Riley Gaines

But, yeah, if you could look at this from an overhead perspective, if you had, like, a graph and showing what's happening in the world from 2004 to 2024, you'd be like, whoa.

And I honestly think about that with myself, like –

I was one of those people, right?

Like, again, always been Christian, always have aligned with conservative values.

But I had my head down.

I was focused on my success, more importantly, my team's success.

I was focused on my career.

I was focused on my, you know, personal relationships, getting married at a young age in college.

Like, I was focused on not the cultural stuff going on around the world.

So I think to myself, like,

It is so unfortunate that I had to be directly impacted before I cared.

But I did, I honestly did.

And if all of us have that same mindset that unfortunately I had, it's too late.

We're screwed, quite frankly.

That's why it's crucial that you find your voice

You speak up about stuff.

You call out an injustice when you see it.

You hold their feet to the fire before you're directly impacted.

Because, again, if we all wait just like I did, and I wonder to myself, like,

Obviously, this is not the path I would be on if I hadn't spoken up about it at the time.