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I'm Ansa here and it is Tuesday. It is Tuesday and I hope that everybody's off to a good start of their week, whether you're, you know, have to drive into the office every day or what have you. I hope everybody's having a great week so far.
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Hello Elaine Earl 9221. Shalom to you.
Thanks so much for joining me today and thank you for everybody else that's tuning in right now. I appreciate you much.
So today we're going to talk about something that I'm very passionate about, which is missing black youth. I've reported on it here in Canada. I reported on it in the United States and I came across this this video with two black kids that were just with this random man and you know, a woman stepped in and that lies in the importance of us looking out for our youth. So we're going to go ahead and watch that and we'll talk about it. We'll talk about the importance of as I said, looking out for our youth.
Going back to the days of old where, you know, you had auntie across the street and uncle on the other side who would be watching out for, you know, the kids in the neighborhood and what have you. So we'll watch this and then we'll talk some more and I'll even share my personal story. So let's just check this out.
Do you know who he is?
Why are you taking pictures of them with them?
No, why?
Yeah, I'm going to watch you go home.
You go home.
No, not you. You stay here.
Yeah, run.
Hey!
Walk with them.
Prince!
Prince!
Walk with them. Walk them home. You're not Prince. You look like Prince. But you, I know you. Walk with them. I don't know who this guy is, but he taking pictures of them little girls. Go. Take Take them home.
Them right there. Take them home. Make sure they make it home.
Denise, I forget her name.
Yeah, Denise. Yeah, her. Make sure they get home. I don't know who that guy is, but he was taking pictures of them.
So as you can see, this woman identified a potential problem. Why would this Asian man be with these black girls that he doesn't know taking pictures of them and they're with him.
So as I said, this woman identified this and said, "Hmm, this doesn't look good."
So she pulled up and she asked some questions. And you see, the first question she asked is, "Do you know this man?" And both of those little girls said, "No."
So she was like, "Go home. I'm going to watch you. You go home." And then she saw some two little boys that she, at least one of them that she recognized from, I'm assuming she lives in the neighborhood. She lives in the area.
And told them to walk with them and she said, "I will watch you."
So this is what I am talking about. This is the importance of us as adults and and other people, when we see something, cuz I say this all the time when I'm reporting on missing black youth, etc. I say, "If you see something, say something."
Far too many times people have reached out to me and said, "I saw your report on missing black youth and you know what? I think I saw that person and she was with or he was with a very, you know, sketchy looking person and I thought something didn't seem right."
But they didn't say anything, right? So this is what I'm talking about. This could have been a situation, okay? This could have been a situation of an abduction. This could have been a situation of a missing, two missing black girls. And I don't want to shame parents, but I will say this, back in my day my parents told us two very, very important things, which is, A, don't talk to no strangers. Especially us as black kids growing up in the racist province of Quebec.
She would tell us, "Do not talk to anybody. Don't go with anybody. Don't go in any car with anybody." I mean, drilled it in our skulls before we left the house. I remember as early as 6 years old hearing this in my ears. And trust me, we applied that because number one, we didn't play with our parents. We didn't want no smoke from our Ghanaian parents. That's the first thing, okay?
And then secondly we just do, we don't, you know, we already knew what we were going through, you know, as black people and anti-black racism and everything else and constantly being attacked and stuff. So we weren't going nowhere with nobody.
And that just stayed with us, right?
Like we weren't going, we weren't allowed to go to anybody's house. We weren't allowed to sleep over at anybody's house. My parents were very intentional on if they want to play with you or if they want to sleep over or they want to, you know, to you to go to their house, they're coming here where I can see them. And I've talked about this before. Now, back to these two kids, they're I don't know, maybe 6 or 7 years old to me they look like.
Uh and the fact that they're out there by themselves playing, I can't, we can't really see whether they're across the street from their house or whatever the case can be.
I know it was in the United States somewhere, but we don't know that like the landscape as it as it is. But nevertheless the fact that this person was able to pull up to them and had this woman not pulled up and and, you know, kind of squashed that whole situation, who again, who knows what would have happened, right? So that's the scary part of this. Now, as far as statistics go do you guys want to know how many black kids go missing in the United States in a year?
141,000.
That's not a small amount.
And do you want to know how many black kids make up the population of the United States? Only 13 to 14,000. So that's a huge amount that go missing, okay? And as I said, this could have been an another situation of missing black youth.
