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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, guys, here we are last break of the day.
It's been a fun day. And thank you everybody as always,
thank you for listening to us every day. We appreciate
your business. We love you for that. Thank you, Steve,
take us out.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Hey, you know my clothes. Remarks about this past weekend.
I went to Academy Sports. Really really nice people in
Academy Sports, and.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
It was all it was a day.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
It was July third that I went on a Friday,
and I was actually walking through. The people were really nice.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Man.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
I'd never been there at that Academy Sports, so they were
real happy to have me, to say the least. But
they were nice, very helpful people. Man, had a nice
time walking around and they bought a few things. And
I was leaving and the store manager said, hey, mister Harvey,
thank you for picking our store at the shop, I
said thank you. He said, hey, man, have a happy fourth.
(00:51):
I said, okay. And then there was another guy right
before I was just saying, hey, mister Harvey, happy fourth
at July. And then I went to my truck to
get in my te bet. This black dude, he's a man.
It's an honor to meet you.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Man.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Hey, man happy the July and it was just happening everywhere,
and it was I kept thinking of how nice people
were to say that, but I couldn't return it to
them because that's not what I do. I've never really
celebrated the fourth of July ever. I've never understood what
the celebration was for. I understand it's supposed to be
(01:25):
for the birth and the independence of this nation, but
it's just been too many times that I haven't feeled.
I don't get to feel the freedom, I don't get
to partake in the constitution. That constitution has been flawed
for me the entire time I've been here. And I
know a lot of people feel the same way that constitution.
(01:46):
Forty one of the men who wrote that Constitution were
slave owners. I'm just not understanding, you know. I mean,
I'm understanding it. I get it. You know that's what
you were. But it's too many times that I don't
feel a part of it. And even now, man, it
(02:09):
has gotten even worse for me because this is the
two hundred and fiftieth celebration of this nation.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
And congratulations. You know. I now here's one thing I do.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
I respect your I respect the flag to the point
where I respect the men and women who put the
uniforms on to protect the freedom of that country. I
respect and I really stand for those who put that
uniform on, who left home and didn't come back. So
(02:44):
I have the highest level of respect for these people.
So understand that. And after that, that's where it stops
for me, because after that, I have been in a
constant battle. My sixty nine years has been an the
constant battle of trying to be a part of an
America that don't seem to want me to be a
(03:06):
part of it. I grew up in Welch, West Virginia.
I saw colored only water fountains. I saw colored only restrooms.
I saw Kresky's downtown where blacks couldn't sit at this
lunch counters.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
I saw all of this. I saw all of it.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
And then today I watched two hundred and fifty white nationalists,
a white supremacist group, march on Washington, DC. I watched
that solo picture of that black woman sitting on that bus,
surrounded by all that hate, and how I.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
Only felt one thing.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
I wish I was on that bus, not to fight,
because I can't whit Forty fifty men on no bus.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
I just wanted to sit on the train. I just
wanted to sit.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Next to her and say, hey, it's okay, you ain't
by yourself. That's all I felt for that picture. But
why I got to feel that? And now we have
an administration that keeps and here's a part that keeps
throwing me. Man, this whole slogan when he ran or
make America great Again. We were wondering from the very beginning,
(04:18):
make America great again for who? When we steady been
fighting to get our fair share? When has it ever
been great? And now we see exactly what they mean
by make America great again? The Civil Rights Voting Act
of nineteen sixty four. They want to do away with it,
Row versus Wade. They want to do away with it.
(04:38):
They want to do away with any statues and museums
that timplify, that exemplify, glorify, or remind them of slavery.
They want to get rid of black history and books.
They want to stop teaching it in schools. They want
to remove anything that reminds them of who their forefathers are,
because it also shows them who they are. If you're
(05:00):
trying to do the same thing, you know, better off
than them. So this whole make America Great Again, This
whole administration, everything they do is designed to put somebody down.
We sitting up in here, we making budget cuts and
all this here you were killing veterans' rights. We thought
DEI was supposed to kill just black people. Oh, but
(05:23):
you forgot DI affected white women. VII affected veterans' rights,
DEI affected disabled people. You just keep forgetting, man, And
we keep allowing this administration to just do what they
want to do. And we sit here, man, where is
the decency? And now we've allowed them to redefine decency.
(05:48):
You're not changing my definition of decency because you're the
president and this is what you're doing now, I'm just watching.
Do you know, man, that snap benefits have been cut?
Do you know seven hundred thousand children are going to
go hungry because they won't have the lunch programs and
the benefit for food that there used to be. What
(06:10):
does make America great again have to do with stopping
seven hundred thousand children from eating? Help me, man, So
while y'all celebrate America, go ahead, but we ain't found
nothing to celebrate yet.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
We just haven't.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
We've made the best of it. But now we're fighting
uphill again. We're still in the same fight we've been
in since night, since I was born. I'm just growing
a little.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Tired of it.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
I just wish y'all could see that. All Right, y'all,
have a great day today. Talk to God.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
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All right, guys, here we are last break of the day.
