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this video centered around the dagang

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and our mission to change the way the

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world views black fatherhood was

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captured prior to the horrific killing

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of our brother George Floyd and the

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ongoing protests against police

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brutality and social injustice that

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rightfully followed as his videos being

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released trained yet another dark time

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in our nation's history the dad gang is

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sensitive to the anger and the pain that

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this tragedy has caused and we will

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remain as a beacon of light and source

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of empowerment for young black farmers

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across the nation

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you got him okay

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when I started the day again my mission

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was to challenge the negative

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stereotypes of black father than one

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image at a time you don't go in the

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dryer okay

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my name is Shawn Williams and I'm the

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founder and president of the dad gang

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incorporate the dad gang is a support

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group for blacks fathers and we are the

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mission to change the way the world use

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black dads I do agree there's a

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misconception about black parenting of

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black fathers in America that a lot of

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individuals believe that we aren't

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involved in our children's lives but

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that can be further from the truth

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media influence plays a very big role in

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how the world perceives us we change the

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way that people see us as black fathers

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by doing this with the curl Ready Steady

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Go

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okay think I'm playing with you yeah

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my mission was to challenge that

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negative stereotype of one image at a

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time so I began to record videos of me

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and my kids and the things that we do

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every day then I started to upload them

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soon other dad started to notice and

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they began to send their videos too from

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there the dad gang started become

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popular then we decided to take it one

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step further and started doing events

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around the country suddenly we had a

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movement we had a ton of events lined up

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for 2020 a lot of activities a lot of

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dad meetups a lot of panels the pandemic

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kid is hard and pretty much trying to

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stop everything after the lockdown we've

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been doing remote activities like the

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dad game dance challenge first select

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the danceable song something cool that

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we could groove to then find an open

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space third find an item we've decided

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to use a ball for this one and we're

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gonna play hot potato with it

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lastly you and your kids make up the

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best silliest craziest dances you can

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and show us your dance moves

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I'm proud to say that the dad gang has

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been more active than ever that sense of

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community really needed to kick in now

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he really did I loved his way the

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ultimate goal of that dance challenge

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was to lighten the mood of what we're

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going through especially right now

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there's a lot of love and patience that

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goes into even teaching our kids a

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coordinated dance

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you know having a child and becoming a

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father is a major life change and you

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all need friends building you know

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like-minded individuals especially when

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we're going through major life changes

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I'm inspired and my friends are inspired

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but I just will be sure of each other

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and the love that will be put into

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raising our kids every day it's a job

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that we're incredibly proud of and this

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is really the true essence of what it is

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to be a young black active dad dad you

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okay

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you did great that's a wrap

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