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so black history month is an

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opportunity to dive back into that

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culture and dive back into the things

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that make me me . Um , it's a great

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time for us to just gather , get

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together . Um , teach our younger ones

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and teach folks who um , aren't

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necessarily emerged or aware , um , of

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all the history that has been

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suppressed over the years . I think

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it's really important because you can't

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move on in history without going

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backwards history always repeats itself .

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So you can't go anywhere without

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knowing where you came from . You know ,

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celebrate us and celebrate the

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accomplishments , accomplishments We've

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had . And um , so many things today are

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still being accomplished by our

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community history , still being made

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black history in school only slavery

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has taught . You don't get to learn

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about individuals who have done great

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things in American history like Sarah

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Rector who was a 12 year old

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millionaire , um , because of her oil

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industry and she was , she was

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identified as a white woman because she

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was so rich . Um , so there's just

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unique circumstances and unique people

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that doesn't get taught in black

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history . And so this is a time to

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really focus on that piece back in the

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seventies , people of color were

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serving in the military . They were

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fighting for the same things that we're

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fighting for now as far as freedom ,

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unity and equality and helping those

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who can't have their own freedom . So I

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think now it's definitely prevalent ,

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especially with everything that's going

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on today and you want to educate people

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to realize that there's no specific

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type of black person , like we're all

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so different . We come from so many

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different backgrounds . Um , yes ,

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we're all rooted in the same car

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culture , but you know , there's so

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many different personalities and

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characteristics of people that the

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world doesn't know about . I think we

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always have a moment where we're like ,

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am I black and white and I mixed and it

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definitely put me in a spot where like

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I identify as a black woman and I'm

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proud to identify as a black woman ,

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regardless of any stereotype types that

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come with it or any negative energy

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that comes with it . Because at the end

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of the day , I know where I came from .