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I'm your host, Tyrone Darden, for the African American Network. I’m with one of my good friends, Eliot Lee. We met years back, working with TAAN, actually, the African American Network, one of our community conversations, where we would say that the African American Network was born. But we're here today for 300 Voices in 300 Days, he's one of our 300 voices. So we're gonna jump right into it. Eliot Lee, tell us a little bit about yourself.\n\nEliot Lee","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=1.0,31.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I’m not a native San Antonian. This Friday will actually be 10 years that I've been in San Antonio. \n\nTyrone Darden","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=31.0,36.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Okay, and what actually have you been doing here In those 10 years? \n\nEliot Lee","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=36.0,41.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I started out working from home, didn't know anybody, and got involved in a few organizations around town, including the Van Courtlandt Club. And I'm currently president of the Van Courtlandt Club, okay. [Looks to camera] And for those of you who don't know, the Van Cortlandt club is one of the oldest Black social clubs in America, probably the oldest Black social club west of the Mississippi [River]. And you know, West of the Mississippi, you have Houston, you have LA [Los Angeles], you have Oakland, and we have the oldest black Social Club.\n\nTyrone Darden","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=41.0,76.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Okay, so I'm from San Antonio. Obviously, I'm black, and it's the African American network. So let's focus a little bit on the Van Courtlandts. I've heard them, I have heard a lot of great things about them. Some of the circles that I do run in do mention them and have former members or members, I'm not exactly how that works. But if you can give us a little information on, maybe how some people that are watching, if they want to be a part of it, or maybe their children or anything like that, how that's possible.\n\nEliot Lee","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=76.0,104.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"One of the things is, to be a Van Courtlandt, usually we're looking for established people in the community. So I think our youngest member right now is about 50. We also– it's where you have to be invited in. Usually we know a person who’ll say, “Hey, this is a good guy, we think he can be part of the club.” And his name is brought up to other members of the club, and it's voted on at that point. And then we bring ‘em in. We explain all of our dues structure, our– what we do as the club. We have– and it's a great group of guys, really. We really only do two events a year. We do a picnic in July, and a debutante ball in November. And events that we do right now are open to your friends. You just invite your friends then usually all they have to do is bring themselves. It's a– great guys, like I said, and we have a member in the club that's been there since 1976.\n\nTyrone Darden","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=104.0,163.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Wow. I was born in 1979, and so they've been a Van Courtlandt longer than I've been a human being. So that's– that's  a great thing. That's a wonderful thing. So– and I said earlier how their kids can be involved. And I guess, from my understanding, I know you do some– some community work with that debutante. I know you have younger people involved in that, If I'm understanding it correctly.\n\nEliot Lee","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=163.0,186.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The debutante is– usually we do young ladies that are– completed their freshman year in college. And I know you have a couple of daughters. So in a couple of years, I'll be knocking on your door.\n\nTyrone Darden","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=186.0,196.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It’ll be– I have one daughter and it'll be– she's five, she’ll be six soon. So it'll be a couple of more years, but she's close. [laughs]\n\nEliot Lee","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=196.0,204.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Okay, so we’ve got time. And what we do is we have some of the– the wives, we have a Van Cortlandt auxiliary, or wives– and they take the young ladies through the process, what they need to do, what you have to do, quote, to– as it  is an “introduction into society”. And most of the debs, from what I understand, are very productive young ladies. After they get out, they’re introduced into society, they’re– they just do great. Really, really good.\n\nTyrone Darden","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=204.0,228.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Excellent. And–and I guess kind of the– the little understanding I have of it, I believe my– one of my sisters, Kristen Darden, now Kristen Martin– she's married– and then her– her best friend, Todd Dillard. I can remember going to an event and they went to the debutante process about 16-17 years ago, when they first opened up the– the racetrack over at Retama. It was an event years back. And so I knew they do positive things because anything that my family's involved in is a positive thing. And– and outside of that, I know you guys have your picnic. Is it a club that does scholarships or mentoring or anything like that? What is the– what are the outlets, I guess, that you contribute to the community?\n\nEliot Lee","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=228.0,272.