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Happy Monday! Happy Monday indeed y'all.
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Welcome back to Me Too Daily Live.
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I'm Male and I'm Daniela and no,
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Jenny's not here today but she will be back.
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I'm just here for the day.
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I'm usually over there.
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and speaking of. there who do we got over there today
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Gene checking in. Joel,
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first time up, put me in coach.
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Cheese corner is looking dapper today.
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The bro corner over there,
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bro. I'd like to see it though,
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Sorry, this is my first time,
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guys. I hope I'm not embarrassing the team.
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so as always, got a lot of news to cover.
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First up, what we got?
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Well, there's a phone ban happening.
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There is a phone ban happening,
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Children are going to be living it,
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OK. LAUSD has implemented a district-wide ban on cell phones,
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smart watches, and smart glasses in the classroom,
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which is, by the way,
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the second largest district in the United States is LAUSD.
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and the policy will go into effect tomorrow,
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Tuesday the 24th, and this ban was actually in the works
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since last year, got approved in June.
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They voted on it and I guess they're getting set up and
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now it's happening. So,
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OK, there are exceptions and they're gonna be made for students
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who actually need the devices for translation purposes or learning disabilities.
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And each campus in the district can choose how to manage a
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student's devices, so maybe be like,
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hey, put it in your backpack,
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or they have a locked container or classroom holders.
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So I guess you know everyone's a little different every school.
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I wanna see the test scores after they banned them.
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Y'all y'all y'all learning or y'all cheating?
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I don't know. So it is a good move.
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I think it's a might be a good move.
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I think it's a good move.
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I mean, no more chat GPT,
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no more Googling no more on their phone respectfully,
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you can pull that up on your computer.
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I'll be working for NASA.
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Chad GBT was around in school.
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I promise you I'd be in here.
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Well they say C's get degrees or whatever.
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I, I used to say that when I was in college
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Well, I didn't finish college.
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OK, you're the younger one,
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so we've been in this.
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I'm, I'm the younger one.
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My phone was banned.
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I would get detention if I whipped it out at my high
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school. I also got detention when I so sorry about
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that and the inner mother in me,
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like I'm so far from doing that,
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but I want my kid to be able to pick up the
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phone and call me if there's something going down on campus.
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Like, is that not the purpose of my kid having a
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It's for emergencies. I mean,
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that's why I got my first phone.
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It also was for me to be like,
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Mom, pick me up like I'm done,
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like please be on time.
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But I do think there's a genuine reality to living in 2025
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after all these events have happened at schools where things go south
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and you need to get a hold of your parent.
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Exactly. I mean the I say safe for social,
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the pew pew control.
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It's not in control.
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And so now as a parent,
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when my kid goes to school,
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they need, I wanna talk to them if something goes down
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because if they lock up the phone.
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I have to wait for the teacher to be like,
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hey, so a blast email from the district or what do
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you guys think? I mean,
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I don't know. I was about to say like,
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you remember our time all our phones did was make phone calls
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back then, so you could have taken our phones away we
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wouldn't care, but these kids nowadays,
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you know, they have internet,
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social media, I mean.
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These kids will run back into a burning building to get their
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cell phone like they're so attached to it it's ridiculous so I
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think in a situation like what you were just saying it's it's
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you know what I mean like phones are gonna go off,
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they're gonna track stuff,
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you know what I mean like it's,
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it's better for them just to be present in the moment.
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Yeah she had a great idea,
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drop an app that lets them you can't access the phone,
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yeah, I mean there is,
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there's systems you can install where you basically like your phone is
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locked on lockdown for like a couple of hours,
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but then again that's a lot and honestly I'm kind of team
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kids having phones but maybe that's just because I.
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I'm young. I mean just put it in the backpack and
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like have it there like when we were going like I didn't
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get mine until junior high and like you said we didn't text
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because it was 10 cents a text you're in trouble.
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I'm not even in school.
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I'm home. I can't talk,
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you know, like nobody's taking my phone away at home.
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I wonder if this will like decrease brain rot.
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And what this will do.
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I think it might backfire because they're gonna wanna hold off on
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it until after school and they're like they're just gonna crash out
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like after and not do their homework,
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you know what I'm interested to check in on this in a
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couple of months. But that's the parents like right there you're
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the parents' responsibility after school so.
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True. Well, you're right,
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you're right, gentlemen,
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Mr. Gan, I know you have a story for us
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So guys, it's end of an era.
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What, what's We're losing Hooters.
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Hooters? So Hooters is preparing to file for bankruptcy amid declining
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foot traffic. The company has already closed multiple underperforming locations and
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they're blaming market conditions.
