In this riveting episode of News and Trends with Dave and Len, the hosts delve into some controversial and eye-opening topics making the headlines. First, they discuss the security breach of the Tea App, an anonymous platform where women share experiences about men, which saw 13,000 users' photos and IDs leaked. This sparks a lively debate on the implications of such apps and the fine line between protection and invasion of privacy.
Next, they shift focus to Hollywood, where Sterling K. Brown takes a stand against colorism. He intentionally casts dark-skinned actresses as his love interests, challenging the industry's Eurocentric beauty standards and advocating for the representation of all shades of Black beauty. This segment explores the ongoing struggle against colorism in the entertainment industry.
Finally, the episode addresses a tragic shooting incident linked to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain condition associated with repeated head injuries. A former athlete's violent actions bring to light the devastating effects of CTE and the desperate need for awareness and intervention.
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00:01:25 --> 00:01:30 So we thank you for tuning in to us. And we got my partner, Mr.
00:01:31 --> 00:01:32 Leonard Young, waiting for me to introduce him.
00:01:33 --> 00:01:35 But, you know, I figured I'd be nice and bring him on.
00:01:36 --> 00:01:40 So what's going on, sir? Hey, Dave, that was the longest intro I ever heard.
00:01:40 --> 00:01:43 I know, I know, I know, I know. Just go ahead and take it, man.
00:01:44 --> 00:01:47 I started not to introduce you. I started to do the show. I'm sure, I'm sure.
00:01:47 --> 00:01:55 Well, Dave, all I got to do is put your mic on mute, and then I can just do
00:01:55 --> 00:01:56 the show like I really want to.
00:01:56 --> 00:02:01 I know, I know you always wanted to be a solo act. Yeah, I did, I did.
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00:02:06 --> 00:02:11 This is Leonard Young, CEO of DelawareBlack.com, National Black Guide,
00:02:12 --> 00:02:16 Black Media Specialist, all around good guy. How's everything going, Dave?
00:02:16 --> 00:02:20 How's it going, man? We're in the middle of a heat wave again,
00:02:20 --> 00:02:22 right? It's hot and I don't know what, man.
00:02:23 --> 00:02:26 The weather really switched up and here we are.
00:02:27 --> 00:02:30 But from what I understand, we're supposed to get some relief next week.
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00:02:35 --> 00:02:38 You do anything exciting over the weekend? no
00:02:38 --> 00:02:41 i'm trying you know it's like these weekends fly by
00:02:41 --> 00:02:45 this weekend damn i'm
00:02:45 --> 00:02:48 almost like what what happened this weekend i guess
00:02:48 --> 00:02:57 not yeah well it is what it is i mean you know it it was a quiet uh quiet weekend
00:02:57 --> 00:03:03 i just want to get my you know i'm sorry i did uh my stepdaughter's 16th birthday
00:03:03 --> 00:03:07 party and it was at a place called, and I never heard of, it was pretty cool.
00:03:07 --> 00:03:11 It was a place called something like Putt-Putt Philly, Putt Shack.
00:03:11 --> 00:03:13 It was called Putt Shack Philly.
00:03:14 --> 00:03:18 And basically, you know, almost kind of like how Topgolf, you know,
00:03:18 --> 00:03:22 kind of combines food and drinks and like a driving range.
00:03:22 --> 00:03:26 So Putt Shack Philly combined food and drinks.
00:03:27 --> 00:03:31 And then kind Kind of on the side, they had like they had two different nine
00:03:31 --> 00:03:35 old miniature mini golf courses. So, you know, that was fun.
00:03:35 --> 00:03:40 You know, went up there, had food, drank, celebrated a birthday and then we did putt putt.
00:03:40 --> 00:03:48 So, um, um, so actually my brother, my brother-in-law won and my brother-in-law's
00:03:48 --> 00:03:50 son, my nephew came in second.
00:03:51 --> 00:03:56 And it's so funny because they were talking about battling it out at dinner.
00:03:56 --> 00:04:00 And it's just so crazy that they actually literally battled it out.
00:04:00 --> 00:04:02 We probably had like 11 people in our group.
00:04:02 --> 00:04:06 So it was what it was.
00:04:06 --> 00:04:09 All right. All right. And her birthday was what day?
00:04:10 --> 00:04:14 So the party was on Saturday. Her actual birthday was Sunday.
00:04:14 --> 00:04:19 Okay. Yeah. And I want to give a shout out to my granddaughter, Alicia.
00:04:20 --> 00:04:27 Her birthday was actually Sunday too and she just started 16? Yeah, 16.
00:04:29 --> 00:04:34 So shout out to her. So we have two things in common there.
00:04:35 --> 00:04:41 Small world. And Dave, I would almost say what are the chances but of course
00:04:41 --> 00:04:43 we know whether there are 1 in 365.
00:04:44 --> 00:04:53 Something like that. Or maybe I guess, so if it's two birthdays that date, would it be one and 730?
00:04:54 --> 00:04:58 It could be. Which one would it be? It's something like that because let me
00:04:58 --> 00:05:01 tell you, when I went to church that day, there's two ladies.
00:05:02 --> 00:05:04 Matter of fact, Rosalind, who's been on our show in the past,
00:05:05 --> 00:05:10 it was her birthday and one of our ushers birthday also on Sunday.
00:05:11 --> 00:05:14 So, I don't know. That seemed to be a popular day for some reason.
00:05:14 --> 00:05:17 Yeah, nothing. 7 was a popular day.
00:05:18 --> 00:05:19 With somebody and the people over there.
00:05:21 --> 00:05:22 So happy birthday to everybody.
00:05:24 --> 00:05:28 But other than that, just kind of chill, didn't do anything.
00:05:29 --> 00:05:34 And, you know, the summer is just going by so fast. You know, today is 729.
00:05:36 --> 00:05:41 So we're going to go in August already. School will be back in the next couple of weeks.
00:05:41 --> 00:05:45 Yeah, I almost want to say don't rush it, but, you know, I kind of look forward
00:05:45 --> 00:05:46 to them going back to school.
00:05:48 --> 00:05:51 Yeah, okay. Well, you got one that's about to be a senior, right?
00:05:52 --> 00:05:55 Yep, senior, junior, sophomore, freshman. Oh, my God.
00:05:56 --> 00:06:04 Yeah, you got stair steps there. Okay. Well, at least you know every – well, no.
00:06:04 --> 00:06:11 Well, no. You got a senior this year. It's a sophomore. Yeah.
00:06:12 --> 00:06:16 Senior, junior, sophomore, freshman. You have another senior the following year.
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00:06:18 --> 00:06:23 Yeah, so for three years, you'd be getting ready. You're close to getting rid of kids. There you go.
00:06:25 --> 00:06:26 It's going to take about three years to have a choice.
00:06:29 --> 00:06:32 I'm sure. Yeah, there you go. All right.
