aspect of it because he appeared, of course, at a vigil but was heckled and booed at that crowd. likely for the reasons that you have just enunciated and articulated for us today. it occurs to me that as we were just talking there was a moment, how does one, given the fact that woke culture, so to speak, has been attacked? how racism his taught in classrooms in florida, i wonder how, right now, a student body would learn about this moment in jacksonville florida? what detention there is breaking out,, professor that one likely could not learn about the hate crime have been committed, perhaps, that took place in florida given the tensions that were outlined with how one can teach about race in america in florida? yes, that is brilliantly articulated and it would be extremely difficult. why? because the governor explicitly stated when he signed that, quote, anti-woke bill, that i m not against you hinging slavery
goals personal, and myself. i want to make sure that i know that this is for me and why, i always say, the why you are doing something. the pressure will only increase with each historic moment that she achieved. how do you cope with that idea of being alone in that moment, representing a sport, representing history, and then possibly, if she does do this again, the nation? yes, she is about to be the third american female gymnast to qualify to three olympic games. i was the second at the 2000 olympic games in australia, and as you can tell 23 years later it hasn t been done. she is going to do that and it is on her own terms. i would be remiss in not saying that today s culture and the sport of gymnastics as a healthier culture. i started my own academy in the midst of the global pandemic to be part of this positive change. it is dominic dawes gymnastics
florida where a man with lethal intent went to murdered black people, starting first at edward walters college where he was rebuffed and then went to $1 store seeking black flashed to not emancipate, but eviscerate. to destroy. we are still living with white supremacy in our own culture and until we are able to face it is squarely we will not be able to get rid of the shadow of this horrible sensation. by saying, this the governor of florida said that this guy was a scumbag. you talked about the fact that this was unacceptable. no governor, you are fueling and feeding the deepest animus against blackness, the anti-blackness that threat itself through our culture and sometimes that flares up and flashes in acts of hate and destruction that we saw the other day. he and the rest of us much s check ourselves to make sure we are not contributing to a worsening situation. naturally he would disagree with what you said about that
it is hard, it is grueling, the physical toll, the commitment, the dedication, the emotional toll, the mental toll. as i even mentioned earlier, the social toll. i m not by any means, simone biles is not one dimensional. she is married, a businesswoman, but for many gymnast when you are in the grind that is all you do, it s all you, know and that is my life. i lived in a leotard, i would only have friends that war leotard. it s all i did and i think today the culture that is changing in the sport, even at my academies we embrace athletes that want to play multiple sports. i embrace the gymnastics being great for a healthy foundation for that multi sport athlete. i have four beautiful kids, all four of them do gymnastics, but will they become highly competitive gymnasts? no, absolutely not. i have been in the sport because i truly believe it is the strongest foundation that you can give your child, you don t have to burn them out along the way. but they re going to play soccer, la cross
desperate the bronx and a culture emerged and black people whose backs were against the wall, who are desperate for economic equality, they came the most powerful art form we have ever imagined. you might say my god, what does a jay-z or little wayne or drake have to do with the dream of martin luther king and hope. i believe that no matter how much we are pressed, as we join together as american citizens, as a culture to determine that what we face will not determine our trajectory, then we will move. now, it by saying it, the great determinist said that you had a choice. you are either a victim of an event or you are a prisoner of hope. don t produce your dreams to the event you confront, choose it to be a prisoner of hope. i choose to be a prisoner of hope because i refused to believe that this great country cannot deliver on its promises if we put the elbow grease in