27:44.972 --> 01:27:47.571
putting you in projects and then giving you a little,

1943
01:27:47.571 --> 01:27:48.774
so now you're dependent.

1944
01:27:48.774 --> 01:27:51.329
<v ->Being unapologetically capitalist</v>

1945
01:27:51.329 --> 01:27:53.503
is sort of the way to move forward.

1946
01:27:53.503 --> 01:27:54.773
<v ->I wanna be rich.</v>

1947
01:27:54.773 --> 01:27:55.959
I don't wanna be poor.

1948
01:27:55.959 --> 01:27:57.422
<v ->You wanna be wealthy and successful.</v>

1949
01:27:57.422 --> 01:28:00.703
Well, we're the party that promotes values

1950
01:28:00.703 --> 01:28:04.023
and policies that will make you wealthy and successful.

1951
01:28:04.023 --> 01:28:08.379
<v ->Conservatives are really bad at marketing good ideas.</v>

1952
01:28:08.379 --> 01:28:10.052
They're horrible.

1953
01:28:10.052 --> 01:28:12.815
<v ->Republicans have been their own worst messengers.</v>

1954
01:28:12.815 --> 01:28:14.503
<v ->The problem with conservatives</v>

1955
01:28:14.503 --> 01:28:16.524
and what we don't do good enough,

1956
01:28:16.524 --> 01:28:19.721
is that we don't infiltrate ourselves into the culture.

1957
01:28:19.721 --> 01:28:21.917
<v Candace>For too long, we've left the left run culture.</v>

1958
01:28:21.917 --> 01:28:23.216
Saturday Night Live.

1959
01:28:23.216 --> 01:28:26.283
We're gonna make fun and people can understand humor.

1960
01:28:26.283 --> 01:28:28.399
<v ->You're not going to be able to sell your ideas,</v>

1961
01:28:28.399 --> 01:28:30.900
and your theories and your thoughts to the people,

1962
01:28:30.900 --> 01:28:32.462
if you're doing things in the same way

1963
01:28:32.462 --> 01:28:36.543
that you have done them for the last, 20-30 years.

1964
01:28:36.543 --> 01:28:40.099
<v ->Ladies and gentlemen, I am officially running</v>

1965
01:28:40.099 --> 01:28:42.798
(crowd cheering)

1966
01:28:42.798 --> 01:28:46.503
for President of the United States,

1967
01:28:46.503 --> 01:28:50.716
and we are going to make our country great again.

1968
01:28:50.716 --> 01:28:55.716
<v ->Donald Trump is the first Republican that is unafraid.</v>

1969
01:28:56.159 --> 01:28:57.193
He's unafraid of the media.

1970
01:28:57.193 --> 01:28:58.947
<v ->You know it, if you're honest reporters,</v>

1971
01:28:58.947 --> 01:29:00.445
which in many cases you're not.

1972
01:29:00.445 --> 01:29:01.790
<v Man>The progressive socialist left</v>

1973
01:29:01.790 --> 01:29:03.254
and all their tactics, all their antics.

1974
01:29:03.254 --> 01:29:05.675
<v ->It's the next step in our investigation.</v>

1975
01:29:05.675 --> 01:29:06.828
<v ->They don't know what to do with him.</v>

1976
01:29:06.828 --> 01:29:08.246
<v ->If you look at his policies</v>

1977
01:29:08.246 --> 01:29:12.573
and how they benefited and continue to benefit this country,

1978
01:29:12.573 --> 01:29:15.866
there's no denying the objective facts.

1979
01:29:15.866 --> 01:29:19.249
But if you look at the man, Donald Trump,

1980
01:29:19.249 --> 01:29:22.130
the version of him as it is painted by the media,

1981
01:29:22.130 --> 01:29:25.359
then it's easy to hate the man, hate his guts.

1982
01:29:25.359 --> 01:29:27.916
<v ->Painting a picture of him that he is incompetent,</v>

1983
01:29:27.916 --> 01:29:30.934
not capable, out of control, impetuous,

1984
01:29:30.934 --> 01:29:34.320
all those things is what we get out of the media.

1985
01:29:34.320 --> 01:29:37.260
But somehow, through the charisma of his personality

1986
01:29:37.260 --> 01:29:40.169
and a force of his personality has gotten through

1987
01:29:40.169 --> 01:29:41.407
to some in our community.

1988
01:29:41.407 --> 01:29:43.890
<v ->I see Trump as this window of opportunity</v>

1989
01:29:43.890 --> 01:29:45.208
for black America to wake up,

1990
01:29:45.208 --> 01:29:47.074
is because I think he's the most cultural president

1991
01:29:47.074 --> 01:29:48.324
we've ever had.

