Speaker 1: Well, we got to say Happy King Day. Today is
Speaker 1: MLK Day, and it's a day on, not just a
Speaker 1: day off. We want to remind everyone to try and
Speaker 1: participate in some sort of community service in your community.
Speaker 1: You can volunteer for an organization, you can donate to
Speaker 1: a cause or a charity of your choice. All of
Speaker 1: us here in the Steve Harvey Morning Show have causes
Speaker 1: that are important to us. Mentoring young men from fatherless homes,
Speaker 1: helping wounded veterans, breast cancer awareness, sickle cell awareness, domestic
Speaker 1: violence awareness. Community service teaches you about empathy, It strengthens
Speaker 1: the community, and it creates change. So here's a question,
Speaker 1: why is it so important Steve to give back?
Speaker 2: Well, I mean, you know, it's a simple philosophy that
Speaker 2: I've learned. My mother taught it to me. God blesses
Speaker 2: you to become a blessing and in our community. Man,
Speaker 2: we should be more in the uplift business anyway, because
Speaker 2: we need it. Man, We need it because the powers
Speaker 2: that be have policies in place to suppress us. So
Speaker 2: when we get in a position we can ill afford
Speaker 2: to ignore the others who are less fortunate. We have
Speaker 2: got to extend our hand. He ain't heavy, he's my brother.
Speaker 2: And that's what we should be about, the uplift of
Speaker 2: our community, not the destruction of it. We have got
Speaker 2: to stop bending and lending our ear to those who
Speaker 2: are determined and hell bent to destroy the black culture,
Speaker 2: especially when we do it to ourselves. Are we crazy? Man?
Speaker 2: We cheer for each other to get where we go,
Speaker 2: and then when they get there, the jealousy of them
Speaker 2: being there becomes too much. We should be in the
Speaker 2: uplift business of one another. That's what Callers Foundation is
Speaker 2: about with breast cancer awareness. That's what domestic violence is
Speaker 2: were with Shereley, That's what the Wounded Warriors is about
Speaker 2: with Tommy. That's why Kere fights so hard to bring
Speaker 2: awareness to what's happening to so many African Americans with
Speaker 2: this disease that they don't put enough money behind, they
Speaker 2: don't put enough research behind, because it's us. See. So
Speaker 2: we've all committed ourselves to a level of uplift and
Speaker 2: that's what it's about, not the destruction of the culture.
Speaker 2: We have got to do that. Martin Luther King's whole
Speaker 2: life was about service. That's what you remember about him.
Speaker 2: Now some people want to come out and talk about
Speaker 2: the negative that he did. He's a human being. He's
Speaker 2: a human being. You can do that all day long.
Speaker 2: But once again, y'all, if you pay attention to it,
Speaker 2: they took thirty second sound bites to get rid of Jesus.
Speaker 2: You could take a thirty second sound bite and get
Speaker 2: rid of anybody.
Speaker 1: Wow.
Speaker 2: But stay in the uplift business because that's what we
Speaker 2: are here for. Service to our brothers and sisters, that's
Speaker 2: what it's about.
Speaker 1: That's right, Steve, keep it positive.
Speaker 2: All right.
Speaker 1: We'll be back with more of the Steve Harvey Morning
Speaker 1: Show on this Martin Luther King Holiday right after this.
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