Hosts Dave Coker and Leonard Young discuss highlights from the week, including little-known Black history facts and a viral comedy moment that drew backlash after a roast of Nicki Minaj at the NAACP Image Awards.
The episode also covers Dorothy Butler Gilliam’s $10,000 donation to laid-off Washington Post reporters, a fourth-grade student taking college classes, the Smoothie King refusal incident, and a frank conversation about safety and racial tensions in America.
00:00:14 --> 00:00:20 To another edition of News and Trends with your host, Dave and Lynn.
00:00:31 --> 00:00:34 Welcome, welcome, welcome to News and Trends with Dave and Len.
00:00:34 --> 00:00:39 This is one of your hosts, Mr. Dave Coker, proprietor of Dave Mark Inc.,
00:00:39 --> 00:00:42 promoter, event planner, and all-around good guy.
00:00:43 --> 00:00:49 Just wanted to remind everyone that you can listen to us on the MBG Podcast
00:00:49 --> 00:00:53 Network along with a host of other great podcasts.
00:00:54 --> 00:00:57 That's the MBG Podcast Network. And
00:00:57 --> 00:01:04 also If you should happen Not to get a chance to listen to us On the night that
00:01:04 --> 00:01:09 we usually do the show Which is on Tuesday nights You can always Check us out
00:01:09 --> 00:01:14 over the weekend On Saturday morning At 10 a.m.
00:01:15 --> 00:01:21 On 101.5 The Fever With DJ Rives And our buddy Mr.
00:01:21 --> 00:01:26 Bobby Keys That's 10 a.m. on Saturday mornings, Eastern Time,
00:01:26 --> 00:01:33 that is, on 101.5 to Fever and DJ Riz. Okay?
00:01:34 --> 00:01:37 Hanging out with my partner, Mr. Leonard Young. What's going on, sir?
00:01:37 --> 00:01:42 Hey, Dave. Everything is good. This is Leonard Young, CEO of National Black
00:01:42 --> 00:01:48 Guide, DelawareBlack.com, black media specialist, all-around good guy. How goes it, Dave?
00:01:50 --> 00:01:57 Well, it's gone, man. It's gone. And it's been an interesting week and a half so far.
00:01:57 --> 00:02:06 You know, I had a birthday and then had to go to funerals for a couple of friends
00:02:06 --> 00:02:08 that I've known since I was a teenager.
00:02:08 --> 00:02:13 And, you know, dealing with other, you know, other things that,
00:02:13 --> 00:02:15 you know, I don't want to discuss at the moment.
00:02:16 --> 00:02:19 And then, you know, here it is.
00:02:20 --> 00:02:24 You know, you and I talk about this all the time. If you don't believe in global
00:02:24 --> 00:02:31 warming, you better start reading about it because this is the craziest weather there is.
00:02:31 --> 00:02:33 Did you see what it's supposed to be on Saturday?
00:02:34 --> 00:02:40 Somebody told me Friday is supposed to be 70 degrees, but I've not seen it myself.
00:02:40 --> 00:02:45 Yeah, Friday and Saturday is supposed to be up in the 70s on Friday.
00:02:45 --> 00:02:51 So maybe the groundhog wasn't wrong, man. maybe maybe the winter is finally
00:02:51 --> 00:02:55 breaking you know March is a strange month you know when it comes to weather
00:02:55 --> 00:03:00 anyway either it's gonna be cold or it's not gonna be cold so but,
00:03:00 --> 00:03:09 It's definitely been interesting, and, you know, hopefully everyone is enjoying
00:03:09 --> 00:03:13 Pisces season, because that's what it is, Pisces season. Oh, is it? Okay.
00:03:13 --> 00:03:18 So, but how about you? Everything okay with you? Yeah, everything good. Long weekend.
00:03:18 --> 00:03:21 And, I mean, I don't know if it was good. Oh, yep.
00:03:21 --> 00:03:27 So, my son, he had his Swimming State Championship, so I was there on Thursday
00:03:27 --> 00:03:29 for the prelim, Saturday for the finals.
00:03:29 --> 00:03:36 And he got fifth overall in the state of Delaware for the 100 butterfly with
00:03:36 --> 00:03:39 an eye-dropping time of 51.33.
00:03:40 --> 00:03:41 All right. Olympics.
00:03:43 --> 00:03:48 Is it possible? Does he think about the Olympics at all?
00:03:48 --> 00:03:53 Yeah, yeah. I mean, he thinks about now there'd have to be a whole lot more time he drops.
00:03:53 --> 00:03:56 But, you know, in his defense, he's still got two years.
00:03:56 --> 00:04:05 And if he keeps dropping time like he's been dropping time then you know hopefully
00:04:05 --> 00:04:10 at least the olympic trials you know qualifying for the olympic trials may be a possibility so,
00:04:11 --> 00:04:18 is he is he ranked nationally or regionally or anything so it's kind of hard
00:04:18 --> 00:04:24 they don't really have rankings like that, but, you know, in fact, I may have to look.
00:04:24 --> 00:04:30 So high school, probably not, but for like USA Swimming, which is the club team,
00:04:31 --> 00:04:36 everybody uses, so, you know, they have like software tracking the swimming and the meets.
00:04:36 --> 00:04:43 So, I mean, for his age 15, I mean, I'm sure he's ranked well,
00:04:43 --> 00:04:46 you know, I don't know if it's top 100 or top 10 or anything, but...
00:04:47 --> 00:04:51 You know, that right there is a very good question. I'm not even sure exactly
00:04:51 --> 00:04:53 where to go to look to see that.
00:04:53 --> 00:04:58 I mean, because they got rankings for everything else. They got rankings for soccer.
00:04:59 --> 00:05:04 They got rankings for basketball, football, lacrosse. I've seen rankings for
00:05:04 --> 00:05:06 everything. I'm sure they probably have something somewhere.
00:05:07 --> 00:05:11 Yeah, so I probably look at it. It just kind of sucks because the time he did
00:05:11 --> 00:05:15 for high school and club times don't convert.
00:05:16 --> 00:05:20 So if I was trying to look at this national rankings, it would be based on club.
00:05:21 --> 00:05:24 So they wouldn't have his high school time in there because it's,
00:05:24 --> 00:05:30 you know how it is, like you have to do it in their sport, so to speak, like in their league.
00:05:31 --> 00:05:36 Right. You know, it's kind of like if LeBron went to the Canadian Basketball
00:05:36 --> 00:05:39 League and, you know, scored 80 points, they wouldn't be like,
00:05:39 --> 00:05:42 okay, like, you know, it's like it's totally separate.
00:05:43 --> 00:05:47 Yeah, they're going to count towards his NBA total. Right. Yeah, so...
00:05:48 --> 00:05:53 Okay, well, that's good. Now, they still have an All-State swim team, don't they?
00:05:54 --> 00:05:57 Yes and no. And I'm glad you mentioned that, because I forgot to mention.
00:05:57 --> 00:06:02 He did get nominated to second team All-State.
00:06:02 --> 00:06:06 Okay, there you go. Yep, so with All-State, they kind of have a banquet.
00:06:06 --> 00:06:09 So I think they, unfortunately, there's another banquet either next week,
00:06:09 --> 00:06:13 Tuesday or Wednesday, for All-State. So we'll see.
00:06:14 --> 00:06:17 All right, cool, cool. Okay. Congratulations, Quincy.
00:06:18 --> 00:06:23 Mm-hmm. All right. Way to go. Way to go. Now, are you bragging on your daughter?
00:06:23 --> 00:06:25 Anything special going on with her, too?
00:06:26 --> 00:06:31 A word on the street. A little birdie told me that she may not,
00:06:32 --> 00:06:38 I'm sorry, her first choice for college may not be a PWI anymore.
00:06:38 --> 00:06:42 It may be an HBCU.
00:06:42 --> 00:06:46 Okay. So she's switching up, huh? Yep. And, of course, Dave,
00:06:46 --> 00:06:52 it may be one of the most expensive HBCUs out there. I'm talking about Spelman? Yes.
00:06:52 --> 00:06:59 Oh. I know. Oh, wow. What has she been watching? I don't know.
00:07:00 --> 00:07:04 She has been watching one of these movies, School Days, or something like that.
