to minorities in the country. dana, one point. you tweeted about joe sy, a brooklyn nets owner, chinese canadian. he put this on facebook. he said the one thing that s misunderstood and often ignored by the western press of those critical in china that 1.4 billion chinese citizens come to the territorial integrity of chie and in a the sovereignty over her homeland. this is nongaucheble. he went on. one of the best things about america s professional sports sports diplomacy is one of the most effective things we can do. people love to watch sports. it can be the hope and beacon if you choose it to be. if 500 million chinese loved american basketball, that doesn t mean they shouldn t be able to hear about the possibility of freedom of expression as well. right. so we have our values in this country western american
knew my mom is going to love this. i recorded it. that s what i did. abby: the rant went on before you recorded it. you went home and gave it to your mom. what was her reaction. she was in total shock. and then she just like looked at me and looked at the phone and then she asked me to turn it up some. so i got on my editing apps and turned it up. she said joe sy, keep listening. she kept listening and she said how is it getting worse and kept getting worse and worse. and then she was like this is unbelievable. abby: josie, part of that rant she addresses you and all of the students in that class. let me play just a little bit of that. what?