Welcome to Karen Hunter is awesome. I'm Karen Hunter, and today I'm going to be offering you a discussion I had with Michael Harriet. He of Black A.F. History. That's his book, New York Times bestselling book, as well as Contraband Camp, which is his offering of news centering the diaspora, mostly. But he's also a son of a person that homeschooled him. His mother, amazing powerhouse of a woman, decided that she did not

want to send her children to school to be indoctrinated into anti-blackness. So she kept him at home.

And the story of that, and he's an incredible mind. So it apparently worked. And I think we're

going to have to reimagine education in these times as we have an education department that is being dismantled. What does homeschooling look like? Well, I think Michael Harriet is a good

example. All right, stay tuned for my discussion with Michael Harriet on homeschooling. Let me welcome

the great Emmy Award nominee winner and all of the things. Michael Harriet is here. Hello. Hi. Hey, so good to talk to you. You look amazing. First of all, let me pop in so I guess you can see me as I can see you. Hi. Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi. Hey, what's going on? Hold up the book. Thank you for signing a proof, you know, uncorrected

proofs are something that many people don't get their hands on. So thank you as well.

And then he signed it. So then it's mine forever. And he signed it smartly. Didn't even put my name in it.

So that means I could pass this down to somebody. Does someone teach you that, Michael Harry?

Did you learn that?

You know, I love going to use bookstores.

Every so often, I'll find a book that is signed with no two inscription for it.

And I love those, man.

Yeah, because that makes it more valuable.

People don't know.

Because now this can literally be handed down

i always tell my authors first of all go in when i was publishing uh when i had my publishing deal

at sima just used to book drops go into every bookstore you can get your books and sign them

because they can't they can't send them back to us too so they're forced to sell a book that is

signed so go and sign every single copy ask them because they love that because then they can put it in a special section, especially now with Barnes & Noble's new edict. They have a new CEO who is brilliant. You know, it's very local now. It's very, you know, community-based. They know what the people want. So if you go sign your book, they're going to be

putting it out on the table, even if it's not something that the publisher paid for because it's now

special. Yes, you're special. So that's some good advice to know. That's great advice to know.

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