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So Shameless

From the Inside..out Feat @TalibKweli

So Shameless

So Shameless Podcast

Comedy

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2018

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

Welcome Back! In This weeks episode of So Shameless, Tahoe talks to @TalibKweli about the Kanye West meltdown, Issa Rae's dating suggestions for black women and asian men, Childish Gambinos new song "This Is America", and his personal thoughts about the state of hip hop today. Enjoy!

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0:00.0

As a student of history, I'm full aware of the truth that our ancestors fought to free themselves.

0:05.0

Whether the Haiti Revolution, the Mao Mao, the Gullah Warriors, Gaspian,

0:10.0

Harriet Tubman, and the list goes on.

0:12.0

But the fact is in 2018 black people are

0:15.2

choosing to still be slaves. You choose to be excited about moving into a

0:20.3

white neighborhood instead of creating black towns. You choose to be excited about working

0:24.7

for white corporations instead of building our own. You choose to be excited about being educated

0:29.8

about a Caucasian

0:33.0

calling somebody with an Afrocentric knowledge of hotel.

0:36.0

You choose to put your destiny in the hands of this government

0:39.0

as opposed to being black nationalists.

0:41.0

Now, our ancestors did not choose to be slaves. They chose to

0:45.1

fight. Today we are choosing to be slaves because racism is dependent on the oppressed

0:50.3

needing the oppressor and the fact is black people in 2018 don't even think that we can stand on our own too.

0:56.5

So Kayier was wrong about our ancestors, but he was right about us today.

1:00.5

Mm. I don't know man that was from perspective for your ass right there. That was definitely

1:06.3

perspective. I can't say that I agree with everything the homie was saying but I definitely

1:11.0

understand the perspective and I like to see people use, I hate to say free thought, because it starts to me it starts thinking like what Kanye was saying, excuse me, I'm being disrespectful.

1:24.0

I got an intelligent man in the room that people want to hear from.

1:29.2

Not at all.

1:30.2

What's up, Mr. Talib Kuali?

1:31.4

What's up, Sakai?

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