00:00Pam just told us Black women are the backbone of the Democratic Party.
00:03We have been for generations, really.
00:07What does the party need to now do for us?
00:10You know, you saw it, Ida.
00:12My boss is talking about boycotting.
00:15It's all kinds of thoughts around it, right?
00:18But what we do all agree on is that the party does need to show some respect for the loyalty our community has had for them.
00:24What do you want to see from these candidates from the Democrats?
00:27Well, number one, I want to see them acknowledge that we've been the wheels on the bus.
00:33We've been the engines of the bus, but we've never been able to drive the bus.
00:37So it is time for us to be in the driver's seat on the Democratic Party's agenda.
00:44And that's just, I mean, it's an open and shut case.
00:47We voted Democrat like 98% during the last election.
00:55We were the group that got it figured out the most, that this, you know, scapegoat rhetoric, these racist politics, the xenophobia was the worst thing to happen, you know, to this country.
01:09We got it right.
01:10When you are a group that gets an A plus and when it comes to, okay, let's figure out how to make sure everyone else meets that standard.
01:18And they're not knocking on our door.
01:21They're not coming to say, well, what is it that you are able to see almost to the last person that white women were not able to see?
01:29Many other work.
01:3230% of black men were not able to see.
01:35Can we talk about that?
01:36Let's talk about that.
01:37And so the most important thing I think is in this moment is recognizing that the loss of black women's leadership, not just the way we used to be treated in the civil rights movement, right?
01:49We did all the work.
01:51We were the de facto leaders, but we weren't the leaders that you could see.
01:55The same thing is happening in the Democratic Party.
01:58And our tolerance of that has brought us to the cusp of this country really falling apart.
02:05So once again, we're to clean up women, but we want to get paid for it.
02:08We want to get recognized for it.
02:11We want the power that comes with it.
02:13And that's the way that we're going to save ourselves in this upcoming election.
02:17I think everything is on the table in this next election.
02:20And if they don't put black women in the place that they need to be, I think the project of America is truly lost.
02:26I know we got to go.
02:29No, no, we don't have to go.
02:30I have a specific question for you, but I just wanted to say that before, when we talk about politics and the Democratic and Republican Party alike, none of the, all of the administrations have benefited from the oppression of people of color.
02:45So I would like to see atonement before I see anything.
02:48When we talk about Joe Biden, I respect people who can say my question.
02:52That's my question.
02:53What does Joe Biden specifically, because we all know he's the presumptive Democratic nominee.
02:58That's what it is.
02:59What does Joe Biden, I'm going to start with you, Ida, and then I want each of you to answer.
03:02What does Joe Biden need to do to regain?
03:05Because I think we can all agree his trust with black women has been broken.
03:09Okay.
03:09For Adina Hill and so on, so on, so on.
03:13What does he need to do to regain that trust if it can be regained?
03:16So, you know, I would like, in the words of the Nation of Islam, we need to see some atonement.
03:23We need to hear you say, we did this.
03:25Because when you deny that you did something that we so blatantly can see, it continues to feed the mistrust.
03:33Right?
03:33So there isn't an administration that has not been part of the oppression of black people in America.
03:41That administration does not exist.
03:44That is why we're trying to move forward.
03:45And we don't want to hear, let's get back to, because what are we getting back to?
03:49It's not beneficial to people of color.
03:51We don't want to go back.
03:52We want to go forward.
03:54You want civility.
03:55We want peace.
03:56We want justice.
03:58We want equality.
03:59And we want to be able to have our children walk down the street without being afraid of getting gunned down.
04:04So I want to hear specific policies, though.
04:08I mean, when people say, well, we're going to work on reforming the criminal justice system, I want to know what that looks like across the country.
04:17Because when we talk about reforming the criminal justice system in Louisiana, that doesn't look like the same that it looks like in California.
04:24So we need to really sit down.
04:27And as a group, we need to collectively come up with what we want to demand these politicians, because for so long, they have just been taking our votes for granted.
04:37And though I believe that voting is important, I vote for my grandmother, who was hosed down with dogs and chased by dogs when she came here from Puerto Rico and was chasing not to be able to vote.
04:48I vote for her every time I go to the polls.
04:50So our votes matter, and we need to make sure that we start being specific.
04:55Joe Biden owes us because he's participated greatly, and he has made a lot of money off of our trauma, right?
05:03This trauma porn that they have in a relationship with people of color, it has to stop now.
05:08So when I hear Joe Biden speak, I need you to take the elbow and let us know, yeah, I did do this.
05:14I did do this, and this is how I'm going to try to fix it.
05:17And though I could never repair what I have done to people of color, you guys are worthy of an apology and worthy of me trying to correct some of the ills that I've participated in.
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