Christiana
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Dominican, Nigerian, Puerto Rican, Brazilian, British and American. They're going to be the only ones in the lab.
Dominican, Nigerian, Puerto Rican, Brazilian, British and American. They're going to be the only ones in the lab.
I like that.
I like that.
He was a joke.
He was a joke.
Also, off that, I'm curious about the we, because my world is predominantly women and people of color. And our complaint is that we can't get rid of people like, you know, like you've started off with like kind of this collective we, which I'd like to disrupt a bit. Right. Because there is no real collective. We hence this kind of political the political differences that we have.
Also, off that, I'm curious about the we, because my world is predominantly women and people of color. And our complaint is that we can't get rid of people like, you know, like you've started off with like kind of this collective we, which I'd like to disrupt a bit. Right. Because there is no real collective. We hence this kind of political the political differences that we have.
And black women in this country are probably one of the few groups where life expectancy is actually holding or going up. Right. And one of the reason they say that and one of the reasons black women don't. vote the way they do and behave the way they do is because they have this deep sense of community among each other.
And black women in this country are probably one of the few groups where life expectancy is actually holding or going up. Right. And one of the reason they say that and one of the reasons black women don't. vote the way they do and behave the way they do is because they have this deep sense of community among each other.
So I'd say speaking for Black women statistically, these aren't Black women's problems. And that's often because we are the carers. We are the people that are looking after children, elderly family members. They're looking to us. So I don't know many isolated Black women in the way that you speak of. Also, I say just like ethnically, I'm Nigerian-British. I'm Igbo. It wasn't just about my tribe.
So I'd say speaking for Black women statistically, these aren't Black women's problems. And that's often because we are the carers. We are the people that are looking after children, elderly family members. They're looking to us. So I don't know many isolated Black women in the way that you speak of. Also, I say just like ethnically, I'm Nigerian-British. I'm Igbo. It wasn't just about my tribe.
It was about my clan, which is a whole people. And we had this group where people pay dues all the time. And when my great uncle died, part of the dues contributed to his funeral. So I think for ethnic minorities in this country, whether it's Latinos, it's African-Americans, it's Asians.
It was about my clan, which is a whole people. And we had this group where people pay dues all the time. And when my great uncle died, part of the dues contributed to his funeral. So I think for ethnic minorities in this country, whether it's Latinos, it's African-Americans, it's Asians.
There are different cultural ties there that the idea of when I pick up the newspaper and I hear a story of somebody dying alone and they don't find the body for months, I'm like, how does that happen? Because there's 20 people knocking your door. And I'm not saying that from my personal experience.
There are different cultural ties there that the idea of when I pick up the newspaper and I hear a story of somebody dying alone and they don't find the body for months, I'm like, how does that happen? Because there's 20 people knocking your door. And I'm not saying that from my personal experience.
No, I actually come from that world. A huge extended family, a huge church family. My husband's an only child, but comes from a big extended family and loads of friends. So my conception of, as much as I had the depth of my clan and my ethnic group, When it was time to dedicate my kids, I flew back to London. So it happened in the home church where I was dedicated in.
No, I actually come from that world. A huge extended family, a huge church family. My husband's an only child, but comes from a big extended family and loads of friends. So my conception of, as much as I had the depth of my clan and my ethnic group, When it was time to dedicate my kids, I flew back to London. So it happened in the home church where I was dedicated in.
The man that christened me christened my children. Do you know what I mean? I guess what I'm trying to articulate is that for a lot of people, maybe from similar backgrounds as mine, that's our conceit already. The fact that it's not foreign. Do you get where I'm going? Yeah, I hear what you're saying. It's like this extended group and clan. It's very different and it's very diverse.
The man that christened me christened my children. Do you know what I mean? I guess what I'm trying to articulate is that for a lot of people, maybe from similar backgrounds as mine, that's our conceit already. The fact that it's not foreign. Do you get where I'm going? Yeah, I hear what you're saying. It's like this extended group and clan. It's very different and it's very diverse.