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Conversations: Call for Change

NBC 5 wants to have conversations with people about what we are seeing unfold in our country in the wake of the death of George Floyd and the call for change.

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AND ONCE THEY SEE THE HUMANITY IN PEOPLE BY VISITING THEM, IN PEOPLE BY VISITING THEM, TASTING THEIR FOODS, EXPERIENCING AND BEING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, SITTING ON THE BUS PROXIMITY, SITTING ON THE BUS WITH THEM FOR FOUR, FOUR AND A HALF HOURS, THAT\u2019S GOING TO BRING YOU PRETTY CLOSE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, SURE, OUR FOODS MAY BE DIFFERENT. WE MAY GROW UP IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, PARTS OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, BUT WE ALL SHARE THE SAME STORY. THIS LAST TOUR WE JUST HAD ON FEBRUARY THE 4th, WE WERE ABLE FEBRUARY THE 4th, WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT BEAR CREEK AND IT\u2019S TO VISIT BEAR CREEK AND IT\u2019S REALLY WONDERFUL WHEN THEY HAVE SOMETHING TANGIBLE. I CAN TALK, I\u2019M A STORY TELLER, I CAN TALK UNTIL I\u2019M BLUE IN THE FACE AND TELL YOU WHAT WENT ON AND WHAT DALLAS LOOKED LIKE BACK IN 1865, 1866. BUT SOMETIMES IT\u2019S REALLY HARD TO DRIVE THAT PICTURE HOME FOR PEOPLE. 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DIVERSITY IS AT THE CORE OF WHO I AM. I\u2019M MIXED, YOU KNOW, MY FATHER IS FROM HAITI, MY MOTHER IS WHITE AMERICAN, AND SO I\u2019VE COME FROM A BACKGROUND OF FROM A BACKGROUND OF UNDERSTANDING THAT IT\u2019S VERY DIFFERENT TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE YOU AND SOUNDS LIKE LOOKS LIKE YOU AND SOUNDS LIKE YOU AND HAS YOUR SHARED EXPERIENCES ACTUALLY BEING AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE, AND WE FIND THAT IT\u2019S IMPORTANT TO HAVE DESIGNERS OF COLOR, BOARD MEMBERS OF COLOR, LESS THAN 3% OF DESIGNERS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE DESIGNERS OF COLOR, AND SO, THRIFT STUDIO, WHICH IS AND SO, THRIFT STUDIO, WHICH IS OUR ANNUAL POP-UP STORE, WE ARE INCREDIBLY MINDFUL AND PURPOSEFUL ABOUT DEVELOPING YOUNG BLACK DESIGNERS AND GIVING YOUNG BLACK DESIGNERS AND GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEIR WORK AND TO GAIN FUTURE CLIENTS. 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