00:06:33 --> 00:06:39 All right. Well, I guess we're going to let the folks know what we got in store
00:06:39 --> 00:06:40 from today. I had to laugh.
00:06:41 --> 00:06:44 You know, last week, Davey Horner really had some people perplexed later.
00:06:44 --> 00:06:50 I had all kinds of comments about that, by the way. So remind everybody what the question was.
00:06:51 --> 00:07:01 Well, it was the scenario about, you know, cheating on the test and you had to turn in two people.
00:07:02 --> 00:07:07 That you knew cheated on the test and who was it going to be and you had a choice
00:07:07 --> 00:07:09 of your girlfriend who was in
00:07:09 --> 00:07:13 your class, your best friend who was in your class and your first cousin.
00:07:14 --> 00:07:18 Man, a lot of significant, I mean, well, you're a significant other,
00:07:18 --> 00:07:21 I should say. A lot of significant others went down.
00:07:22 --> 00:07:26 I'll tell you that now. A lot of significant others went down.
00:07:26 --> 00:07:32 I just found that really interesting how people just turned on their people like that. Why?
00:07:34 --> 00:07:40 Yeah, I guess I should be asking why. Yeah, so I guess they look at loyalty.
00:07:40 --> 00:07:43 The best friend, I guess you would call a loyal person. And,
00:07:43 --> 00:07:46 of course, your family is loyal, you know, supposed to be anyway.
00:07:47 --> 00:07:53 Right. But, yeah, it was just funny. A lot of people were saying the significant
00:07:53 --> 00:07:55 other, and I was like, oh, okay.
00:07:55 --> 00:08:00 Keep that in mind, you know. So thank God I'm not in school right now,
00:08:00 --> 00:08:01 had that scenario going on.
00:08:02 --> 00:08:10 So, but anyway, we got a few things to talk to you guys about today and let's see. First story.
00:08:13 --> 00:08:18 Did we talk about this on the air or this was off the air last week when we
00:08:18 --> 00:08:19 talked about this, right?
00:08:20 --> 00:08:23 About the T app thing? Yeah, no, that was off the air.
00:08:24 --> 00:08:28 Okay, ironically, you know, so Leonard and I had this conversation about the
00:08:28 --> 00:08:33 T app and then all of a sudden, now we're dealing with,
00:08:34 --> 00:08:43 what just happened with the T-app. So the T-app hack leaks 13 users' photos and IDs.
00:08:45 --> 00:08:49 So I'm going to tell you about the T-app if you don't know what the T-app is.
00:08:49 --> 00:08:54 It's been like one of the most talked about things over the last couple of weeks, right, Leonard?
00:08:54 --> 00:08:59 You know, because of what the app was created for.
00:08:59 --> 00:09:06 But the T-app is a viral platform where women anonymously share experiences
00:09:06 --> 00:09:10 about men suffered a major security breach,
00:09:10 --> 00:09:18 exposing 72 images, including 13 selfies and government IDs.
00:09:19 --> 00:09:23 It says, as reported, a spokesman confirmed that the hack on Friday,
00:09:23 --> 00:09:30 noting the compromised data stems from a database over two years old,
00:09:30 --> 00:09:35 originally kept to comply with the cyber bullying laws.
00:09:36 --> 00:09:42 Designed as a safe space, T allows women to post reviews of men,
00:09:43 --> 00:09:47 labeling them as red flags or green flags.
00:09:47 --> 00:09:55 The app, which serves to the top of the Apple app store with nearly a million
00:09:55 --> 00:09:59 new signups requires users to submit selfies for verification,
00:10:00 --> 00:10:06 which are supposedly deleted after review to ensure an amenity.
00:10:07 --> 00:10:11 The breach has sparked outrage.
00:10:12 --> 00:10:22 With stolen images shared on platforms such as 4chan and x escalating concerns about users privacy,
00:10:23 --> 00:10:29 a company learned of the incident early friday and has since engaged third-party
00:10:29 --> 00:10:35 cyber security experts t adds engaged third-party cyber security experts and
00:10:35 --> 00:10:39 are working around the clock to secure its system.
00:10:39 --> 00:10:44 At the time, there was no evidence to suggest that additional user data was affected.
00:10:45 --> 00:10:50 They said that, and the spokesperson said in the statement, protecting TEU's
00:10:50 --> 00:10:53 privacy and data is the highest priority.
00:10:53 --> 00:10:58 TEU has taken every necessary step to ensure the security of the platform and
00:10:58 --> 00:10:59 prevent further exposure.
00:10:59 --> 00:11:06 So I'm going to stop right there. Now, this app has been talked about quite
00:11:06 --> 00:11:15 often especially recently we're trying to get people to trying to get people to understand,
00:11:15 --> 00:11:22 all that has to do with you know trying to get people especially women are trying
00:11:22 --> 00:11:28 to get people heads up on who these men are that people are dating or hooked
00:11:28 --> 00:11:34 up with or seeing i know you and I were talking about this briefly last week to Tiapple.
00:11:34 --> 00:11:37 You kind of pulled my co-tail about it. I didn't even know about it. Yeah.
00:11:39 --> 00:11:46 What's your thoughts on the whole Tiapple? So, I mean, the creation of it, I don't know.
00:11:46 --> 00:11:51 I think it's kind of, to me, it's kind of weird.
00:11:52 --> 00:11:55 And Dave, maybe it's just because I've been out the game for so long.
00:11:56 --> 00:12:00 But it almost sounds like instead of you
00:12:00 --> 00:12:04 know women kind of giving details
00:12:04 --> 00:12:06 about certain people when i looked at
00:12:06 --> 00:12:09 like the comments under people it seemed like they
00:12:09 --> 00:12:12 were more of hating on certain people and
00:12:12 --> 00:12:15 a lot of people were speaking and i'm sure
00:12:15 --> 00:12:18 some people were speaking truth but a lot of
00:12:18 --> 00:12:21 them were kind of speaking rumors so
00:12:21 --> 00:12:27 i mean i can definitely see that tf making some some people very very upset
00:12:27 --> 00:12:34 But I did see somewhere there was some guy who sent a cease and desist via the
00:12:34 --> 00:12:38 app store and it made the app take him off because, you know,
00:12:38 --> 00:12:43 I guess he didn't he didn't he didn't get permission for his picture to be up there.
00:12:43 --> 00:12:48 And, you know, like the social media sites and the apps are with permission
00:12:48 --> 00:12:50 to post other people's stuff.
00:12:50 --> 00:12:55 So now as far as the leak, you know, I just say, man, that that's crazy.
00:12:55 --> 00:12:57 And I think it's crazy in a bad way.
00:12:57 --> 00:13:04 I saw somewhere that, you know, because of the data leak, they were saying that
00:13:04 --> 00:13:08 some people, some men who were posted on the platform were.