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The club itself doesn't do anything because we're 501(c)(7) which is a club. We do have a foundation that does do scholarships, and the foundation this year did a debutante– or I should say a luncheon– and the money raised– and all of the money that we raise– we’re probably gonna have a golf tournament coming up– goes to scholarships. And that we do for the community. The– the thing with the Van Courtlandt Club– it was initially established as a way for men to take a break back in the day, you know, like this. So I would say just about everybody else in the club is in– involved in some type of other community based activity. Club is just a release. \n\nTyrone Darden","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=272.0,313.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Got you. And that makes sense. You know, all things have different tentacles, you know, different offsets, offshoots. And it would make sense for a group of men that are established doing a lot of positive things in their professional lives, that will give back in other capacities. So that foun– that foundation is a– is a really great thing. So we know you’re involved with the Van Courtlandts. You said when you first got here, you were working from home. So give us a little bit of information about that and– and work us up till today, 10 years later,\n\nEliot Lee","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=313.0,343.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Okay. When I say working from home, my background is IT [information technology]. I was working as a programmer from home, working remotely, because I think I was working with a company then out of Dallas. And I've done IT my entire professional life. I've never had another career. And we're talking 35 years. So I've worked from home, didn't get out, didn't know anybody. My sister-in-law invited me to be on the board of the Ella Austin [Ella Austin Community Center].. So that's how I started, my first board. I didn’t know anything about it, and she said, “I– just follow my lead.” Okay. So I stayed on the board for about a year, and made some connections, made some other connections. And I I joined the master leadership program, I was invited to do that. And I didn't think that was gonna happen, because I was like, the youngest guy and the brokest guy. But– [laughs] got into that, it led to some other connections. And I've been on some other boards and things in the city. I'm on the board of NOWcast. Yeah, I'm the financial person on that board, do a lot of things with that, led to some other things. And all the while I'm still working from home most of the time. I did take a office job here for about four years, but it's like, nah, gotta go back to work for myself.\n\nTyrone Darden","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=343.0,418.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Got you. Got you. So for those who are connected to San Antonio– and we are talking about the 300 years, the Tricentennial– there's a lot of positive things, there’s a lot of great things in our history, there's a lot of great things that are going on right now. And so ri– I listen to NPR [National Public Radio] and– and TPR, Texas Public Radio, and on there, they have a lot of interesting different segments. One segment was that San Antonio, if not the largest, the fastest growing IT and cyber tech communities, in the nation, and– and potentially even in the world. And so I know you said, you know, you've been in IT, and– and it's– it’s been good to you, I would assume– \n\nEliot Lee","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=418.0,458.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"–Oh, very, yes. \n\nTyrone Darden","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=458.0,459.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"–It's been good to you. Talk to our viewers, because, you know, in the African American community, we have a lot of talents. But we kind of focus a lot on the surface when it comes to athletics, when it comes to entertainment, music, things like that. But we have our inventors, we have our tech guys, we have– we have those people that work with everyone else that– that don't get a lot of credit. Share with our viewers as an African American male, being in IT for 35 years, what has been your experiences– great ones, some disappointments, and just here locally in San Antonio, how you feel like African Americans can impact the IT community or the IT industry.\n\nEliot Lee","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=459.0,500.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Course there’s been ups and downs and things like that. What I would say is if I were going to advise young African American males, and believe it or not, particularly African American females, because a lady asked me recently how many African American women did I know in IT and I'd said two over the last 35 years, three states.\n\nTyrone Darden","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=500.0,523.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Wow, three states. So not in the city, over three states.\n\nEliot Lee","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=523.0,527.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Going from Missouri, California, and here, I’ve known three.\n\nTyrone Darden","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=527.0,532.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That says a lot. \n\nEliot Lee","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=532.0,533.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yeah. And one thing I would advise is cybersecurity. That's the way the whole world is going. And not just for the military and for the Air Force, but just the private stuff. I've had people's home computers that have got caught by ransomware. And small companies, some of the things that they do, they're asking for trouble. And I think that– that from what I've seen– and it's not hard to do. I remember when I was younger, I grew up in a definitely African American area, very, very– and everybody's like, “Oh, you got to be real smart to do computers.” No, you don't. You got to be a problem solver, And I think with the way things are now, and the way things are going with– with the cybersecurity, I would recommend any African American male or female to at least look at that. I just– my grandson is about to turn six, I bought him his first robot. And my granddaughter’s about to turn four, I'm gonna see if they have any juvenile STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math] programs. We– we’ve gotta get into it.