Amplifying Black voices

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my name is tiana marie my name is

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daenerys

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my name is dominique and i'm one of the

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producers at great big story

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we understand the importance of

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amplifying black voices so we reached

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out to people from all over the country

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to hear what they had to say this is

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what they wish you now

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i wish you knew

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i wish people knew just how much i love

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being black

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my name is tyler gibson and i'm a son a

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brother

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and a husband

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for as many positive experiences i have

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i think i have just as many if not more

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negative experiences where someone tried

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to take that joy of being black away

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from me

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over time all those negative experiences

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build up i've just become numb to it

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my name is alexa chanel ashio and i'm a

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special education teacher

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i want people to understand that black

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is a big word it shouldn't be confined

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to one culture or

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one type of