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For example, in between classes, this is again when he's at college, he's at Howard University. He would operate a shuttle service to the airport and he would also sell his old term papers, T-shirts and soda to his classmates. So, again, entrepreneur, but not exactly a gangster.
For example, in between classes, this is again when he's at college, he's at Howard University. He would operate a shuttle service to the airport and he would also sell his old term papers, T-shirts and soda to his classmates. So, again, entrepreneur, but not exactly a gangster.
Roe Ronan's book, Bad Boy, which covers Diddy's influence on the hip hop industry, paints a picture of a young man who was beyond everything else an opportunist. At one point, while he's at Howard, there's this massive protest campaign on the campus over the presence of Lee Atwater on the University Board of Trustees. And again, Howard is a historically black university.
Roe Ronan's book, Bad Boy, which covers Diddy's influence on the hip hop industry, paints a picture of a young man who was beyond everything else an opportunist. At one point, while he's at Howard, there's this massive protest campaign on the campus over the presence of Lee Atwater on the University Board of Trustees. And again, Howard is a historically black university.
Roe Ronan's book, Bad Boy, which covers Diddy's influence on the hip hop industry, paints a picture of a young man who was beyond everything else an opportunist. At one point, while he's at Howard, there's this massive protest campaign on the campus over the presence of Lee Atwater on the University Board of Trustees. And again, Howard is a historically black university.
Lee Atwater is the author of the Republican Party's infamous Southern Strategy, which I cannot relate directly to you without using the N-word repeatedly.
Lee Atwater is the author of the Republican Party's infamous Southern Strategy, which I cannot relate directly to you without using the N-word repeatedly.
Lee Atwater is the author of the Republican Party's infamous Southern Strategy, which I cannot relate directly to you without using the N-word repeatedly.
The basic idea of the strategy that Lee Atwater helps put together is that you can't campaign in 1968. Before 68, you can campaign by just screaming about black people and saying you want to hurt them, right? By 68, you can't do that.
The basic idea of the strategy that Lee Atwater helps put together is that you can't campaign in 1968. Before 68, you can campaign by just screaming about black people and saying you want to hurt them, right? By 68, you can't do that.
The basic idea of the strategy that Lee Atwater helps put together is that you can't campaign in 1968. Before 68, you can campaign by just screaming about black people and saying you want to hurt them, right? By 68, you can't do that.
So you have to instead campaign on issues that will hurt black people, but that you can pretend aren't racist, like fiscal conservatism, cutting programs that help black Americans without calling them slurs, right? That's Lee Atwater. So obviously, Howard University students are like, the fuck is this guy doing on the board of trustees?
So you have to instead campaign on issues that will hurt black people, but that you can pretend aren't racist, like fiscal conservatism, cutting programs that help black Americans without calling them slurs, right? That's Lee Atwater. So obviously, Howard University students are like, the fuck is this guy doing on the board of trustees?
So you have to instead campaign on issues that will hurt black people, but that you can pretend aren't racist, like fiscal conservatism, cutting programs that help black Americans without calling them slurs, right? That's Lee Atwater. So obviously, Howard University students are like, the fuck is this guy doing on the board of trustees?
That is essentially the tenor of the protest campaign. Now, Sean's peers rightly thought it was fucked up for this guy to have a seat on the Howard board, and they do win. Spoiler, he winds up stepping down.
That is essentially the tenor of the protest campaign. Now, Sean's peers rightly thought it was fucked up for this guy to have a seat on the Howard board, and they do win. Spoiler, he winds up stepping down.
That is essentially the tenor of the protest campaign. Now, Sean's peers rightly thought it was fucked up for this guy to have a seat on the Howard board, and they do win. Spoiler, he winds up stepping down.
Right. Protests work. Protests can work. So there's this big protest campaign. There's like clashes with riot police. They occupy buildings on campus. It's a whole thing.
Right. Protests work. Protests can work. So there's this big protest campaign. There's like clashes with riot police. They occupy buildings on campus. It's a whole thing.
Right. Protests work. Protests can work. So there's this big protest campaign. There's like clashes with riot police. They occupy buildings on campus. It's a whole thing.