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Nba superstar and social activist car mellow anthony is launching

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a new initiative aimed at highlighting black fashion designers

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...is fashion label it's called stay mellow anthony...ten time all star who was a

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longtime champion for social justice is also known for his style we could say

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off the court is new fashion initiative look at...his called the propel program

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aims to support black designers with the debut collection and they'll last night

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in a virtual show in new york fashion week which is underway this week any told us

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he hopes this new program will give under represented designers a platform for years to come.

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...as...what culture as.

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How do we think about what's going to happen to us

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...the black community in five years from a

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...standpoint what does that looks like that's the question nba star

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...anthony is trying to answer?

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With...new clothing collection he's calling

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a black future it's part of their propel program a new initiative anthony is

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launching to support the black creative community and he's calling on seven

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emerging designers to make that vision a...what was your

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mission what was your goal I didn't know what it was the first and then now it's like we deal with so much

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trauma daily like all day or night is always a black and brown

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communal been affected by that so how do we give the people...dealing with

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...or need outlet on the resources to propelled them forward, yeah,

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and, it doesn't sound to me either that this is a one in done for you notice and

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of black features one of the best things that I've done, you know, to sit there with those designers,

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you know, only zoom calls you've everybody because what I'm trying to

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...here hasn't been...it wasn't just about

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designing but we have real conversations this about life of

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...designers are actually still in those communities

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has been affected how are you feeling as we sit here and the state that we're in, you know,

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there was another incident in the news involving a black man in a police officer also in the

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news two police officers shot paris navigating all of this

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...is hard it's hard to wake up in here

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about another tragedy all these killing or somebody killing a police

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...is just that's just where we are as a as a country right now and,

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for the black community words out of it we just fed

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up with it sold on the flip side of that to see the two cops who got shot we don't want that

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...we don't we don't need that he wrote a very moving...in july.

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Address two young men and women of color and

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you said it's hard for me to tell you not to be afraid when afraid

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what you mean I'm afraid of the unknown I don't know-how to keep.

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Having these conversations with the younger generation

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my son I never thought I would have to have this conversation with

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...and...fearful of like telling him the wrong thing old

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My emotions coming to,

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you know, being put in the forefront because he got he's going to take everything...say and how

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I see it and he's going to he's going to build...for that is a conversation

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no black parent wants to have with their child but despite the fear

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anthony setting example for his son

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...by using his voice just be for change, you know,

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enough is enough so you were recently guest editor-in-chief of sam

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...was very powerful what was your message in the magazine go walk messes was

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...the time is now right leg my son is on his cover this is this these

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are the new voices the most important voices...the future of our time is now

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to make a change I'm sure it was a deliberate choice we're both in what he says it

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...they'll make me gangs...make mit ...maybe it is still making

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that I am who I am at the end of the day so my son

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habit he's definitely not, you know, not intimidated anybody and

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I'm not intimidated by anthony is no stranger to speaking his mind and opening

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is heart earlier this year he spoke candidly about the challenges e phased

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after parting ways with the houston rockets in twenty eighteen at the time he went

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unsigned for a year before eventually joining the portland trailblazers pony

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uninterrupted podcast you talk very frankly we said you hit

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rock bottom and that you've got through with the help of kobe and love ron

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what you mean...was just like this is happening here I never thought this could happen to

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me but I was just so naive about it, you know, so, you know,

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kobe was there for me, you know, when I was talking...dead times ...just certain people that...just give

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me a little nuggets here near any came from people you respected ten-k fragments

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other cable people respectable also the cable...even know

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...now you're in portland?

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when you went to portland did you think that portland would be the place for you because you're

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kicking button portland?

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I didn't I didn't think dead I...know what's, what's...thing by the time

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I got supporting averages to you at work so hard.

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Mentally emotionally spiritually to get to the

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point where I was able to accept it so for so long I disconnect the myself.

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From the game the guy is felt...bought the game doesn't love me to...I love the game

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anymore so maybe south me to walk away and that's where I was...when I got the

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...is like already know what I want.

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I was at peace with it, you know,

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are we going...work together are we going to do this together do you need

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...do-you want me I guess was an important distinction thousand point

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that was a very important you need near do-you want me what's more important what?

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Part because if you want

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me then you would do everything that you have to do to make it work.

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Right if you need me you...need you but you know, we...look over here too right,

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yeah, so, I was very big on them...that we want you here.

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You know, we believe...are you happy there I'm happy I get the impression mellow

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that black excellence are not just words to, you know,

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black excellence is a movement is who we are as what we have and

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...we've always had black excellence but now we have our

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voice we have a platform and I'm going to continue bringing people along with the

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...anthony very smart very thoughtful he thinks a lot about what's happening in the

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country and he said, you know, I'm not a politician, you know,

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because I'm not even really into politics what I'm into...my community, yeah, so,

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it's not to me about democrat or republican it's about right wrong and I'm looking for someone who does

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right you remind me of...morrison that respect it's not about...democrat republican it's about right

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and wrong and standing in the right place and he feels very strongly about young people I love this part where he says

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...three words I tell them love helen right what does that mean when you love something

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you'll go through...to make it right so it's love hell and right now

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that's something you'll go through held I love...there right advance that is going to bring these intends to bring people along with

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...which is which is a real active generosity I'm used to the

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...game carmel when you play with the next because I'm...know this...that while I was I was the same thing and

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I really like...most making about the...is rumors that,

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you know, people want to come back to the next talking I asked him about that he

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goes I'm in portland I'm very happy importantly he wouldn't even go there on

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...a lot of people would be happy to see him come back to new york,

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... nobody's happy that's the main thing I...wife is lala anthony and

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...kind they live in new york that's another reason so they're coding back that is tough but

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...goes thing is...far make...network they're making it worse.