00:00just remain passionate about it you know don't don't let that die don't let that flame die out
00:10you know remain passionate stay positive speak positively believe encourage support you know
00:18all those things work because it can be you know it can be easy to turn cynical no i mean in this
00:26profession or me and any other no yeah no that makes you can't you have to as as i love the saying
00:32by alex haley find the good and praise it because there's some good in you know this event is sort of
00:39everything when you think about the season because it is the time where we get to come and say thank
00:44you for what you've done it always includes confidence it always includes the strength
00:49that you have to shine in the face of adversity in the face of this industry that will tell you that
00:53you're not beautiful and you're lacking something understanding who you are what you have that's
00:58black romance we can do anything we want to do we we're we are natural born uh i feel like leaders
01:07and we persevere through everything and when somebody says no we smile and we keep it moving
01:11i think in my experience of being a black person a black woman and knowing the history that's where
01:15i get my strength from and that to me is magical you know some people can look at that as a negative
01:19thing but to me the history of black people is the most beautiful and astonishing thing to me in the
01:23world to see how far we've come and where we've been and you know that's the magic to me as a black
01:27woman when it comes to the the the sway of our hips to the way we speak um to the way we everything
01:35about us is black girl magic i always say that essence was the first place where i felt that i was
01:40a pretty black girl because a win for one is a win for all
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