REST
REST OF
REST OF THE SEASON AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED ACROSS THE CAROLINAS.
APPROACHING SIX FORTY FIVE.
TIME FOR FOR+@ THE CULTURE.
+@
APPROACHING SIX FORTY FIVE. TIME FOR FOR+@ THE CULTURE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES
THAT MATTER IN COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
VICE PRESIDENT ELECT KAMALA
HARRIS INKING HER NAME IN THE
HISTORY BOOKS AS THE FIRST
WOMAN AND FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR
TO EVER HOLD THAT POSITION IN A
SPECIAL EDITION FOR THE
CULTURE.
OUR BILLIE JEAN SHAW SITS DOWN
WITH HER DAD WHO GREW UP IN THE
SEGREGATED SOUTH FOR A CANDID
+@ CONVERSATION ABOUT JUST HOW FAR
WE'VE COME AND HOW FAR WE STILL
HAVE TO GO.
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BE BE
PROUD OF YOURSELF.
DON'T LET ANYBODY PUT YOU DOWN.
THIS IS WHY MY DAD BILLY SHAW
IS MY HERO.
WE HAVE THESE TALKS ALL THE
TIME.
HE OFTEN REMINDS MY SIBLINGS
AND I TO STAND UP FOR OURSELVES
AND TO STAND UP FOR WHAT'S
RIGHT.
>> YOU HAV+@E TO BE STRONG ABOUT
YOURSELF, YOU SEE.
>> MY DAD GREW UP IN THE
SEGREGATED SOUTH BEFORE THE
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WHEN
BLACKS AND WHITES WERE LEGALLY
SEPARATED AND EVERY ASPECT OF
LIFE FROM SCHOOLS TO WATER
FOUNTAINS AND EVEN RESTAURANTS.
>> I CAN REMEMBER GOING IN THE
+@STORE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.
YOU COULDN'T SIT TO THE COUNTER
IN THE DEPARTMENT STORES AND
HAVE LUNCH METAPHOR.
YOU WOULD GO TO JAIL.
HE CAN EVEN RECALL THE TIME
WH+@EN HE TURNED 18 AND TRIED TO
REGISTER TO VOTE BUT BECAUSE
HE'S BLACK.
>> BY LAW HE HAD TO PAY A FEE
AND PASS A SERIES OF RIDICULOUS
TESTS.
HE A JAR AND YOU HAD TO TELL
HIM HOW MANY JELLYBEANS WERE IN@
THERE AND THAT JAR AND WHO
COULD DO THAT?
>> THEY WOULD COME AROUND AND I
SAID HOW FAR ARE YOU GOING WITH
ALL OF THIS?
I GREW UP SEEING ALL AND
YOU NEVER TOLD ME THAT STORY.
THAT IS SO SCARY.
WELL, I WASN'T AFRAID.
+@
THAT IS SO SCARY. WELL, I WASN'T AFRAID. I WAS ANGRY AND I WAS DEALING
WITH BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S STILL
NOT RIGHT.
HIS ANGER FUELED HIS PASSION
FOR CHANGE.
>> HE BECAME AN ACTIVE MEMBER
OF THE NAACP AND SERVED AS
PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL CHAPTER
BACK HOME IN SUMTER, SOUTH
CAROLINA.
MY DAD ALWAYS MADE SURE THERE
WAS A VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE
AT EVERY EVENT AND ON THE
WEEKENDS HE WOULD TAKE MY
SISTER AND I AND GO DOOR TO
DOOR TO TALK TO MEMBERS IN THE
COMMUNITY ENCOURAGING THEM TO
GO TO THE POLLS AND I WOULD
ALWAYS MAKE IT CLEAR.
DON'T BE ASHAMED IF YOU HAVE
NOT VOTED.
THE SHAME IS WHEN YOU DON'T
VOTE.
>> DSR THE VICE PRESIDENT ELECT
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
.
>> I'M BILLIE JEAN SHAW AND
THAT'S FOR THE CULTURE.
>> AND MY DAD ALSO TALKED ABOUT
GROWING UP AND SEEING
SEGREGATIONISTS RUN FOR
PRESIDENT LIKE STROM THURMOND
AND GEORGE WALLACE.
SO FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO LIVE
AND WITNESS NOT ONE BUT TWO
PEOPLE OF COLOR TO BE ELECTED
TO THE WHITE HOUSE, HE SAYS
IT'S A REMARKABLE MOMENT BUT HE
WANTS THE COUNTRY TO REMEMBER
THIS BLACK PEOPLE BEING
SUCCESSFUL IS NOTHING NEW.
HE SAYS WE ALWAYS BEEN THERE
BUT THE OPPORTUNITY WAS JUST
NOT THERE.
CAROLYN .
BILLIE JEAN.
>> I WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW
THIS.
TH+@IS SEGMENT FOR THE CULTURE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAME
UP WITH.
IT'S YOUR DREAM CHILD.
WHAT AN EIGHT.
I SAY THIS TO YOU ALL THE TIME.
I THINK IT IS THE BEST THING WE
HAVE ON OUR ENTIRE STATION ON
WCNC CHARLOTTE.
THIS SEGMENT IS THE THING THAT
I MOST PROUD ABOUT IT AND IT'S
YOURS.
IT'S YOUR BABY.
SO.
SO WHY DID YOU COME UP WITH
THIS?
WHY DID YOU PUSH TO HAVE THIS
BE PART OF OUR STATION?
YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE.
MY DAD.
THAT'S HOW I GREW UP.
ALWAYS BEING TOLD TO REMEMBER
WHERE YOU COME FROM AND ALWAYS
JUST RECOGNIZE THE BLACK
EXCELLENCE.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK
THAT ISN'T BROADCAST ENOUGH.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF+@ PEOPLE HAVE
TOLD ME WHEN THEY SEE ANYTHING
DEALING WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR ON
THE NEWS IS SOMETHING NEGATIVE.
SO I WANTED TO USE THIS SEGMENT
AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE
AND HIGHLIGHT TOPICS AND ISSUES
IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY BECAUSE
BLACK PEOPLE ARE BEAUTIFUL,
WE'RE WELL-ROUNDED AND THERE'S
A LOT OF SUCCESS IN THAT
COMMUNITY.
OH, WE'RE SO THANKFUL