00:00The ways in which I've seen the Essence Fest change over the years is that, look at us now.
00:06We are sitting on a stage and we're going to be able to talk to our Black community, right?
00:13A sacred, beautiful community that is made up of so many, many brilliant people.
00:20I look around and I see some of myself reflected in language, in attitudes, right?
00:28And like Ms. Lauren said earlier, Black women, Black cis women, Black trans women, we're always first to the fight.
00:37We're always willing to put skin in the game.
00:40And so everybody else should be willing to do that, to put skin in the game.
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