And then the other problem is when it comes to missing black youth it's not, there are three categories that uh are not where they should be. One is the media attention. It's not as high as it would be for kids that are non-melanated. That's the first thing.
And then secondly um there's no Amber Alerts. And now Amber Alerts, that's kind of a different situation because with Amber Alerts it specifically applies to if you've been abducted. So if a parent reports their child missing uh unless we know for sure that the child's been abducted, that's when they would probably use, not probably, that's when they do use Amber Alerts. However, there's still fewer Amber Alerts when it comes to black youth. And then the the third thing is it's it's just treated with less urgency. And you know, we've heard parents say, "I called the police and they said, 'Oh, she probably went off with her boyfriend' or he's probably, you know, ran off to go deal drugs and things like that." So the urgency and the, you know, the importance and the diligence and all of that is lower with black kids. So that's why I really feel it's so important for us us.
I I always say this, we are all we have.
We are all we got. That for us to be the aunties, the uncles, the mentors and all of those things to to make sure that we keep watch on our youth, right? And then as parents, I would say again, instill the old school don't you dare go out with no, don't talk to nobody, don't get in no car with nobody, you know, don't do any of those things when you're out here on these streets. The world we live in now is not even like back in my day in the '70s and '80s and and what have you. It's different. It's a different world now.
It is a different world. So, we need to be telling our kids this on a regular basis, okay? So, when our kids are out here playing and stuff and what have you, we need to be in eye shot of them so that we can see where they are at all times, okay? And that's the important thing that we have to do as parents. Let me see what you guys are all saying here.
Um Isaac, you're saying shout out to this white woman for looking for the looking out for the two young girls. I agree, that was scary. Tim G says, I agree. Tag numbers. I don't know if anybody caught that license plate of this man, how he took off. And if you're if you got if you're not up to anything, why are you taking off, sir? So, you know, we need to like tag that license plate indeed.
And he needs to be questioned. What what are you There's no under no circumstance should there be a grown grown man with little kids taking pictures. That's problematic. All manner of things can be going on and nothing good, all right?
Josh Norris, you're saying shout out to the woman who's standing on business and calling him out. Exactly.
Peace and love to you, Israel Yasha.
Hey, and to Ne Daniels, thanks for tuning in. The Asian community is heavily involved in human trafficking.
That is true. There's They're definitely involved in that, but it's not only them. And that's the problem. This time it's an Asian man. It could be a black man. It could be a white man. It You know, it can be women get involved in it as well. And they're the ones that they use a lot because of the maternal thing, right? So, they go and they play the mommy and or the auntie and and what have you and and they definitely use women. It's sad to say, but there are a lot of women involved in this, too. So, it's like, yeah. Yes, Buck Horse, street lights come on and you better be on the front porch. And if you're not, auntie and uncle across the street is telling you take your behind home. Right? I know in Ghana, everybody's my mom and everybody's my dad, you know what I'm saying? So, that's what we need to get back to.
Um [snorts] Appreciation to the Caucasian woman for intervening. Yes, I agree. I agree 100%.
She was like, "Go home." And then when the man was trying to leave, she goes, "No, no, you you stay here."
>> [laughter] >> And you know, it may not even have been safe for her, but she definitely stepped up. And she was like, "You know what?
I'm I'm going to look out for these little kids." And I I I appreciate her for that. I greatly appreciate her.
Isaac, you're saying the same thing.
Yep.
Hey, on the buses from Scotland. Thanks so much for tuning in.
>> [clears throat] >> Uh T. Johnson, you're saying I think we need to have our own Amber Alert, even if it just starts with our neighborhoods. And then each neighborhood should have a lead number that shares with other neighborhoods.
Yeah, that's great idea. We definitely do. Like I said, we we have to be there for our people.
You know, we definitely have to be there for our people. Our youth and you know, the the children are our future. We we got to be there.
Uh yeah, he did slide.
>> [laughter] >> And he pulled off, but she got his license plate tagged. We got an image of the license plate. Uh T. Johnson, you said those neighborhoods can then go across cities and then countries and states. Yeah. Yep. It definitely takes a village. I agree. I agree. You know, um she may have been going somewhere and it's not really on her to do it either, but I might have even wanted to put them in my vehicle. I would have been like, "Get in this car and I'm driving you home." If she doesn't know where he they live, um I would still try to find out, you know?
Uh but I would definitely call 911 once I got that license plate. I sure would.
But she sat and watched. So, clearly she knows where they live. So, it seems to me like she actually knows these girls.
