VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. AND PLEASE, STACY. SO, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT
PLEASE, STACY. SO, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND BRING YOU TO A SMALL TOWN
SO, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND BRING YOU TO A SMALL TOWN CALLED
AND BRING YOU TO A SMALL TOWN CALLED MASON, TENNESSEE,
CALLED MASON, TENNESSEE, THE POPULATION IS JUST OVER.
MASON, TENNESSEE, THE POPULATION IS JUST OVER. 1,500 PEOPLE AND NEARLY
THE POPULATION IS JUST OVER. 1,500 PEOPLE AND NEARLY 72 PERCENT OF THOSE RESIDENTS
1,500 PEOPLE AND NEARLY 72 PERCENT OF THOSE RESIDENTS ARE BLACK.
72 PERCENT OF THOSE RESIDENTS ARE BLACK. MASON. JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE
ARE BLACK. MASON. JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE NOT THAT FAR AWAY FROM A PLAN
MASON. JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE NOT THAT FAR AWAY FROM A PLAN FORD FACILITY, WHICH WOULD BE
NOT THAT FAR AWAY FROM A PLAN FORD FACILITY, WHICH WOULD BE ONE OF THE LARGEST INVESTMENTS
FORD FACILITY, WHICH WOULD BE ONE OF THE LARGEST INVESTMENTS IN THE STATE‘S HISTORY.
ONE OF THE LARGEST INVESTMENTS IN THE STATE‘S HISTORY. BUT WHAT MAKES THIS
IN THE STATE‘S HISTORY. BUT WHAT MAKES THIS SO
BUT WHAT MAKES THIS SO CONCERNING
SO CONCERNING ACTUALLY IS THE
CONCERNING ACTUALLY IS THE ULTIMATUM. THE TENNESSEE
ACTUALLY IS THE ULTIMATUM. THE TENNESSEE COMPTROLLER. REPORTEDLY GAVE
ULTIMATUM. THE TENNESSEE COMPTROLLER. REPORTEDLY GAVE LEADERS OF THE SMALL TOWN,
COMPTROLLER. REPORTEDLY GAVE LEADERS OF THE SMALL TOWN, A MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE BLACK
LEADERS OF THE SMALL TOWN, A MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE BLACK OVER
A MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE BLACK OVER FINANCE ISSUES.
OVER FINANCE ISSUES. ULTIMATUM WAS
FINANCE ISSUES. ULTIMATUM WAS EITHER. GIVE UP THE
ULTIMATUM WAS EITHER. GIVE UP THE TOWN CHARTER
EITHER. GIVE UP THE TOWN CHARTER OR THIS
TOWN CHARTER OR THIS COMPTROLLER WERE TAKE OVER.
OR THIS COMPTROLLER WERE TAKE OVER. THE TOWN‘S FINANCES FOR
COMPTROLLER WERE TAKE OVER. THE TOWN‘S FINANCES FOR AN UNDETERMINED PERIOD OF
THE TOWN‘S FINANCES FOR AN UNDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME, ACCORDING TO THE
AN UNDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME, ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE LOOK OUT.
TIME, ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE LOOK OUT. THE MOVE WAS MET WITH
TENNESSEE LOOK OUT. THE MOVE WAS MET WITH PUSHBACK FROM A COMMUNITY.
THE MOVE WAS MET WITH PUSHBACK FROM A COMMUNITY. THAT‘S HOME TO DESCENDANTS OF
PUSHBACK FROM A COMMUNITY. THAT‘S HOME TO DESCENDANTS OF ENSLAVED, PEOPLE.
THAT‘S HOME TO DESCENDANTS OF ENSLAVED, PEOPLE. NOW, WE‘RE LEARNING THE
ENSLAVED, PEOPLE. NOW, WE‘RE LEARNING THE COMPTROLLER, HAS REPORTEDLY
NOW, WE‘RE LEARNING THE COMPTROLLER, HAS REPORTEDLY ADJUSTED, HIS PLAN AND AIMS TO
COMPTROLLER, HAS REPORTEDLY ADJUSTED, HIS PLAN AND AIMS TO GIVE THE TOWN CONTROL OVER.
