Episode 166 - Karen Civil

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Unknown 0:04

Yeah, yo.

Karen Civil 0:34

mortgage did you you grew up but you Haitian American you grew up in America I grew up here I was born raised everything here first gen yes yeah where you where you grew up at Brooklyn raised in Jersey Elizabeth New Jersey yeah yeah are you from Elizabeth oh who I say like I know them oh probably my like kin folk though huh Oh, where they from? Jefferson Ave? Yeah, ask. It gotta be Jefferson Ave. So we were like purposely kind of segregated going up, but it was by choice. So all the Haitians lived on Jefferson Ave.

Deante’ Kyle 1:20

Yeah. Where you lived at in Brooklyn? Flatbush, New York Avenue. Of course, of course.

Karen Civil 1:26

And then our school, we went to PS 181 and it had asbestos. So it closed and they had us do Boys and Girl Scouts. Yeah. So, yeah, we did it for like a month. And, you know, you come home at 12 o'clock. My parents is like, well, what's your homework? I'm like, I built a fire in the back. You feel me? Like, so then we came home one day and they're like, yeah, we're moving. So they purposely bought a house in Jersey because of the school system and everything that was happening. So they moved us to Jersey before they even house closed. all they needed was the address and the next day we woke up at like 5 a.m they're like get up and they were taking us to school in jersey that's crazy so then it just made more sense to move to jersey

Karen Civil 2:11

I mean, they were closing on the house. They were like, at this point, we got to figure something out because y'all not doing Boys and Girl Scouts till 1230.

Deante’ Kyle 2:19

Yeah, that's crazy. That's an early day too. That's like, damn.

Karen Civil 2:24

Yeah, like you get out, you're still full of energy coming home. They're like, yeah, no.

Deante’ Kyle 2:30

I did Boy Scouts for like three months. It was lit, but... Why 90 days? It was just, I got booked. So like... It's one of them things, like, we was fresh in, so it was like, they had all the shit going. We did, like, the little roller derby car. We did the outdoor stuff. We went on a camping trip. And then after that, it just became boring, like, tying knots and shit.

Karen Civil 2:53

I was like... Oh, just regular, like, maintenance. Regular, just everyday stuff.

Deante’ Kyle 2:57

You're like, I'm good. But when I first started, it was like all these activities back to back. And my dad was like, yeah, that's not how it goes. Like, he said, you just came in at the right time. I was like, yeah. I'm cool. I just go back to playing baseball. I'm straight on this. But, yeah, it was cool while it lasted. Like, I liked the camping and all that.

Karen Civil 3:13

Yeah.

Deante’ Kyle 3:13

It was cool. It was like a bonding thing for me and my pops. Yeah. He didn't really rock with it too much.

Karen Civil 3:19

No, I liked it. I mean, I liked it a lot, and I would come home and, like, show my parents. But they were like, yeah, you know, they Asian. They looking like... This is not math homework.

Deante’ Kyle 3:30

Yeah. We looking for education.

Karen Civil 3:32

Yeah. They're like, you building campfires. This has nothing to do with math. In New York. Yeah. They're like, this has, yeah.

Deante’ Kyle 3:40

Some of the great outdoors in New York.

Karen Civil 3:42

Like nothing to do with anything. But I'd be like, look, look in the backyard. I built a fire. My mom be like, yeah, we don't care.

Deante’ Kyle 3:49

Yeah, man. My little sister stuck with it, like, with the Girl Scout thing, so. But then, like, it was kind of, it was like low-key getting a little jealous because, like, she started getting mad pins and, like, All the patches. Yeah, I was like, damn, I should have stuck with this. But, nah.

Karen Civil 4:06

On your true Beverly Hills.

Deante’ Kyle 4:07

Yeah.

Karen Civil 4:07

I mean, you could have.

Deante’ Kyle 4:10

I was all baseball, though. I love baseball.

Karen Civil 4:12

Do you still play?

Deante’ Kyle 4:14

Nah, I'll go to the batting cage every now and then. It's pretty fun.

Karen Civil 4:16

Okay. So my nephew's really good in like baseball. So I'll sign up when they do like the celebrity games. So I'll always sign up for the celebrity games. I'll do the Juneteenth when LeBron and them used to do it for his platform. And then the Dodgers will have one because you get all this. I don't know how to play, but you get all this equipment. That's so amazing. Oh, that's hard. Yeah. And then that. I'd pass on that to my nephew. And we wear the same size. So his mom would be so happy.