1992
01:29:49.364 --> 01:29:51.152
<v Man>He was taking photos with rappers.</v>

1993
01:29:51.152 --> 01:29:53.251
He was always part of the culture.

1994
01:29:53.251 --> 01:29:55.151
<v ->You got this guy that talks shit,</v>

1995
01:29:55.151 --> 01:29:58.109
at WrestleMania, he was doing this, he was doing that

1996
01:29:58.109 --> 01:29:59.166
and he's president?

1997
01:29:59.166 --> 01:30:00.661
<v ->He made politics cool again.</v>

1998
01:30:00.661 --> 01:30:04.331
<v ->Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in our country.</v>

1999
01:30:04.331 --> 01:30:05.814
<v ->Because you'd be in jail.</v>

2000
01:30:05.814 --> 01:30:07.162
<v ->You can see the realness.</v>

2001
01:30:07.162 --> 01:30:08.364
He's a New Yorker, man.

2002
01:30:08.364 --> 01:30:09.389
And he talks like one.

2003
01:30:09.389 --> 01:30:11.617
He has the bravado like one.

2004
01:30:11.617 --> 01:30:13.401
<v ->Jeb wants to be a tough guy.</v>

2005
01:30:13.401 --> 01:30:14.929
He wants to be a tough guy tonight.

2006
01:30:14.929 --> 01:30:16.294
I didn't take the property.

2007
01:30:16.294 --> 01:30:17.919
<v Man>A lot of young, black people,</v>

2008
01:30:17.919 --> 01:30:19.921
that's why they're drawn to him.

2009
01:30:19.921 --> 01:30:21.480
<v ->If people spoke to black people</v>

2010
01:30:21.480 --> 01:30:26.480
the way Donald Trump does, bluntly, without condescension.

2011
01:30:27.042 --> 01:30:31.676
<v ->Look how much African-American communities have suffered</v>

2012
01:30:31.676 --> 01:30:33.759
under Democratic control.

2013
01:30:34.616 --> 01:30:37.116
To those, I say the following,

2014
01:30:38.729 --> 01:30:40.812
what do you have to lose?

2015
01:30:41.818 --> 01:30:44.254
<v ->Donald Trump is facing a new backlash.</v>

2016
01:30:44.254 --> 01:30:47.178
<v ->Is "What the hell do you have to lose" the best pitch?</v>

2017
01:30:47.178 --> 01:30:49.229
<v ->Trump's latest attempted outreach</v>

2018
01:30:49.229 --> 01:30:52.493
to a larger voting block is already being called ignorant.

2019
01:30:52.493 --> 01:30:55.012
<v ->So disrespectful and so condescending.</v>

2020
01:30:55.012 --> 01:30:58.637
<v ->How condescending, how offensive, how racist, whatever.</v>

2021
01:30:58.637 --> 01:30:59.470
But he was right.

2022
01:30:59.470 --> 01:31:00.378
<v ->What do you have to lose?</v>

2023
01:31:00.378 --> 01:31:03.578
You're living in poverty, your schools are no good,

2024
01:31:03.578 --> 01:31:05.758
you have no jobs.

2025
01:31:05.758 --> 01:31:08.963
58% of your youth is unemployed.

2026
01:31:08.963 --> 01:31:11.757
<v ->The audacity to stare black America in the face</v>

2027
01:31:11.757 --> 01:31:14.360
and say, "Hello, wake up, you're already losing.

2028
01:31:14.360 --> 01:31:15.205
"Look at your communities.

2029
01:31:15.205 --> 01:31:16.830
"Everything's run down, what's the big deal?

2030
01:31:16.830 --> 01:31:18.125
"Take a chance on Trump."

2031
01:31:18.125 --> 01:31:20.694
<v ->People, black and white and brown</v>

2032
01:31:20.694 --> 01:31:23.004
who did not go to college

2033
01:31:23.004 --> 01:31:27.570
have felt ignored by the elites of both parties.

2034
01:31:27.570 --> 01:31:31.427
And Trump turned over the tables in the temple.

2035
01:31:31.427 --> 01:31:33.971
<v ->You can say he's an artful, he's not articulate,</v>

2036
01:31:33.971 --> 01:31:35.468
he's not smooth, whatever.

2037
01:31:35.468 --> 01:31:37.316
People really don't care.

2038
01:31:37.316 --> 01:31:38.830
People are tired of politicians

2039
01:31:38.830 --> 01:31:40.780
that say one thing and do something else.

