Quotes:
"Black people are not stupid. We want what everyone else wants." - Kathy Barnette, [00:32:37]
"You teach people how to treat you." - Kathy Barnette, [00:42:18]
"I want to live well because of what those who came before me endured." - Kathy Barnette, [00:52:28]
"We went from fighting hard to just being victims." - Stephanie Trussell, [00:52:17]
"No pandering, just a vision that blankets all of us." - Kathy Barnette on Vivek Ramaswamy, [00:33:19]
"Their goal is control, not necessarily to win." - Kathy Barnette on establishment GOP, [00:20:13]
References:
Kathy Barnette's book - Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: Being Black and Conservative in America
Key Moments:
[01:45] Realizing the Democrat party takes black voters for granted
[04:23] Rachel Dolezal's failed racial transformation
[07:15] Losing friends for supporting Donald Trump
[08:49] First disillusionment with the Democrat party
[13:26] Stephanie's mother deciding against abortion
[16:16] Realizing establishment GOP prioritizes control over winning
[39:11] Vivek Ramaswamy campaigning in black neighborhoods
[52:17] Recognizing the loss of community and culture
[56:24] Grandmas wearing cat suits now
[59:04] The black nod of acknowledgment