ADJUSTED, HIS PLAN AND AIMS TO GIVE THE TOWN CONTROL OVER. OVER ITS FINANCES AGAIN
GIVE THE TOWN CONTROL OVER. OVER ITS FINANCES AGAIN QUOTE SOONER
OVER ITS FINANCES AGAIN QUOTE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, JOINING ME
QUOTE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, JOINING ME NOW, TO BREAK THIS
RATHER THAN LATER, JOINING ME NOW, TO BREAK THIS ALL DOWN.
NOW, TO BREAK THIS ALL DOWN. IS DR. ANDREA BUTLER. SHE‘S
ALL DOWN. IS DR. ANDREA BUTLER. SHE‘S AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF
IS DR. ANDREA BUTLER. SHE‘S AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF AFRICANA STUDIES AT THE
AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF AFRICANA STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
AFRICANA STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND MSNBC
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND MSNBC COLUMNIST. THANK YOU SO MUCH
AND MSNBC COLUMNIST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. SO, HOW DO WE
COLUMNIST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. SO, HOW DO WE GET HERE? HOW DID THIS
FOR BEING HERE. SO, HOW DO WE GET HERE? HOW DID THIS TOWN‘S
GET HERE? HOW DID THIS TOWN‘S DEBT ACCUMULATE OVER TIME TO
TOWN‘S DEBT ACCUMULATE OVER TIME TO THE POINT? WHERE THE
DEBT ACCUMULATE OVER TIME TO THE POINT? WHERE THE COMPTROLLER IS LIKE, YOU DON‘T
THE POINT? WHERE THE COMPTROLLER IS LIKE, YOU DON‘T GET TO BE IN CHARGE OF YOUR
COMPTROLLER IS LIKE, YOU DON‘T GET TO BE IN CHARGE OF YOUR OWN TOWN ANYMORE.
GET TO BE IN CHARGE OF YOUR OWN TOWN ANYMORE. YEAH.
OWN TOWN ANYMORE. YEAH. SERLEENA. THIS IS A SAD CASE
YEAH. SERLEENA. THIS IS A SAD CASE IN PART OF THE REASON WHY
SERLEENA. THIS IS A SAD CASE IN PART OF THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE OF
IN PART OF THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE OF THE MALFEASANCE OF PREVIOUS
IS BECAUSE OF THE MALFEASANCE OF PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS IN THE CITY
THE MALFEASANCE OF PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS IN THE CITY WHO ACTUALLY WERE
ADMINISTRATIONS IN THE CITY WHO ACTUALLY WERE EXCUSE ME.
WHO ACTUALLY WERE EXCUSE ME. WHITE. AND SO THAT‘S THE
EXCUSE ME. WHITE. AND SO THAT‘S THE FIRST THING. AND SO WHAT THEY
WHITE. AND SO THAT‘S THE FIRST THING. AND SO WHAT THEY HAD WAS A
FIRST THING. AND SO WHAT THEY HAD WAS A BACKUP, A BACKLOG OF THINGS
HAD WAS A BACKUP, A BACKLOG OF THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED TO PAY, AND
BACKUP, A BACKLOG OF THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED TO PAY, AND THE COMPTROLLER, JUST THOUGHT
THAT THEY NEEDED TO PAY, AND THE COMPTROLLER, JUST THOUGHT THAT HE COULD COME IN AND TAKE
THE COMPTROLLER, JUST THOUGHT THAT HE COULD COME IN AND TAKE EVERYTHING AND DECIDE THAT
THAT HE COULD COME IN AND TAKE EVERYTHING AND DECIDE THAT WE‘LL JUST TAKE THE CITY‘S
EVERYTHING AND DECIDE THAT WE‘LL JUST TAKE THE CITY‘S CHARTER BECAUSE THIS IS PART
WE‘LL JUST TAKE THE CITY‘S CHARTER BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF THE TENNESSEE, STATE
CHARTER BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF THE TENNESSEE, STATE CONSTITUTION THAT THEY CAN DO.
OF THE TENNESSEE, STATE CONSTITUTION THAT THEY CAN DO. SO
CONSTITUTION THAT THEY CAN DO. SO I‘M THOROUGHLY CONVINCED.