She probably lives in the neighborhood, as I said. Um and she's seeing that this man has no business with these two kids.
And I I I greatly appreciate her for that. I really do.
Uh Johnson Norris, how are you? Thanks for tuning in. You said human trafficking is a million billion dollar industry all over and all types of people are tapped into it. Facts. Facts.
I mean, it's it's a big deal out here in Canada as well. I mean, the amount of human trafficking that's going on here, it's it's bad. It's bad and you know, the United States is three times as large as Canada, but per capita, the numbers are staggering here, okay? Like, it's bad.
So, [clears throat] just like I always say here when I'm reporting about it here is we need to do the same thing is keep watch.
See something, say something.
Something doesn't seem right, it's likely because it doesn't. And that also goes for even cuz one of the things that happens a lot here, too, is you'll have a black youth that's maybe 12, 11, 10 and and they have a friend that's 20.
That needs to be looked at because there's no reason why a 20-year-old wants to be friends with a 10-year-old or a 9-year-old or a 12-year-old, right?
So, as parents, that's one of the things that we have to really do is really watch who our kids are are friends with. Who our kids are moving with. Who our kids are hanging out with, you know? Even with social media, who are our kids socializing with? Because one of the ways that they they lure children in as well is through social media. They slide into their DMs and they befriend them and make them feel loved and all that other stuff. And then you've got them that pull up to kids in parks. And in this case, they're playing outside and they scope it out.
It's not like they just randomly they scope out. They're like, "Oh, these kids are out here at this park every day or every week or every Sunday or this these two kids like these two little black girls are are playing outside at this time of the day on a regular basis." And they they definitely it's a pretty sophisticated organization, okay? And the way that they move. So, there's there's so many things that uh parents um and even mentors and people in the neighborhood and stuff need to pay attention to. And they they really know how to um pick who they're going to prey upon, if you will. So, some of the some of the things that we can do is make sure that we are really tapped into our kids and what they're doing. As I said, who they're hanging out with, you know, um are they are they retroverted? Are you are introverted, I should say. Are you seeing them on their their phones and tablets more when they used to be outside more playing with their kids? Are you seeing them withdrawing from school and and sports and all of the things that usually a 10-year-old, a 12-year-old would do, right? You look at that. And then you also again, you got kids out here playing. You keep an eye on them there, too. Um make sure you are talk to your kids. Make them feel safe that they can come talk to you about anything. Have those conversations. Also, sit down with your kids and let them watch documentaries and what have you about what goes on and how these operations work. Uh I know there's a documentary uh that CBC here in Canada did and it's it's specifically about uh black youth being lured uh to places up north or really uh Thunder Bay, North Bay, even Niagara. And they call it OT and they're they're they're lured out there to to sell drugs, right? Uh so, they're lured by sometimes 18-year-olds and adults and uh people who masquerade as a husband and wife team. And then they show them love, they manipulate them, they groom them, all of those things. So, we have to be really, really careful.
And really make sure that you understand these things because there are there's information out there. There really is.
So, have those conversations with your kids. Make your kids sit down and watch it.
Old school way of doing things, like I said, my parents are like uh "Yeah, don't you dare talk to nobody.
You're not going to nobody's house.
You're not sleeping at anybody's house.
You're not doing any of those things.
You want to you stay right here and play with your brothers and sisters. Or you stay right outside this door on the street where I can see your behind."
That's what it is. And that's definitely what it needs to be in this day and age, as I said. Um I'm going to talk about myself, too, like my story because I and I've said this before, I used to be a wanderer. I It didn't matter where I went, I would be with my parents and my sisters and my brothers. We could be in a mall, we can playground, wherever we are in like a public setting, and I would just wander off. I literally came out of my mother's womb independent. So, I was always so curious. I wanted to go see what's this, what's that, what's this, what's that. And I would get lost.
I would be lost for hours, okay?
And back then in the '60s, '70s, '80s, it was a little bit different than it is today, right? So, I would end up with security and then they would do an all call and call my parents on all call and say, you know, your daughter is come to the security desk or whatever and then there I would be, right?
And one day, I was 9 years old, I got lost in a hotel.
And my father worked at the hotel and I just wandered off like I do and I got lost. But what my parents always drilled in my skull as I said is don't talk to anybody, do not go with anybody, don't get in a car with anybody, all of those things.
So, this man approached me and do you know, even though I was 9 years old, I can still remember his exact appearance.
