00:00I am so sorry that you have to grow up in a world where this is still present.
00:09I was 11 or 12 years old when I was just about to start Immaculate Heart Middle School in
00:18the fall and it was the LA riots which was also triggered by a senseless act of racism.
00:28And I remember the curfew and I remember rushing back home and on that drive home seeing ash
00:39fall from the sky and smelling the smoke and seeing the smoke billow out of buildings and
00:44seeing people run out of buildings carrying bags and looting and I remember seeing men
00:49in the back of a van just holding guns and rifles.
00:53And I remember pulling up to the house and seeing the tree that had always been there
00:59completely charred.
01:03And those memories don't go away.
01:07And I can't imagine that at 17 or 18 years old, which is how old you are now, that you
01:17would have to have a different version of that same type of experience.
01:21That's something that you should have an understanding of.
01:23But an understanding of as a history lesson, not as your reality.
01:28That is a history lesson now, just withinger.
01:28You can take the last words in the card signal and see your story.
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