00:00The first woman I was really inspired by was Whitley Gilbert on A Different World.
00:04I love Whitley and I don't care what y'all say and yes I'm just that bougie and that's
00:08cool and I love Whitley and I loved her from the beginning and I still love her today.
00:12I feel like there's a running list of black women who actively need to be given their
00:16things.
00:17I just want them to get the recognition they deserve.
00:20It's long overdue.
00:22Stacey Abrams.
00:23Issa Rae.
00:23Oh my god can we talk about Tracee Ellis Ross?
00:25I want people to give Fantasia her things.
00:28Naomi Osaka.
00:30S-U-P-A underscore cent like 50 cent.
00:33Latoya Luckett.
00:34Tavia.
00:35James Union Wade.
00:36My sister Crystal.
00:38Tierra Whack.
00:39Julie Dash.
00:40My list is too long for y'all.
00:41So I've been standing this person actually for a very long time.
00:44We've been together in my mind since good girl gone bad.
00:50We don't claim men publicly because Rihanna said so.
00:53We drink all the wine because Rihanna said so.
00:55She's about to be the only black woman with an LVMH-backed line and I don't think we're
01:01talking about how big that is.
01:03I would say Issa Rae.
01:05She's pretty popular right now but I've been watching her since Awkward Black Girl.
01:09Just like oh my gosh like she works in an office and she's doing something super creative and
01:14I thought like that was really cool.
01:16Naomi Osaka.
01:17She is the bomb.
01:20And yes Serena is the GOAT but Naomi is coming right up behind her very quickly.
01:25And she's just so like humble but at the same time like accepts her wins and accepts her
01:31things.
01:31So shout out to Naomi Osaka because I really just want to see her keep winning.
01:34I love Serena Williams' baby's baby.
01:37What's her name?
01:38Queque?
01:38I love her.
01:39Shout out to Olympia.
01:41But this speech right here is for Queque.
01:44I wish I could be a doll that like didn't do anything, got to go to the U.S. Open,
01:48core
01:48side, got to be on a jet, got to get flown to Italy to watch Serena eat pasta.
01:53I'm down for all of the above.
01:55If you need a Queque number two, Serena.
01:56I am currently fangirling two literal children.
02:01I am fangirling Kavia James Union Wade and Marse Martin.
02:07Marse Martin is so inspiring.
02:09She is out here executive producing, making her dreams become real.
02:15Just true, true American royalty.
02:18You understand what I'm saying?
02:19What I mean what I'm saying?
02:20Blue Ivy Carter.
02:24She exhibits the kind of black joy where you don't have to smile.
02:28You don't have to perform.
02:30You don't have to be polite.
02:31I get it.
02:32She's like a newborn, but she gives me life.
02:35All of her mannerisms are just so black girl centric.
02:39And I love the fact that like they're just letting her beat her, do her.
02:43I'm excited to see how Stacey Abrams moves forward.
02:48I loved watching her rebuttal after the State of the Union and hearing her shout out maternal
02:52mortality.
02:53I would like to see Stacey Abrams win.
02:55I think, I hope that this is not it for her and that she realizes that there are so many
03:00people behind her that are supporting for her, that are rooting her.
03:04And I hope that she knows what she means to so many people.
03:07I'm currently very inspired by Raynau Stewart, which a lot of you may know as Supercent.
03:14Really just making it happen.
03:16Like, has a son, just trying to give her son the world, own a few businesses, secure the
03:22bag, lift up other people in the process.
03:25Like, that's what's so rare about her.
03:27It's important to have role models that look like me because whether we like it or not,
03:33we're a visual culture.
03:35And when you see somebody who looks like you, who sounds like you, who moves like you,
03:40it gives you permission.
03:41It gives me permission.