00:07:06 --> 00:07:12 So, wow. Okay. Well, I mean. Yes, I mean, we'll see.
00:07:12 --> 00:07:16 We'll see. Okay. All right. Okay, y'all got it, man. Go ahead and do it.
00:07:16 --> 00:07:24 Anyway, well, let's see what we got here. I wanted to, as we go in and get started with the show,
00:07:25 --> 00:07:33 Since they always cheat us with Black History Month, I told you I wanted to
00:07:33 --> 00:07:36 continue with a little bit of Black History.
00:07:36 --> 00:07:42 So I just wanted to read a couple things real quick, little-known Black History facts.
00:07:42 --> 00:07:45 The first one is, in 1890,
00:07:46 --> 00:07:50 George Washington Johnson, you would have added Johnson on there,
00:07:50 --> 00:07:54 was the first Black recording artist in the U.S.,
00:07:55 --> 00:07:59 Born a slave, Johnson was discovered as a street performer and was known for
00:07:59 --> 00:08:03 his naturalistic singing style that contrasts with the former style of other
00:08:03 --> 00:08:04 recording artists of the era.
00:08:05 --> 00:08:12 In 2014, the Library of Congress added his recording of the song,
00:08:12 --> 00:08:16 The Laughing Song, to the National Recording Registry.
00:08:16 --> 00:08:19 Little known history fact there.
00:08:20 --> 00:08:29 1939 Ethel Waters is the first black performer to appear on a on an American TV show,
00:08:30 --> 00:08:39 The Ethel Waters Show, her one-night variety special, aired on NBC back in 1939.
00:08:41 --> 00:08:44 Number, I mean, it's the third one.
00:08:44 --> 00:08:52 1940, Hattie McDaniel is the first Black actor to win an Oscar for her role
00:08:52 --> 00:08:54 as Mammy in Gone with the Wind.
00:08:55 --> 00:08:59 McDaniel won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1940.
00:09:00 --> 00:09:06 Seven decades later, seven decades later. Think about that. 70 years go by.
00:09:07 --> 00:09:11 Okay. Before the next one was ever awarded to a black actress.
00:09:11 --> 00:09:14 Who was that? I'm looking at Halle Berry.
00:09:15 --> 00:09:17 I knew you were going to say Halle Berry, but it wasn't Halle Berry.
00:09:17 --> 00:09:19 Okay. Say the question one more time.
00:09:19 --> 00:09:29 Okay. Who is the next actress seven decades later to win an Oscar for a role in a movie?
00:09:29 --> 00:09:31 And tell me who the first one was again.
00:09:32 --> 00:09:34 Hattie McDaniel for Going With the Wind.
00:09:36 --> 00:09:37 Halle Berry. Are you sure, Dave?
00:09:39 --> 00:09:44 No, it wasn't Halle Berry. You're missing somebody. And to be honest with you,
00:09:44 --> 00:09:46 Leonard, I would have said Halle Berry, too.
00:09:47 --> 00:09:51 But then since I'm looking at the answer, I would say, oh, that's right.
00:09:51 --> 00:09:54 I forgot about that. That happened before Halle Berry won.
00:09:55 --> 00:09:58 It was Monique for the movie Precious.
00:09:59 --> 00:10:03 Hold on, you said she won best what? Supporting actress.
00:10:04 --> 00:10:10 So I thought you said who won best actress. I said it was seven decades later
00:10:10 --> 00:10:15 before an actress won another Oscar.
00:10:16 --> 00:10:21 Say what? What'd you say? I know, I know. I was trying to figure out the best way to word it.
00:10:22 --> 00:10:26 I said it was seven decades later before another actress won an Oscar. That's what I said.
00:10:27 --> 00:10:32 I didn't say for Best Actress. Now, Halle Berry won for Best Actress. Yeah.
00:10:32 --> 00:10:36 She was the first one to win for Best Actress, if I'm not mistaken.
00:10:37 --> 00:10:44 But the next person to win an Academy Award for acting was Monique.
00:10:45 --> 00:10:52 Yep. And when she won, she honored Hattie McDaniel because Hattie McDaniel had,
00:10:52 --> 00:10:57 she always wore like a flower in her hair.
00:10:57 --> 00:11:00 All the time, like a gardenia.
00:11:00 --> 00:11:07 And so when Monique won the award, she had a gardenia in her hair to honor Hattie McDowell.
00:11:08 --> 00:11:11 Dave, I feel like you may have your information mixed up.
00:11:12 --> 00:11:19 Hold on. So let me ask this. The Academy Award and the Oscars are the same thing, right?
00:11:20 --> 00:11:23 Okay. So Halle Berry won in 2002.
00:11:24 --> 00:11:27 Monique won in 2010. Right.
00:11:28 --> 00:11:32 But Holly Berry went for Best Actress. Okay, so you're saying Best Supporting
00:11:32 --> 00:11:36 Actress. Yeah. All right. I'm just making sure.
00:11:37 --> 00:11:43 Yes. Okay. So Holly Berry was the first, if I'm not mistaken,
00:11:43 --> 00:11:46 black woman to win Best Actress.
00:11:46 --> 00:11:48 Yeah, she was. Okay. All right. There you go.
00:11:49 --> 00:11:52 All right. Because, Dave, you know I'm working on my quiz game,
00:11:52 --> 00:11:56 so I haven't seen this question many times. I don't know.
00:11:56 --> 00:12:00 No. Yeah, everybody always forgets about Monique winning that award.
00:12:01 --> 00:12:04 So here's one more.
00:12:04 --> 00:12:11 1948, Gordon Parks is hired as the first black staff photographer at Life magazine.
00:12:11 --> 00:12:16 The legendary American photographer got his break with Life magazine,
00:12:16 --> 00:12:23 hired him after publishing his acclaimed photo essay on the life of Harlem gang leaders.
00:12:25 --> 00:12:31 Parks remained at the magazine for two decades where he took photos of everyone
00:12:31 --> 00:12:33 from Muhammad Ali to Malcolm X.
00:12:34 --> 00:12:40 And I'll read one more. 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks is the first black person to
00:12:40 --> 00:12:42 ever win the Pulitzer Prize.
00:12:43 --> 00:12:48 Her book, Annie Allen, chronicles the evolution of a young black girl into womanhood through poetry.
00:12:49 --> 00:12:52 So there you go. Some little known black history. All right.
00:12:52 --> 00:12:57 So, Dave, I'll add on to it. I don't know if you know, but you know Gordon Parks had a son.
00:12:58 --> 00:13:02 Okay. His name is Gordon Parks, Jr. Yes, I did hear that.
00:13:02 --> 00:13:06 Yes. And he was the director of Superfly.
00:13:08 --> 00:13:11 You are correct. Yeah. Yep, I knew that.
00:13:12 --> 00:13:15 Of course you knew when I tell you the answer first. No, no,
00:13:15 --> 00:13:19 no, I knew that. I knew that because I was there at the movie theater when the movie came out.
00:13:20 --> 00:13:23 Well, no, you weren't because you were at Imitation of Life's End for the second
00:13:23 --> 00:13:26 time. So you actually missed the showing of Superfly. No, no,
00:13:26 --> 00:13:28 no. Let me see. Was that 1972?
00:13:30 --> 00:13:33 What year did it come out? 1972. Yep, there you go.
00:13:34 --> 00:13:40 Because I remember I had to go with my older cousin, her and her boyfriend.
00:13:41 --> 00:13:46 And I just never forget, there was a famous bathtub scene in that movie. Oh, my goodness.
00:13:48 --> 00:13:51 Did she cover your eyes? She tried.
00:13:52 --> 00:13:57 You know, so. But yeah, I remember going to the Warner Theater to see that.
00:13:58 --> 00:14:02 You don't know anything about the Warner Theater. I definitely did not.
00:14:02 --> 00:14:04 Yeah, that's way before your time.
00:14:04 --> 00:14:08 Yes, that was the number one movie theater in Wilmington.
00:14:08 --> 00:14:13 It was downtown, right across from where the Sheridan is now.
00:14:14 --> 00:14:19 Okay. What's that? Pennsylvania Avenue or Delaware Avenue? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:14:20 --> 00:14:25 Yep. That was a very popular theater. Very beautiful place, too, in fact.
