Episode 28 - George Floyd

and what we'll carry on moving forward. I think it's really important for me to talk about, UM, kind of like my thoughts and my feelings about this whole situation, because you know, it's been crazy so far, and there's been a lot of good, there's been some bad, but hopefully the only thing that really matters is that we come out from this better than we were before, and

there needs to be a change now. Obviously, if you guys don't know what I'm talking about, I'm talking about the horrific murder of UM George Floyd last week, and uh, I honestly think it would be really inappropriate for me to talk about anything else considering, you know what happened. And UM, honestly, guys, like, if you haven't seen the video by now, I mean I think everybody pretty much has. Um.

It's absolutely like disgusting. It's a video of a cop. Um, I'm not even gonna say what his name is, putting his knee to quote unquote detain a man named George Floyd. And he held his knee on George Floyd's neck for eight minutes and forty six seconds and sadly, Um, George Floyd had passed away and he was killed by this horrible cop. And I can't even like put into words

like what a terrible person this this guy was. And UM, honestly, guys, like from all of this, like I said, there needs to be a change, Like there needs to be police reform, police brutality needs to be put to an end like this, this has to stop. Like we we can't just continue to pretend like it doesn't exist. And we can't just continue to pretend that racist don't exist in our country. And I mean quite frankly, quite frankly in the whole world.

But I mean, we gotta start here. We gotta start here. We we need to love our black brothers and sisters.

We need to stand up for them. We need to understand that what they go through we may never understand because we are not for those who are not born black, Like you don't understand what they go through on a day to day basis, because like, racism is an absolute thing, and you know, I think it's really messed up when people try to pretend like it's not a real thing or like whatever, and clearly it is and it's affected

hundreds of thousands of people honestly daily. Um, But I really think that it's important for us to see what's going on now and move forward stronger, and honestly move forward stronger, not only as a country, but as a as a family. We really need to understand that all those around us are our brothers and sisters, and we need to love everybody. Me being in the sneaker community, there's people from all walks of life, all races, genders, everything,

Like everybody is united. We're all like in this together, you know. And that's one thing that I love about the sneaker community is not just um, like one specific race, like it's we're all It's like a melting pot, you know.

I've been all over the world um at at sneaker conventions and events, and like it's amazing how people from all from all over the world come together and we all have the same passion and the same love for like the same things, which is so cool, and like that's why I love the sneaker community and that sense. But I think it's really important for all of us to come together and fight racism. And honestly, this isn't even like political anymore. This is this is something that

just inherently needs to be stopped. Like everybody agrees that this is absolutely Like what what that cop didn't George Floyd was absolutely disgusting, I mean, right left, middle, like wherever you are on the political spectrum, Like, we all agree that what he did was disgusting and it needs to be this This should not be a white and

versus black thing. This should be an everyone versus racist team because guys, anybody who has any sort of racism in their heart is it's just racism is evil, Like how could you believe that your race superior to someone else's. Like at the end of the day, Like, I mean, the textbook definition of racism is literally um discriminating against

someone on the basis that your racist superior. Like, dude, that is so disgusting to me that anybody would ever think that they're better than someone else just because of the color of their skin. And there needs to be a change, like out of all this, out of all of the protests, like the peaceful protests and the rioting and the looting and all this madness and chaos, like there needs to be a light at the end of

the tunnel that is positive. People need to come out of this knowing that we all have each other, that we love each other no matter what color your skin is, or how you identify, or where your back or what your background is, like we all need to just come

together and love each other. And all of us just need to understand that this is not this is not like we all need to understand that this is everybody versus the racists, because racism doesn't belong in our country, it doesn't belong in the world, and it's something that needs to be completely eradicated. And I think this is the first step, and this should have been this step should have been taken a long time ago, because George Floyd did not have to die, He did not deserve

to die. He should not have died. And quite frankly, it just makes me sick that um sick about what this cop did to him. But on top of that, the fact that this guy had multiple offenses before what he just did last week, and nobody stopped him or kicked him out of the force. He continued to stay in the force. He was allowed to be in the force, and he was allowed to kill George Floyd. And honestly, it just makes me sick, Like there needs to be

police reform, Like police brutality is a thing. It really needs to stop. Like nobody deserves to see there their son, their father, their grandson, like whatever get killed by a police officer for no reason. Like it just makes me sick. And and guys, obviously you know, today's episodes very um different than what we normally talk about. Like I said, but I mean it's something that needs to be said.

