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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls and those who don't identify as either,

you are listening to Ratchet and Respectable.

I'm still in PG.

I told you I wasn't leaving when I said I was leaving.

Just give me you an update because I know it changes from episode to episode.

I thought as of Sunday I would actually leave and go to Ghana first, go to Ghana for like

10 days and then head on down to

South Africa. But that's not working. So I'm here until further notice. It's CBC Week in D.C.

Congressional Black Caucus annual legislative conference. For many people, this is a time of great work

of elected officials and people involved in policy and advocacy and social justice from

around the country to come together, the best mind and the business, coming together with the

goal of bettering blackness? For other people, it's an epic party week. I may or may not

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