00:14:26 --> 00:14:30 That's where we used to go see all the Bruce Lee pictures, everything.
00:14:30 --> 00:14:31 Shaft, everything was there.
00:14:33 --> 00:14:37 So, alright So, there you go There's your black history, folks,
00:14:39 --> 00:14:43 You know, we should keep Black History Month going through March,
00:14:43 --> 00:14:44 too. You know that? We really should.
00:14:45 --> 00:14:49 Okay. All right. All right. We got a few stories for you.
00:14:51 --> 00:14:57 A lot of black stuff going on here. So, let me talk about the first story.
00:14:58 --> 00:15:04 Titus says, Ooh, Lord, they met Nicki Minaj's wrist at the.
00:15:07 --> 00:15:14 NAACP awards trigger viral backlash. Now, first of all, let me say this before I go into the story.
00:15:15 --> 00:15:23 If you have a comedian hosting your show, what's the chances that he's not going to offend somebody?
00:15:23 --> 00:15:27 Or he's not going to offend somebody. I don't care what color they are.
00:15:27 --> 00:15:32 Because I watched Nikki Glaser do the Golden Globes. She went in on everybody.
00:15:34 --> 00:15:39 You can't ask a comedian to do the show and think that he's not going to upset somebody.
00:15:41 --> 00:15:45 Or she's not going to upset somebody. So, listen to this, folks,
00:15:45 --> 00:15:47 if you don't already know.
00:15:47 --> 00:15:51 Dion Cole opened with a church-style clapback.
00:15:51 --> 00:16:00 Dion did not waste any time, easing to his hosting duties at the 57th NAACP Image Awards.
00:16:00 --> 00:16:07 The comedian stepped onto the Pasadena stage and delivered a preacher-inspired
00:16:07 --> 00:16:13 monologue that left equal parts Sunday service and stand-up set.
00:16:13 --> 00:16:16 By the way, did you see any of this, by the way? No, I didn't.
00:16:16 --> 00:16:19 In fact, I didn't even know it was on until it was too late.
00:16:19 --> 00:16:22 Yeah, well, they replayed it like three or four times.
00:16:23 --> 00:16:28 I was watching it when it happened. Within minutes.
00:16:30 --> 00:16:33 The Nicki Minaj roast became the headlines of the night.
00:16:33 --> 00:16:40 Speaking in full preacher cadence, Cole framed celebrities as if they were praying
00:16:40 --> 00:16:42 prayer requests from the congregation.
00:16:42 --> 00:16:47 The tone was playful, but pointed, with jokes aimed across music,
00:16:48 --> 00:16:50 politics, and pop culture.
00:16:50 --> 00:16:55 Then he turned around, and he turned his attention to Nicki Minaj.
00:16:56 --> 00:17:01 And Nicki was not there, correct? Nikki was not there. Okay.
00:17:01 --> 00:17:04 Okay. And the room reacted instantly.
00:17:05 --> 00:17:10 The prayer that set off social media and character, Cole suggested the rapper
00:17:10 --> 00:17:13 needed a little divine correction.
00:17:15 --> 00:17:20 The joke referenced her past comments about cosmetic procedures and implied
00:17:20 --> 00:17:24 her recent public behavior needed some spiritual realignment.
00:17:25 --> 00:17:32 Laughter rippled throughout the ballroom as phones quietly began recording.
00:17:32 --> 00:17:35 The people started recording what he was saying.
00:17:36 --> 00:17:43 Lord, we want to bless our sister, Nicki Minaj, she said. She's been going through a lot lately.
00:17:44 --> 00:17:52 Lord, she hasn't been herself. I believe whatever is in her ass is affected by her brain.
00:17:54 --> 00:17:58 Lord, take it out of her ass, Lord That's what he says.
00:18:01 --> 00:18:08 The line nodded to Minaj's 2022 appearance on the Joe Budden's podcast,
00:18:08 --> 00:18:10 where she discussed butt injections.
00:18:11 --> 00:18:16 It also brushed against her criticism surrounding her vocal support of President
00:18:16 --> 00:18:19 Donald Trump, the current president of the United States.
00:18:20 --> 00:18:25 The mix of surgery jokes and politics gave the moment extra sting.
00:18:26 --> 00:18:35 Barbs Which is her Her fan club And the critics Flooded the timeline clips Of
00:18:35 --> 00:18:39 Nicki Minaj's Roast spreads across the Instagram And acts within minutes of
00:18:39 --> 00:18:42 the broadcast And the Barbs were not happy,
00:18:44 --> 00:18:49 They accused Coe's codes of crossing into body-shaming territory.
00:18:49 --> 00:18:54 Others defended the comment, calling it standard award show roasting.
00:18:55 --> 00:18:59 Coe later posted screenshots of graphic and explicit messages he said that he
00:18:59 --> 00:19:01 received after the show.
00:19:01 --> 00:19:07 Some included threats, while others hurled personal insults.
00:19:08 --> 00:19:12 Even Trump supporters joined the backlash, angered by the political undertone
00:19:12 --> 00:19:18 of the bid. award show humor in the viral era.
00:19:19 --> 00:19:23 Like I said, you should already know what's going to happen if you put a comedian
00:19:23 --> 00:19:27 in front of a mic doing an award show.
00:19:28 --> 00:19:32 Open monologues have served as comedian battlegrounds.
00:19:33 --> 00:19:38 Hosts traditionally poke at the powerful, knowing at least one joke will land awkwardly.
00:19:39 --> 00:19:43 This time, the Nicki Minaj roasts travel far beyond the ballroom walls.
00:19:43 --> 00:19:47 Supporters praised Cole's timing and fearless delivery.
00:19:47 --> 00:19:54 Critics argued the punchline felt unnecessary, given the constant scrutiny Minaj already has.
00:19:54 --> 00:20:06 The divide reflects how comedy now lives forever in clip-shareable form.
00:20:06 --> 00:20:11 In Minaj's polarizing public chapter, Minaj remains as one of the hip-hop's
00:20:11 --> 00:20:13 most influential stars.
00:20:13 --> 00:20:17 With multiple chart-chopping albums and global tours, she has built a brand
00:20:17 --> 00:20:22 rooted in bold visions, sharp lyricism, and direct fan engagement.
00:20:23 --> 00:20:27 Her recent political commentary, however, has complicated her public image.
00:20:28 --> 00:20:34 Some fans applaud her independence and refusal to conform. Others feel alienated
00:20:34 --> 00:20:40 by her alignment with the president during a tense political climate.
00:20:41 --> 00:20:42 And...
00:20:43 --> 00:20:49 That context makes for Nicki Minaj's roast feels less like a random jab and
00:20:49 --> 00:20:51 more like a cultural commentary.
00:20:51 --> 00:20:58 So a lot of people feel, I mean, you know, we have a lot of comments in reference
00:20:58 --> 00:21:01 to Nicki Minaj and her alignment with the president.
00:21:01 --> 00:21:05 Some people said she was doing it for personal game, you know,
00:21:06 --> 00:21:13 she is not, does not have to worry about deportation, even though she used to
00:21:13 --> 00:21:15 brag about not being, you know,
00:21:15 --> 00:21:20 a citizen of the United States, and all of a sudden she is a citizen now, from what I understand.
00:21:21 --> 00:21:27 So, I mean, she's gotten some perks from this relationship she has with Donald Trump.
00:21:28 --> 00:21:34 But sometimes you have to laugh at yourself when you are in the spotlight the
00:21:34 --> 00:21:40 way you are because, I mean, all celebrities are open.
00:21:40 --> 00:21:44 It's open season on all celebrities when it comes to these type of things.
00:21:44 --> 00:21:48 If you show up, there's a possibility that something's going to happen,
00:21:48 --> 00:21:54 just like we found out in the Oscars a few years ago with the famous Will Smith situation.
00:21:54 --> 00:21:57 So, you know, what's your thoughts on all this?
00:21:58 --> 00:22:01 I mean, I agree. You know, I think if you are a celebrity, if you are somebody
00:22:01 --> 00:22:05 in the spotlight, then just as much as you're going to be praised,
00:22:05 --> 00:22:06 you're going to be criticized.
