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5 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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In this excerpt from the Karamo Show, Speaker A (the host) interrogates Lisa (Speaker B) about the circumstances surrounding the removal of her daughter Crystal. The dialogue highlights systemic neglect toward impoverished Black mothers, describing how Lisa, a young Black woman battling addiction, was living in a shelter when she was arrested and subsequently taken into custody by the city jail. Speaker A emphasizes that official records—arrest logs and Child Protective Services (CPS) documentation—should exist to verify the events. The conversation then shifts to the difficulty of locating Crystal after she was placed in a sealed adoption, underscoring the barriers that sealed records create for reunification. Throughout, the host repeatedly urges the audience to help verify the story, framing the narrative as a call for accountability and evidence‑based discussion.

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So from your perspective, Lisa, why did they take Crystal away from you? The system being the system. See, it's different this day and time. Back then, they really didn't care. I was just a young, impoverished Black woman, addict, young, with a baby. So we were staying in a shelter.
She could be telling the truth. I don't know. But I just— We can prove that.
We can prove that. I got arrested. The shit city jail. They should have records on that. Have them pull those records. That night, CPS had to come and get you from the jail.
Did you leave her at the shelter?
What am I saying? I said the story can be verified.
So you were arrested that day?
That's true, you can pull those records.
Okay then, so you're saying you did not?
You can prove all that. How was I gonna find her on a sealed adoption? She couldn't find me, I couldn't find, how was I supposed to find her?
You tell me, anybody in that audience tell me.
Okay, okay.
So is there any possibility that in some of the details that your memory could be cloudy? So that way they could find— You mean like clowning about my child? Okay.