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I think the true winners in the in them closing
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are strip clubs. They gotta be happy hearing Hooters is closing
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They're pulling their people back,
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exactly, and don't wanna say anything,
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but like it's been a bad year for owls.
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Duolingo, what's their mascot?
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And now Hooters, bro,
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bro's what they say,
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right, or they go in 3?
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I don't know if your brand has an hour in it,
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bitch it, bro rebrand Hootsuite,
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yep, but the OG Hooter Gooner has spoken.
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So Devin Booker tweeted a bunch about Hooters when he was a
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kid and my guy's been in pain since the news dropped,
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I had no idea he was a Hooter head,
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Oh, just yesterday he said please don't go Hooters.
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In his bag, so you know he has memories there definitely
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has memories there. Could he save Hooters?
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Investor, at least the one by him,
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right? ambassador Keep the one,
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the one near you up and running and just.
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the food honestly because that's what it is wings.
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I promise you if they had a better menu they'd still be
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around. Is it wings and burgers?
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It's burgers, wings,
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You think people go to Hooters for the food?
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You go to Hooters for the food.
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I would like, like that spot.
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What's that spot? Oh yeah,
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OK, so you think if they were more like ohjos locos
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give me some good food and my eyes can go crazy afterwards
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you know, but Ojos locos,
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for those that don't know,
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it's that whatever's on the screen,
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Hooters. Wait, wait,
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it says wings on the side too?
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Tacos veza and Wing.
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Come on. So here's what Hooters need the tacos in the
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mix, and that's what I'm saying.
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Add a couple things to the menu and y'all wouldn't go bankrupt
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Ojoslojos has a splash of color,
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you know what I mean?
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Like Hooters is very antiquated.
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Hooters was all about the.
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Frontal presentation,,
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Ojos locos, I feel like we have front and back,
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a little thicker, a little,
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you know, a little darker,
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so it's just like appeals a little more to like this generation
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So Hooters didn't move with the times you guys exactly.
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They, they kind of yeah and there's all locals who speak
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I wanna check it out.
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I've never been, I thought you said you know a guy
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I know a guy that works there,
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but I haven't pulled up on him.
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But hey, he's happy every time I see him.
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He loves work. interesting.
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maybe all those locals can come up and take over the Hooters
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that's out here that's been down for a minute,
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bro. I'll be there grand opening.
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I'll cut the ribbon with a man.
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Alright, well enough,
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do you have anything for us?
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there's a hot new relationship in Hollywood and it's not who you
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launch, yeah, hard launch is actually Netflix.
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They're getting into bed with Mexico.
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Netflix has committed to a billion dollars investment in Mexico's TV and
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film industry. This was announced by Netflix co-CEO and Mexico's president
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on February 20th, so a few days ago,
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so the investment will fund at least 20 films and
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series in Mexico through 2028.
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But you know a billion 4 years it's OK.
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The peso goes a long way and then Netflix will also invest
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2 million to upgrade Chuurubusco Studios in Mexico City.
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So you know it's kind of giving hub,
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it's giving like Universal Studios Mexico,
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you know they have a strong relationship with Mexico since 2011,
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producing films like Roma,
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Bardo, Pinocchio, so just all of this contributes to like
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The economic growth in Mexico and also thinking about it like
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those Mexican stories, those Mexican horror stories and just in general
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stories like they have so much character so much depth,
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we need something like that we need something interesting I'm
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bored and I'm tired and bored of these like vanilla lame stories
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or the stories that they try to produce.
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Like Emily Perez, they're not Mexican stories that by Mexican creators
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you know, it's like give us something that buy Mexicans
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for Mexicans, buy Latinos for Latinos,
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you know what do you guys think?
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I definitely agree I think we're craving film that actually represents
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us and I think also you know it's a different experience being
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born there and living away or you know that we all have
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different experiences as Latinos.
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And I think yeah the what's out there right now doesn't represent
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all of us the way it we'd like it to so I
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hope that this works and contributes to a better representation.
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A billion dollars. That's a lot of money.
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That's a lot of lot of also I love the fact that
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like Mexico and you know Latin America is not getting a lot
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of love right now so it's nice that Netflix is like hey
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all right like. I have your back.
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Like, I wanna see you succeed.
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there was a show I used to watch on Netflix
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and it's specifically Netflix Mexico.
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Clu de Cuervos. And so again,
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like you said, it's kind of like if you,
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if you think about it,
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what's the show with the Telasso before Tellasso and again
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it wasn't like cocaine,
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yo this guy owns a soccer team,
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the craziest mother that happens in Mexico,
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the You know, so I think those kinds of stories and
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entertainment is definitely very welcome.
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I know we did a post on it.
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There was a lot of comments,
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a lot of people reacted to this news.
