Asante (80:04)
So because that doesn't exist on a mass scale, or it's not being showcased on a regular basis of people just treating each other like humans. Like, the politics are trying to be. They trying to compete with baddies and stuff just to be seen. But it's like, all right, well, what's the actual work that's being done in these rooms versus watching, you know, y' all trying to say this black woman's being ghetto because she's super now to this white woman's level? Like. Like, okay, that's a conversation that could be had. But is anyone going to ask, like, what's actually happening in this room right now? And did that work actually get done? We just get so stuck on, like, the optics of things. Like Soulja Boy. My heart broke, but obviously so desensitized. I can remove him without worry or care for being that idiotic, because there's still a basic human need and condition that needs to be answered for. And when he gets up on Live and is like, did Kamala ask me to come, or did she put money in my pocket to pay? It's like, you're only worried about putting more money in your pocket, which, you know, everyone is worried about putting money in their pocket, but we're not seeing how Soulja Boy has given back for so many years and done xyz. So it's like, not a big disappointment to lose someone like that into the fold. I think when we start to look at people that like us, when we start coming out and being like, all right, you know, I did something bad, and it's like, well, why did you do it? And it's like, we could talk about it and have that dialogue. That's one thing. But when you just start going out showbox going like, yeah, I did something, and it's like, we can't even have a conversation about it. So it kind of speaks to, I guess, where your head is and why we're having a disconnection that's why I just kind of take a back seat. So I've taken a back seat to all of the. The politics. I'm still keeping an eye on it, to the optics of all of those high powered, you know, Bezos Musk, like, everybody being in those rooms and. Or being in that room, room on a better position than certain people that actually should be where you are or not you are, but where they need to be. It's just a bit of a mind and it's like, I don't know what to take seriously anymore or what not to. So to answer your. So to answer your original question of, like, like, my initial intentions for this year, it, you know, it's still an extension of my foundation building, like, building that back up. But because I'm not in a city that. That's as rich in culture and as diverse in thinking even and forward as New York was, it's kind of like bringing me back to that place of, like, why I left Atlanta initially. And so I'm trying to figure out, like, all right, you left Atlanta because it wasn't as progressive, but Atlanta, you know, still boomed into a black Hollywood. So obviously there was still something going on. So I'm just figuring out how I want to align myself and connect myself with communities out here and position myself, myself. Because, you know, there's. There's been music and art scenes out here, but I'm curious to see how that's going to develop and change over the coming years with all of the. The that's going on too. Like, that was one of the things that I was thinking about because every year, shout out to Anton, my best friend. Every year, we always, we. We always ask ourselves, like, you know, what's going to be my contribution to my people this year? And so that's a great question. So that's why, like, last year or the year before, you know, it meant something to me, like, when it was like, all right, you know, I have my episode during Black History Month. You know, I want to highlight people and, you know, a sign language and, like, how for black people, it's a little bit different, how it's cool. And then that was like a really good, cool episode. And now look, you know, technology's finally caught up to where everything is just automatically transcribed anyway. Like, it's becoming a necessity for everybody. It's not just a accessible option that you have to turn on. Like, it's like, nope, it's just here for everybody. Because everybody wants captions on YouTube and Netflix. So, you know, why not give it to podcast. So I think it's like, how you.