00:13:10 --> 00:13:16 Can could could or can have access to see some of the people who posted stuff about them.
00:13:17 --> 00:13:22 And now this this was a rumor. But, you know, I guess there was a lady who posted
00:13:22 --> 00:13:23 something under some guy's picture.
00:13:24 --> 00:13:30 When the guy saw it, he knew exactly who that lady was because he knew what the comment meant.
00:13:30 --> 00:13:33 And I heard that he like went to try to go beat her up.
00:13:34 --> 00:13:39 So, you know, you know, I mean, we already know we got some crazy men and women out here.
00:13:40 --> 00:13:43 So, you know, I don't doubt things like that will happen.
00:13:43 --> 00:13:45 And, you know, one thing I saw that I thought was interesting,
00:13:46 --> 00:13:52 even though I just know, well, two things. One was there were women who were
00:13:52 --> 00:13:56 talking about kind of keeping the T app like a sisterhood app.
00:13:56 --> 00:13:59 And I say that in terms of they were telling each other, you know,
00:14:00 --> 00:14:04 don't share, don't share any of this information outside the T app,
00:14:04 --> 00:14:07 because once it gets out into public and social media,
00:14:07 --> 00:14:12 it's going to get shut down, which, you know, I would definitely think it's shut down now.
00:14:13 --> 00:14:15 I can't imagine people getting on it after the data leak.
00:14:16 --> 00:14:20 That's one. And then two, I was scrolling through social media and I'm assuming
00:14:20 --> 00:14:27 what I saw was correct, but they had the owner of the T app and it was a white guy.
00:14:28 --> 00:14:33 And people were kind of criticizing because it's like they had the whole T app,
00:14:34 --> 00:14:37 even with the name T, you know, like, you know, I mean, that's all right.
00:14:37 --> 00:14:42 There's a black black person's, you know, slang and, you know,
00:14:42 --> 00:14:44 oh, you know, what's the tea or, you know, whatever.
00:14:45 --> 00:14:48 So, you know, they were just talking about how he made this.
00:14:48 --> 00:14:54 And even though it's open to anybody, it was targeted and culturally enhanced
00:14:54 --> 00:14:55 to attract black people.
00:14:56 --> 00:15:02 Yeah, I'm pretty sure. And I'm sure that probably he probably has somebody that's
00:15:02 --> 00:15:03 a development or whatever,
00:15:04 --> 00:15:13 or maybe CEO or, you know, like person or somebody in the marketing department
00:15:13 --> 00:15:17 that's probably a person of color that probably helped with this, I'm sure.
00:15:18 --> 00:15:22 But they said this is the second incarnation of this app. Apparently,
00:15:22 --> 00:15:24 it was called something else at one point.
00:15:24 --> 00:15:32 Okay. I'm not sure. Yeah, it's not the first time that this was out and apparently
00:15:32 --> 00:15:37 it was called something else and then they decided to enhance it and whatever.
00:15:37 --> 00:15:41 But the fact that you have to give up government IDs and so forth as well,
00:15:41 --> 00:15:46 that's crazy to me. You know, and stuff is getting hacked to.
00:15:47 --> 00:15:56 That's not good. You know, especially to have all of this information to be leaked out there.
00:15:56 --> 00:16:02 And it seems it it almost sounds like to me it's probably an inside job. You think so?
00:16:02 --> 00:16:07 Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you know, you figure, you know,
00:16:07 --> 00:16:13 somebody who probably worked for one of the database connected to whoever developed
00:16:13 --> 00:16:16 it, probably because, you know, when you hear about a lot of these things,
00:16:16 --> 00:16:20 it's usually somebody that worked for the company that knows about,
00:16:20 --> 00:16:26 you know, the program and all of that kind of stuff who knows how to hack the
00:16:26 --> 00:16:31 program and get into it and create things. issues that they're having.
00:16:32 --> 00:16:37 I'm almost positive that this is probably somebody who knows something about
00:16:37 --> 00:16:41 how that system works or may have worked for the company.
00:16:42 --> 00:16:47 Or somebody they know worked for the company and they worked out some type of deal.
00:16:47 --> 00:16:53 I mean, you know, I mean, of course, now, of course, we have these hackers that
00:16:53 --> 00:16:56 just sit there all day long looking to do stuff like this.
00:16:56 --> 00:16:58 But what good is it?
00:16:59 --> 00:17:03 What good is it going on to a site like this and hacking it and releasing the
00:17:03 --> 00:17:05 photos? What does that gain?
00:17:06 --> 00:17:09 Or maybe maybe a disgruntled man on there.
00:17:11 --> 00:17:17 Let me ask you, what do you think? Now that it was hacked and 13 users'
00:17:17 --> 00:17:22 stuff and photos, do you think people will still go on there and use it like
00:17:22 --> 00:17:23 they were prior to the hack?
00:17:23 --> 00:17:26 Or do you think it's going downhill now?
00:17:27 --> 00:17:33 I think people will use it. But they'll probably be a little more secure about things.
00:17:34 --> 00:17:39 They probably won't be so forthcoming with the information. But everybody's always newsy.
00:17:40 --> 00:17:46 They want to find out tea. And that's what it's all about, is finding out what the tea is.
00:17:47 --> 00:17:56 Look, the biggest industry right now in social media is people talking about people.
00:17:56 --> 00:18:01 You know tasha k i mean
00:18:01 --> 00:18:07 wendy williams was the was the first one to really turn it into a multi-million
00:18:07 --> 00:18:13 dollar business you know you know but we've had all these people that's you
00:18:13 --> 00:18:19 know gary with the t and all these different people who who talk about people all day long.
00:18:20 --> 00:18:24 And people tune in for it. You know, people subscribe to their channels.
00:18:24 --> 00:18:27 People do, they listen to what they have to say.
00:18:28 --> 00:18:34 You know, everybody is interested in seeing how other people live their lives.
00:18:35 --> 00:18:41 So, yeah, I still think that people will go in there and register and do all
00:18:41 --> 00:18:46 the stuff that they need to do in order to find out the things they want to
00:18:46 --> 00:18:48 find out. I still believe it.
00:18:49 --> 00:18:55 That's if the app is still up and still working. I'm not sure at the moment.
00:18:55 --> 00:19:00 I don't think they shut it down, but I know I wouldn't be one of those people.
00:19:01 --> 00:19:02 No. Well, now let me ask you this.
00:19:03 --> 00:19:08 If you were a single man, or let's say you were, or for any single man,
00:19:09 --> 00:19:14 do you think something the opposite of the T would pop up where men,
00:19:15 --> 00:19:20 how, how do you think it would be criticized differently if there was an app
00:19:20 --> 00:19:27 based for men that you know had women there where you could comment on dating
00:19:27 --> 00:19:29 history and all that stuff.
