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J Davis's avatar

I love watching these 2 speak. Again please.

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Cindy Long's avatar

I am very pleased to listen to your conversation. I am in Alaska and feel lonely often, blue dot in a red community. Your stories made me smile because I learned new things.

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WestCoastAnnie's avatar

Hey kamau...

Nobody told me the road would be easy and i dont believe he brought me this far to leave me..

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W. Kamau Bell's avatar

🙌🏿

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Billye Taylor's avatar

Playlist is 🔥🔥🔥it was great watching y’all chat about a few different topics! I’m looking forward to ‘Black Chat!’

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Ava DuVernay's avatar

🤓

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Written in the stars's avatar

Funny…. I was thinking! 🤔 Now I wonder who's going to be the first to jump on this idea! Because I know it would take off! ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW, IN TODAY'S CLIMATE! 🤨 Heck if I was in a position and knew anything about running an app or getting an app going! I'd already be starting it! The moment they said it a light bulb went off in my head! 😅 If you're down, and you know where to start, I will sign on to partner with you!☝🏾 I may not know a lot about apps! But I have a boatload of ideas! 😅🤷🏽

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Brian Thomas's avatar

This was definitely cool. Pink shirts and all. Both @Ava DuVernay and @W. Kamau Bell are so damned smart. The very best of all of us.

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Janalene Franklin's avatar

Thank you for your contributions

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Robert Belanger's avatar

And W. Kamal Bell went to a fucking KKK reservation, that takes a lot of balls!

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Robert Belanger's avatar

Correction Kamau🤪😉

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cynthia's avatar

Possibilities for new technologies of communication make so much sense.. it inspires us to {Own our own journey} listening to your thoughts felt similar to our being in a new frontier of creativity.

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Angela Jackson's avatar

Love the playlist!

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Angela Jackson's avatar

We have to become comfortable just being. Be and those you vibrate with will connect with you. Allow those who are different to Be and have great boundaries.

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Lillian's avatar

Made it....

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Mary's avatar

Fun convo (and playlist)! Watching "Mo Better Blues" again this weekend!

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S Alexander's avatar

And then too, what about the people who just decline to know about what’s going on. That’s where I have the hardest time. “Good” people who say things like “I don’t read the news, I don’t look at that stuff”. Willfully blind. That’s been hard for me as I talk to neighbors and friends, just trying to activate them. People who act like it’s just too hard for them….please, these are people with all the power, all the advantages. “Nice” people. Ugh.

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S Alexander's avatar

Yes make this regular! I loved hanging out with you :)

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Jason Egenberg's avatar

CBS just canceled its #1 show days after its host torched a settlement with Trump. The same Trump who sued them. The same Trump whose FCC controls their merger. This isn’t business. It’s surrender. And it’s a warning to every institution that still has a spine.

would appreciate your thoughts on the essay.

https://jasonegenberg.substack.com/p/the-network-that-blinked

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Jacquie Verbal's avatar

Thank so much for mentioning Blackstack, Ava! I want to give you a magazine when I’m in LA! It’s so funny because I literally started it with the idea of a Black Twitter or Black TikTok!!!

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