00:22:06 --> 00:22:10 And I think it's just part of the game.
00:22:11 --> 00:22:16 So I think it's where it comes to people who are fans or fanatics.
00:22:17 --> 00:22:21 You know, they take stuff very personal when, you know, it's almost like,
00:22:22 --> 00:22:23 you know, someone talks about Beyonce.
00:22:23 --> 00:22:26 Say you know people are going to come to our rescue even though they've never
00:22:26 --> 00:22:32 met her you know she don't move but yeah i think comedy in general is just very
00:22:32 --> 00:22:36 censored now we're back and i mean not to make it right or wrong but back in
00:22:36 --> 00:22:38 the day you know the community used to say some of anything,
00:22:39 --> 00:22:46 and keep on going but now it's very what was it cancel culture cancel culture
00:22:46 --> 00:22:50 yeah so i don't i You know, I don't know.
00:22:51 --> 00:22:54 Well, it only seems, but do you agree or disagree?
00:22:54 --> 00:23:00 The Council of Culture only sees the effect mostly black communities.
00:23:02 --> 00:23:07 But, you know, I blame that on... Because the white community is saying... Some of them.
00:23:08 --> 00:23:11 You know, Dice Clay has been doing it for years.
00:23:13 --> 00:23:16 But he's not... Like, I'm trying to think of mainstream... You know,
00:23:16 --> 00:23:20 of course, if they're in back alleys and, you know... But, like,
00:23:20 --> 00:23:22 I'm trying to think of, like, mainstream people.
00:23:23 --> 00:23:25 They kind of... You know, they kind of know better.
00:23:27 --> 00:23:31 Like, didn't we do the story last week on the label HGTV?
00:23:32 --> 00:23:35 And she said like you know so i mean it's
00:23:35 --> 00:23:37 kind of like that where she said it
00:23:37 --> 00:23:40 and everyone was in an uproar you know she got
00:23:40 --> 00:23:43 a show canceled you know of course all
00:23:43 --> 00:23:47 the white people came to her rescue and said oh it was a mistake but
00:23:47 --> 00:23:50 you know still at this end of the day i feel
00:23:50 --> 00:23:53 like mainstream people still at this
00:23:53 --> 00:23:56 point can't say that well it's
00:23:56 --> 00:24:00 just like the whole thing with the
00:24:00 --> 00:24:05 davidson last week you know everybody sort
00:24:05 --> 00:24:07 of kind of came to his defense because they were
00:24:07 --> 00:24:10 saying that he had tourettes that it
00:24:10 --> 00:24:15 was you know that they shouldn't hold it against them that much but you know
00:24:15 --> 00:24:20 when you talk to people who are experts on tourettes or people that have it
00:24:20 --> 00:24:25 they say no there's some situation you can control and you find yourself in
00:24:25 --> 00:24:28 certain environments that's not the first time he did something like that,
00:24:29 --> 00:24:33 you know, and why didn't he do it when the white people was on stage?
00:24:34 --> 00:24:38 Well, so they said that he said some homophobic stuff when some white people are on state.
00:24:39 --> 00:24:43 I mean, but, you know, it got. Yeah, it got censored out. Yeah,
00:24:43 --> 00:24:45 it got censored out. That's what I'm saying.
00:24:46 --> 00:24:49 But so and I agree.
00:24:49 --> 00:24:52 And Dave, you know, I agree with the trust thing. Like, you know,
00:24:52 --> 00:24:58 I know they cannot control it, but he still could have apologized because sometimes.
00:24:59 --> 00:25:05 And he still hasn't. Because sometimes it's not what you do is how you make people feel. Right.
00:25:06 --> 00:25:10 So it's kind of like that moment was very offensive to a lot of people.
00:25:10 --> 00:25:15 And even though, you know, he would have gained so much more respect if he was
00:25:15 --> 00:25:20 like, hey, I have Tourette's apologize for what I said. Like, I'm not in control.
00:25:20 --> 00:25:24 So, you know, like that, that would have I mean, you know, people still would
00:25:24 --> 00:25:27 have been, you know, probably give him the finger and, you know, whatever.
00:25:27 --> 00:25:31 But, you know, at least I feel like he would have gotten a little bit more respect.
00:25:32 --> 00:25:36 And anyone who maybe knows someone with Tourette's could kind of understand that more.
00:25:36 --> 00:25:41 It's almost like if I'm driving a car and I'm super, super tired.
00:25:42 --> 00:25:46 And I mean, this analogy ain't great. But if I fall asleep and I run into something
00:25:46 --> 00:25:49 and damage someone's property, I'm not going to be like, oh,
00:25:49 --> 00:25:52 well, I had to sleep like I was tired.
00:25:52 --> 00:25:54 You know, I'd be like, oh, no, I fell asleep. I'm sorry. You know,
00:25:55 --> 00:25:57 I mean, like, I don't know. There was no apology in what he said.
00:25:58 --> 00:26:03 No, not at all. And it was funny because that brings back one of the things,
00:26:03 --> 00:26:09 excuse me, that when Wichita Colm was doing his monologue, Deion Cole was doing
00:26:09 --> 00:26:14 his monologue, and he mentioned the whole thing with Nicky, one of the other things he said was.
00:26:15 --> 00:26:20 Now, if there's a white guy in this room with Tourette's.
00:26:21 --> 00:26:26 Do me a favor, read the room. All right. Black people in there.
00:26:26 --> 00:26:29 And, you know, you can hear some people laugh and you're, some people go,
00:26:29 --> 00:26:33 ooh, you know, that type of thing, you know. He said, do me a favor, read the room.
00:26:34 --> 00:26:37 You know, so, like, don't do it here.
00:26:37 --> 00:26:40 Right. You know, so that's going to be a problem, so.
00:26:41 --> 00:26:47 You know, so. But it was just interesting, you know, with the whole reaction.
00:26:47 --> 00:26:51 And of course, you know, with Nikki You know, right now,
00:26:52 --> 00:26:55 She's on the microscope for almost everything But like I said,
00:26:55 --> 00:27:01 you know If you don't want to have These type of things, I mean You can't hire
00:27:01 --> 00:27:07 a comedian And don't think that they're not going to talk About people or current events I mean,
00:27:07 --> 00:27:13 you know, it's like With Saturday Night Live If you don't want to see Certain
00:27:13 --> 00:27:17 things Don't turn Saturday Night Live on Because they're going to definitely
00:27:17 --> 00:27:19 talk about current things.
00:27:19 --> 00:27:25 They talk, you know, their opening scene is always about, usually about something that Trump did.
00:27:25 --> 00:27:29 I mean, you know, so, or did not do, so.
00:27:30 --> 00:27:33 But this is the world we are in, man. This is where we are, so.
00:27:35 --> 00:27:39 All right, we're going to move on to our next story. Dorothy Butler Gilliam,
00:27:40 --> 00:27:44 the first black woman reporter hired at The Washington Post,
00:27:44 --> 00:27:47 donates $10 to laid off reporters.
00:27:48 --> 00:27:52 It said after making history as the first black woman at The Washington Post,
00:27:52 --> 00:27:57 Dorothy Butler Gilliam is supporting the reporters hit with the mass layoffs.
00:27:58 --> 00:28:03 When you spend a lifetime fighting for representation in American newsroom,
00:28:03 --> 00:28:06 watching history repeat itself hits differently.
00:28:07 --> 00:28:11 Dorothy Butler, Gilliam Knowles knows this better than anyone.
00:28:11 --> 00:28:19 The legendary journalist who in 1961 became the first black woman ever hired as a,
00:28:20 --> 00:28:27 reporter at the Washington Post was taken when the news broke in early February
00:28:27 --> 00:28:35 of mass layoffs at the very paper that launched her career. He, um.
00:28:36 --> 00:28:40 She said, it made me feel very sad, even upset, Gilliam said,
00:28:41 --> 00:28:45 because I know many people read the post and depend on the post.
00:28:45 --> 00:28:47 And this certainly is one of
00:28:47 --> 00:28:53 those times when we need some balance in the information that's available.
00:28:53 --> 00:29:02 Turning her emotions into action, the 89-year-old donated $10 to the GoFundMe
00:29:02 --> 00:29:06 established for a laid-off Washington Post.
