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A Native American Story-Sara

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Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Sara, a native American woman who is currently on Skid Row. For ad-free, uncensored videos and plenty of exclusive content please subscribe to the Soft White Underbelly subscription channel at softwhiteunderbelly.com. It's $10 a month and watchable on Apple and Android mobile apps, Roku TV, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. 00:00 – Sarah’s Story 00:14 – Kidnapped at Six 01:55 – “I Was Stolen Twice” 02:48 – Abuse Inside the House 05:46 – They Kept Coming Back 06:03 – Pregnant at 14 06:46 – Searching Skid Row for Her Mom 09:04 – Living in Fear 10:27 – Meth & Fentanyl 11:08 – Homeless Again 14:25 – Losing Housing 14:47 – Wanting Her Kids Back Here's how to purchase the Soft White Underbelly books and merch: https://softwhiteunderbelly.org #swu #softwhiteunderbelly #documentary #marklaita #skidrow #nativeamerican #losangeles #adoption #mentalhealth

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pedrolucas.abreu
pedrolucas.abreu 2 weeks, 4 days ago

😢😢horrible story breaks my heart what this lady went thru. Sending her my prayers god blessed her 🙏🏼

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joe_hammond 3 weeks, 1 day ago

oh my heart 😭💔 this poor girl

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rodrigo.mendes 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Watching this really hit me. A painful reminder that historical trauma, displacement, and neglect are still destroying lives today. Sara’s story deserves empathy, accountability, and real solutions, not silence.🇵🇬

gaelhenrique_farias
gaelhenrique_farias 3 weeks, 2 days ago

You are a brave woman thank you for sharing your experience. I appreciate you and I love you. Continue being brave and healing within yourself.🪶🦋✨

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amanda.knight 3 weeks, 5 days ago

This is so sad my heart goes out to her .prayers for a quick healing

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rael.novaes 3 weeks, 5 days ago

God, you’ve had some hard interviews to listen to, this poor woman’s life is one of the saddest yet. How she has survived the abuse. Such sad story, you can see it in her eyes and hear it in her voice. I hope she finds someone to help her. Thanks for this interview.

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gaelhenriquedapaz405 3 weeks, 6 days ago

I pray that joy and peace are brought to you in abundance 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

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enzogabriel_pacheco 3 weeks, 6 days ago

I am sending you lots of virtual HUGS.. sara. You are not alone, please be brave, stay strong. My heart is broke into pieces hearing her stories.

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tristan.miller 3 weeks, 6 days ago

When She said: "i remembered i was stolen" my heart broke 😢

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lisa_hayes 4 weeks ago

I was sexually molested on a weekly basis from 6-12 yrs old. 2 months ago I was told that when I was diagnosed in 1999 with bipolar disorder I was misdiagnosed, that I've had PTSD this whole time. I've been on so many different medications for 26 years, and psych ward stays. I've been told I was medication resistant to my bipolar disorder because I was still having episodes all the time. Two months ago my new counselor realized it was from being sexually abused for my whole childhood. No one had ever asked me about my childhood before 2 months ago.

taylorsmith924
taylorsmith924 4 weeks, 1 day ago

If there was ever a person that could use your help Mark it’s this woman. She deserves a chance to heal and feel worthy and know what love is. Praying she’s able to help herself.

babyberry
babyberry 1 month ago

She sounds so tired. Her story breaks my heart.

kabir_khalsa
kabir_khalsa 1 month ago

She is so gentle. My goodness ..

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kamilly_sousa 1 month ago

PRAYER FOR SARA PLEASE JOIN ME!...Dear God! We lift up Sarah to You with a heavy heart. You saw every moment of her life, every tear, every fear, every night she felt abandoned, unsafe, broken, and forgotten. From the time she was only a child, she carried pain no child should ever have to carry. She was failed by people who were supposed to protect her but Lord You never lost sight of her even in the darkest places....please surround Sarah with Your love, protection, mercy, and peace... Heal Sara's deep wounds left by abuse, abandonment, addiction, homelessness, fear, and loss and even those who committed horrific things to her... Heal the little girl inside of her who was stolen from hurt and forced to grow up too soon‼... Remove the shame, guilt, anger, pain, and hopelessness that trauma tried to place on her life....Lord break every chain that has followed her for years. Give her strength to keep fighting even when life feels unbearable. Protect her mind from depression protect her heart from despair and protect her body from harm. Lead her away from addiction and toward healing, stability, safe people, and real support.... we pray that you restore what was taken from her....restore her sense of worth, restore her voice, restore her future, and if it is Your will, restore her relationship with her children. Let her know she is still worthy of love, dignity, forgiveness, and a new beginning....send caring people into her life who truly want to help her heal and not use or manipulate her....Please father open doors for housing, recovery, counseling, safety, and opportunities she never thought were possible. Let her finally experience peace after a lifetime of survival....God hold Sarah close on the days she feels tired of fighting like you do for us and remind Sara that her story is not over and that trauma does not define who she is‼ She survived things that could have destroyed her completely and that strength alone is proof that there is still purpose over her life In Jesus name We all pray Amen...REMEMBER that Father God says that when two or more gather together in His name that He is amongst them.. so lets come together in agreement lifting Sarah up before our wonderful Lord that brings us to a place that no suffering can be compared too!!... we ask that Your presence Lord would surround her completely! and Cover her with peace, protection, healing, and comfort!

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tammy_white 1 month ago

Were Native. We have many painful generational curses. Its up to us to be strong and HEAL. Before those demons start hugging our children. Therapy is fckn wonderful. At first I thought it was all bs but it truly had helped me become a better mom.

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jacquelinesanchez870 1 month ago

You never know what people are going through so be kind

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vasudha_khanna 1 month ago

God bless and protect this lady and her children. I pray a better life for her.

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juliapope595 1 month ago

Prayers for this woman. I pray she finds peace.

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victoria_elliott 1 month ago

Sex trafficked, sold to those men pedo rapists. Nobody can't say she isn't self medicating and trying to survive, she is a warrior. I hope she can find the resources and way out. Stay strong Sara, the world needs you.

franz-xaver_scheel
franz-xaver_scheel 1 month ago

Fark guys my heart is breaking for her. May God fill you with infinite love and care 😢🙌🙏