SO I‘M THOROUGHLY CONVINCED. HOWEVER, THAT THE EFFORTS
I‘M THOROUGHLY CONVINCED. HOWEVER, THAT THE EFFORTS OF THE PEOPLE IN MASON,
HOWEVER, THAT THE EFFORTS OF THE PEOPLE IN MASON, ESPECIALLY THE VICE MAYOR
OF THE PEOPLE IN MASON, ESPECIALLY THE VICE MAYOR PLAYED A ROLE IN MAKING THIS
ESPECIALLY THE VICE MAYOR PLAYED A ROLE IN MAKING THIS BACK UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE
PLAYED A ROLE IN MAKING THIS BACK UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE BASICALLY
BACK UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE BASICALLY HAD,
BASICALLY HAD, IT DOES NOT BECOME
HAD, IT DOES NOT BECOME PUBLIC. I
IT DOES NOT BECOME PUBLIC. I BELIEVE THAT THE CONTROLLER
PUBLIC. I BELIEVE THAT THE CONTROLLER WOULD HAVE ALREADY TAKEN OVER
BELIEVE THAT THE CONTROLLER WOULD HAVE ALREADY TAKEN OVER THE TOWN
WOULD HAVE ALREADY TAKEN OVER THE TOWN AND WOULD HAVE PUT THIS WHOLE
THE TOWN AND WOULD HAVE PUT THIS WHOLE CITY INTO A IN THIS
AND WOULD HAVE PUT THIS WHOLE CITY INTO A IN THIS WHOLE TINY TOWN INTO A REALLY
CITY INTO A IN THIS WHOLE TINY TOWN INTO A REALLY SERIOUS SITUATION,
WHOLE TINY TOWN INTO A REALLY SERIOUS SITUATION, WHERE THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE
SERIOUS SITUATION, WHERE THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE BENEFITS OF THE
WHERE THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE BENEFITS OF THE TAX BREAKS AND ALL THE REST OF
TO GET THE BENEFITS OF THE TAX BREAKS AND ALL THE REST OF THE THINGS THAT WE‘RE GOING TO
TAX BREAKS AND ALL THE REST OF THE THINGS THAT WE‘RE GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF
THE THINGS THAT WE‘RE GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF FOR COMING INTO
HAPPEN BECAUSE OF FOR COMING INTO NEXT DOOR TO THEM AND PEOPLE
FOR COMING INTO NEXT DOOR TO THEM AND PEOPLE BEING EMPLOYED BY
NEXT DOOR TO THEM AND PEOPLE BEING EMPLOYED BY THEM.
BEING EMPLOYED BY THEM. SO IT‘S SO LET‘S DIG INTO THAT
THEM. SO IT‘S SO LET‘S DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT. I MEAN, TALK
SO IT‘S SO LET‘S DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT. I MEAN, TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
A LITTLE BIT. I MEAN, TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FORD PLANT BEING BUILT
ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FORD PLANT BEING BUILT IN THE NEARBY TOWN
FORD PLANT BEING BUILT IN THE NEARBY TOWN AND HOW THAT AS YOU MENTIONED.
IN THE NEARBY TOWN AND HOW THAT AS YOU MENTIONED. WAS A CATALYST FOR
AND HOW THAT AS YOU MENTIONED. WAS A CATALYST FOR COMPTROLLER TO BASICALLY SAY,
WAS A CATALYST FOR COMPTROLLER TO BASICALLY SAY, LIKE
COMPTROLLER TO BASICALLY SAY, LIKE YOU DON‘T GET TO BE IN CHARGE.
LIKE YOU DON‘T GET TO BE IN CHARGE. YEAH, THIS IS DEFINITELY A
YOU DON‘T GET TO BE IN CHARGE. YEAH, THIS IS DEFINITELY A MONEY GRAB. THAT WAY. I COULD
YEAH, THIS IS DEFINITELY A MONEY GRAB. THAT WAY. I COULD SEE IT AS A MONEY. GRAB. IT‘S
MONEY GRAB. THAT WAY. I COULD SEE IT AS A MONEY. GRAB. IT‘S A PRESTIGE. GRAB THE
SEE IT AS A MONEY. GRAB. IT‘S A PRESTIGE. GRAB THE FORD PLANT THAT IS GOING TO BE
A PRESTIGE. GRAB THE FORD PLANT THAT IS GOING TO BE BUILT. THERE IS ACTUALLY FOUR
FORD PLANT THAT IS GOING TO BE BUILT. THERE IS ACTUALLY FOUR ELECTRIC TRUCKS IF YOU
BUILT. THERE IS ACTUALLY FOUR ELECTRIC TRUCKS IF YOU REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS BACK,
ELECTRIC TRUCKS IF YOU REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS BACK, JOE, BIDEN MADE A BIG SHOW OF
REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS BACK, JOE, BIDEN MADE A BIG SHOW OF DRIVING AROUND.