00:19:30 --> 00:19:37 Because you know i feel like a lot of times um with certain things and if any
00:19:37 --> 00:19:41 of our viewers get upset i'm going to say dave said it but but but you know
00:19:41 --> 00:19:45 sometimes women can do certain things And I was, let's say,
00:19:45 --> 00:19:51 be active on these T-apps and they don't necessarily see anything wrong with
00:19:51 --> 00:19:53 it, which, which technically it's not,
00:19:53 --> 00:19:55 or it, you know, depending on the purpose intent.
00:19:56 --> 00:20:02 But, you know, I feel like if men had something like this, we'd probably be villainized for it.
00:20:03 --> 00:20:08 It may be a way, you know, because we'll be looking at it looked at as shaming
00:20:08 --> 00:20:14 women or talking bad about them or being verbally.
00:20:15 --> 00:20:21 This is a kind of way, I guess you could say, and being a cyber bully or whatever.
00:20:22 --> 00:20:27 But, you know, I figured this T-app, if it was done the right way, could be used for good.
00:20:28 --> 00:20:33 Where if you can go on anonymously and put people out there,
00:20:33 --> 00:20:37 if you're named and get out, get connected to it or whatever,
00:20:37 --> 00:20:44 and those people that are bad people and get outed on something like this,
00:20:44 --> 00:20:47 I think would be a great idea to keep people away from them.
00:20:48 --> 00:20:51 You know, if you know this person is a bad person and so forth and so forth,
00:20:51 --> 00:20:57 and you've experienced it or you know somebody that's experienced it,
00:20:57 --> 00:21:01 then that person needs to be put on an app like this and all of their business
00:21:01 --> 00:21:03 should be put out there, you know,
00:21:04 --> 00:21:10 and, and, you know, and it should be a caption that says, please stay away from this person.
00:21:10 --> 00:21:15 You know, so now if it was used in that kind of way, I think that would be a
00:21:15 --> 00:21:17 great thing, you know, but there, you know,
00:21:18 --> 00:21:21 this of course was being used in all kinds of different ways,
00:21:22 --> 00:21:26 you know, talking about, and it was mainly for men, but you know, they started,
00:21:27 --> 00:21:28 they, They also started one for women, too.
00:21:29 --> 00:21:32 Did you hear about that? I heard about that. Did you? Okay. Yeah,
00:21:32 --> 00:21:34 one for women, too. Yeah.
00:21:35 --> 00:21:40 But we're going to kind of see what happens with this because as these things
00:21:40 --> 00:21:44 get popular, we don't know how long they're going to be around because,
00:21:44 --> 00:21:46 you know, everything tends to be a fad these days. You know,
00:21:46 --> 00:21:49 we'll see it for a little while and then they'll disappear.
00:21:49 --> 00:21:53 So we'll see what happens with it. But it's just something to keep an eye on
00:21:53 --> 00:21:55 because everybody's talking about it right now.
00:21:55 --> 00:21:57 Right. Okay. So,
00:21:58 --> 00:22:01 Stay off of there, Leonard. Okay? There you go. Oh, Dave, you don't got to worry
00:22:01 --> 00:22:04 about me because I never even thought about it.
00:22:06 --> 00:22:09 Well, you don't have to. Somebody else has to think about it.
00:22:10 --> 00:22:13 Well, I mean, they can say whatever because it's been so long ago.
00:22:14 --> 00:22:20 Okay. Mr. Goody-Touch. Okay. But, you know, it's funny because technically you
00:22:20 --> 00:22:21 could be on there and not even know it.
00:22:21 --> 00:22:26 I know. All it takes is somebody to say, I'm going to put Dave's picture on there.
00:22:26 --> 00:22:30 I'm going to put Leonard's picture on there. just as a joke and
00:22:30 --> 00:22:33 all things happen i remember we
00:22:33 --> 00:22:36 were talking about dating apps last week and i
00:22:36 --> 00:22:41 remember that there was this one particular site i
00:22:41 --> 00:22:44 was on a dating app this year i'm talking about 30 years
00:22:44 --> 00:22:47 ago something i mean a long time ago you know
00:22:47 --> 00:22:50 and but this particular app
00:22:50 --> 00:22:53 had a big like it was part
00:22:53 --> 00:22:56 of a big network so if you went on one of
00:22:56 --> 00:22:59 their dating app pages you went
00:22:59 --> 00:23:02 on all of their pages your picture your profile went
00:23:02 --> 00:23:11 on all of their pages so i get a phone call from a friend of mine who said did
00:23:11 --> 00:23:19 you know that your profile is on such and such a page I said what page,
00:23:20 --> 00:23:22 it was a gay it was a gay site.
00:23:23 --> 00:23:33 So my profile I mean we're not judging I thought they were kidding I ain't paying
00:23:33 --> 00:23:35 attention to you right now I thought they were kidding,
00:23:37 --> 00:23:43 so they said seriously it is and they told me look go to this page check it
00:23:43 --> 00:23:47 out of course we didn't have the phones we have now Go to this page,
00:23:48 --> 00:23:50 check it out, and you'll see what I'm talking about.
00:23:51 --> 00:23:58 So I go out and get on my computer. I look and sure enough, the profile that
00:23:58 --> 00:24:04 I put on their main dating site was on that site, too.
00:24:05 --> 00:24:07 Now, I didn't say I was looking for men or anything like that.
00:24:07 --> 00:24:13 It said exactly what I said, you know, previously, but it was on that site.
00:24:13 --> 00:24:17 And then I found, you know, so I said I was pissed off and I would send them,
00:24:17 --> 00:24:22 you know, you go to their site. and you can send them a note or whatever.
00:24:22 --> 00:24:25 I sent them a note and said, but why is my profile on this site?
00:24:25 --> 00:24:30 Oh, once you upload your profile on one site, it goes on all of our sites.
00:24:31 --> 00:24:34 I said, well, don't you think that's something you should tell somebody?
00:24:35 --> 00:24:39 Well, Dave, to be honest, they probably did. You know, last time we don't read the fine print.
00:24:39 --> 00:24:44 Yeah, I guess so. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Especially back then, things were different then too.
00:24:44 --> 00:24:47 Because I have heard that too. Because, you know,
00:24:47 --> 00:24:50 there are a few dating companies that have like 20 30
00:24:50 --> 00:24:53 different dating sites yeah and in order to
00:24:53 --> 00:24:56 fill them profiles you know they'll
00:24:56 --> 00:25:01 um which is kind of it's a shame because that means that a lot of people are
00:25:01 --> 00:25:06 maybe falling in love with online profiles that nobody's even you know manning
00:25:06 --> 00:25:11 so to speak right that's true it is true and this that particular company did
00:25:11 --> 00:25:14 have quite a few different sites you know,
00:25:14 --> 00:25:18 But they said that profile went on, you know, it goes on all their sites.