00:29:06 --> 00:29:11 Guild members, which now has raised over $500.
00:29:11 --> 00:29:14 Oh, wow. They're raising some money. Yeah. Yeah.
00:29:14 --> 00:29:20 So now I wonder how many there are that are out of work right now.
00:29:20 --> 00:29:22 I don't think it has. No, it doesn't.
00:29:23 --> 00:29:25 I was inspired by the people who work
00:29:25 --> 00:29:29 at the paper who continue to make a significant difference in the city.
00:29:29 --> 00:29:35 Gilliam said of her large donation from 1961 to 65, Gilliam worked as a freelancer
00:29:35 --> 00:29:37 for the Washington Post.
00:29:37 --> 00:29:43 In 1971, she returned to the Post as assistant editor of the style section,
00:29:44 --> 00:29:49 a role where she kept until her retirement in 2003.
00:29:50 --> 00:29:58 Despite the breaking barriers as the first black female reporter in the Legacy's newspaper.
00:29:59 --> 00:30:06 Newsroom still faced adversity as a reporter at the time when segregation was still very public.
00:30:08 --> 00:30:13 Trials, she documents in her memoir, Trailblazer.
00:30:14 --> 00:30:18 Unfortunately, the nation's capital was very segregated in 1961.
00:30:18 --> 00:30:26 A journalist turned off to said during a book release in 2019, President John F.
00:30:26 --> 00:30:31 Kennedy was talking about some things that needed to happen for the black population.
00:30:31 --> 00:30:38 But as a reporter, when I would get my daily assignments and go out to try to
00:30:38 --> 00:30:42 hail a taxi to cover it, it took forever.
00:30:43 --> 00:30:49 I would walk and try to write my story and get back to follow it before the deadline.
00:30:50 --> 00:30:56 Now, in the wake of the Trump administration, Aggressive anti-DEI push.
00:30:58 --> 00:31:03 The advances Gilliam and her colleagues worked so hard to build are being actively
00:31:03 --> 00:31:06 dismantled across the industry.
00:31:07 --> 00:31:13 So, can you imagine being somebody who is a pioneer and.
00:31:14 --> 00:31:17 And going through everything that she went through as a black journalist.
00:31:18 --> 00:31:23 And then, you know, getting established and everything, being able to make things
00:31:23 --> 00:31:26 better for the people who came after her.
00:31:26 --> 00:31:32 And now Trump is doing what he's doing with erasing DEI, you know,
00:31:32 --> 00:31:35 with the DEI programs and so forth.
00:31:35 --> 00:31:38 And now he's got these people out here.
00:31:38 --> 00:31:42 A lot of them are laid off or whatever, you know.
00:31:42 --> 00:31:49 And, you know, journalism is being replaced by all the stuff we see on social media now. Right.
00:31:49 --> 00:31:53 So there's no real journalists out there, hardly anymore.
00:31:53 --> 00:31:58 And especially when it comes to black ones, you know. So, you know,
00:31:58 --> 00:32:01 for her to do something like this was really great.
00:32:01 --> 00:32:04 I mean, I know $10, you say $10, you think to yourself,
00:32:04 --> 00:32:06 that's not a lot of money these days.
00:32:06 --> 00:32:09 No but if you're if you're if you're not
00:32:09 --> 00:32:11 working yeah you're not getting paid it's a
00:32:11 --> 00:32:14 lot of money and especially if you're living in dc your
00:32:14 --> 00:32:18 rent may be three three to four thousand right that's what i'm saying your rent
00:32:18 --> 00:32:24 will be almost ten thousand dollars in dc imagine dc living in dc or new york
00:32:24 --> 00:32:34 yeah so so and she's 89 years old so you know she took ten thousand dollars get this in mind, too.
00:32:34 --> 00:32:36 She took $10 of her own money.
00:32:37 --> 00:32:41 So can you go and take $10 and donate to somebody right now?
00:32:42 --> 00:32:45 Shoot, I don't know if I can take $10 out.
00:32:47 --> 00:32:50 $10 is like, whoa, what you doing with this?
00:32:50 --> 00:32:58 Yeah, there you go. The bank be like, hey, you know, we don't usually talk like this.
00:33:00 --> 00:33:04 So this conversation I'm a little concerned about right now.
00:33:04 --> 00:33:07 You're asking me for what? You know, that's how the conversation would go.
00:33:10 --> 00:33:14 But, you know, I think it's a fascinating story, especially the fact that you
00:33:14 --> 00:33:20 had this 89-year-old pioneer herself get involved and donate money of her own money.
00:33:20 --> 00:33:28 That shows how much she cares about an art form that definitely is dying. Right.
00:33:29 --> 00:33:33 And trying to keep, you know, the people who still work this,
00:33:33 --> 00:33:39 you know, in this field, you know, keep them going while they're,
00:33:39 --> 00:33:42 you know, laid off during this time.
00:33:42 --> 00:33:48 For them to raise $500, that's pretty cool, you know. Yeah, I agree.
00:33:49 --> 00:33:52 Hopefully they make sure everybody gets the money, you know.
00:33:53 --> 00:33:58 That's the thing. When you start doing those GoFundMe, you always wonder how
00:33:58 --> 00:34:01 the money distribution goes, you know.
00:34:03 --> 00:34:06 But I just thought that was a good story especially since we just had Black
00:34:06 --> 00:34:08 History Month so I just wanted to,
00:34:09 --> 00:34:12 bring that up. Agreed. All right.
00:34:12 --> 00:34:15 Well, Dave, so my next story, try to lighten the mood a little bit from all
00:34:15 --> 00:34:18 this Trump and wartime stuff.
00:34:19 --> 00:34:23 So I came across this article on blacknews.com and it says black girl in the
00:34:23 --> 00:34:28 fourth grade from California is now taking college classes.
00:34:28 --> 00:34:33 Dave, let me ask you this. How old were you when you started taking college classes? Forty-five.
00:34:36 --> 00:34:43 So this girl has got you beat 11 times over. Yeah, yeah. That's crazy.
00:34:44 --> 00:34:49 How many stories have we done about young kids taking these college classes?
00:34:49 --> 00:34:51 I don't get it. It's scary. Fourth grade.
00:34:52 --> 00:34:56 Yeah. So Honey Cooper. Yes, Dave, you heard it right.
00:34:56 --> 00:35:01 Honey Cooper is an African-American girl from San Bernardino, California.
00:35:02 --> 00:35:05 Just in fourth grade. And she's
00:35:05 --> 00:35:10 taking college courses while she's accelerating in elementary school.
00:35:10 --> 00:35:17 So she takes classes at San Bernardino County College, of course, in California.
00:35:18 --> 00:35:21 And let's see what else it says for her.
00:35:21 --> 00:35:26 So outside the classroom, of course, she takes the college classes with older students.
00:35:26 --> 00:35:32 Can you imagine being a college student and you look over and,
00:35:32 --> 00:35:35 you know, you're trying to ask somebody what the teacher meant or,
00:35:35 --> 00:35:37 like, you know, what they just explained,
00:35:37 --> 00:35:41 and it's a little girl who is literally in fourth grade sitting next to you
00:35:41 --> 00:35:45 trying to explain some college-level concept to you?
00:35:46 --> 00:35:51 You know, what I'd be tripping about is the little girl is tops in the class,
00:35:51 --> 00:35:55 and you got a bunch of adults that sit in that class, and this girl is the tops
00:35:55 --> 00:35:56 in the class with grades.
00:35:56 --> 00:36:01 The fact that she's able to do that, And what college does she attend?
00:36:01 --> 00:36:06 So she has a community college, San Bernardino Community College in California.
00:36:07 --> 00:36:11 What kind of clearance are one that these kids have to get in order to be able
00:36:11 --> 00:36:12 to be enrolled in those schools?
00:36:13 --> 00:36:17 Right, right. Because something has to happen, right? You just don't send a
00:36:17 --> 00:36:21 four-year-old, I mean, a fourth grader to college.
00:36:22 --> 00:36:28 Yeah, so here it says that the assistant superintendent of the district,
00:36:28 --> 00:36:35 school district, kind of recognized her talent and encouraged not only her,
00:36:35 --> 00:36:41 but other public school students to enroll at the community college.
