BECAUSE IT'S MUCH MORE POIGNANT 
COMING FROM YOU THAN FROM ME.
TWO OF YOUR FAVORITE PARAGRAPHS.
CAN YOU READ THOSE FOR ME?
>> YES.
I WILL.
LUCKILY I HAVE MY iPHONE.
I WANT TO READ ABOUT BEING AN 
INTROSPECTIVE THE FIRST ONE IS 
I'M INTROSUSPECTIVE BECAUSE 
SOMETIMES I WANT TO TAKE OUR 
SIDE WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE 
FACTS IN SITUATIONS LIKE THESE.
SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE IT'S US 
AGAINST THEM.
SOMETIMES I'M JUST AS PREJUDICE 
AS PEOPLE I POINT FINGERS AT AND
THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
HOW CAN I LOOK AT WHITE SKIN AND
MAKE ASSUMPTIONS BUT NOT WANT 
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT ME.
THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
I'LL GO DOWN AND THE SECOND 
PARAGRAPH THAT I THINK KIND OF 
STRUCK A CHORD WITH ME WAS THE 
LAST PARAGRAPH OF THE PIECE.
IS HOW I CLOSED IT UP.
KIND OF ON A POSITIVE NOTE.
AFTER THINKING ABOUT THESE 
EMOTIONS AND GOING THROUGH THEM 
I'M ENCOURAGED BECAUSE OF THIS.
I'M ENCOURAGED BECAUSE 
ULTIMATELY THE PROBLEM IS NOT A 
SKIN PROBLEM IT'S A SIN PROBLEM.
SIN IS THE REASON WE REBEL 
AGAINST AUTHORITY.
SIN IS THE REASON WE ABUSE OUR 
AUTHORITY.
SIN IS THE REASON WE ARE RACIST,
PREJUDICED AND LIE TO COVER FOR 
OUR OWN OPINION SIN IS THE 
REASON WE RIOT, WE LOOT AND WE 
BURN BUT I'M ENCOURAGED BECAUSE 
GOD HAS PROVIDED SOLUTION FOR 
SIN THROUGH HIS SON JESUS WINTER
A TRANSFORMED MIND AND HEART.
ONE THAT'S CAPABLE OF LOOKING 
PAST THE OUTWARD AND SEEING 
WHAT'S TRULY IMPORTANT IN EVERY 
HUMAN BEING.
THEBOUT 
YOUR PIECE.
I'M JUST THRILLED TO ACTUALLY 
TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.
ONE PART THAT RESONATES WITH A 
LOT OF AMERICA IS THE "I'M 
SYMPATHETIC" SECTION, WHERE YOU 
SAY, I'M SYMPATHETIC TO THE 
OFFICER, I'M SYMPATHETIC TO 
MICHAEL BROWN AND SO MUCH OF 
AMERICA IS PERCEIVING THIS STORY
AS -- LZ GRANDERSON SAID, 
NEITHER SIDE IS SYMPATHETIC TO 
THE OTHER.
THAT'S A PROBLEM. 
>> YEAH.
AND I THINK THAT'S A NATURAL 
REACTION.
THAT'S WHY I STARTED OFF BY 
SAYING THAT I'M ANGRY.
IT'S OKAY TO BE ANGRY AND TO 
IDENTIFY YOUR EMOTION AS BEING 
ANGRY BECAUSE LIKE I SAID LATER,
WE LIKE TO PROTECT OUR OWN.
BECAUSE OF OUR LIFE EXPERIENCES,
WHETHER IT IS BEING A BLACK 
AMERICAN OR A WHITE AMERICAN, 
BECAUSE OF STORIES THAT YOU'VE 
HEARD, BECAUSE OF INJUSTICES 
THAT HAVE HAPPENED OR MAYBE 
BEING ACCUSED OF SOMETHING YOU 
DIDN'T DO OR BEING ACCUSED OF 
BEING RACIST WHEN YOU'RE NOT, WE
HAVE THESE CERTAIN HISTORIES AND
WE REACT BECAUSE OF THOSE.
SO ANGER IS OKAY.
BUT WHEN YOU GET PAST THAT FIRST
LEVEL OF EMOTION, IT'S IMPORTANT
TO UNDERSTAND, WHY ARE YOU 
ANGRY?
AND THEN TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER.
AM I ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANYONE 
ELSE IF I'M IN THEIR SITUATION.
I'VE HAD A LOT OF TEAMMATES THAT
CAME UP TO ME AND SAID THEY READ
IT.
FOR THEM TO SAY THEY ENJOYED THE
PIECE WARMS MY HEART.
BUT IT WAS WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE 
WERE THINKING BUT DIDN'T KNOW 
HOW TO EXPRESS IT.
AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, GOD 
GAVE ME THE WORDS TO PUT ON 
PAPER AND IT RESONATED WITH A 
LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE 
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