2040
01:31:40.780 --> 01:31:44.147
Especially, we're starting to see in the black community.

2041
01:31:44.147 --> 01:31:45.188
They wanna see some change,

2042
01:31:45.188 --> 01:31:46.553
they wanna see something different.

2043
01:31:46.553 --> 01:31:49.121
<v ->And that's why blacks feeling as if they're conservatives</v>

2044
01:31:49.121 --> 01:31:50.680
is on the rise.

2045
01:31:50.680 --> 01:31:51.865
They're looking at the results.

2046
01:31:51.865 --> 01:31:54.615
(crowd cheering)

2047
01:31:56.729 --> 01:31:59.310
<v ->You think you can bully people to stop doing something.</v>

2048
01:31:59.310 --> 01:32:01.956
Callin' us coons, all them types of names.

2049
01:32:01.956 --> 01:32:04.555
Usually, people run to their little cubby hills after that.

2050
01:32:04.555 --> 01:32:06.714
It's a new movement now and we want all the smoke.

2051
01:32:06.714 --> 01:32:07.981
It's really clear.

2052
01:32:07.981 --> 01:32:09.024
People tell me not to wear the MAGA hat,

2053
01:32:09.024 --> 01:32:11.071
so I bought the biggest MAGA hat.

2054
01:32:11.071 --> 01:32:13.203
Then I bought a bigger one.

2055
01:32:13.203 --> 01:32:14.962
So now if somebody say something to me,

2056
01:32:14.962 --> 01:32:16.665
duh, common sense, a bigger one.

2057
01:32:16.665 --> 01:32:18.879
It's simple math really when you put it all together.

2058
01:32:18.879 --> 01:32:20.635
♪ Yeah, I'm black I'm not Democrat ♪

2059
01:32:20.635 --> 01:32:21.754
♪ With the MAGA hat ♪

2060
01:32:21.754 --> 01:32:24.775
♪ Ooh we they try to take my guns I can't go like that ♪

2061
01:32:24.775 --> 01:32:27.557
♪ Ooh we they try to take our funds I can't go like that ♪

2062
01:32:27.557 --> 01:32:30.531
♪ Ooh we they tried to bend our speeds I can't go like that ♪

2063
01:32:30.531 --> 01:32:32.404
♪ Yeah, I'm black, I'm not Democrat ♪

2064
01:32:32.404 --> 01:32:33.846
♪ With the MAGA hat ♪

2065
01:32:33.846 --> 01:32:36.317
<v ->It was Donald Trump who woke me up, man.</v>

2066
01:32:36.317 --> 01:32:40.285
At first, when he was nominated and he was elected,

2067
01:32:40.285 --> 01:32:44.022
I was not a big fan, but to see the things he's done

2068
01:32:44.022 --> 01:32:45.400
for the black community, see the things he's done

2069
01:32:45.400 --> 01:32:46.974
for America in particular.

2070
01:32:46.974 --> 01:32:49.025
I'm a huge fan now and he has my support.

2071
01:32:49.025 --> 01:32:50.066
<v ->We are in historical times,</v>

2072
01:32:50.066 --> 01:32:51.721
'cause people are waking up, people are changing.

2073
01:32:51.721 --> 01:32:52.963
Humans are naturally conservative.

2074
01:32:52.963 --> 01:32:54.574
You grow up being told to work hard for what you eat.

2075
01:32:54.574 --> 01:32:57.368
You don't grow up being told you gon' get somethin'

2076
01:32:57.368 --> 01:32:59.218
because you just want it.

2077
01:32:59.218 --> 01:33:00.931
You see, like you ain't gotta work for it.

2078
01:33:00.931 --> 01:33:02.732
When I went to the store,

2079
01:33:02.732 --> 01:33:04.647
and I try to get a Snickers and I had no money for it,

2080
01:33:04.647 --> 01:33:07.169
momma slapped my hand, "Put that Snickers back.

2081
01:33:07.169 --> 01:33:08.749
"We can't afford that."

2082
01:33:08.749 --> 01:33:09.655
But Democrats, they're saying,

2083
01:33:09.655 --> 01:33:11.446
"Hey, we give you everything for free."

2084
01:33:11.446 --> 01:33:12.279
That ain't reality.

2085
01:33:12.279 --> 01:33:14.342
<v ->Black America is starting to get it.</v>

2086
01:33:14.342 --> 01:33:17.089
And that's why there is this sort of battle

2087
01:33:17.089 --> 01:33:18.847
that's happening I think right now.

