"Kids Address Alternative Facts For Black History Month" Video (with transcription)

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Kids Address Alternative Facts for Black History Month



Because of Them We Can, Published on Feb 1, 2017
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Click https://www.becauseofthemwecan.com/ for the Because We Can website.

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TRANSCRIPTION- "KIDS ADDRESS ALTERNATIVE FACTS FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH" VIDEO

[clip from The View Whoopie Goldberg- “She’s coined a new term for the times we’re living in...

[clip from Inside Politics host John King- “Brace for it parents of America...

NBC News clip of Kellyanne Conway- Alternative facts. [vocals repeated but slowed down] “Alternative facts”.

Boy #1- “What are those?”
Boy #2- shown shrugging his shoulders [no words spoken]
Boy #3- Oh. What? [older black boy with high top]
Girl #1 with Girl #2 (twins) – Alternative facts? [said in amazement]
Girl #3- Lies. I mean fibs
Girl #4- Also known as stereotypes
Boy #3- Or false narratives
Girl #3- It’s like saying
Boy #5- Black history began with slavery
Boy #6- [no words spoken, but boy has an expression that can be interpreted as “Say what?!”]
Girl #3 – That’s offensive.
Girl #5- Or that we’ll never see another Black president in our lifetime.
Boy #5- What about me?
Girl #3- This Black History Month we’re focusing on The Facts.
Girl #6 -Not alternative facts.
Girl #7- Indisputable.
Girl #4 – Truth.
Boy #3 - Real.
Girl #6 – “Black girl magic” is real.
Boy #5- “Black boy joy” is real.
Girl #4- “Black wealth” is real.
Girl #6 – “Black beauty” is real.
Girl #1 and Girl #2- “Black support” is real.
Boy #3- “Black excellence” is real.
Boy #1 – It’s real!
Girl #3 – “Black love”- that’s real
Girl #8- Black lives are real.
Girl #3- I’m real.
Girl #5 – Black history didn’t begin with slavery.
Boy #3- And it Doesn’t end with the Obamas.
Girl #3- Whom we love and miss. No like, we Really miss you.
Child's voice off screen- “Facts”.

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