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I have to say that I am honored to be the visible representation of diversity today.

Um...

So...

As for a minute, I thought it was the only one in the building and then I saw...

I actually met Kimmelin at the front, you know, she's part of the organizing crew and I'm

like, I have to come and meet you, there's only two of us in the building.

So...

I'm honored to be here.

Um...

So I shared my notes with John Dell in a couple of days ago and just so he could look, you

know, what I was talking about and I wanted some feedback and he said, ah, you need to

take about half of it off, just take it off, take it off.

I'm like, why is it...

Well, I'm already going to talk about all of that.

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