resources, to talk about all these different things that are going to improve our conditions in our community. >> you know you just messed up, right, you said the r word, reparations. [ laughter ] there's white people watching right now. no! that's a scary word. how do we approach that? how do we make that less scarey, you know? >> it isn't about black people getting a huge check. that's not reparations. reparations is investment. what we're saying, if we have proper housing, proper education, access to food, access to mental health care, that's the way you fight back against, you know, violence, not hiring more police and firing teachers. that's not how you do it. you do things that are going to support and help people thrive and have a high quality of life. they're doing the opposite. so, that's how we know oppression is real. that's how we know we are still colonized because we're not getting the same access to resources as other communities. happening right now in this country. >> when black lives matter shows