00:36:42 --> 00:36:50 And this young black genius, Honey, has applied this month and started taking
00:36:50 --> 00:36:53 an art course this month.
00:36:54 --> 00:36:59 So, you know, she may not be taking like the hardcore entry-level college classes,
00:37:00 --> 00:37:04 but she is taking a college class at the community college.
00:37:05 --> 00:37:10 Now, I wonder how much pressure she feels on doing this.
00:37:12 --> 00:37:16 Or whether it's something that she really is enjoying. I don't know,
00:37:16 --> 00:37:18 Dave. The world will never know.
00:37:18 --> 00:37:23 So they don't have any comments from her about how she likes school or anything?
00:37:23 --> 00:37:27 So the only thing she says is, and this is her quote, she says,
00:37:27 --> 00:37:31 it's a lot, but if you really balance it, it could go really smoothly.
00:37:32 --> 00:37:37 All right, Dave? So just know if you ever go back, it can be a lot, but just balance it.
00:37:38 --> 00:37:44 So her mom says that she wants to be a surgeon an artist or a fashion designer?
00:37:45 --> 00:37:51 A surgeon or artist or a fashion designer? Yeah. Yeah.
00:37:52 --> 00:37:54 That right there, little honey Cooper.
00:37:58 --> 00:38:06 Well, I hope she has plenty of people who care about her around her all the
00:38:06 --> 00:38:10 time because you also got to worry about you know, she's young,
00:38:10 --> 00:38:13 she's I mean, if she's there on the campus,
00:38:14 --> 00:38:17 then, you know, you definitely have to have somebody keeping an eye out for
00:38:17 --> 00:38:19 her, you know, because, you know. Oh, yeah, I'm sure.
00:38:20 --> 00:38:23 Yeah, because that's crazy.
00:38:23 --> 00:38:31 Wow. Okay. All right. All right, honey. It's all about you. Right. You know. So.
00:38:33 --> 00:38:38 All right. Well, let's go back to the ratchet. Okay, here we go. Okay, here we go, Eddie.
00:38:40 --> 00:38:46 Thank you, Leonard. Okay. Smoothie King fires black employee after refusing
00:38:46 --> 00:38:48 service to Trump supporters.
00:38:49 --> 00:38:55 It says, Former Smoothie King employee faces harassment from the right wing
00:38:55 --> 00:39:02 after refusing to serve a couple wearing a Trump hoodie in a viral video.
00:39:03 --> 00:39:06 Smoothie King has fired two employees,
00:39:07 --> 00:39:14 for their refusal to serve a man wearing a Trump hoodie in an incident.
00:39:15 --> 00:39:19 Dave, did we lose you? All right, if you can give us a second.
00:39:19 --> 00:39:22 I think Dave may have lost his mic.
00:39:23 --> 00:39:28 I see him, but I did not hear him. Oh, it looks like Dave just dropped off.
00:39:31 --> 00:39:35 All right, so we'll just give it a second, and see if he comes back on so he
00:39:35 --> 00:39:38 can finish his story about Smoothie King.
00:39:39 --> 00:39:44 David, are you back with us? Yeah, not sure what happened. Sorry about that,
00:39:44 --> 00:39:46 folks. We had some technical difficulties there.
00:39:46 --> 00:39:48 No, no, no, no. We did not.
00:39:49 --> 00:39:53 Leonard had some technical difficulties. I was trying to not say his name,
00:39:54 --> 00:39:55 but he wouldn't let me not do it. Okay.
00:39:56 --> 00:40:05 Anyway, I was saying that the outlets report to be Erika Lindmeier in the video,
00:40:05 --> 00:40:08 Lindmeier and her disproportionately,
00:40:11 --> 00:40:16 impact the journalists of color. Oh, I'm sorry. I made a mistake there.
00:40:17 --> 00:40:21 Lindmeier and her got the stories all confused here.
00:40:21 --> 00:40:28 Leonard screwed up with the He got me all just combobulated, folks. I'm sorry.
00:40:29 --> 00:40:34 Husbands are seeing seen interacting with Smoothie King employees who refused
00:40:34 --> 00:40:38 to serve them, citing discomfort with the man's pro-Trump hoodie.
00:40:38 --> 00:40:43 Their refusal sparked a verbal back and forth, during which Lynn Meyer accused
00:40:43 --> 00:40:45 them of discrimination.
00:40:45 --> 00:40:52 Smoothie King has fired the two employees after they refused to serve the man and his wife.
00:40:54 --> 00:41:02 And let me ask you, if somebody walked up to you, well, it's your business. and,
00:41:04 --> 00:41:06 say is a couple or two couples and they
00:41:06 --> 00:41:10 walk up to you and they all clearly visibly
00:41:10 --> 00:41:14 say have on their
00:41:14 --> 00:41:22 trump's supporter hoodies or t-shirts or whatever do you have a problem with
00:41:22 --> 00:41:28 them i mean you know based on what they have on or do you let it do you try
00:41:28 --> 00:41:31 to look past that when it comes to,
00:41:31 --> 00:41:34 you know, as far as being a business owner and a business operator.
00:41:35 --> 00:41:39 What's your thoughts on that? Well, Dave, you know, we have the campground and
00:41:39 --> 00:41:43 we are in Trump territory. So we always have Trump people coming in.
00:41:43 --> 00:41:48 And I mean, at the end of the day, you know, I think first I used to prejudge.
00:41:49 --> 00:41:54 And now I kind of take it based on the person. And I just say.
00:41:55 --> 00:41:57 At first, people come in with some Trump attire, and I'm like,
00:41:57 --> 00:42:03 oh, man, they're racist, this, this, this, and maybe I'm not as nice, not as friendly.
00:42:04 --> 00:42:09 And then it came to the point where, and maybe it's just a down south thing,
00:42:09 --> 00:42:13 too, where people come in with a Trump shirt.
00:42:14 --> 00:42:20 There was a guy, and I actually had to tell him to take his Trump flag off the
00:42:20 --> 00:42:24 back of his car, because for some reason, they like to fly their flags on the
00:42:24 --> 00:42:25 back of their pickup trucks. Yeah.
00:42:26 --> 00:42:31 He had a Trump flag during the weekend of Black Music Fest.
00:42:32 --> 00:42:37 And I, you know, I had to go tell him and he was he was a country, country guy.
00:42:39 --> 00:42:44 But, you know, on the flip side, anytime he sees me and I mean,
00:42:44 --> 00:42:46 he doesn't live in the campground anymore.
00:42:46 --> 00:42:50 But, you know, this was before and after I had to tell him to take his Trump flag down.
00:42:51 --> 00:42:53 Anytime he saw me, he'd always stop and speak.
00:42:54 --> 00:42:57 You know, he always asked if I needed any help doing anything,
00:42:57 --> 00:43:00 you know, not not for money, just, you know, if I need any help.
00:43:03 --> 00:43:07 So, Dave, right out of the movie, one time I'm leaving the campground,
00:43:07 --> 00:43:10 I get in my car, my car will not start.
00:43:13 --> 00:43:16 You know, you know, it's one of the times it's getting dark. I got to hurry up.
00:43:17 --> 00:43:20 Either my wife got to be somewhere with kids, you know, like somebody had to
00:43:20 --> 00:43:21 do something. So, you know.
00:43:23 --> 00:43:26 For some reason, Dave, there was a period where we did not have any jumper cables
00:43:26 --> 00:43:28 around the campground. Like, I don't know where they were.
00:43:29 --> 00:43:33 Guess who rolls by in their truck? Wow.
00:43:34 --> 00:43:38 And Dave, I can't lie. I tried to hide. I tried to hide because,
00:43:38 --> 00:43:41 you know, I was like, I don't want to take his help.
00:43:41 --> 00:43:44 Dave, doesn't it sound like some stuff some white people would say to black
00:43:44 --> 00:43:46 people back in the day when they, you know?