2088
01:33:18.847 --> 01:33:22.261
Black America is in the midst of an ideological civil war.

2089
01:33:22.261 --> 01:33:23.656
Oh, it's bullshit!

2090
01:33:23.656 --> 01:33:25.525
It's racism, it's Trump.

2091
01:33:25.525 --> 01:33:27.295
Get off your feet, fuck this.

2092
01:33:27.295 --> 01:33:29.324
We gotta stand up, we gotta do our shit.

2093
01:33:29.324 --> 01:33:30.484
We gotta do what we gotta do as black people.

2094
01:33:30.484 --> 01:33:31.975
<v ->Round of applause for Candace, please.</v>

2095
01:33:31.975 --> 01:33:33.829
<v ->That's a waste of time.</v>

2096
01:33:33.829 --> 01:33:36.039
(somber music)

2097
01:33:36.039 --> 01:33:37.617
You guys, this is so beautiful.

2098
01:33:37.617 --> 01:33:38.705
Look at all of us.

2099
01:33:38.705 --> 01:33:41.108
We made it all the way to the White House.

2100
01:33:41.108 --> 01:33:43.224
This week, in two days, I'm going to the White House

2101
01:33:43.224 --> 01:33:46.018
with 400 black kids, and it's basically saying,

2102
01:33:46.018 --> 01:33:49.338
you don't get to take away my blackness

2103
01:33:49.338 --> 01:33:52.808
because I don't agree with you, because I'm educated.

2104
01:33:52.808 --> 01:33:54.839
Before, it was just a monolith.

2105
01:33:54.839 --> 01:33:57.518
And there was no thought, it was just nodding like zombies.

2106
01:33:57.518 --> 01:34:01.717
Like of course, we have to support Barack Obama.

2107
01:34:01.717 --> 01:34:03.325
<v Larry>The one reason that I thought</v>

2108
01:34:03.325 --> 01:34:05.595
that his candidacy would be positive.

2109
01:34:05.595 --> 01:34:09.771
The one reason, was because when Senator Obama

2110
01:34:09.771 --> 01:34:11.853
was interviewed by Steve Croft,

2111
01:34:11.853 --> 01:34:14.796
I believe that was his first 60 Minutes interview,

2112
01:34:14.796 --> 01:34:16.172
and Steve Croft said to Obama.

2113
01:34:16.172 --> 01:34:17.886
<v ->You think the country's ready for a black president?</v>

2114
01:34:17.886 --> 01:34:19.490
<v ->Yes!</v>

2115
01:34:19.490 --> 01:34:21.039
<v ->You don't think it's gonna hold you back.</v>

2116
01:34:21.039 --> 01:34:21.872
<v ->No.</v>

2117
01:34:22.926 --> 01:34:25.759
I think, if I don't win this race,

2118
01:34:27.577 --> 01:34:30.760
it would be because of other factors.

2119
01:34:30.760 --> 01:34:33.927
It's gonna be because I have not shown

2120
01:34:35.260 --> 01:34:36.852
to the American people a vision

2121
01:34:36.852 --> 01:34:40.236
for where the country needs to go that they can embrace.

2122
01:34:40.236 --> 01:34:41.913
<v Larry>I said to myself, hallelujah!</v>

2123
01:34:41.913 --> 01:34:46.363
At least this is not your basic black victocrat.

2124
01:34:46.363 --> 01:34:48.006
Well, he got elected.

2125
01:34:48.006 --> 01:34:49.914
<v Man>I cried, tears came to my eyes</v>

2126
01:34:49.914 --> 01:34:51.103
during his inauguration.

2127
01:34:51.103 --> 01:34:53.019
<v ->My fellow citizens.</v>

2128
01:34:53.019 --> 01:34:54.304
<v ->A black man being a president?</v>

2129
01:34:54.304 --> 01:34:57.409
Like, this is finally, we have proven to the world

2130
01:34:57.409 --> 01:34:58.467
and everybody else in the country

2131
01:34:58.467 --> 01:34:59.900
that this is not a racist country.

2132
01:34:59.900 --> 01:35:01.799
<v ->And I think that's what America really felt,</v>

2133
01:35:01.799 --> 01:35:03.029
that we had turned a corner.

2134
01:35:03.029 --> 01:35:05.437
<v ->I could follow in the same steps now finally.</v>

2135
01:35:05.437 --> 01:35:07.602
That there was no barrier that was preventing me

2136
01:35:07.602 --> 01:35:09.535
as a black American from doing anything.