00:25:19 --> 00:25:23 So I was like, wow, that's crazy. God never shut. I went on to shut everything
00:25:23 --> 00:25:26 down. I said, nah, let me get off of here.
00:25:26 --> 00:25:29 You know, God, I don't want no smoke, you know.
00:25:31 --> 00:25:36 But, you know, that's the world we live in these days, man. So anyway,
00:25:37 --> 00:25:38 moving on to our next story.
00:25:39 --> 00:25:41 The story is about Sterling K. Brown.
00:25:42 --> 00:25:47 And you and I have done I think maybe a couple stories on colorism in the past.
00:25:48 --> 00:25:51 Yeah, I'm sure. It says, Sterling K.
00:25:52 --> 00:25:57 Brown, the actor, talks intentionally about casting dark-skinned love interests in projects.
00:25:58 --> 00:26:01 He said, I want them to know that Sterling K. Brown sees them.
00:26:02 --> 00:26:06 So we've talked about in the past that there's been an issue over the years,
00:26:06 --> 00:26:08 especially in Hollywood,
00:26:08 --> 00:26:11 about how darker-skinned, especially
00:26:11 --> 00:26:19 actresses, have been portrayed in Hollywood, and how certain color,
00:26:19 --> 00:26:24 you know, like the lighter skin women are getting all the parts.
00:26:24 --> 00:26:31 We're getting most of the parts instead of, you know, some of the more talented darker skin women.
00:26:31 --> 00:26:35 You know, and I know there have been a few women who had issues with it,
00:26:35 --> 00:26:41 like Viola Davis was one that we talked about in the past. We also talked about,
00:26:42 --> 00:26:45 gosh, her name escapes me right now, but she's a darker-skinned person.
00:26:47 --> 00:26:55 Even Tika Sumter has said that she has had roles that she's lost because of the color of her skin.
00:26:55 --> 00:27:01 You know, and she's a very beautiful girl. But, you know, but she says she's
00:27:01 --> 00:27:03 been told she was too dark.
00:27:04 --> 00:27:08 So he just had a few things to say in reference to that.
00:27:08 --> 00:27:17 He says he intentionally cast dark-skinned-leaning ladies to counteract colorist
00:27:17 --> 00:27:19 casting practices in Hollywood.
00:27:20 --> 00:27:25 He's opening up about the intentions behind casting of dark-skinned actresses
00:27:25 --> 00:27:27 to play opposite him in his projects.
00:27:28 --> 00:27:36 And now we have another reason to love him. doing a sit-down with Refinery29 unbothered.
00:27:36 --> 00:27:42 The Paradise actor was asked about why he makes it a point to have love interests
00:27:42 --> 00:27:46 who mirror his own complexion and he said,
00:27:46 --> 00:27:52 to which he confirmed that the decision is a small part in counteracting colorist
00:27:52 --> 00:27:55 casting practices in Hollywood.
00:27:55 --> 00:28:01 He said, I'm aware of the sort of Eurocentric standards of the beauty a beauty
00:28:01 --> 00:28:05 that tends to be predominant in media, he said.
00:28:05 --> 00:28:10 Light skin oftentimes is seen as more beautiful than dark skin, etc.
00:28:11 --> 00:28:17 And Brown wants to be someone that sort of shows all of the beauty that is blackness.
00:28:19 --> 00:28:24 Brown, he said, I don't discriminate to be perfectly honest with you.
00:28:24 --> 00:28:30 Understand the power of representation and how often Black women seem to feel
00:28:30 --> 00:28:32 unseen by Black men in particular.
00:28:33 --> 00:28:38 And there are so many sisters that are waiting for brothers to be like,
00:28:39 --> 00:28:43 hey, men, I'm here for you, whatnot.
00:28:43 --> 00:28:45 And the brothers sometimes don't tend to see them.
00:28:46 --> 00:28:51 I want them to know that Sterling K. Brown sees them and that hopefully in the
00:28:51 --> 00:28:55 people that he chooses to be paired with on screen or whatnot,
00:28:56 --> 00:29:01 there's an appreciation for them and that he knows that they are as beautiful
00:29:01 --> 00:29:05 as I know they are. So you know,
00:29:07 --> 00:29:12 Let's have a conversation about this. Over the years, and, you know,
00:29:12 --> 00:29:16 I've been around longer than you, but over the years, when you look at the leading
00:29:16 --> 00:29:20 ladies, and not just movies, but TV,
00:29:20 --> 00:29:27 there seems to be a consistent pattern to what he was saying about how the lighter
00:29:27 --> 00:29:36 skin or caramel brown type skin woman is always cast as the lead in most projects.
00:29:37 --> 00:29:41 Do you disagree or do you agree? No, I definitely agree.
00:29:41 --> 00:29:46 Yeah. And that's on TV or in the movies.
00:29:46 --> 00:29:54 Dave, I'd also say that's probably in white produced films and black produced
00:29:54 --> 00:29:57 films. Yeah, it doesn't matter who the director or the producer is.
00:29:57 --> 00:30:03 It always seems to be the same thing. And, you know, we talked about actresses
00:30:03 --> 00:30:12 and said that they show up to casting calls and it would be the same women at all the casting calls.
00:30:12 --> 00:30:16 And you can almost pick by looking around the room who was going to get called
00:30:16 --> 00:30:19 back and who wasn't because of what they look like.
00:30:19 --> 00:30:22 You know Viola Davis
00:30:22 --> 00:30:25 who is probably the top
00:30:25 --> 00:30:33 black actress out there arguably you know her and even Taraji P Henson has talked
00:30:33 --> 00:30:38 about having a hard time getting roles because of her skin color and she's not
00:30:38 --> 00:30:43 the darker skinned woman but still she's not light skinned you know what I mean So,
00:30:43 --> 00:30:49 but she's talked about how hard it's been to be able to get cast in certain movies.
00:30:49 --> 00:30:54 Now, keep in mind, not only do you have to worry about the, the,
00:30:54 --> 00:31:01 the hewness of your skin, but you also have other pressures, of course,
00:31:01 --> 00:31:08 as far as size and weight and all of these other things on top of those things as well.
00:31:08 --> 00:31:13 So you just have to be you know when you look at some of your top shows and
00:31:13 --> 00:31:18 your top movies and you look at those roles and you see the same actresses all
00:31:18 --> 00:31:20 the time getting those parts.
00:31:20 --> 00:31:26 There's a reason for it it's because you know this is what they feel is going
00:31:26 --> 00:31:31 to sell this is what you know I think Zoe Zaldana is a great actress,
00:31:32 --> 00:31:36 but she's cast in the role she's cast because of the way she looks.
00:31:37 --> 00:31:46 You know, you know, if her and Viola Davis were around the same age and they
00:31:46 --> 00:31:51 both went to a casting call for a lot of the movies and shows that she ended up in,
00:31:52 --> 00:31:59 she would still get those parts, no matter how many Oscars or how many Oscar nominations Viola has.
