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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Don't give up on Black history. It is Black.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
History Months, and I'm so excited because we are going
to just dive in and talk about just being black
and how proud I am to be black. But at
the same time, if you're black listening, I thank you
so much. It's not about race with me. I really
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don't like to talk about race, but when Black history
comes in, my birthday starts to kick in.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
I was born on Martin Luther.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
King's birthday, January fifteenth, and I just have to just
get it out there. Sometimes that was my calling. I
know that's my purpose.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
So I can't. I can't ever forget where I came
from and what things have done.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Don't I don't even want to think about.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Just the bad, but we can't. We cannot forget about
what has happened to us.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
And they're trying to wash away our history in Florida.
I learned in Florida that they're not even teaching black
history in their schools anymore.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
And I want to know. I want another.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Question, why why in the world would you not share
black history?
Speaker 1 (01:08):
You don't want the people to know how crooked it
was back in the day for us? Is that what
it is.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
We don't want to cause the great risk between black
and white people again because history tends to repeat itself.
So this is my thing right now. I want you
guys to understand that we cannot forget about Black history.
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I don't have to give you a course right now,
but you know about the Renaissance period, you know about
our black history. Don't take away the black history for
our books because that doesn't make sense.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
I know it's really hard to see.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
I know that it's harsh to see with those whippings
and the beatings and the hanging and the and just
the things that black people had.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
To go through in the cotton fields.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
And just you know, with Harriet Tubman trying to free
the people, and just it's so many things that we.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Knowed Malcolm X. I mean, we know that there have been.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Some great leaders in our world that have made a
difference in our lives.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
And we cannot forget about it. We can't forget there
are so many people.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
There are two people in my life that have died
that I'm so close to, and I wish that I
would have.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Said more to them before they had died.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
And they died at a very young age, and.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
I wish there was more I had to say to
them to change their minds about their experiences in life.
And so what I'm telling you is, we cannot forget
where we come from. Make sure you know who you
are and don't let anybody take that away from you.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
If you're black, African American, or however you want to.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Call yourself, I say black, I don't say African American.
I just say black. But if an African American is fine.
If you say that, I'm African American, whatever you want
to call it, I'm back. But at the same time,
I was born in the United States of America, and
I'm proud of that.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
And when are we going to wake up and be
proud of that again? Do you understand what I'm saying.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
We have to remember who we are though, we have
to remember the king and queen that you are. You
can't forget where you come from, and you can't let
them take that away from you ever again, So be
mindful before you make that decision. If you're a teacher
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and you're listening in on this right now, please let
me get your attention.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Please fight because.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
I remember even if you're a student and they're trying
to take away your history because I remember when I
was in school, when I was in high school, they
try to take away the.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Renaissance era in my school.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
And what happened was I started a rally and they
were trying to take away our black history talent show
because I used to sing all the time with one
of my best friends there in high school, and we
got the whole cafeteria together one year that year.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
And we had a meeting to do like a little
you know what you call I can't think. I can't think.
What's you called it? It starts with a peek, I
can't think.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Well, we started rolling up, getting together, trying to start
some trouble because but I didn't know it was gonna turn.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Into like a race war.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
They were starting to put up the black the fist
up and all that stuff, and I was like, what's
going on?
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Why are y'all doing that? Don't do that. We're getting
in trouble. The busses were.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Late getting us, picking us up because we were holding
up the line.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
We were holding up the cafeteria when it was.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Time to go home, and we were holding up the
buses like it was a big deal. But you know what,
I made a difference in my classroom. They saw that
somebody made a difference and they did not skip over
the Renaissance air and we had our talent show that year.
Sometimes you have to be the one to make a difference.
If you're a teacher or a student in class, if
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you're hearing these type of things, you need to fight
for those things. Don't let them take that away from you.
Because the results air was very positive. It was about
the music. It was about jazz. It was about having
you know, a good time, look it up.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Read about it.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
I enjoyed learning about the different music artists and everything
like that.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
It was awesome. We can't take away the positives. It
ain't all about the dread the.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Doomsday because Black people have come a long way. We
have contributed a lot to this country, and we have
held this country up long enough without saying anything. But
God knows our hearts and he knows that black people
got a lot of song. And so I'm gonna leave
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you with that.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Because it's getting real. Hollered in here, because I am
so fired up.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Mm hm