Josh Welch
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And I will say this, too, in my work and what I see in a lot of rural small towns, there's a lot of young African-American kids that are just subjected to just outright day-to-day racism in small white communities.
Where they're called the N-word every other day or they're called a monkey or they're called something every single day.
And then that child has to come home and see his or her parents and process that.
And then a lot of times you have a school that doesn't protect you.
I mean, it's easy to think that this thing isn't as bad as it is, but when you get up close in it, especially in the criminal justice system, it's 10 fucking times worse than you think it is when you get up in it.
I don't know that it's necessarily wealth as much as it is what you do with your wealth.
And Jeff Bezos is obviously not a good example for people.
But the thought β I have a pretty strict rule I try to adhere to.
And if you're a white Christian with a lot of money and you're a Republican, I just don't spend any time with you.
And also I find them very, very uninteresting.
You know, if you're having to talk to him.