00:43:47 --> 00:43:53 And but my hood was up and he was like leonard what's going on buddy,
00:43:55 --> 00:44:01 so they anyway long story short he jumped he jumped my car i was on my way and
00:44:01 --> 00:44:04 you know certain things make you feel bad about prejudging people so anyway
00:44:04 --> 00:44:07 but that's my story but did he,
00:44:08 --> 00:44:10 did did you feel like you owed him a favor,
00:44:12 --> 00:44:20 I don't know if I owed him a favor but I think I owed him some maybe some cultural
00:44:20 --> 00:44:24 fairness if that makes sense okay yeah.
00:44:27 --> 00:44:34 Well obviously these workers were not having it they were not having it that
00:44:34 --> 00:44:40 day and even though they you know they said that the,
00:44:40 --> 00:44:46 People wearing the Trump shirts were not trying to be combative or anything like that.
00:44:47 --> 00:44:52 You know, I mean, right now we're in a political climate, you know,
00:44:52 --> 00:44:58 where, you know, if you support the right, you're going to get talked about it.
00:44:58 --> 00:45:01 If you support the left, you're going to get talked about it. It doesn't matter.
00:45:01 --> 00:45:05 But because of the right is doing so many different things right now,
00:45:05 --> 00:45:08 you know, it's crazy, you know.
00:45:09 --> 00:45:13 I know if it was me and somebody walked in with, you know, a couple of people
00:45:13 --> 00:45:16 walked in and they got Trump shirts on, I'm going to say, oh,
00:45:16 --> 00:45:17 Lord, what do we got here?
00:45:17 --> 00:45:20 You know, right. And it's the same because we're going to do that.
00:45:20 --> 00:45:24 But they're going to do that to us if we walk in with Obama's shirt. Oh, yeah, definitely.
00:45:24 --> 00:45:30 Or Black Lives Matter. Yeah. Or Buy Black, you know, Black and Proud.
00:45:30 --> 00:45:37 Yeah. They're going to do that, too. So, um, yeah, I wonder if they,
00:45:37 --> 00:45:42 uh, gonna start a GoFundMe for these, for, for these people got fired. So, right.
00:45:42 --> 00:45:46 Yeah. Or they go work for another smoothie place. But anyway,
00:45:46 --> 00:45:48 but that's interesting.
00:45:48 --> 00:45:52 Uh, you guys are curious to know how you would react to this.
00:45:52 --> 00:45:56 Well, they, they, what would you, well, let me ask this.
00:45:56 --> 00:46:01 You work for the state. Like, if you had somebody coming into your office who
00:46:01 --> 00:46:05 needed help with something and they had on a, you know,
00:46:06 --> 00:46:14 I love Trump and maybe an FJB shirt, would you treat them any different?
00:46:14 --> 00:46:17 Well, I'm sorry. You can't answer
00:46:17 --> 00:46:21 that because then we'll have to do a GoFundMe for you after you get it.
00:46:22 --> 00:46:26 But I've been in that situation right now. Many times where people,
00:46:26 --> 00:46:30 you know, come in and they made it clear who their affiliation are,
00:46:30 --> 00:46:34 Joe, you know, and all you can do is just try to stay on course and do your
00:46:34 --> 00:46:36 job. That's all you can do.
00:46:36 --> 00:46:40 You know, I'm not going to engage in conversation politics, you know,
00:46:40 --> 00:46:45 because, you know, there's still the two things you don't want to talk about
00:46:45 --> 00:46:47 politics and religion. Right.
00:46:48 --> 00:46:53 Those are two conversations. They're either going to go right or it's going to go left.
00:46:53 --> 00:46:57 You know, so you try to avoid both of them.
00:46:58 --> 00:47:01 So if I see somebody like that and I can hear the way they're talking,
00:47:02 --> 00:47:05 because a lot of times you can listen to the conversation that people are having.
00:47:05 --> 00:47:09 You can tell, OK, I don't want to have a conversation with this person. Right.
00:47:10 --> 00:47:12 Because it's going to just upset me.
00:47:13 --> 00:47:17 And you try not to get too involved. So that's what I've learned to do over
00:47:17 --> 00:47:19 the years when it comes to these types of situations.
00:47:21 --> 00:47:26 So that's the way I leave it. Okay. All right. Yep. Yep. Keep, keep, keep hope alive.
00:47:29 --> 00:47:32 That's what we try to do. Keep hope alive. Okay.
00:47:34 --> 00:47:39 All right. Well, that brings us to Leonard's favorite part of the show, which is Dave's Corner.
00:47:40 --> 00:47:43 I tell you this every week because it is his favorite part of the show.
00:47:43 --> 00:47:47 So, Leonard, I got a simple question for you.
00:47:48 --> 00:47:53 Okay. Do you feel safe, based on what's going on in the world today,
00:47:54 --> 00:48:02 as an African-American citizen living in the United States? Yes, I do.
00:48:02 --> 00:48:05 And why is that? Why is that?
00:48:06 --> 00:48:11 So I think it's really because, you know, just trying to think this,
00:48:11 --> 00:48:14 and I was listening to something today and it was really interesting.
00:48:14 --> 00:48:19 And they said not too many people have attacked America, you know,
00:48:20 --> 00:48:21 not too many countries specific.
00:48:22 --> 00:48:27 And they mentioned, they said there were two times when America was attacked.
00:48:27 --> 00:48:29 Do you ever know what those two times were, Dave?
00:48:30 --> 00:48:32 Well, 9-1-1. Nope. Nope.
00:48:34 --> 00:48:37 Was it an attack, 9-1-1? We weren't attacked by a country.
00:48:38 --> 00:48:42 Well, who were we attacked by? By some, you know, radical terrorists.
00:48:42 --> 00:48:43 And where were they from?
00:48:45 --> 00:48:49 I actually don't know what. They were not from America.
00:48:49 --> 00:48:52 No, I agree. I agree. I mean, that was terrorists, but I'm talking about,
00:48:52 --> 00:48:55 like, countries going to war with America.
00:48:56 --> 00:48:59 Okay. And countries going to war with America.
00:49:01 --> 00:49:07 Pearl Harbor? Yep. So Pearl Harbor is one. And then the second one, no,
00:49:08 --> 00:49:15 no, the second one, they said, I don't know how long ago, but they said Israel
00:49:15 --> 00:49:20 had bombed some American fighter planes and people died.
00:49:21 --> 00:49:26 But Israel said it was an accident. And, you know, both sides kind of moved on.
00:49:27 --> 00:49:30 How long ago was this? I'm not sure.
00:49:30 --> 00:49:33 I heard someone mention on an Instagram thing. I didn't research it.
00:49:33 --> 00:49:37 So, you know, if I'm inaccurate, don't blame it on me.
00:49:38 --> 00:49:42 But do I feel safe? I do.
00:49:42 --> 00:49:45 Because, you know, I just think the chance, you know, Dave, and I mean,
00:49:45 --> 00:49:48 granted, Trump is a crazy guy.
00:49:48 --> 00:49:52 And, you know, we probably disapprove a lot about what he says.
00:49:52 --> 00:49:54 But I do feel like...
00:49:55 --> 00:50:00 Whether Trump is here or not, there's not too many countries that want war with America.
00:50:00 --> 00:50:07 You know, I think we if we're talking about people attacking countries on their
00:50:07 --> 00:50:12 home soil, I think we are very unlikely for that to happen.
00:50:13 --> 00:50:17 You know, hopefully, prayerfully. OK.
00:50:18 --> 00:50:23 OK. Well, now, now, Dave, if you said, do I feel safe being a black man in America?
00:50:26 --> 00:50:29 Moderately not not completely because you you know
00:50:29 --> 00:50:33 Dave it's a shame even if you don't got nothing wrong when that
00:50:33 --> 00:50:36 cop car gets behind you like there's a certain bit
00:50:36 --> 00:50:40 of anxiety that just no the anxiety gets
00:50:40 --> 00:50:45 real big because you know first of all you know you're wondering why you're
00:50:45 --> 00:50:49 getting stopped and all of this stuff but then when you're sitting there and
00:50:49 --> 00:50:52 you're trying to figure out what to do okay so I go in my glove compartment
00:50:52 --> 00:50:56 now or wait till they get over here and then you put your hands on the steering
00:50:56 --> 00:50:59 wheel trying to make sure they'd see your hands. You know.