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can they please be genuine authentic Mexican stories by Mexican storytellers.
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Thank you. Completely agreed.
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Nothing to say, nothing to add.
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Can't be an outsider.
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It has to be someone in the mix,
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yeah. Damn, this one right,
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I don't know, I hope I pronounce that right,
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only for them to cancel whatever show after a season or two
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I mean those are like devil's advocate.
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It's like people don't like out here at least,
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right? It's like they want the Latino shows but sometimes they
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don't watch them and I don't know if also Netflix also doesn't
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like put the right marketing dollars and promo behind it so it's
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but it's like once you find out about the show,
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yo, post about on your stories like make it known so
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that way they don't cancel and then don't come for me,
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Latino shows they make,
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they can be a little cheesy sometimes like they don't tell like
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the real stories like they're like,
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you know, they're a little too whitewashed sometimes fabricated thank you
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so I feel like if there's something real that resonates with people
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like it won't get canceled after a second season or after the
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first season. Someone else said that this was the Amelia Perez
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apology. Yo, they said it,
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not us. I'm just saying the timing couldn't be more of
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a coincidence. I mean,
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if that's an apology,
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I'll take it, you know,
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give me a billion dollars.
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I say it's users deserve some of that apology,
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Can we get a free membership?
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Yes, can you lower your,
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Can I share my account with like 10 other people?
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Bring that back. Bring that back.
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And we have one more here from Ola Mexico.
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think twice about this.
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They are destroying the cinemas in Mexico.
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The entire film distribution arm will be hurt badly,
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and Mexican cinema will become more and more in line to what
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Netflix controls. Oh,
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so they're going that's a good point too,
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the way they're looking at it with different eyes like.
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They're gonna monopolize Mexican cinema.
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You think, I feel like the,
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I hope the production companies in Mexico would still have enough of
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like we get where you're,
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I, I'm sure Ne will have some say,
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of course, but these guys are be the ones driving the
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conversation like, no,
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no, no, we're gonna do this because this story of
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this creator that you guys don't know anything about is near and
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dear to our community.
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Let us cook. I hope,
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crossing my fingers, but that's a good point though,
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La Mexico. It is because I mean.
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The Cinepolis over there,
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bro. The whole honestly,
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their movie experience over there is much better than here and maybe
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just because I'm paying in pesos I'm more inclined to go spend
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but like here in the US,
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like, bro, 30 bucks for this mid experience,
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you know, Sinepoli is VIP,
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everything large, in Mexico,
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everything, everything, everything.
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Oh yeah. I don't know this is a good point though
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because it could go both either way.
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Yeah. And let me say as a Colombian in the room
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I'm not Mexican I love Mexican culture.
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I love Mexican stories,
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but I do hope this is.
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You know, they're first of many investments to other countries that
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Latinos aren't a monolith and many other Latino American Latin countries have
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stories to tell, and I think Hollywood often thinks,
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Mexico is all representing,
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and that is not accurate.
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You know there's different cultures,
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different people, and so many different stories to tell,
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so I think this starts a precedent of starting these investments
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and and normalizing them because obviously this time around it was a
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huge deal it made tons of news,
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but I hope it's normalized very soon.
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Yeah, I mean not to be like I'm not Disney though
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I'm sorry but like Disney,
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I think they're doing OK with that like incanto.
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which again two different countries they've done they're showing love to the
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Asian community as well with turning red and other little shorts
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like if we're gonna fund this like cool,
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do show like again so this is hopefully only the beginning,
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right? Yeah, they're dipping their toe and then they're gonna
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they're gonna see how people react,
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exactly, yeah. Oh man,
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I think, I think our time is,
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is up. I think that we've got,
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we've gotta move on.
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All right guys, well thank you guys for joining us today
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So we got our Queen Gabriella Bay back on the show.
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Welcome back. How you couldn't get enough of me.
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we can't. We love having you on.
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you know how have you been?
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Good, good, you know,
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the show work and and mental health.
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How's your mental health been?
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how's your we're getting in there.
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I feel like everybody,
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you know, everybody's kind of dealing with.
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Just everything that's going on around the world is carried out there
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just trying to be positive and Yeah,
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This year has been crazy.
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There's so much going on.
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We actually saw your TikTok about dealing with ICE growing up
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as someone who has been detained by ICE when I was a
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child, I was 11 years.
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old, I can tell you firsthand that they do not like
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us. I sat down with my baby brother on my lap
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He was not even a year old,
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and I heard ICE agents speaking about me and saying horrible things
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about me. One of them yelled at me from afar.
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And called me stupid.
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Yeah, recently I made that video because of everything going on
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and I just feel like there's a lot of misinformation.