JOE, BIDEN MADE A BIG SHOW OF DRIVING AROUND. AND ONE OF THESE ELECTRIC
DRIVING AROUND. AND ONE OF THESE ELECTRIC TRUCKS AND THIS IS ACTUALLY
AND ONE OF THESE ELECTRIC TRUCKS AND THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE IT‘S GOING TO BE
TRUCKS AND THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE IT‘S GOING TO BE BUILT, ONE OF THE PLANTS IN
WHERE IT‘S GOING TO BE BUILT, ONE OF THE PLANTS IN THE COUNTRY.
BUILT, ONE OF THE PLANTS IN THE COUNTRY. AND SO, WHAT IS GOING TO
THE COUNTRY. AND SO, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN FOR THIS COMMUNITY IS
AND SO, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN FOR THIS COMMUNITY IS NOT JUST ABOUT EMPLOYMENT
HAPPEN FOR THIS COMMUNITY IS NOT JUST ABOUT EMPLOYMENT AND JOBS. THERE‘S GOING TO BE
NOT JUST ABOUT EMPLOYMENT AND JOBS. THERE‘S GOING TO BE TAX.
AND JOBS. THERE‘S GOING TO BE TAX. IS THAT COME IN? THERE WILL BE
TAX. IS THAT COME IN? THERE WILL BE BUSINESSES THAT COME
IS THAT COME IN? THERE WILL BE BUSINESSES THAT COME ALONGSIDE THIS
BUSINESSES THAT COME ALONGSIDE THIS FORD PLANT, BECAUSE PEOPLE
ALONGSIDE THIS FORD PLANT, BECAUSE PEOPLE GETTING NEED TO EAT, THEY‘RE
FORD PLANT, BECAUSE PEOPLE GETTING NEED TO EAT, THEY‘RE GOING TO NEED TO STAY THERE.
GETTING NEED TO EAT, THEY‘RE GOING TO NEED TO STAY THERE. THERE MAY BE HOTELS AND THIS
GOING TO NEED TO STAY THERE. THERE MAY BE HOTELS AND THIS TOWN IS REALLY SMALL. I
THERE MAY BE HOTELS AND THIS TOWN IS REALLY SMALL. I LIVED IN TENNESSEE FOR TIME
TOWN IS REALLY SMALL. I LIVED IN TENNESSEE FOR TIME AND ONE OF THE
LIVED IN TENNESSEE FOR TIME AND ONE OF THE IS THAT IT‘S ALWAYS BEEN A
AND ONE OF THE IS THAT IT‘S ALWAYS BEEN A SORT OF A FEATURE OF MASON,
IS THAT IT‘S ALWAYS BEEN A SORT OF A FEATURE OF MASON, TENNESSEE, IS THE GREAT FOOD
SORT OF A FEATURE OF MASON, TENNESSEE, IS THE GREAT FOOD AND RESTAURANTS THAT ARE THERE
TENNESSEE, IS THE GREAT FOOD AND RESTAURANTS THAT ARE THERE TO GET GREAT BARBECUE. THERE‘S
AND RESTAURANTS THAT ARE THERE TO GET GREAT BARBECUE. THERE‘S A GREAT FRIED CHICKEN PLACE
TO GET GREAT BARBECUE. THERE‘S A GREAT FRIED CHICKEN PLACE AND PEOPLE WOULD COME OFF OF
A GREAT FRIED CHICKEN PLACE AND PEOPLE WOULD COME OFF OF THE INTERSTATE TO COME NEAR
AND PEOPLE WOULD COME OFF OF THE INTERSTATE TO COME NEAR NOW. THERE‘S A BIGGER REASON
THE INTERSTATE TO COME NEAR NOW. THERE‘S A BIGGER REASON TO COME AND VISIT MASON
NOW. THERE‘S A BIGGER REASON TO COME AND VISIT MASON BECAUSE OF THE FORD PLANT.