00:51:01 --> 00:51:04 I'll never forget the last time I got stopped. That guy was a female cop,
00:51:04 --> 00:51:06 because she was really cool.
00:51:07 --> 00:51:12 Mm-hmm. And she stopped me because she said that I had a taillight out,
00:51:12 --> 00:51:16 which is, you know, you never know that until somebody tells me, you know? Right, so.
00:51:17 --> 00:51:21 And because I was trying to figure out why she stopped me, and I couldn't figure it out.
00:51:21 --> 00:51:24 And then she said, you got a taillight out. And I said, really?
00:51:24 --> 00:51:25 She said, yeah, let me show you.
00:51:25 --> 00:51:30 And so I said, she probably set me up or something, Because she told me to get
00:51:30 --> 00:51:31 out of the car to take a look.
00:51:32 --> 00:51:35 And when I go back, and sure enough, the taillight was out.
00:51:35 --> 00:51:38 She said, normally I would write you up for this, but I'm not.
00:51:38 --> 00:51:40 Because obviously you didn't know.
00:51:41 --> 00:51:45 But I would suggest getting that fix, you know, as soon as you can.
00:51:46 --> 00:51:52 Because the next time I see you, and you have, she asked me if I lived in the area, and I said yes.
00:51:52 --> 00:51:56 She said, well, the next time I see you, and I still see that light out,
00:51:56 --> 00:52:01 you know and I'm gonna give you give you like a week to get it fixed but if
00:52:01 --> 00:52:06 I see you doing this during the week after the week you know uh expires I'm
00:52:06 --> 00:52:12 gonna write you up because that means that you didn't care enough to fix it you know so,
00:52:13 --> 00:52:20 and she was real cool she let me go you know but it could have went so wrong you know because.
00:52:21 --> 00:52:25 You know she was a nice person but if I had one She was white?
00:52:25 --> 00:52:30 Yeah, she was white. She was white, and she was cool. I could tell she probably
00:52:30 --> 00:52:31 was new. I don't think she was...
00:52:32 --> 00:52:36 I don't think she's somebody... She just didn't give me the impression she's
00:52:36 --> 00:52:42 been with the force law, but enough to know what she was doing as far as that was concerned.
00:52:42 --> 00:52:45 But I just got the impression she may not have been there that long.
00:52:47 --> 00:52:49 But, yeah, definitely...
00:52:50 --> 00:52:56 Definitely have to be, your anxiety definitely has to be on 9 or 10 when you
00:52:56 --> 00:52:58 get pulled over by a cop. You know? Yeah.
00:52:59 --> 00:53:03 Because you just never know what might happen. You never know. Yeah.
00:53:03 --> 00:53:05 Yep. We've seen too many stories.
00:53:06 --> 00:53:13 Heard too many stories about what happened because on this particular day,
00:53:13 --> 00:53:16 you decided you're gonna do this.
00:53:17 --> 00:53:20 You know what I mean? And it's gonna get you jammed up.
00:53:20 --> 00:53:23 So, yeah, that's where we are.
00:53:24 --> 00:53:28 And the answer to, and my thought on the question asked was,
00:53:28 --> 00:53:31 I don't feel safe, to be honest with you.
00:53:31 --> 00:53:37 Not 100%. I probably feel about 20%, 25%.
00:53:38 --> 00:53:41 And that's because I don't like the person that's in charge.
00:53:41 --> 00:53:45 I just think that everything he does is more personal gain.
00:53:45 --> 00:53:50 And he doesn't care about anybody, you know? and,
00:53:51 --> 00:53:57 that he does to make sure we're relevant or that we feel that way.
00:53:57 --> 00:54:01 Now when you say we, black people or just anywhere? Yeah, that's what I'm talking
00:54:01 --> 00:54:03 about, black people. Okay, gotcha.
00:54:03 --> 00:54:06 Yeah, so that's what it is.
00:54:08 --> 00:54:15 Because, you know, you can't even feel safe walking down the street and if you
00:54:15 --> 00:54:20 go down the wrong street and you walk down the street that might be Trump supporters,
00:54:21 --> 00:54:23 and say they had to feed too much to drink.
00:54:24 --> 00:54:25 You never know what may happen.
00:54:26 --> 00:54:31 You know, so that's what I think.
00:54:31 --> 00:54:35 I don't feel 100% safe in this.
00:54:35 --> 00:54:39 Well, Dave, you better break out some of them. Bruce Lee moves,
00:54:39 --> 00:54:43 like you said, when he went to the Warner Street Theater back in the 70s.
00:54:44 --> 00:54:48 No, I'm going to have to get me one of those suits that my man John Wick always
00:54:48 --> 00:54:51 wore that had the bulletproof. The bulletproof suits that he always wore.
00:54:52 --> 00:54:56 Yeah, I think we all going to need to invest in that type of clothing sooner or later.
00:54:57 --> 00:55:01 Yeah, so. I'll tell you this before we end the show.
00:55:02 --> 00:55:08 Remember I always said that, you know, I won't go into a store or I'll leave
00:55:08 --> 00:55:12 the store if somebody comes with a gun on their hip. Yeah.
00:55:12 --> 00:55:15 I don't care, you know, who you are.
00:55:16 --> 00:55:21 And, you know, whether you're going to use that thing, because you never know.
00:55:21 --> 00:55:26 That could be somebody who's about to rob the place or whatever the case may be.
00:55:26 --> 00:55:31 You know, too many people are walking around with guns on their hips these days or whatever.
00:55:32 --> 00:55:36 I was going to go in the store the other day, and this woman walks up,
00:55:36 --> 00:55:39 and she said, Oh, I got the door for you. I said, Oh, thank you.
00:55:40 --> 00:55:43 And I looked at her, and she was a nice-looking person. So I looked at her and
00:55:43 --> 00:55:47 I said, I like your outfit that you had on.
00:55:47 --> 00:55:49 She had this warm-up, but it was a very nice warm-up.
00:55:50 --> 00:55:52 And I said, oh.
00:55:53 --> 00:55:54 And she said, are you talking about the gun?
00:55:55 --> 00:56:03 She had like a Magnum something. Oh, no, I'm sorry. She had a Beretta. She had a Beretta.
00:56:04 --> 00:56:09 You know anything about Beretta guns. And that thing was big too,
00:56:09 --> 00:56:10 man. It wasn't no small gun.
00:56:11 --> 00:56:14 And I said, you always walk around with your gun? She said, it all depends on
00:56:14 --> 00:56:18 whether I feel like I'm going to have to use it or not. Leonard, I walked out the store.
00:56:20 --> 00:56:24 I didn't even want to know. I didn't even know what she was going in there to
00:56:24 --> 00:56:28 do, whether she had a store to settle with somebody. But I wasn't staying around
00:56:28 --> 00:56:30 to find out. I walked right out the store.
00:56:30 --> 00:56:34 Right. I get it. At the end of the day, better be safe than a sorry.
00:56:34 --> 00:56:39 That's right. That's right. Because she had that thing on that clip.
00:56:40 --> 00:56:44 And I don't think she was a cop. I really don't, but she does look like she
00:56:44 --> 00:56:48 was all business that day. I said, let me keep it moving. I'm leaving.
00:56:49 --> 00:56:55 But there you have it, folks. That's our show for tonight. I hope it was informative. Hope you guys had.
00:56:57 --> 00:57:00 Interesting thoughts behind some of the stories we talked about.
00:57:01 --> 00:57:04 Anything you want to add before we sign off, Leonard?
00:57:05 --> 00:57:09 No, I think that's about it, Dave. You know, kind of like you said,
00:57:09 --> 00:57:11 keep Black History Month alive.
00:57:12 --> 00:57:17 Since, as you say, they gave us the shortest month. How about that? How about that?
00:57:18 --> 00:57:23 I'm going to ask the favor of everyone as we say goodnight.
00:57:23 --> 00:57:34 Keep the family Deirdre Adams who happens to be my ex-wife and my children's mother,
00:57:34 --> 00:57:41 my son's mother in your prayers and keep her in your prayers just do me a favor
00:57:41 --> 00:57:49 and do that please I appreciate it alright thank you everyone and we will talk
00:57:49 --> 00:57:52 to you next Tuesday have a good night,
00:57:53 --> 00:57:55 Bye.