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Jean Dumbie Okay, Jean. February is Black History Month. It is. It's also Valentine's Day.

So, it's a time of year when a lot of people have love on the brain.

Shout of the Rhianna.

So I've got to ask, are you a romantic?

I mean, are all cynics and skeptics just really wounded romantic so I mean

if that's your definition of romantic then I would say I'm a romantic. What about you

partner are you romantic? I mean, maybe, it depends on the day.

But as you know, our yesterday is an unabashed romantic.

That she is. Her name is Nicole Hill and... I am a storyteller.

Nicole tells stories about everyday regular

regular black and brown folks who are looking for

belonging people trying to make sense of their places in the world.

She does that on her show, The Secret Adventures of Black People,

and most recently,

she did that for Tracy Ellis Ross's series,

I am America.

And Nicole loves love.

I grew up in a family of women who love pride and prejudice. We love like old black and white

movies from the 30s, from the 40s,

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