2137
01:35:09.535 --> 01:35:11.613
<v ->Many people had high expectations</v>

2138
01:35:11.613 --> 01:35:14.668
that he was going to take us in a direction

2139
01:35:14.668 --> 01:35:17.028
that was gonna improve things.

2140
01:35:17.028 --> 01:35:18.491
<v ->Obama, before he became president,</v>

2141
01:35:18.491 --> 01:35:20.748
gave a speech at a black church in Atlanta.

2142
01:35:20.748 --> 01:35:22.506
And he said, the Moses generation,

2143
01:35:22.506 --> 01:35:24.571
referring to the generation of Martin Luther King,

2144
01:35:24.571 --> 01:35:28.322
has gotten us 90% of the way there,

2145
01:35:28.322 --> 01:35:29.935
which I though was pretty reasonable.

2146
01:35:29.935 --> 01:35:32.550
He said, "My generation, the Joshua generation

2147
01:35:32.550 --> 01:35:34.527
"has to get us that remaining 10%."

2148
01:35:34.527 --> 01:35:37.864
<v ->The Moses generation pointed the way.</v>

2149
01:35:37.864 --> 01:35:39.700
They took us 90% of the way there,

2150
01:35:39.700 --> 01:35:42.107
but we still got that 10%.

2151
01:35:42.107 --> 01:35:44.270
<v ->That was before Obama became president.</v>

2152
01:35:44.270 --> 01:35:46.753
I'm suspecting that now that he's president,

2153
01:35:46.753 --> 01:35:49.906
that that 10% probably got shaved into just a little bit.

2154
01:35:49.906 --> 01:35:52.174
Yet when he was president, what did he say, what did do?

2155
01:35:52.174 --> 01:35:56.064
<v Obama>Slavery, Jim Crow, discrimination</v>

2156
01:35:56.064 --> 01:35:59.481
in almost every institution of our lives,

2157
01:36:01.073 --> 01:36:03.296
that cast a long shadow.

2158
01:36:03.296 --> 01:36:06.513
And that's still part of our DNA.

2159
01:36:06.513 --> 01:36:07.930
That's passed on.

2160
01:36:08.809 --> 01:36:09.995
We're not cured of it.

2161
01:36:09.995 --> 01:36:11.539
<v ->Racism?</v>
<v ->Racism.</v>

2162
01:36:11.539 --> 01:36:12.823
We are not cured of it.

2163
01:36:12.823 --> 01:36:14.594
<v ->Obama got a higher percentage of the white vote</v>

2164
01:36:14.594 --> 01:36:16.301
than John Kerry did, and here he is

2165
01:36:16.301 --> 01:36:18.278
talking about racism is in our DNA?

2166
01:36:18.278 --> 01:36:20.441
<v Both>If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon.</v>

2167
01:36:20.441 --> 01:36:21.533
<v ->The Cambridge Police...</v>

2168
01:36:21.533 --> 01:36:23.222
<v Larry>The Cambridge Police acted stupidly.</v>

2169
01:36:23.222 --> 01:36:25.027
<v ->Acted stupidly.</v>

2170
01:36:25.027 --> 01:36:29.640
<v ->What he really did was add to the level of racial tension</v>

2171
01:36:29.640 --> 01:36:31.658
that we have in America today.

2172
01:36:31.658 --> 01:36:34.503
<v ->He went out of his way to capitalize</v>

2173
01:36:34.503 --> 01:36:36.598
on this sort of like, wokeness.

2174
01:36:36.598 --> 01:36:39.786
<v ->There are very few African-American men in this country,</v>

2175
01:36:39.786 --> 01:36:42.693
who haven't had the experience of being followed

2176
01:36:42.693 --> 01:36:45.375
when they were shopping in a department store.

2177
01:36:45.375 --> 01:36:46.241
That includes me.

2178
01:36:46.241 --> 01:36:50.090
<v ->He had Al Sharpton in his White House over 70 times.</v>

2179
01:36:50.090 --> 01:36:52.720
And every time you criticize President Obama

2180
01:36:52.720 --> 01:36:55.926
based upon policy, you were called what?

2181
01:36:55.926 --> 01:36:56.852
A racist.

2182
01:36:56.852 --> 01:36:59.257
<v ->He played the race card, Obama did.</v>

2183
01:36:59.257 --> 01:37:01.955
This is a guy who knew better and could've,

2184
01:37:01.955 --> 01:37:04.379
in my opinion done a great deal to advance

2185
01:37:04.379 --> 01:37:05.744
racial issue in this country.