\n\nTyrone Darden","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=533.0,594.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And that's a great segue. So I'm an educator, just recently got promoted. They don't call us principals, but we'll say for layman's terms, the principal of our middle school over at the– in the district I'm in, George Gervin Academy Charter District. And one of the major things that we're pushing is– and you said STEM, we call it STEAM. So science, technology, engineering, the arts and math. And for high demand jobs, for the tech jobs, everyone is saying all the money is going to that. And so we're trying to develop these young kids as young as pre-K– that's three and four years old– to develop those interests in that STEAM and that– and those STEM components. Because we know– they’re three or four years old now– we know in 20 years, that's going to be the direction that everything's going to. You'd mentioned that you purchased your– your grandson a– a robot. Well, he’ll be building robots probably in the next five or ten years, because that's where it's moving and that's how technology is. So– so looking at our schools– so you've had the opportunity to kind of travel, network with people, and I'm pretty sure you've networked on an IT level, where you probably haven't even seen these people face to face– academically, where– where do you see the nation? You hear about it all the time, that we're so far behind Japan and– and all these other nations when it comes to our educational system. And we know IT and technology plays a major role. What– from your standpoint, from your vantage point, where are we? \n\nEliot Lee","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=594.0,691.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I– well, I think it's not fair to compare to, like Japan and some of the other places, ‘cause they take the top 10%, whereas here in America, everybody has a shot. So the percentage is going to be lower. But the one thing I would like to see– because my youngest [child] just graduated from Warren High School last year– one of the things I would like to see is– back when I was in school, they had the industrial arts, okay. Now, everybody's not college material, you and I both know that. So people should be given other outlets. You're going to have to have people that are the car mechanics, you’re gonna have to have people that do the woodworking departments, which is– can be very lucrative jobs, very professional jobs. Everybody's not ready to sit in a classroom and, you know, gather the information in. And, I mean, you've seen some very creative carpenters to put together some great houses, so–\n\nTyrone Darden","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=691.0,742.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Definitely. And– and that's a great point. You know, as far as builders, whether it be building with wood, or, you know, building on a– a IT level, you know, building networks and– and systems and things like that– those jobs, just like logistics, just like medical, just like education, they're never going to go away. And we can't shy away from that. I know we've had this trend over the last 30 years or so of “everybody has to go to college.” But back when– when– and you know. you talk about our president, Donald Trump, he ran on something called Make America Great Again. Well, I don't know exactly what he meant by that. But I know reading historically, and even living– I'm 37– so living in the last three to four decades, America was great when– when the industrial– the industry in regards to making things and doing things, when it was sound. So when you had that wood trade, when you had that electrical trade, HVAC [Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning], automotives, we had those things in the schools. We had them in middle school. I went to [Martin Luther] King Middle School down the street, they– we had woodshop, and things like that. Even home economics, it's not just keeping house. You know, there's other things that– that go into that. And we took those out of the school because we wanted every child to go to college. And we made a great mistake. So we have a four dec– a four– 40 year gap, two and a half generations. Well, we– we left a gap for those types of jobs. So I'm with you, when– when I think that we need to get back to those basics, which aren't the basics. They're the building blocks– blocks to our economy, to our– to our government in regards to the stability of it economically, and just overall economic. So that's crazy. Going back to something as simple as the Big Three [automobile manufacturers]. I mean, you see what happened in Detroit, when we stopped training people to do those jobs nationally, people from all different countries came in and swooped in and took those jobs. And now we're moving our plants all over the place so, yeah. So– so we– we've talked a lot about that. Let's talk about some fun stuff. So San Antonio, and– [turns to camera] if the viewers, you're tuning in, you’ll say “I know exactly what Tyrone is going to say.” But for those who are just tuning in, this is something new for you. So you're not from San Antonio, but you've been here for a while. I've been here all my life, and I still get amazed when I ask people questions like, “When you think about San Antonio, what's the first thing that come to mind?” And they say things like the Riverwalk, the Alamo, The Alamodome, The Spurs. But no one's talking about the local contributions that African Americans have made. And I'm not gonna name any. I'm gonna let you name a couple because you're part of Van Courtlandt, and it's local, correct? So I'm pretty sure there's some living testimonies that you've heard like, “Wow, that took place– you– you did that and you're from San Antonio,” or “you came from San Antonio, you did that.” And I'm pretty sure there's some– some stories that have been shared of people who have come through over the years. So if you could give us, and we have a couple of minutes left, one or two quick stories, dropping a couple of names of some people that need to be recognized as being positive contributors over these 300 years in San Antonio.