If you ask me to describe him, I can describe him to a T. That's the and that's the other thing my my mother really taught us how to do, which is to be able to describe anybody who's like approaching you, anybody who's trying to do some shady-ness stuff or harm you in any way. She really taught us how to describe them. So, at 9 years old, I remembered exactly how this man looked.
And he was asking me to come with me with him, excuse me. And I remember saying to him, but why? Like why do you want me to come with you? And he was like, oh, just come. I just want to check you out. And he said something that was that's the part I don't remember, but all I know is it it didn't seem right.
Like what he was up to wasn't good because why is this random white man, grown grown white man asking a 9-year-old black girl to come with him, right?
So, I remember Mommy Mommy told me, do not talk to strangers, do not go anywhere with strangers. And I specifically remember telling him, my mother told me not to talk to strangers and my mother told me not to go with strangers. So, I did not go with him. I repeatedly said no and then I ran like as fast as my little 9-year-old legs can can take me. I ran.
And I know for a fact that had I not had that you know, instilled within me from like age 6 to not go with strangers, I may not be here today to be talking to y'all.
I'm convinced of that because I know that man was not up to anything good.
And I would have been one of those people that was on a missing flyer or something like that with my parents looking for me and search search search parties and what have you. I'm convinced of it. Eventually, obviously, I was found, but I'll tell you what, from that day on, I never wandered off again because that was very frightening.
It was extremely frightening. I was terrified, but even with my terror, I knew better.
I remember Mom, okay? I remember what my Ghanaian mother told me.
So, I did not go. But this is what I mean is these are the things that we have to instill in our children. I'm telling you because we live in an age now where you got social media and they're on there. Didn't have social media back in our day.
Social media and I'm telling you that's the one of the main tools that they use to prey upon on the kids.
There's reports of kids that have went and met some random person that they met online, they met on Instagram, they met on TikTok and all that stuff. So, we as parents have to be very careful. I always say this.
I I think parents, mentors, step parents, bonus parents, whatever you want to call yourselves to create what they call a Finsta or whatever and befriend your child so you could see what they got going on. I mean, I'll tell you what, if I had a child in those age ranges at this point in life, I would be doing that because I need to see what's going on.
Because your kids aren't always going to tell you everything. Even if you have a great relationship, often times there's certain things that they're going to keep to themselves, especially when they become teenagers. You know, when they become teenagers, oh my gosh, like we're just old and dumb and we don't know nothing and they know everything, right?
And they they just run their fresh mouth. Right? So, >> [clears throat] >> excuse me. So, yeah, we we need to we need to do whatever we need to do. Okay?
You know, there I know with iPhone you have all those things where you can track your kids. Use everything, everything in your arsenal to keep watch on your children. But I will say again, I I shout out to this woman. I I give her big big kudos, big kudos for doing what she did. It could have been a very dangerous situation for her as well as I said. So, I I appreciate her.
Uh John Norris or Josh Norris, I'm sorry. I hope the lady who stepped in called him out. Um stay safe. Who knows if that man and the person that was driving the getaway car got her plates also. Exactly. This could have been a very dangerous situation, but she still was like, uh-uh, I'm doing this. I'm doing this. And she had her phone out, too. So, she's got his image. She's got the license plate.
She did what she had to do. She stood on business for those kids and I appreciate it.
Uh Buckhorse, you said my mama used to hide behind cars when I would walk to school.
>> [laughter] >> Listen, like I said, use everything in your your arsenal. In this day and age, use everything in your arsenal.
Yes, thank you, Mike nice to you. That's what I'm going to call it, truth be told Tuesday. And we're going to drop some truth bombs.
Thanks, Mike nice. Appreciate that name.
Yes, Buckhorse, bonus parents as well because they I think that's what they call themselves, right? Bonus parents, bonus moms, bonus dads, whatever we want to call them, all of us.
All of us.
All of us need to be a squad for our youth.
Benya 77, thanks so much for tuning in.
Parents must govern their children, not to the government because they are the biggest human traffickers in history, namely so-called child protective agencies. Woah, wow.
Well, listen.
Again, I don't want to shame parents because I don't know these kids you know, situation. Maybe the parents are at work, maybe the parents maybe it's a single parent household, which is another thing. They prey on single parent households where it's just a single single mom in the house and you know, they they will manipulate them and say things like, oh, you're you know, your parents aren't going to your mom isn't going to love you like I do. Your parents aren't going to love you like we do. And then come on, get in the car.