2186
01:37:05.744 --> 01:37:08.133
<v ->We didn't turn any corner.</v>

2187
01:37:08.133 --> 01:37:10.830
And so now, we are just at a point

2188
01:37:10.830 --> 01:37:12.473
where we're at each other's throats.

2189
01:37:12.473 --> 01:37:13.646
<v ->You called me a nigger.</v>

2190
01:37:13.646 --> 01:37:14.889
<v ->I didn't call you no nigger.</v>
<v ->Yes, you did.</v>

2191
01:37:14.889 --> 01:37:15.722
<v ->No, I didn't.</v>

2192
01:37:15.722 --> 01:37:17.035
<v ->He made things worse for America</v>

2193
01:37:17.035 --> 01:37:19.100
in terms of race, and there's not a single person

2194
01:37:19.100 --> 01:37:21.894
that can say they remember America feeling like this.

2195
01:37:21.894 --> 01:37:23.324
<v ->Constitution.</v>
<v ->I said you a house nigger.</v>

2196
01:37:23.324 --> 01:37:24.335
I didn't call you a nigger.

2197
01:37:24.335 --> 01:37:25.168
<v ->Oh, okay.</v>

2198
01:37:25.168 --> 01:37:26.212
That's a big difference.

2199
01:37:26.212 --> 01:37:28.512
<v ->You a Uncle Tom.</v>
<v ->Yeah, I'm a Uncle Tom?</v>

2200
01:37:28.512 --> 01:37:30.708
(clamoring)

2201
01:37:30.708 --> 01:37:34.510
<v ->Before Obama, wasn't all this racist talk at all.</v>

2202
01:37:34.510 --> 01:37:35.709
I don't remember it.

2203
01:37:35.709 --> 01:37:37.390
<v Candace>I don't remember at any point</v>

2204
01:37:37.390 --> 01:37:40.556
before Barack Obama ever feeling this much racial strife

2205
01:37:40.556 --> 01:37:41.738
in this country.

2206
01:37:41.738 --> 01:37:44.932
<v Man>Obama was the most divisive president of our time.</v>

2207
01:37:44.932 --> 01:37:46.888
<v ->Especially in the African-American community,</v>

2208
01:37:46.888 --> 01:37:49.376
I will consider it a personal insult,

2209
01:37:49.376 --> 01:37:53.907
an insult to my legacy if this community lets down its guard

2210
01:37:53.907 --> 01:37:55.862
and fails to activate itself in this election.

2211
01:37:55.862 --> 01:37:58.833
<v ->I believe Obama is one of the most articulate presidents</v>

2212
01:37:58.833 --> 01:38:01.499
that we've had, charismatic presidents that we've had.

2213
01:38:01.499 --> 01:38:03.384
When you look at his educational background,

2214
01:38:03.384 --> 01:38:06.338
he's probably one of the most intelligent.

2215
01:38:06.338 --> 01:38:07.671
He knows better.

2216
01:38:08.962 --> 01:38:11.381
<v ->I harbor a lot of resentment towards Barack Obama,</v>

2217
01:38:11.381 --> 01:38:14.078
because now I see what he was.

2218
01:38:14.078 --> 01:38:16.616
But I wouldn't take that moment back,

2219
01:38:16.616 --> 01:38:17.636
for a lot of reasons.

2220
01:38:17.636 --> 01:38:20.853
And one of those reasons is that it did me a lot.

2221
01:38:20.853 --> 01:38:23.460
Now it's something that I point to to show people.

2222
01:38:23.460 --> 01:38:26.042
If America is a racist country,

2223
01:38:26.042 --> 01:38:28.759
how did Barack Obama get into office for two terms?

2224
01:38:28.759 --> 01:38:31.797
<v ->In barely half a century,</v>

2225
01:38:31.797 --> 01:38:35.304
you can go from a young African-American girl

2226
01:38:35.304 --> 01:38:38.751
being escorted into the school by the National Guard,

2227
01:38:38.751 --> 01:38:42.443
to having the first person of color occupy the Oval Office.

2228
01:38:42.443 --> 01:38:44.043
(somber music)

2229
01:38:44.043 --> 01:38:47.295
<v Man>That's why all those people were in tears</v>

2230
01:38:47.295 --> 01:38:50.529
when Obama was elected president.

2231
01:38:50.529 --> 01:38:51.895
Look at what we are.

2232
01:38:51.895 --> 01:38:53.977
This is America.