00:31:59 --> 00:32:04 And of course, don't let it be a white actress that Viola has to go up against. Yeah.
00:32:05 --> 00:32:07 Well, you know, Dave, some of it is sex appeal, too.
00:32:08 --> 00:32:13 And I just say it in terms of, you know, Viola Davis probably would,
00:32:13 --> 00:32:18 you know, I wouldn't see her in a movie where her appearance was based on sexiness.
00:32:19 --> 00:32:23 And I'd say she's not a sexy lady, but, you know, I'm sure they want a certain vibe.
00:32:25 --> 00:32:29 Certain vibe and whatever. I mean, yeah, I mean, the light-skinned,
00:32:29 --> 00:32:32 dark-skinned, I mean, I'm not debating that.
00:32:32 --> 00:32:37 But, you know, I think it's a combination. And, you know, it's probably just
00:32:37 --> 00:32:39 a generalization that, you know,
00:32:40 --> 00:32:47 they probably think that light-skinned females are more attractive than darker-skinned females.
00:32:47 --> 00:32:52 So they're going to put the lighter skinned females in those attractive movies
00:32:52 --> 00:32:57 and parts, and they're going to put the darker skinned ladies like, let's say,
00:32:57 --> 00:33:03 Viola Davis and more of those crime thrillers and, you know, deep acting roles.
00:33:04 --> 00:33:10 Well, OK, explain to me why a person like Tika Sumter is not getting involved.
00:33:10 --> 00:33:15 So to be honest, I'm not really too familiar with Tika Sumter, so I can't speak.
00:33:15 --> 00:33:19 You don't know who she is? I mean, I feel like I do, but I can't remember what
00:33:19 --> 00:33:22 movie she's in. She's not top of mind, so.
00:33:22 --> 00:33:27 Well, she was in The Have and The Have Nots, by the Tarla Perry shows. Okay, didn't see it.
00:33:28 --> 00:33:33 Okay, did you see the James Brown movie that Chadwick Boseman did? No.
00:33:35 --> 00:33:39 Okay, folks, this is what I deal with on a regular basis. Hey,
00:33:39 --> 00:33:41 we all don't have time to sit around.
00:33:41 --> 00:33:44 You got your laptop there. Take a look at her.
00:33:45 --> 00:33:47 Okay. See if you recognize her. Okay.
00:33:49 --> 00:33:53 Yeah, but I mean, I'm just talking about, you know, she's also been a person
00:33:53 --> 00:33:57 that's talked about that she has a hard time getting roles because of her.
00:33:57 --> 00:34:00 She believes it's because of her skin color as well.
00:34:01 --> 00:34:05 I've also heard that from a few other actresses as well.
00:34:05 --> 00:34:10 And and and I'm talking about sexy women. I'm talking about nice women. She's a very nice woman.
00:34:11 --> 00:34:17 You know, so now I get what you were saying in reference to, you know, Viola Davis.
00:34:17 --> 00:34:21 And if you look at the roles that Viola plays, you know,
00:34:22 --> 00:34:29 they're usually more pigeonhole type roles, like either law enforcement,
00:34:30 --> 00:34:36 where she played the woman king, you know, somebody with power on TV,
00:34:36 --> 00:34:38 how to get away with murder.
00:34:38 --> 00:34:40 That role she was you know she
00:34:40 --> 00:34:43 was a law professor you know
00:34:43 --> 00:34:46 i mean you know so you know those are the type of
00:34:46 --> 00:34:49 roles that she normally gets yeah you know
00:34:49 --> 00:34:55 but i still think even you know even nowadays leonard when you look at the commercials
00:34:55 --> 00:35:00 and so forth you know and you see there's a lot of interracial type commercials
00:35:00 --> 00:35:06 and there seems to be mostly black women with white men.
00:35:07 --> 00:35:13 I don't know if you noticed that, but that seems to be more of a norm than the
00:35:13 --> 00:35:16 white women with black men. You know what I mean?
00:35:18 --> 00:35:25 And even in those commercials, if you ever notice, the women are not dark-skinned women.
00:35:27 --> 00:35:34 So they try to make it make sense by choosing someone who looks a certain way.
00:35:34 --> 00:35:41 You know, so it's I remember reading something Coco Brown said,
00:35:41 --> 00:35:44 you know, Coco Brown is, right? I do.
00:35:45 --> 00:35:47 OK, who happens to be a dark skin woman.
00:35:48 --> 00:35:55 She said that she even has found that she's had some issues with getting roles
00:35:55 --> 00:35:57 because of, you know, her skin color.
00:35:59 --> 00:36:05 You know she said when she landed the part on Bel Air which is the remake of
00:36:05 --> 00:36:09 Fresh Prince of Bel Air she didn't think she was going to get the role because
00:36:09 --> 00:36:12 she said she was on Shannon Sharp's podcast,
00:36:13 --> 00:36:17 and she said I didn't think I was going to get the role she said I just went
00:36:17 --> 00:36:20 because I was told to go she said I didn't think I was going to get it she said
00:36:20 --> 00:36:24 because when I looked around the room there wasn't many that looked like me in the room,
00:36:25 --> 00:36:27 but she ended up getting the role.
00:36:28 --> 00:36:32 So, I just think that, you know, throwing Kate Brown makes a lot of sense.
00:36:32 --> 00:36:34 And it's good that he's...
00:36:35 --> 00:36:39 Thinking the way that he is. He has a lot of autonomy. Apparently on streaming,
00:36:40 --> 00:36:43 you know, on the streaming service, especially on which one was the Netflix
00:36:43 --> 00:36:48 that Wichita Home Paradise was on. No, Hulu.
00:36:49 --> 00:36:53 His song Hulu. He's very popular on Hulu because he's done a couple things with
00:36:53 --> 00:36:55 Hulu and he's very popular on there.
00:36:55 --> 00:37:01 So they kind of give him carte blanche when it comes to using the people to play opposite of him.
00:37:02 --> 00:37:06 But I do like the fact that he is giving women
00:37:06 --> 00:37:10 of a darker skin complexion an
00:37:10 --> 00:37:17 opportunity to act you know across from him and kind of breaking the mold that
00:37:17 --> 00:37:21 has been placed in front of us all these years i mean the first time we ever
00:37:21 --> 00:37:29 look the first time we ever really came face to face with it let me test you was on what show,
00:37:30 --> 00:37:35 are you talking about Fresh Prince of Bel-Air yes yes yes oh he got something
00:37:35 --> 00:37:38 right I'm impressed okay.
00:37:40 --> 00:37:45 And it also happened right after that on another TV show that I know you watched
00:37:45 --> 00:37:47 because you mentioned that you watched it,
00:37:48 --> 00:37:53 where somebody was switched out for a lighter skinned person come out my wife
00:37:53 --> 00:37:56 and my kids my wife and kids see.
