Racial Sabotage - AD's Lived Experience

AD Robles

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I want to start this video today on a on a serious note you know many of you know that that over the past month or so we've been searching for a house and and in a place for my family to live and and raise my children and that kind of thing and we found one it was it was such a nice neighborhood lots of kids in it and and to be honest

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I was I was very excited but there was a catch there was a catch and you know it's a predominantly white neighborhood just to not mince words here and you know

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I might be able to pass you know some people say that I could pass for white and you know from a distance

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I think that that that you're right in general but you know if you get within you know 30 40 feet of me you'll know that I'm not

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I'm not a white man and so anyway but but you know I I'm a very optimistic guy and I went against my my better judgment

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I just wanted a good place for my family to live and so I I bought the house and on Friday last week we closed on the house and we were very excited and we started moving stuff and I got to meet a few of the neighbors you know

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I said hello to a few people as we're moving some boxes in and you know the plan is to finally move into the house in about a month anyway so Tuesday rolls around and my my in -laws are at the house they're helping us out with like they're cleaning a few things up they're very nice people my in -laws are at the house and we get a phone call and my wife tells me with I don't think she had a tear in her eye but she was a little bit upset that that our boiler isn't turning on it's not kicking on and it looks like our our thermostat is broken it's not it's not working anymore and this is what

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I feared this is what I feared guys that despite so much progress that's been made in America that ultimately we are still a white supremacist nation that that's that's what

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I knew if this was racial sabotage I mean you do the math

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I buy the house I meet a few neighbors and not two days later my thermostat is broken

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I know a lot of you would think well that's just a coincidence

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Adam that's just a coincidence it can't be that that it's a racist thing it's just you know things happen things break listen we've seen this too many times we've seen it too many times how many of my my black and brown brothers and sisters in Christ have had one of these coincidences coincidences that happen too often aren't coincidences this is a clear message that my kind my family is not welcome in this predominantly white neighborhood

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I don't know how they did it I don't think anyone broke in but maybe the maybe the the owner the previous owner of the house set a set a timer on this thing to to break down just to send a message that yes he sold me the house but he didn't want to maybe that's what it was but this is a clear message

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I know that thermostats break every single day but this is this is what

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I feared and it's happened I don't know what to do and I called

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I called the company an HVAC company to come fix it and then they fix it this morning but but they charged me for it can you believe it they charged me for it and and and my in -laws were there when they were fixing it and it was a quick fix it's just a new thermostat and and this guy claims to be a

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Christian he claims to go to church in the town that I'm planning on going to church in and yet he charged me a

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Latin Latinx that's a Latino person who has been a victim of a hate crime and racism throughout his life and here again he had the nerve to charge me to fix it my brothers and sisters we need to have a talk can we talk about the necessary aspects of reparations in the church this is a this is a this is this has gone on too long too long we'd be victim upon victim upon victim and when you see a brother and sister in Christ suffering racial trauma and then you have the audacity to charge him to fix it that is not the grace that is offered in the church that is not the justice that we speak of in Amos let justice roll down like waters

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I know that a lot of you are I have your hearts in the right place you said you said

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AD did you call the police did you call them to tell them about this racial sabotage and I said no no

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I'm scared of the police don't you know what they do to Latinos if you want to help me in this difficult time

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I have a patreon account and I would gladly accept PayPal donations as well no pressure no pressure but if you want to not be racist and fix the trauma the racial trauma that I endure every day yesterday on Twitter I told people about this and I've got a bunch of white supremacists in my mentions telling me that it's impossible that I'm that I'm stupid that I'm just I'm just this is what

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I deal with every day again if you want to fix the racial trauma in my life I've got a patreon and a

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PayPal and I'll also take a check so DM me and I'll give you my address thank you for listening and thank you precious

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Saints for taking care of my trauma the video you just saw precious

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Saints the video you just saw I recorded on Thursday and I I was debating whether or not to put it up but but but this morning

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Monday morning I knew I had to I had to do it I had to be strong for everyone out there who doesn't have a voice everyone out there who doesn't have a platform

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I had to be strong and what happened this morning guaranteed that I had to post this video

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I I stepped on the scale and I looked down and since last

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Thursday I've gained five pounds if that doesn't show you the trauma the trauma that I endured over the last week because of this example of racial sabotage how long

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Evangelical Church how long white Evangelical Church will you turn a blind eye