2233
01:38:53.977 --> 01:38:56.560
<v ->If there is anyone out there,</v>

2234
01:38:57.651 --> 01:39:00.817
who still doubts that America is a place

2235
01:39:00.817 --> 01:39:03.317
where all things are possible,

2236
01:39:04.733 --> 01:39:08.049
who still wonders if the dream of our founders

2237
01:39:08.049 --> 01:39:11.466
is alive in our time, who still questions

2238
01:39:12.653 --> 01:39:16.903
the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

2239
01:39:17.809 --> 01:39:20.559
(crowd cheering)

2240
01:39:23.969 --> 01:39:26.845
It's the answer told by lines that stretched

2241
01:39:26.845 --> 01:39:29.529
around schools and churches,

2242
01:39:29.529 --> 01:39:32.696
in numbers this nation has never seen.

2243
01:39:33.767 --> 01:39:34.825
<v ->I didn't grow up thinking,</v>

2244
01:39:34.825 --> 01:39:36.578
one day I wanna own my own business,

2245
01:39:36.578 --> 01:39:38.578
I wanna do my own thing.

2246
01:39:42.497 --> 01:39:44.277
It seemed like something that surely I could never achieve.

2247
01:39:44.277 --> 01:39:46.602
That's something that you have to be really smart.

2248
01:39:46.602 --> 01:39:48.044
You have to come from money.

2249
01:39:48.044 --> 01:39:50.860
You have to have a huge set of capital

2250
01:39:50.860 --> 01:39:54.061
before you can even start a business.

2251
01:39:54.061 --> 01:39:55.764
That's something that's too lofty for me.

2252
01:39:55.764 --> 01:39:57.701
I would never accomplish that.

2253
01:39:57.701 --> 01:40:00.451
So, I didn't even think about it.

2254
01:40:02.236 --> 01:40:05.002
If you have some material and stuff that you're needing,

2255
01:40:05.002 --> 01:40:06.007
I would like to get it to a place

2256
01:40:06.007 --> 01:40:08.607
where you can call him and if we have it in the shop

2257
01:40:08.607 --> 01:40:10.247
he can run it to you.

2258
01:40:10.247 --> 01:40:13.630
Early in my 20s when I began to go into a transition,

2259
01:40:13.630 --> 01:40:17.213
if you will, of learning more about policy,

2260
01:40:18.640 --> 01:40:20.398
of learning more about the platforms

2261
01:40:20.398 --> 01:40:22.672
and how they're so different from one another,

2262
01:40:22.672 --> 01:40:24.299
I realized, well, no, there's something

2263
01:40:24.299 --> 01:40:26.317
that is well within my grasp.

2264
01:40:26.317 --> 01:40:29.760
This is something that is attainable.

2265
01:40:29.760 --> 01:40:31.420
<v ->Being a business owner in America</v>

2266
01:40:31.420 --> 01:40:36.230
is one of the greatest privileges of being in America.

2267
01:40:36.230 --> 01:40:37.560
I love being in this country,

2268
01:40:37.560 --> 01:40:40.129
where you can start anything, you can be anything,

2269
01:40:40.129 --> 01:40:42.164
you can do anything.

2270
01:40:42.164 --> 01:40:46.414
And it's not possible everywhere to do it that way.

2271
01:40:47.690 --> 01:40:50.940
<v ->Oftentimes I get crazy messages from people</v>

2272
01:40:50.940 --> 01:40:55.582
who, they can't believe I do this or whatever.

2273
01:40:55.582 --> 01:40:58.189
But you don't know until you do it yourself.

2274
01:40:58.189 --> 01:40:59.990
You don't really get it and understand it

2275
01:40:59.990 --> 01:41:02.823
until you start doing it yourself.

2276
01:41:03.765 --> 01:41:04.611
<v ->Designers.</v>

2277
01:41:04.611 --> 01:41:06.362
They're still thinking that it's a four-inch supply

2278
01:41:06.362 --> 01:41:07.258
coming into the building...

2279
01:41:07.258 --> 01:41:09.857
<v ->In my heart of hearts, I do desire</v>

2280
01:41:09.857 --> 01:41:11.905
that people will kind of have

2281
01:41:11.905 --> 01:41:14.147
the same kind of revelations that I've had,

2282
01:41:14.147 --> 01:41:17.576
because to me, what it means to be a conservative

2283
01:41:17.576 --> 01:41:21.953
is to realize that a lot of the dignity that you have

2284
01:41:21.953 --> 01:41:23.156
is within yourself.

2285
01:41:23.156 --> 01:41:26.852
Conservatism is the political philosophy

2286
01:41:26.852 --> 01:41:30.073
that is pro-business, that is pro-growth,

2287
01:41:30.073 --> 01:41:31.791
that is pro-minority,

2288
01:41:31.791 --> 01:41:35.304
way more than any kind of liberal idea

2289
01:41:35.304 --> 01:41:37.450
or policy can ever be.

