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Something Was Wrong, with the support of Kelly, is muting regularly scheduled content this week to amplify Black voices. The Amplify Melanated Voices movement was created by Jessica Wilson, MSRD, and Alicia McCullough, Licensed Professional Counselor, MSLCMHCANCC of Black and Embodied.
Please see the episode notes for a direct link to follow Jessica and Alicia and support their work. We encourage you, alongside Something Was Wrong, to donate to the racial justice organizations listed in the episode notes. Inside today's episode notes, you can also locate anti-racist resources. The following audio was recorded this past Saturday, May 30th, 2020, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. Please note what you're about to hear may be triggering.
Black lives matter! Black lives matter! Y'all hear me? They want to play off of our emotions. It's different in protest. If you are not a person of color and you're out here, we appreciate you. But you've got to understand that when you live here, you've got to be willing to sacrifice your white privilege. You've got to be willing to sacrifice your white privilege. Because at the end of the day, they want us to act out. They've got to act out.
Thank God people are recovering here. It's bigger than this. It's bigger than this. So everybody that's out here that's tired, you've got to know that when you go home. What are you doing when you go home? Your culture is good. It's all good. But it's bigger than this. You've got to put yourself in a position to make change. If you say a black man matters, are you going to sacrifice your family? Are you going to sacrifice your family for black lives?
Please don't say black lives matter. Do not ruin the Texas Black Community. You feel me? So at the end of the day, I just want to remind everybody out here that you cannot let them take over our emotions. We've got to be smarter than them. Because at the end of the day, guess what? They've got a 400-year advantage. They did this shit on purpose. You understand me? They have already planned the day of our rebellion. They already planned it. We've got to be smarter than them. You understand me?
You've got to. Please hear me. We've got to organize. We've got to be smarter than them. I need y'all to feel me. We need black economics. And I don't want to get too deep, but at the end of the day, black people, they track our hands based on our consumerism. We're buying this shit from them. Support your fucking people. Hear me. Do you hear me?
Do you hear me? What are you going to do when you go home? I need y'all to fill me. I need y'all to fill me.
I had my face slid in the pavement, that's why I'm here. And I ain't never gonna do it again. I'm never gonna be in my place. I know y'all hear me. I know y'all are human. I know y'all are human. But y'all gotta understand our history. These are overseas. These are the protected zones of white community. They were not here for us. This is all over here.
No history, no self. No history, no self. No history, no self. No history, no self. No history, no self. No history, no self. No history, no self. No history, no self. We gotta try ourselves.
and pay attention to the message. There's a message that's bigger than throwing shit at the police. So y'all gonna have to listen. Stop throwing shit at the police. Yo, wait on stuff. They come flying black ass. So listen up. Check this out. It's not a game. We're really not a game out here. I need you to know we are out here. That's what y'all came out here for because we're dying. And when you die, calm down. Pay attention. It's deeper messages out there.
We from the same generation all y'all sitting out here. Generation. We ain't about to do the same shit. We gotta be on some new shit. And that's why we out here. Because somebody gotta lead the way. The accountability. The accountability. The accountability. I can't have justice without accountability. It's not justice. Okay? Okay? The accountability is what we looking for. Arrest him. Arrest him.
I arrest all of the officers, police officers, and George Floyd's men. Not just one of them. It was a motherfucking murder. I arrest all of the cops and your victims. But there are no other ones. Racism is not protected under the Constitution. You guys that are out here need to realize that everything is in law. What's
I can't breathe! I can't breathe! I can't breathe! I can't breathe! I can't breathe!
She don't even know she's dead! And come out here and murder us! In the name of the government? No, we're not standing for that shit no more! Cops are fired! We got undercover cops breaking shit! It ain't gonna speak up against it! You care about that busted ugly ass uniform more than you do my black life! Serious? Say his name! Say his name! I can't! I can't!
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