It's been a fun day. And thank you everybody as always,
thank you for listening to us every day. We appreciate
your business. We love you for that. Thank you, Steve,
take us out.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Hey, you know my clothes. Remarks about this past weekend.
I went to Academy Sports. Really really nice people in
Academy Sports, and.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
It was all it was a day.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
It was July third that I went on a Friday,
and I was actually walking through. The people were really nice.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Man.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
I'd never been there at that Academy Sports, so they were
real happy to have me, to say the least. But
they were nice, very helpful people. Man, had a nice
time walking around and they bought a few things. And
I was leaving and the store manager said, hey, mister Harvey,
thank you for picking our store at the shop, I
said thank you. He said, hey, man, have a happy fourth.
(00:51):
I said, okay. And then there was another guy right
before I was just saying, hey, mister Harvey, happy fourth
at July. And then I went to my truck to
get in my te bet. This black dude, he's a man.
It's an honor to meet you.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Man.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Hey, man happy the July and it was just happening everywhere,
and it was I kept thinking of how nice people
were to say that, but I couldn't return it to
them because that's not what I do. I've never really
celebrated the fourth of July ever. I've never understood what
the celebration was for. I understand it's supposed to be
(01:25):
for the birth and the independence of this nation, but
it's just been too many times that I haven't feeled.
I don't get to feel the freedom, I don't get
to partake in the constitution. That constitution has been flawed
for me the entire time I've been here. And I
know a lot of people feel the same way that constitution.
(01:46):
Forty one of the men who wrote that Constitution were
slave owners. I'm just not understanding, you know. I mean,
I'm understanding it. I get it. You know that's what
you were. But it's too many times that I don't
feel a part of it. And even now, man, it
(02:09):
has gotten even worse for me because this is the
two hundred and fiftieth celebration of this nation.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
And congratulations. You know. I now here's one thing I do.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
I respect your I respect the flag to the point
where I respect the men and women who put the
uniforms on to protect the freedom of that country. I
respect and I really stand for those who put that
uniform on, who left home and didn't come back. So
(02:44):
I have the highest level of respect for these people.
So understand that. And after that, that's where it stops
for me, because after that, I have been in a
constant battle. My sixty nine years has been an the
constant battle of trying to be a part of an
America that don't seem to want me to be a
(03:06):
part of it. I grew up in Welch, West Virginia.
I saw colored only water fountains. I saw colored only restrooms.
I saw Kresky's downtown where blacks couldn't sit at this
lunch counters.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
I saw all of this. I saw all of it.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
And then today I watched two hundred and fifty white nationalists,
a white supremacist group, march on Washington, DC. I watched
that solo picture of that black woman sitting on that bus,
surrounded by all that hate, and how I.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
Only felt one thing.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
I wish I was on that bus, not to fight,
because I can't whit Forty fifty men on no bus.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
I just wanted to sit on the train. I just
wanted to sit.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Next to her and say, hey, it's okay, you ain't
by yourself. That's all I felt for that picture. But
why I got to feel that? And now we have
an administration that keeps and here's a part that keeps
throwing me. Man, this whole slogan when he ran or
make America great Again. We were wondering from the very beginning,
(04:18):
make America great again for who? When we steady been
fighting to get our fair share? When has it ever
been great? And now we see exactly what they mean
by make America great again? The Civil Rights Voting Act
of nineteen sixty four. They want to do away with it,
Row versus Wade. They want to do away with it.
(04:38):
They want to do away with any statues and museums
that timplify, that exemplify, glorify, or remind them of slavery.
They want to get rid of black history and books.
They want to stop teaching it in schools. They want
to remove anything that reminds them of who their forefathers are,
because it also shows them who they are. If you're
(05:00):
trying to do the same thing, you know, better off
than them. So this whole make America Great Again, This
whole administration, everything they do is designed to put somebody down.
We sitting up in here, we making budget cuts and
all this here you were killing veterans' rights. We thought
DEI was supposed to kill just black people. Oh, but
(05:23):
you forgot DI affected white women. VII affected veterans' rights,
DEI affected disabled people. You just keep forgetting, man, And
we keep allowing this administration to just do what they
want to do. And we sit here, man, where is
the decency? And now we've allowed them to redefine decency.
(05:48):
You're not changing my definition of decency because you're the
president and this is what you're doing now, I'm just watching.
Do you know, man, that snap benefits have been cut?
Do you know seven hundred thousand children are going to
go hungry because they won't have the lunch programs and
the benefit for food that there used to be. What
(06:10):
does make America great again have to do with stopping
seven hundred thousand children from eating? Help me, man, So
while y'all celebrate America, go ahead, but we ain't found
nothing to celebrate yet.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
We just haven't.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
We've made the best of it. But now we're fighting
uphill again. We're still in the same fight we've been
in since night, since I was born. I'm just growing
a little.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Tired of it.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
I just wish y'all could see that. All Right, y'all,
have a great day today. Talk to God.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
I've every contest snow purchase necessary void we're prohibited. Participants
must be legal US residents at least eighteen years old,
unless otherwise stated. For complete contest rules, visit Steve HARVEYFM
dot com. You're listening Steve Harvey Morning Show
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