TO COME AND VISIT MASON BECAUSE OF THE FORD PLANT. AND SO, I THINK THE CONTROLLER
BECAUSE OF THE FORD PLANT. AND SO, I THINK THE CONTROLLER SAW THIS AS A WAY TO GAIN
AND SO, I THINK THE CONTROLLER SAW THIS AS A WAY TO GAIN MORE MONEY THAT THE STATE WAS
SAW THIS AS A WAY TO GAIN MORE MONEY THAT THE STATE WAS ALREADY GOING TO GET, BUT
MORE MONEY THAT THE STATE WAS ALREADY GOING TO GET, BUT IN A SENSE, PUT PEOPLE IN
ALREADY GOING TO GET, BUT IN A SENSE, PUT PEOPLE IN CHARGE THAT HE WANTED TO BE IN
IN A SENSE, PUT PEOPLE IN CHARGE THAT HE WANTED TO BE IN CHARGE RATHER THAN THE
CHARGE THAT HE WANTED TO BE IN CHARGE RATHER THAN THE TOWN‘S ELECTED
CHARGE RATHER THAN THE TOWN‘S ELECTED MAYOR.
TOWN‘S ELECTED MAYOR. AND OTHER
MAYOR. AND OTHER IT‘S IMPORTANT. I MEAN, I LOVE
AND OTHER IT‘S IMPORTANT. I MEAN, I LOVE I LOVE FRIED CHICKEN AND THE
IT‘S IMPORTANT. I MEAN, I LOVE I LOVE FRIED CHICKEN AND THE BARBECUE IN TENNESSEE.
I LOVE FRIED CHICKEN AND THE BARBECUE IN TENNESSEE. MEMPHIS
BARBECUE IN TENNESSEE. MEMPHIS SPECIFICALLY, SO I CAN IMAGINE
MEMPHIS SPECIFICALLY, SO I CAN IMAGINE A MASON. IT‘S PROBABLY PRETTY
SPECIFICALLY, SO I CAN IMAGINE A MASON. IT‘S PROBABLY PRETTY GOOD
A MASON. IT‘S PROBABLY PRETTY GOOD IN YOUR PIECE FOR
GOOD IN YOUR PIECE FOR MSNBC.COM. YOU
IN YOUR PIECE FOR MSNBC.COM. YOU WRITE QUOTE, WHAT‘S HAPPENING
MSNBC.COM. YOU WRITE QUOTE, WHAT‘S HAPPENING IN TENNESSEE IS DISTURBING,
WRITE QUOTE, WHAT‘S HAPPENING IN TENNESSEE IS DISTURBING, THE STATE HAS ALREADY BEEN
IN TENNESSEE IS DISTURBING, THE STATE HAS ALREADY BEEN MAKING
THE STATE HAS ALREADY BEEN MAKING REGRETTABLE POLICY DECISIONS
MAKING REGRETTABLE POLICY DECISIONS RELATED TO WHAT SUBJECTS
REGRETTABLE POLICY DECISIONS RELATED TO WHAT SUBJECTS SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL
RELATED TO WHAT SUBJECTS SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL AND HOW THE STATE SHOULD
SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL AND HOW THE STATE SHOULD ADDRESS. THE PANDEMIC COMBINED
AND HOW THE STATE SHOULD ADDRESS. THE PANDEMIC COMBINED WITH
ADDRESS. THE PANDEMIC COMBINED WITH THE
WITH THE HOSTILITY SHOWN TO MASON.
THE HOSTILITY SHOWN TO MASON. TENNESSEE
HOSTILITY SHOWN TO MASON. TENNESSEE IS LOOKING LESS LIKE
TENNESSEE IS LOOKING LESS LIKE A SITE FOR A
IS LOOKING LESS LIKE A SITE FOR A STATE-OF-THE-ART.
