Following Randy ‘Preach’ Atterson’s spoken word performance, MCs Malcolm McFadden and a co-host reflect on the emotional weight of the piece, connecting its imagery and the phrase ‘I can’t breathe’ to the urgent, ongoing reality of racial injustice and systemic violence. The segment captures an unscripted, emotionally raw moment of collective processing between performers.
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[00:28:38] all right wow wow
[00:28:52] yeah
[00:28:58] yeah that was tough shout out to preach for that one
[00:29:01] that was powerful yeah yeah yeah he’s um he’s talented he’s got a way with words um and
[00:29:15] and uh yeah i mean this is i i’m glad he contributed and um on the content that he did
[00:29:21] because um this is the news we talked about so
[00:29:31] yeah
[00:29:32] i mean preach has a way of with the visuals too i think that was
[00:29:40] so powerful when you bring that together and i mean like
[00:29:46] i don’t want people to think that this is something that we we we can get tired of or
[00:29:57] this is something that needs to be addressed something that needs to be in the
[00:30:01] faces of so many people as i can’t breathe
[00:30:10] is the words of a man who that we’ve
[00:30:15] sorry yeah
[00:30:19] hey man that’s what we’re doing here we’re getting emotional hey i got
[00:30:22] something in my connection right it’s like it’s 7 26 and i couldn’t wait till like eight really
[00:30:30] ten like that
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[00:30:55] i can’t live with this
[00:30:56] break
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[00:30:59] Hey folks, my name is Chris Haslam, for those of you who don’t know me, I’ve been fortunate