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So I wanted to kind of like give a little bit of
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light to what it really is to someone that has actually lived
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it. There's not really an easy way to say like we
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have these conversations without it getting serious because it is like a
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serious matter, but yeah,
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I was 11 years old when I came and.
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To me familia like we were detained by ICE at the border
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like as soon as we had crossed it's an experience where as
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you look up to like,
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you know, cops and at least for me I,
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I couldn't tell the difference between a cop or a nice agent
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like to be there the same and you were so little like
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like you're probably like super confused as what's going on,
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exactly, and yeah just getting kind of like.
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Mistreatment for no reason like I think at that age I didn't
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really understand why, but now that I get older I understand
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that it's like a way deeper problem that you know some people
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just are misinformed and they grow up with this misconception about I
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I don't wanna say all immigrants but I would say specifically Latinos
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we get it a little bit the most,
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which is a little bit interesting.
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Because they're immigrants from all over the world.
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It's crazy. I feel like there's a disconnect,
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right? So a lot of people think that they want to
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deport the criminals, right?
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But what we all need to understand is that when they're saying
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criminals, and I'm saying like the government,
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they mean anyone who came here illegally,
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they consider that as a crime.
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So they consider you a criminal whether you're a good standing citizen
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and you're paying your dues and paying your taxes and going to
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work and doing all of that.
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They're still seeing you as a criminal because of the fact that
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you either entered illegally or you stayed.
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I think too many people try to look at the at the
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laws as a black or white situation when you you kind of
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can't lack the empathy when it comes to that because there's a
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reason why all these people are coming here like these people are
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they're literally escaping some of the worst conditions that anyone can can
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live through and so when they're coming here.
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And they're coming here with,
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you know, all the energy to do right,
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to get a better future,
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to do this. Like people wanna dismiss that and say there's
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a legal way, there's a right way like we're not exactly
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and then these people don't have time.
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It doesn't, there isn't really any legal way right even the
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you know, like you could come and seek as they completely
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shut that down right now.
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At some point you have to ask yourself,
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is it really about coming here legally or is it really about
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not wanting Latinos to be in the country?
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Some people, they do think like,
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no, they're just deporting the,
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you know, rapists and murderers and all this,
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but it's like no to them.
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They're gonna deport that 5 year old that came with his mom
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Like that's a criminal to them and it's really important that
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people understand that because then you can have more people on,
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I don't want to say our side but almost like our side
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you know, and I try really really hard to not
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get upset about the situation and that when I do have conversations
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with people. I try to do it in a respectful way
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so that they do hear me out because the goal at the
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end of the day is for them to really understand where I'm
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coming from. Were you aware of like your rights when interacting
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with ICE officers or like you're just kind of like I no
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definitely not. I think especially when you're in an immigration center
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you feel like you have no rights.
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I mean, you're literally being yelled at,
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you're being told to go over there,
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they're in. intimidating you by their authority and that power play
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So I feel like in that moment,
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especially when you're a kid,
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like, what am I going to do against,
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you know, these individuals that are like have so much power
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over me? Definitely.
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I can't even imagine like how scared you were in.
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So how have these experiences that you've had played a role in
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how you speak about what's going on?
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Like, I think my experience just allows me to,
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share it with other people.
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I think that has a lot of power.
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A lot of the times when I'm seeing the rhetoric around immigrants
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I feel like it's so unfair and the least that I
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could do is share my experience with other people.
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Why do you think it's important to share videos like the video
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that you made on your platform?
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Why do you think it's important?
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Why? We have to we have to talk about it we
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have to be loud about it we have to keep informing people
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sometimes and we live in our little bubble and we think like
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well people know but no people do not know.
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I promise you people do not know they're not educated not many
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people take the time to really learn so if they're spending.
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The hours scrolling on TikTok might as well be your video where
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you're educating and sharing a story,
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and I will also urge people because I,
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especially influencers, I know many of them,
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they're scared to like say anything one because I know some brands
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might not want to work with you,
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and two, because they're like,
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I don't know what to say.
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I don't feel super educated to talk about the matter and you
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really don't have to be like as long as you're just sharing
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a story and speaking the way that you speak.
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sometimes I think even just like for me like I'm not a
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lawyer I can't sit here and tell you that I know every
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law but I can tell you and and about my experience and
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that alone is already like educating you to understand what it's like
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for for an immigrant.
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It's good that you spoke up but thank you so much
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Gabriela we appreciate you having you on the show.
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Let's give her another round of applause guys.
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You guys are like my friends.
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I love you. And then if you want to link
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your your social handles where people can follow you,
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yeah, it's Gabrielaban everywhere and anywhere that's where I am.
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