A SITE FOR A STATE-OF-THE-ART. MANUFACTURING PLANT FOR FORD‘S
STATE-OF-THE-ART. MANUFACTURING PLANT FOR FORD‘S ELECTRIC TRUCKS, AND MORE LIKE
MANUFACTURING PLANT FOR FORD‘S ELECTRIC TRUCKS, AND MORE LIKE A STATE THAT‘S JUST
ELECTRIC TRUCKS, AND MORE LIKE A STATE THAT‘S JUST EMERGED FROM THE CIVIL WAR. I
A STATE THAT‘S JUST EMERGED FROM THE CIVIL WAR. I MEAN, TALK ABOUT
EMERGED FROM THE CIVIL WAR. I MEAN, TALK ABOUT HOW
MEAN, TALK ABOUT HOW THE TREATMENT OF MASON
HOW THE TREATMENT OF MASON IS ACTUALLY IN LINE WITH
THE TREATMENT OF MASON IS ACTUALLY IN LINE WITH AMERICAN HISTORY.
IS ACTUALLY IN LINE WITH AMERICAN HISTORY. IT REALLY IS. I MEAN, ONE OF
AMERICAN HISTORY. IT REALLY IS. I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE
IT REALLY IS. I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS
THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT MOST OF THE LAND THAT WAS
ACTUALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT MOST OF THE LAND THAT WAS LOST BY
THAT MOST OF THE LAND THAT WAS LOST BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS WAS LOST
LOST BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS WAS LOST POST CIVIL WAR. AND
AFRICAN-AMERICANS WAS LOST POST CIVIL WAR. AND RECONSTRUCTION IN WHAT WE CALL
POST CIVIL WAR. AND RECONSTRUCTION IN WHAT WE CALL REDEMPTION, WHICH WAS THE
RECONSTRUCTION IN WHAT WE CALL REDEMPTION, WHICH WAS THE BACKLASH AGAINST
REDEMPTION, WHICH WAS THE BACKLASH AGAINST RECONSTRUCTION
BACKLASH AGAINST RECONSTRUCTION AND SO IN SMALL TOWNS LIKE
RECONSTRUCTION AND SO IN SMALL TOWNS LIKE MASON
AND SO IN SMALL TOWNS LIKE MASON AND OTHER
MASON AND OTHER PLACES AROUND THE
AND OTHER PLACES AROUND THE SOUTH PEOPLE HAD TO LAND
PLACES AROUND THE SOUTH PEOPLE HAD TO LAND ACTUALLY STOLEN FROM THEM
SOUTH PEOPLE HAD TO LAND ACTUALLY STOLEN FROM THEM BECAUSE PEOPLE SAID, OH YOU
ACTUALLY STOLEN FROM THEM BECAUSE PEOPLE SAID, OH YOU DIDN‘T HAVE THIS CHARTER, YOU
BECAUSE PEOPLE SAID, OH YOU DIDN‘T HAVE THIS CHARTER, YOU DON‘T HAVE THE PAPERWORK. YOU
DIDN‘T HAVE THIS CHARTER, YOU DON‘T HAVE THE PAPERWORK. YOU DON‘T REALLY OWN THIS LAND AND
DON‘T HAVE THE PAPERWORK. YOU DON‘T REALLY OWN THIS LAND AND IN SOME CASES THEY EVEN
DON‘T REALLY OWN THIS LAND AND IN SOME CASES THEY EVEN ACTUALLY WENT INTO THE
IN SOME CASES THEY EVEN ACTUALLY WENT INTO THE COURT RECORDS AND CHANGE
ACTUALLY WENT INTO THE COURT RECORDS AND CHANGE THINGS SO THEY COULD CHANGE
COURT RECORDS AND CHANGE THINGS SO THEY COULD CHANGE WHO WAS THE OWNER OF THE LAND.
THINGS SO THEY COULD CHANGE WHO WAS THE OWNER OF THE LAND. AND SO ONE OF THESE THINGS
WHO WAS THE OWNER OF THE LAND. AND SO ONE OF THESE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT MASON BRINGS
AND SO ONE OF THESE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT MASON BRINGS UP FOR ME IS THE WAY
THAT I THINK THAT MASON BRINGS UP FOR ME IS THE WAY THAT PEOPLE
UP FOR ME IS THE WAY THAT PEOPLE ESPECIALLY
THAT PEOPLE ESPECIALLY AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE HAD
ESPECIALLY AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE HAD LAND STOLEN FROM THEM, HAVE
AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE HAD LAND STOLEN FROM THEM, HAVE HAD
LAND STOLEN FROM THEM, HAVE HAD CITIES DESTROYED
HAD CITIES DESTROYED BECAUSE OF
CITIES DESTROYED BECAUSE OF RACIAL SEGREGATION.
