people based on like color, religion, their sexuality but there is always a part in d.c. where there is a community that you can always go to. i like how everything blends here so culturing from all over the world and everybody seems to accept that. it s been great to go to some of the marches that have been here. i had a great time at the women s march. it was fun to be part of a big movement like that. i like that people stand up for what they believe in. the hatred that s going around. i think that needs to like decrease because there is a lot of hatred in the world and there is no point of hating people. like we should all just get along. good job here. good job here. thank you. you need to get back to class. we pulled you out of class. we don t want you to a lot of you claim to hate washington d.c. but really your problem is with washington.
one thing clear about washington, d.c. is it s a tale of two cities. everything you see is washington. where i am from is d.c. it s where people work and live. it s d.c., baby. when people come to visit me here, they say let s go do touristy things. i forgot i live here with that stuff. whatever crap that happens on capitol hill. i try to keep it in that line. isn t that from hamilton. the crap that happens. oh, my god, i wish. there is always crap happen on the hill, but the trump administration is crap taftic.
the force and maybe what you hear about the most is the summer youth program that gave many people in d.c. their first jobs. the first on the job. what did your mayor do? one of the first offices was on u street, a center for black culture and business in d.c. for decades. hi! at first glance, lee s flower shop seems like a flower shop. but it has the laughter and conversation of a barbershop and a first job for many team in turned into a career and a successful family business that has been a successful family business for more than 70 years. 1945. you weren t here in 1945. no, but may grandparents were. this is my sister. it s one of d.c. s oldest black-owned business. in a place known as chocolate city, that s saying something. there were challenges with opening a floral shop in 1945. not a lot of people would think to do that. there were a lot of black businesses on u street.
living in d.c. is a unique opportunity to be a part of the conversation by walking outside their front door. they re show up and they ll rally and protest. that s great. that s what d.c. is about. a place where you can be heard. sometimes a concerned d.c. resident needs to show up after she finishes her homework. she 11 years old. at some point in my conversation, you are going forget she is 11. we lie to ourselves and say we are virginians. we are in d.c. at other points you are going to remember. this great diverse, ethical? ethical. people with all different backgrounds. ethical? ethical is morally correct which you shouldn t describe the city as. if naomi doesn t look nervous, this is way less than her first appearance. i m representing the african-american girls who don t
we sometimes don t get the respect we deserve. like there is no culture in d.c. any time a new person is in d.c., i try to tell them the history of the city because so many people don t know. they don t understand why we don t have representation. they think it s because the government is here, but when black people moved here after the reconstruction period, white people did not think we were smart enough to govern ourselves. we don t have representation because of racism. she ain t lying. 25,000 africans moved to town because it was pro union and they had a growing infrastructure of black businesses. they had a greater percentage of black folks that led to many black politicians. locally they empowered themselves this is by invitation only. it has been a battle for the