00:37:58 --> 00:38:01 See, he's on it, folks. He's on it. Atlanta got two on the road. There you go.
00:38:02 --> 00:38:06 Yeah, when they switched out the daughter for the darker skinned daughter for
00:38:06 --> 00:38:07 a lighter skinned daughter.
00:38:07 --> 00:38:11 And then they tried to remember they made fun of it when the first show.
00:38:12 --> 00:38:17 And he said, you look different. Remember, remember you said that, you know, yeah, yeah.
00:38:18 --> 00:38:21 So something different about you, something changed. And, you know,
00:38:21 --> 00:38:23 cause they may, you know, they made fun of it.
00:38:23 --> 00:38:27 So when you look at it, you know, so this is something that's been done for
00:38:27 --> 00:38:31 years and with the whole, with the French Prince of Bel-Air,
00:38:31 --> 00:38:35 you know, they never really did give an explanation as to, you know,
00:38:35 --> 00:38:40 to the public when they did it, why they did it, you know, they just went on and did it.
00:38:40 --> 00:38:44 But, of course, it came out later on over the years, you know.
00:38:44 --> 00:38:47 So, but it was kind of messed up the way that happened because,
00:38:47 --> 00:38:51 you know, a lot of people like the dark skin on Aunt Viv as opposed to.
00:38:51 --> 00:38:55 I mean, I must say, I feel like I personally liked her better.
00:38:55 --> 00:38:57 I feel like she just had more character.
00:38:57 --> 00:39:02 Yeah, more depth as an actor and so forth and so forth.
00:39:02 --> 00:39:06 But, you know, we roll with it because it was a popular show and we,
00:39:06 --> 00:39:09 you know, we let it happen in front of us.
00:39:09 --> 00:39:15 So, you know, but I just wanted to bring that up because I just I love the fact
00:39:15 --> 00:39:18 that he stood up for, you know,
00:39:18 --> 00:39:24 darker skinned actresses and and the fact that he's willing to do all he can
00:39:24 --> 00:39:31 to have them opposite of him in a movie or to give them an opportunity to shine in a show or a movie.
00:39:32 --> 00:39:36 I think that's pretty cool because you don't hear about that kind of stuff in Hollywood these days.
00:39:37 --> 00:39:39 Right. That is true.
00:39:41 --> 00:39:51 Okay all right so um moving on to our next story well this is a sad story yeah
00:39:51 --> 00:39:57 i'm sure a lot of people by now have heard about this new york city gunman who
00:39:57 --> 00:39:59 killed four people including the cop.
00:40:00 --> 00:40:06 They have managed to find out who he was they said a daily mass shooting erupted
00:40:06 --> 00:40:09 on Monday, which was last night when this happened,
00:40:10 --> 00:40:18 inside a high-rise office building in Midtown Manhattan, leaving four people
00:40:18 --> 00:40:20 dead and several others injured.
00:40:21 --> 00:40:28 The gunman was identified as 27-year-old Shane Tamora,
00:40:28 --> 00:40:37 an African-American man from Las Vegas, who opened fire at 345 Park Avenue before
00:40:37 --> 00:40:42 taking his own life, according to NYP Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
00:40:43 --> 00:40:49 According to the New York Post, Tamora, who reportedly had a documented history of mental illness,
00:40:50 --> 00:40:56 drove across the country just hours before launching the attack after double
00:40:56 --> 00:41:02 parking a vehicle with Nevada license plates outside a 44-story building.
00:41:02 --> 00:41:07 He entered the lobby armed with a rifle and began shooting.
00:41:07 --> 00:41:11 And I don't know if anybody's seen the videos or the pictures that were posted.
00:41:11 --> 00:41:13 That he definitely walked in with the rifle.
00:41:14 --> 00:41:17 I saw that. Did you see that, Leonard? Yeah, I saw that too. Yeah.
00:41:18 --> 00:41:24 His rampage left one New York police officer dead and three civilians dead,
00:41:24 --> 00:41:30 with one additional person wounded and four of them sustaining minor injuries while fleeing.
00:41:31 --> 00:41:36 Authorities that tomorrow was previously employed as a casino security guard,
00:41:36 --> 00:41:43 but civilian footage showed him casually walking into the building with an assault
00:41:43 --> 00:41:48 rifle around 6.30 p.m., triggering chaos throughout the tower,
00:41:49 --> 00:41:53 which houses major companies, including the NFL,
00:41:53 --> 00:41:56 Blackstone, and Rooting Management.
00:41:57 --> 00:42:05 He ultimately made his way to the 33rd floor, where he shot one more victim,
00:42:06 --> 00:42:08 before fatally shooting himself.
00:42:09 --> 00:42:14 Police recovered a rifle case, a loaded revolver, extra ammunition,
00:42:14 --> 00:42:22 magazines, a backpack, and prescription medication from Tamora's vehicle.
00:42:22 --> 00:42:28 A photo obtained by the media also revealed he held a valid concealed firearms
00:42:28 --> 00:42:33 permit in Vegas, set to expire in 2027.
00:42:34 --> 00:42:41 Investigators tracked to murder a cross-country drive, noting his vehicle was
00:42:41 --> 00:42:45 seen in Colorado on July the 26th.
00:42:46 --> 00:42:53 Nebraska and Iowa on July 27th, and in Columbia, New Jersey,
00:42:53 --> 00:42:56 at approximately 4.24 p.m. Monday.
00:42:56 --> 00:43:02 Okay, before I continue, is there something wrong with this picture?
00:43:03 --> 00:43:08 Explain. They're tracking this vehicle. all the way across the country.
00:43:09 --> 00:43:12 Why? Well, I'm assuming they were backtracked.
00:43:14 --> 00:43:20 You think so? Or do you think they knew something? My thought would be they backtracked it.
00:43:21 --> 00:43:24 Sure hope so, Leonard, because if you know some of these other stories we did,
00:43:25 --> 00:43:32 they knew that these people had some issues and they could have stopped things from happening.
00:43:33 --> 00:43:37 You know what I mean? Right. I get it. And this guy, they said,
00:43:37 --> 00:43:39 had a documented history of mental illness.
00:43:40 --> 00:43:49 So, OK, he arrived in Manhattan shortly thereafter and carried out the shooting soon after.
00:43:49 --> 00:43:55 The attack has shaken the business community in the area, particularly given
00:43:55 --> 00:43:59 the high-profile nature of the tenants in the building.
00:43:59 --> 00:44:06 The security concerns have since intensified, with police continuing to investigate
00:44:06 --> 00:44:07 Tamora's motives and background.
00:44:08 --> 00:44:15 Asked about the possible motive on the part of Tamora, Eric Adams told CBS he
00:44:15 --> 00:44:21 did have a note. the note alluded to that he felt he had CTE.
