Shaykh Uthman
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah.
When I went to elementary school, it was basically you were either black, white, or Mexican.
I was too dark to be white and too light to be black, so I went Mexican.
I never tried to join gangs, especially for a lot of the young people that are watching.
It's not a good life.
It's not something you should look forward to.
It's not like the videos.
It's not like the rappers make it out to be.
I never thought like that.
My mom was a very hardworking woman.
She was working two jobs.
She had two degrees from Pakistan, and she had a master's in psychology and a master's in law, but they weren't recognized in the US.
So she couldn't work to the degree that she was educated to.
So just to survive as a single mother, she was out there working in factories, making t-shirts, working as a security guard as a little Pakistani woman.
She was working so hard, amazing woman, very strong woman.
So I never thought I want to join gangs or anything like that.
I don't want to be cool.
I wasn't trying to make money.
I wasn't trying to flex.
I wasn't trying to get girls.