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You Had Me at Black

Society & Culture, Black Stories, Personal Journals, Arts, Performing Arts, Black Storytelling, Storytelling Podcast, Documentary, Black History Month, Black Podcast, Black Voices

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🗓️ 1 November 2017

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Despite graduating from a prestigious college and traveling the world, a young man struggles to escape the conditioning of his hometown.

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome to you had me at Black. I'm Martina Abrahams.
0:05.0	This week's story is about a young man who despite graduating from a prestigious college
0:11.0	and traveling the world couldn't shake the conditioning of his hometown.
0:17.0	But before we get into his story, I have an update on our next kickback.
0:22.0	We are coming to Houston, Texas on Saturday, December 2nd.
0:27.3	Now our kickbacks are a chance for you to come and experience a live recording of our
0:32.1	podcast and just hang out with beautiful black people.
0:35.0	Tickets go on sale next Friday, November 11th,
0:39.0	and you can join our email list at you had me at black.com for updates and first dibs.
0:45.7	Now let's get into this week's story.
0:47.6	Here's what happened.
0:48.7	I want you to breathe all the
0:49.6	to tell us.
0:50.9	And I got You're listening to you had me at Black.
0:57.0	Black. Light in the heart of the city.
1:01.0	Black.
1:02.0	Man, listen, man.
1:04.0	Yeah.
1:06.0	This is you have me at Black.
1:10.0	And we live baby.
1:12.0	I'm from East Oakland. I moved there when I was about nine years old from San Lorenzo.
1:18.0	You know, the men around me were most definitely living a faster life than I think most individuals in our society.
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