What Does It Mean to Be Black in America? with Stephanie Trussell

"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]

Kathy Barnette's book - Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: Being Black and Conservative in America

[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