this country, and it was rice. and the people who knew how to do a price, how to harvest rice, how to build rice patties, that skill came to this country in the heads of those enslaved people. they brought it from africa with them. you attended president biden s proclamation signing ceremony today, establishing the metal and maybe till-mobley national monument. and i know you tweeted, just as mamie till-mobley refused to let the world skyway from the truth of what happened to her son, we must fight efforts to erase this country s history. what happened, i mean, you are a student of history, you and i talk about history a lot throughout the years. what do you think happens if the history is erased or glossed over in this way? well, we will so we can this country until we lose respect around the world, and it will be the end of not just democracy, but it will be the end of this country as we know it. and i think, it s a hard time
so in the south asian community being fair skinned is a very big deal. so we also had this crazy belief system in south asia and i would say definitely in pakistan that he drink milk it makes you white, it makes your skin might. i m not doesn t all around, you guys. you don t understand. i d be sitting at the breakfast table every morning in my mom looked at my dad and said tell her she has to drink the milk. if he doesn t drink the milk no one s going to marry her she so dark. it s a true story. but it s not limited to just this culture, though. if you look at the standard of beauty especially this korean beauty for example, it s all very it s vietnamese, to. it s why, like i said, alabaster way. i remember when i was growing up if you had dark skin it meant that you worked outside in the rice patties. but if you are white and fair skinned met you are of an elevated status. and we have to think our chefs.
still clear tomorrow is the anniversary. but so is the pride that jill and i feel in his service. it is as if i can still hear him saying, dad, it is my duty, dad. duty. that was the code my son lived by and all of those that you lost lived by. it is the creed and millions of service members have followed from the fields of yorktown to the shores of normandy to the rice patties of huson to kandahar and beyond. many never returned home. throughout history, these men and women laid down their lives not for a place or person or
communities, being fair skinne is a very big deal so, we also have this craz belief system in south asia. definitely in pakistan if you drink milk it makes you skin white i m lactose intolerant, yo guys you don t understand i been sitting at the breakfas table, my mom looked - she has to drink the milk. if she doesn t drink the milk, no one s going to marry her. she s so dark. it s your story it s not limited to jus this culture if you look at the standard of beauty, especially this curr and brady, for example it s all very vietnamese to it s whites. the skin has to be way it s like an alabaster white i remember when i was growing, up if you had dark skin it meant that you worked outsid in the rice patties. if you are white and fai skinned, and met you are a elevated status. and we have to thank our chefs
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