Shaka Senghor: belief

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…And beautiful women, too, especially beautiful women. Yeah, I think there’s a few things that happens. One is, there is the intrigue of mystery, like who are these men? There’s also the power dynamic. Somebody who can survive that environment — there’s something powerful about that aura that attracts people into that space. I think there’s also the refining of the principles that oftentimes are sought out: the intelligence, the cultivation of emotional presence. And then there’s also the other part of just the safety of knowing that this person isn’t out here running amok and that they have their undivided attention. So those relationships can be healthy and productive, or they can be very unbalanced and dysfunctional in a different way. But it’s all types of relationships that show up in that environment. Now, you’re from Detroit. Let’s say a philanthropist came up to you and gave you the power to give away, say, $20 million to Detroit in some way. Do you have any thoughts on how that money should be spent?…

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