Like I think I would be very insensitive and ignorant not to talk about what's going on and like and I give you guys my opinion on the whole thing, because I do have such a large platform, UM and I want my platform to spread positivity and um happiness, And I know a lot of people might be like, yo, you know you bully people like whatever. I never really view what I do as bullying because honestly, I just

I just speak the truth. Man. If somebody's weren't to fake stuff, I'm like, yo, that's fake and that's it. I always talking about how I don't really care people wear fake stuff as long as they just don't up to it. But if somebody wears fake stuff and pretends like it's real, that's my issue. Right. But if you notice, I never like really name call um. I never I never like put anyone down for anything. I just kind

of just speak the truth about like what they're wearing. Right, And you know, obviously I've built an audience in a platform that you know, listen that he um listens to what I have to say and kind of respects my opinions on things, and guys, Like, if there's anything that you guys can respect my opinion on out of everything that I've ever done, please just try and understand and respect my opinion about what's going on now, Like there needs to be a change. Police brutality needs to be stopped.

Racists need to like funk off like they need to be they like they need to be educated and understand that racism has no place in America, has no place in this world, has no place in anybody's heart. And and that's honestly how I feel about this whole thing. And in a way, like obviously I want I want life to go back to quote unquote normal, but life can't can't continue to go on normal if things like

this keep happening. The only way that we're going to be able to live in like a good, positive, equal and happy society is to end things like this and police brutality and racism. And this is a necessary step to move forward. And everybody has the right to protest. I stand for it. And um, obviously there are some things and that that try to blur the message of what's actually trying to be spread from the protesting. Like people want to protest for there to be a change

and for there to be justice for George Floyd. People aren't protesting to loot or to steal things. Like the people who are doing that are opportunists who just like want want to take advantage of this whole situation. Besides that, I support the protesters and make your voice heard. Yell that ship, yell that ship, like stand for justice, stand for a change in our country, stand for a necessary change.

I don't want to see this happen ever again. And honestly, I love each and every one of you guys, like I don't care what like race, gender, or cultural background that you have, Like I love you as a human and everybody just needs to understand that we're all brothers

and sisters, were all humans. We all look the same under our skin, like we all have the same organs, we all have the same blood that runs through our veins, and we need to understand that everybody needs to come together and we need to we need to make a change. And I know I've said that like a hundred times, but that's honestly my whole opinion on the matter. Like we need to make a change. We need to there needs to be a change, and I really hope that.

And if you're listening to this, I like, I like, I appreciate you more than anything, Like thank you for supporting, thank you for always backing me up. And like I said, if I can leave you guys with one thing, I want to I want to leave you guys with this, just love each other. And I mean Honestly, That's that's the best way I could put it. Love each other and fight for justice. And that's it. Just love each

other and fight for justice. UM. I really wanted to dedicate this whole episode about UM George Floyd and what had happened and UM Inneapolis. So UM, guys, these are

just my opinions on the whole matter. I'm really trying to It's really hard for me to talk about this kind of stuff because it's it's so serious and UM, I always have a hard time putting in words like the way I feel because I feel really strongly about what's happened, and like I every time I like think about it, it it just makes me sick to my stomach. But I just wanted, but since I have a platform, I wanted to speak out, um about what exactly is happening.

And UM, that's just how I feel, guys, And UM, if you guys want to help out, I do have some resources on my Instagram. I'm gonna be posting them on my story throughout the next week or so. UM

I've donated, I've donated myself. UM if you guys can donate anything that UM, anything helps guys, seriously, anything helps, and if you can't, then at the very least just try to spread the message because guys, it's free to post on Instagram, it's free to tweet, it's free to make a YouTube video, it's free to do all those things. So just spread the message and let's fight free equality because black lives matter and there needs to be a change to fight those people who think that their lives

don't matter. So, guys, I love you guys so much, and I'm gonna get you guys next week, um two, and obviously next week hopefully things will have died down and a change has actually happened because you know, uh, people are going to be out there until there is justice and there is a change. So I'm gonna get you guys next week. I appreciate you guys for listening, and guys, just love each other and fight for justice and make your voice heard. All right, guys, Love you guys. Peace,