\n\nEliot Lee","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=742.0,940.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"One, I would say, is the Sutton family. And the reason why, I grew up in the New York City area. And when I grew up, Percy Sutton, was the borough president of Manhattan. He also owned the broadcast company called Inner City Radio, I believe it was. WBLS, New York. Every black person in the tri state area in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, listened to WBLS, okay. And then when I found out, I started listening to WBLS, I was maybe 10. Then I found out Percy Sutton was black, I was like “Okay that’s cool. That's real cool.” \n\nTyrone Darden","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=940.0,976.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That’s real cool.\n\nEliot Lee","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=976.0,977.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yeah. Malcolm X's lawyer, who's my hero, and get down here and found out that one of his nephews is in the Van Courtlandts. \n\nTyrone Darden","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=977.0,987.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Wow.\n\nEliot Lee","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=987.0,988.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And he starts telling me about G.J. Sutton, and it's like, wo. I mean, you can't top that. Like, you cannot top that. I mean, that kind of stuff, and some of the other things. This is one of the crazy parts, is to me talking to some of the older members in the Van Courtlandt Club that went to segregated schools. Now we read about that in history books in New Jersey, it's like, yeah. My parents didn't go to segregated schools in New Jersey. But then you get down here and you talk to the people that lived that, and the nonsense that they had to put up with. And then you see what they’re doing now, and as you said, you see what some in the African American community are doing now. You know, when the people that are younger than my parents had to go to segregated school. \n\nTyrone Darden","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=988.0,1035.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It’s– It's crazy. \n\nEliot Lee","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=1035.0,1036.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It is. It is– It's amazing. You know, I don't know how they kept their cool, ‘cause I know I couldn't, but it's amazing. And it's inspiring. It is very inspiring to listen to some of the things and learn some of the things and it's like, wow, that's– that's– to me, that's what I like. And I love the weather down here. I’m never going back to New Jersey to live. Way too cold.\n\nTyrone Darden","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=1036.0,1060.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Definitely, definitely. And we don't have those four seasons. I know a lot of people that were born and raised here, they pray for four seasons. I'm good with cool. And we can stay cool all day, every day. If it gets too hot. We can turn on the AC. If it gets too cold. I'm not shoveling sa– shoveling snow, any of that. So y’all can keep that up north. Okay?\n\nUnknown Speaker","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=1060.0,1080.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Hey, I’m– I’m with you–\n\nTyrone Darden","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=1080.0,1082.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"‘Preciate it. Keep that up north. So, you know, we're about to the end of it. I'ma ask you one thing: if you had a magic wand. This magic wand was the all powerful wand. What would you do? What would you do with it? How would you change the immediate area you’re in for Black people?\n\nEliot Lee","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=1082.0,1100.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Man, that's a tough one. I– I think what I would do is tell everybody, you know, almost like they did in– was it Men in Black? [Imitates sound] Doop. You guys– you guys can do anything. \n\nTyrone Darden","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=1100.0,1116.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"[laughs] That’s a good one.\n\nEliot Lee","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=1116.0,1117.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"You guys can do anything. Anything's possible. Whatever you put your mind to, do. If you say you want to start a whatever store, you want to start or whatever business, do it. And if you want to get into technology, it's– it's not that hard if you're a logical person. My daughter tried it, and my daughter didn't have any aptitude for computers so it's all right with me. But you never know if you can do something till you try. You really don't. So get out there and give it a shot, try not to be frustrated. I look at it this way: everything I tried, I've been successful at, except golf. And– I lived in Southern California and we played golf three times a week at night and everythi– I could not hit a golf ball. You don't want a golf club in my hand. But I tried, and if that's the only thing I've been unsuccessful in, I'm happy.\n\nTyrone Darden","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=1117.0,1167.0"},{"id":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573/transcript/68737/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And we're happy for you. So with that being said, I'm going to go ahead and hold this Men in Black light up to your face. And I'ma tell you the ceil– the sky’s the ceiling. There are no limits. You can do whatever you put your mind to, and it's okay to fail. I'm Tyrone Darden with the African American Network, it’s been 300 Voices over 300 Days. And like Eliot Lee just said, “Bloop”\n\nTranscribed by https://otter.ai","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/131960/file/246573#t=1167.0,1198.99733"}]}]}]}