We'll take you shopping. And God only knows what this Asian man was saying to these kids while he was taking pictures and where are those pictures going?
Like this this is not okay. I really hope that now that this is out here that the police have gotten captured this man's license plate and he's already been taken in, okay? And questioned.
Uh Embry Harris, you're saying, please listen.
Uh yeah, to don't talk to strangers.
Yes, I'm telling you. These days it takes a village to raise a child, Kay Stewart. I agree. I agree. And you know, some parents will be like, hey, don't you talk to my kids or don't you scold my kids or whatever what not.
That's just not the reality of me growing up, okay? My aunt, my uncles, whoever, my the auntie across the street in the house in Ghana would be scolding me, too, okay? If I wasn't doing something right, you're getting scolded. So, you know, she this woman was stern. She was like, go home. Go home. I will watch you, you know. Do you know this man? No, go home.
So, you know, she did her thing. She like she stood on business and she didn't make them feel afraid in any way, shape or form, you know? So, that's the thing is create that safe environment when talking to them because what was going on there was not a safe situation in my opinion for these two kids.
Uh Venisha, thanks for tuning in.
So, you said Asian man take pictures of black people and post them online.
Uh wow, I'm not sure if where the name of the site, but they do it to black adult female, too.
Yeah? Yep. Yep. Black youth uh I mean, I've seen the youngest I've seen going missing here in Canada was nine.
So, you know, what's a 9-year-old you know, they're not going to just get up and go by themselves somewhere.
And those kids look like they're around six, maybe seven at the most.
So, mm-mm. Yeah, something wasn't right here and uh in my opinion, anytime you see, even as an adult, anytime you see people just taking like random people taking pictures of you, that's a red flag.
That's cause for alarm because in the world we live in now in social media and everything else, who knows where these pictures are going, right? So, anytime, kids, man, woman, child, never a good thing, okay?
So, Frasho 7709, so you said this incident took place in Cartersville, Georgia. And you said you know some of their family members. Oh, well, But if you know that, please definitely definitely definitely definitely talk to some people and feel free to let us know.
Um, does Canada have curfew for children?
No.
>> [laughter] [gasps] >> No. No. No. No. No. No. If there's a curfew, the curfew is between the parents and their their kid. So, you know, um, but there's not like neighborhood watch cops going around checking to see if your kid is, you know, home at a specific hour. Mhm. No.
No.
And that would be a useful thing to have for sure given the the world we're living in and especially given the amount of black youth that go missing here.
Definitely be worthwhile.
But, uh, yeah, no.
No. No. No.
Josh Morris, folks have to start back looking out for each other no matter the age or male or female. That's what I'm saying. We are what we got, man. We got to we got to keep looking out for each other. If you see something, say something. Something doesn't seem right, it's likely because it's not right.
So, you know, uh, this this video is a is a clear example of how we do it.
How we do it. She was on her way somewhere and she saw something and she [clears throat] said something and she saved those kids' lives. I'm convinced she saved those kids' lives. Now, me personally, I would follow up. I'd be like, "Ding dong" on mom or dad's door and say, "Hey, this situation happened.
Here's the video. Here's the license plate. Here's the man. Do with it what you will." And I also would be calling the police personally. And and again, clear example of what we have to do.
But, um, thank you so much, family, for listening. As I said, this is something that I'm super super passionate about is missing youth and I will every time I see a story about it, I'm using platforms like this and my own to sound the alarm and, you know, make sure that whoever those perpetrators are that are preying upon our black children are put on blast.
Thank you so much for tuning in, family.
I appreciate it very very much and before I love you and leave you, you know I'm going to talk about the ADNC Narrative Power Summit that's happening on July 25th here in Toronto and I have put the link to purchase the tickets in the description field of this broadcast.
So, I expect you to get your tickets.
There is early bird specials and guess who you're going to see.
You're going to see Philip Scott and Demetrius K and Ron G the Lala.
>> [music and singing] >> Emmanuel Kulu Slim Thug Simone and Jennifer Smith and our girl Effie Takiyana and then our host Dr. Vibe and then Carlos Morgan as the music. Going to be at Aqua Supper Club in Toronto.
Beautiful spot. We'll have good talks, good music, good food, good everything, good vibes. And we're going to have those conversations about our people, empowerment, you know, just black power, black excellence, black black blackety black black black. So, I expect you to grab your tickets. I expect to see you there in July. Again, thank you so much for tuning in. I shall see you on the next one. Until then, please be safe.
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