BECAUSE OF RACIAL SEGREGATION. AND RACISM AND VIOLENCE
RACIAL SEGREGATION. AND RACISM AND VIOLENCE AND THAT KIND OF
AND RACISM AND VIOLENCE AND THAT KIND OF CAPABILITY
AND THAT KIND OF CAPABILITY TO MAKE NOT JUST A HOME
CAPABILITY TO MAKE NOT JUST A HOME FOR PEOPLE, BUT TO HAVE
TO MAKE NOT JUST A HOME FOR PEOPLE, BUT TO HAVE STRONG REVENUE AND HAVE A
FOR PEOPLE, BUT TO HAVE STRONG REVENUE AND HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF BUSINESS
STRONG REVENUE AND HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF BUSINESS IN THE CITY.
STRONG SENSE OF BUSINESS IN THE CITY. IT‘S A, IT‘S A WHOLE HISTORY
IN THE CITY. IT‘S A, IT‘S A WHOLE HISTORY THAT WE HAVE. THAT IS A
IT‘S A, IT‘S A WHOLE HISTORY THAT WE HAVE. THAT IS A TERRIBLE HISTORY THAT MANY
THAT WE HAVE. THAT IS A TERRIBLE HISTORY THAT MANY PEOPLE IN, TENNESSEE
TERRIBLE HISTORY THAT MANY PEOPLE IN, TENNESSEE WHO ARE AGAINST CRT AND ALL
PEOPLE IN, TENNESSEE WHO ARE AGAINST CRT AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF THAT THEY SAY
WHO ARE AGAINST CRT AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF THAT THEY SAY THEY‘RE AGAINST, BUT THEY
THIS OTHER STUFF THAT THEY SAY THEY‘RE AGAINST, BUT THEY REALLY AGAINST THE TEACHING OF
THEY‘RE AGAINST, BUT THEY REALLY AGAINST THE TEACHING OF BLACK HISTORY THAT ARE AGAINST
REALLY AGAINST THE TEACHING OF BLACK HISTORY THAT ARE AGAINST TO HIS TEACHING OF THIS
BLACK HISTORY THAT ARE AGAINST TO HIS TEACHING OF THIS HISTORY
TO HIS TEACHING OF THIS HISTORY ARE TRYING TO
HISTORY ARE TRYING TO PROMULGATE AND ALSO
ARE TRYING TO PROMULGATE AND ALSO TO TAKE AWAY
PROMULGATE AND ALSO TO TAKE AWAY THE OPPORTUNITIES AND PEOPLE
TO TAKE AWAY THE OPPORTUNITIES AND PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY DOING THIS.
THE OPPORTUNITIES AND PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY DOING THIS. HISTORY, MAN. THIS ALSO FEELS
WHO ARE ALREADY DOING THIS. HISTORY, MAN. THIS ALSO FEELS LIKE A HISTORY LESSON, BUT I‘M
HISTORY, MAN. THIS ALSO FEELS LIKE A HISTORY LESSON, BUT I‘M TELLING YOU, IF YOU DON‘T
LIKE A HISTORY LESSON, BUT I‘M TELLING YOU, IF YOU DON‘T KNOW AMERICAN HISTORY,
TELLING YOU, IF YOU DON‘T KNOW AMERICAN HISTORY, WHAT‘S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
KNOW AMERICAN HISTORY, WHAT‘S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS NOT REALLY GOING TO MAKE
WHAT‘S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS NOT REALLY GOING TO MAKE ANY SENSE. SO IT‘S VERY
IS NOT REALLY GOING TO MAKE ANY SENSE. SO IT‘S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, ALL
ANY SENSE. SO IT‘S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, ALL OF THAT.
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, ALL OF THAT. DR. ANTHEA BUTLER. THANK YOU
OF THAT. DR. ANTHEA BUTLER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT‘S GREAT TO SEE
DR. ANTHEA BUTLER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT‘S GREAT TO SEE YOU. PLEASE STAY SAFE. HAVE A
YOU. PLEASE STAY SAFE. HAVE A GR
YOU. PLEASE STAY SAFE. HAVE A GR WEEKEND.