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Advertisement'Everything historically that happened in America happened with everybody involved.'Oklahoma man opens up dialogue about race in America at coffee shops'Everything historically that happened in America happened with everybody involved.'Hide TranscriptShow Transcriptso honored that you would like conversation. I think I got a couple of invites to your Australia to come here, and it just it just touched my heart. Baby will reach that far. Those kids who was mixed and he just was hurting from both sides of the family, the white side, the black side. And he felt rejected on both sides. That was another older man that really didn't talk that much. Bobby, Coffee, you say? I just want to tell you I'm sorry. Maybe felt bad that he saw things growing up from the Jim Crow from segregation. Who knows? But I could feel this pain saving your sorry Everything historically that happened in America happened with everybody. So way Just get that part together and America is gonna go to another level.AdvertisementOklahoma man opens up dialogue about race in America at coffee shops'Everything historically that happened in America happened with everybody involved.'One cup of coffee. One conversation at a time.It’s Frederick Montgomery’s approach to discuss the truth about race in this country. Since June, he’s had 30 conversations and he’s starting to get international requests."I think I got a couple invites to Europe and Australia to come have coffee and it just touched my heart that it would reach that far," said Montgomery.Though his approach is simple, each conversation reveals the complexities of the issue itself. "There was a kid who was mixed, and he was just hurting from both sides of the family. The white side, the Black side, and he felt rejected on both sides," said Montgomery."There was another older man who really didn't talk that much. Bought me coffee and he just said, 'I want to tell you I'm sorry.' He just kept saying he was sorry and I don't know why he kept saying he was sorry. Maybe he felt bad that he saw things growing up, from Jim Crow, from segregation, who knows, but I could his pain when he said he was sorry," said Montgomery.He’s going to continue his conversations so he can be part of the change he wants to see in the country, a reminder that we all have a role to play in the fight for a better future."Everything historically that happened in America happened with everybody involved. It's always been a collective effort of all cultures. So, if we can just get that part together, man America is going to go to another level," said Montgomery.One cup of coffee. One conversation at a time.It’s Frederick Montgomery’s approach to discuss the truth about race in this country.AdvertisementSince June, he’s had 30 conversations and he’s starting to get international requests."I think I got a couple invites to Europe and Australia to come have coffee and it just touched my heart that it would reach that far," said Montgomery.Though his approach is simple, each conversation reveals the complexities of the issue itself. "There was a kid who was mixed, and he was just hurting from both sides of the family. The white side, the Black side, and he felt rejected on both sides," said Montgomery."There was another older man who really didn't talk that much. Bought me coffee and he just said, 'I want to tell you I'm sorry.' He just kept saying he was sorry and I don't know why he kept saying he was sorry. Maybe he felt bad that he saw things growing up, from Jim Crow, from segregation, who knows, but I could his pain when he said he was sorry," said Montgomery.He’s going to continue his conversations so he can be part of the change he wants to see in the country, a reminder that we all have a role to play in the fight for a better future."Everything historically that happened in America happened with everybody involved. It's always been a collective effort of all cultures. So, if we can just get that part together, man America is going to go to another level," said Montgomery.Loading more articles...

Advertisement'Everything historically that happened in America happened with everybody involved.'Oklahoma man opens up dialogue about race in America at coffee shops'Everything historically that happened in America happened with everybody involved.'Hide TranscriptShow Transcriptso honored that you would like conversation. I think I got a couple of invites to your Australia to come here, and it just it just touched my heart. Baby will reach that far. Those kids who was mixed and he just was hurting from both sides of the family, the white side, the black side. And he felt rejected on both...

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