2290
01:41:37.450 --> 01:41:40.006
I want for people to understand that.

2291
01:41:40.006 --> 01:41:41.580
I want for people to realize that.

2292
01:41:41.580 --> 01:41:45.335
These are the sinks that you fixed last time?

2293
01:41:45.335 --> 01:41:47.383
<v ->It starts with the individual.</v>

2294
01:41:47.383 --> 01:41:51.364
What you do in making yourself a better person

2295
01:41:51.364 --> 01:41:54.713
will matriculate down to everybody else in the community,

2296
01:41:54.713 --> 01:41:56.889
all the generations that come after you.

2297
01:41:56.889 --> 01:41:59.232
The power is in your hands.

2298
01:41:59.232 --> 01:42:01.960
Don't rely and wait for everybody else to do something.

2299
01:42:01.960 --> 01:42:04.465
You have the power to change you.

2300
01:42:04.465 --> 01:42:06.383
You have authority to change you.

2301
01:42:06.383 --> 01:42:09.002
<v ->I will not pretend to be a victim in this country.</v>

2302
01:42:09.002 --> 01:42:10.218
I know that that makes many people

2303
01:42:10.218 --> 01:42:11.764
on the left uncomfortable.

2304
01:42:11.764 --> 01:42:13.619
I know people might not like me

2305
01:42:13.619 --> 01:42:14.819
'cause they're from an era

2306
01:42:14.819 --> 01:42:16.121
where race hustling is a business.

2307
01:42:16.121 --> 01:42:18.652
But I say to people, "I'm not here to be your friend.

2308
01:42:18.652 --> 01:42:20.752
"I'm not here to become the most well liked

2309
01:42:20.752 --> 01:42:22.377
"black person in America.

2310
01:42:22.377 --> 01:42:24.260
"I am here to be like an alarm clock.

2311
01:42:24.260 --> 01:42:25.727
"Your alarm clock goes off in the morning

2312
01:42:25.727 --> 01:42:26.890
"and you're pretty pissed at it,

2313
01:42:26.890 --> 01:42:29.787
"but eventually you get up and you do what you have to do."

2314
01:42:29.787 --> 01:42:31.702
<v ->Many of the black kids who grew up in this country,</v>

2315
01:42:31.702 --> 01:42:34.126
they see mom and dad voting for Democrats.

2316
01:42:34.126 --> 01:42:35.636
They don't question it.

2317
01:42:35.636 --> 01:42:37.310
They just go and do it.

2318
01:42:37.310 --> 01:42:40.560
But many of them have so much potential

2319
01:42:41.537 --> 01:42:44.119
and so much worth that they can really do

2320
01:42:44.119 --> 01:42:47.600
anything they wanted with their lives.

2321
01:42:47.600 --> 01:42:51.436
So much creativity and so much vision.

2322
01:42:51.436 --> 01:42:54.316
What's sad is that many of them are being lied to,

2323
01:42:54.316 --> 01:42:56.005
and they're being put in situations

2324
01:42:56.005 --> 01:42:58.378
where these limits are being put on them

2325
01:42:58.378 --> 01:43:01.609
by their selves, by their family,

2326
01:43:01.609 --> 01:43:04.878
by their schools, by the government,

2327
01:43:04.878 --> 01:43:08.128
to where their minds are ever dependent

2328
01:43:08.974 --> 01:43:12.807
on Democrat politicians, on Democrat policies.

2329
01:43:14.743 --> 01:43:16.936
When in reality, you're bigger than a program,

2330
01:43:16.936 --> 01:43:18.322
you're better than a program.

2331
01:43:18.322 --> 01:43:20.157
You're capable of providing for yourself

2332
01:43:20.157 --> 01:43:22.269
so much more than any government program

2333
01:43:22.269 --> 01:43:24.676
can provide for you.

2334
01:43:24.676 --> 01:43:28.865
My fear is that with black people in America,

2335
01:43:28.865 --> 01:43:31.439
many of us haven't came to that realization,

2336
01:43:31.439 --> 01:43:32.969
and I want for us to.

2337
01:43:32.969 --> 01:43:35.664
Because we can do so much better as a community

2338
01:43:35.664 --> 01:43:38.414
when we come to that realization.

2339
01:44:04.987 --> 01:44:05.820
Alrighty.

2340
01:44:07.147 --> 01:44:08.314
That'll do it.

2341
01:44:10.225 --> 01:44:12.975
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