as he is talking to his nephew and here we have tried to fight, and, navigate, around these limitaindications, and here we are, in our richness, and, more than anything else, it reminds me that, what happens to us, is not the entire story of who we are. we are more than what has happened to us. so reading this book became a potent reminder of that. it was part friend ship, inspiration. >> you know, during ferguson and the baltimore uprising i witnessed a lot of that via twitter, and i would be up, 1, 2, 3:00 in the morning, and unable to look away and i did that with brown, and, there wouldn't be much to say except, oh, my god, i can't believe this. i can't believe this is happening. this is this time. and, some nights wealth just sign off, i love you. i love you. and, now in hindsight i realize how much damage watching hour-after-hour that footage did. but i felt like i wanted to be a witness to that. and, so, when i see my name again, with all these other writers, it does feel like i love you. and i want to be here for you and support you because, even after we close our laptops, we have to