00:44:21 --> 00:44:26 You're familiar with CTE. I hope everybody is familiar with it.
00:44:27 --> 00:44:35 CTE is the brain injury illness diagnosis that there was a movie made about
00:44:35 --> 00:44:41 that Will Smith actually starred in called Concussion years ago with a famous doctor.
00:44:42 --> 00:44:46 I can't say his name. Malu, I think his name was.
00:44:46 --> 00:44:52 Who had done research on NFL, former NFL football players.
00:44:52 --> 00:44:58 And he found out that because of a number of concussions that these players
00:44:58 --> 00:45:06 had, that their brain has shifted inside their head because of all the hard knocks and everything.
00:45:07 --> 00:45:11 And their brain, you know, your brain is positioned a certain kind of way in your head.
00:45:11 --> 00:45:16 And if you take too many hits to the head, it starts to shake your brain loose
00:45:16 --> 00:45:21 and it starts to float in fluid that has started to form in the brain.
00:45:21 --> 00:45:28 A lot of these people start having violent-type mood swings.
00:45:29 --> 00:45:36 Some of them have been known to beat up people, including significant others,
00:45:36 --> 00:45:42 just going through a flying rage with no reason at all or no warning at all.
00:45:42 --> 00:45:47 And it's because of the number of concussions and so forth that they might have
00:45:47 --> 00:45:48 received by playing football.
00:45:49 --> 00:45:55 Some other sports also include boxing, boxers that have had CTE.
00:45:55 --> 00:45:59 And normally what they try to do is in their –,
00:46:00 --> 00:46:06 dying wishes, they say that they want to leave their brain for research because
00:46:06 --> 00:46:08 they know something's going on with them.
00:46:08 --> 00:46:15 And the only way you can find out about CTE is to take the brain from someone
00:46:15 --> 00:46:21 while they're living to preserve the living organisms that they need to see
00:46:21 --> 00:46:24 in order to diagnose it correctly.
00:46:25 --> 00:46:29 So that's a little background on the CTE.
00:46:29 --> 00:46:33 He appeared to have blamed the NFL for his injuries.
00:46:34 --> 00:46:41 And he said CTE or chronic traumatic, I can never say this word.
00:46:41 --> 00:46:47 Is cellulopathy is a brain disease linked with repeated blows to the head.
00:46:48 --> 00:46:52 Tamar's alleged note said, study my brain, please.
00:46:52 --> 00:46:56 See, he left a note saying, study my brain. And that's usually what these guys,
00:46:56 --> 00:47:00 when they know something's wrong with them, will do.
00:47:00 --> 00:47:06 According to the senior official who spoke to the ABC News, Tamora said to have
00:47:06 --> 00:47:09 then written, I'm sorry.
00:47:09 --> 00:47:17 The alleged attacker was an American football player during his time at high school in California.
00:47:17 --> 00:47:24 And it shocked ex-teammates. One classmate remembered Tamar as a jokey personality,
00:47:24 --> 00:47:31 and a former coach describes him as a talented and hardworking running back who made a great player.
00:47:32 --> 00:47:35 Football is a very volatile sport.
00:47:36 --> 00:47:41 But anything that comes, any type of sport where it's a contact sport can be a long sport.
00:47:42 --> 00:47:46 Do you ever remember in your life ever having concussions and anything that you did?
00:47:47 --> 00:47:53 Possibly. Mine was non-sports related. I was on the tire swing when I was at summer camp.
00:47:54 --> 00:47:56 And I slipped off the tire swing.
00:47:57 --> 00:48:02 And all I know is I woke up and I was looking straight up at the sky.
00:48:02 --> 00:48:04 And there were a whole bunch of people looking around me. And I did go to the
00:48:04 --> 00:48:07 hospital. They said I had a minor concussion.
00:48:08 --> 00:48:12 Did you see stars? I probably did. I don't remember now because,
00:48:12 --> 00:48:13 you know, that was like 40 years ago.
00:48:13 --> 00:48:19 But I do remember just waking up and not knowing what the hell happened.
00:48:20 --> 00:48:23 Yeah. It's funny about the whole thing about seeing stars.
00:48:24 --> 00:48:29 You know, we've seen as kids many times growing up cartoons.
00:48:29 --> 00:48:34 I see the Roadrunner and Bugs Bunny and those types of cartoons where you would
00:48:34 --> 00:48:38 always see after a collision or something, you would see the stars going around.
00:48:39 --> 00:48:44 You know, you always thought that was something that just happened on TV or in a cartoon.
00:48:44 --> 00:48:48 But you really do see stars if you have a concussion.
00:48:49 --> 00:48:54 It's not necessarily like the star of stars, but it's white spots that you see
00:48:54 --> 00:48:56 and you feel yourself blacking out.
00:48:57 --> 00:49:03 In all the sports that I played over the years, I only had it happen to me once
00:49:03 --> 00:49:06 that I can remember where I actually saw starts.
00:49:06 --> 00:49:10 And believe it or not, I was playing basketball. It had nothing to do with football.
00:49:10 --> 00:49:11 I was playing basketball.
00:49:13 --> 00:49:21 And me and a guy was going for a loose ball and I didn't see him going for the ball.
00:49:21 --> 00:49:25 All I saw was the ball and I went to reach for the ball and he came out of nowhere.
00:49:25 --> 00:49:37 And both of us forehead head to head and we both went down and I just remember seeing spots.
00:49:38 --> 00:49:42 And I didn't go all the way out, but I do remember sitting in the spots.
00:49:43 --> 00:49:47 And I remember I had to sit there for a while to get myself together.
00:49:47 --> 00:49:53 That's the only time that I ever remember having my bell rung like that.
00:49:53 --> 00:49:59 Right. And, you know, now playing football and stuff like that,
00:49:59 --> 00:50:07 you know, there's certain positions that CTE has been really identified with.
00:50:07 --> 00:50:14 It's like running backs, defensive linemen, even some quarterbacks who take
00:50:14 --> 00:50:16 a lot of big hits like that.
00:50:17 --> 00:50:21 It really does change your personality after a certain time.
00:50:21 --> 00:50:25 I'm surprised you never saw the movie Concussion, but there was when they first
00:50:25 --> 00:50:31 discovered it, they found out because of some very popular football players
00:50:31 --> 00:50:34 who had made big names for themselves in the NFL.
00:50:35 --> 00:50:37 One of them used to play for the Eagles, a very popular Eagle.
00:50:38 --> 00:50:40 His name was Andre Watersback, and everybody knew him.
00:50:40 --> 00:50:46 He was one of the hardest-hitting defensive backs around, and he used to light people up.
00:50:47 --> 00:50:52 But he was, by the time that he was, before his death, he was around on the
00:50:52 --> 00:50:54 street walking around like he didn't know who he was.
00:50:56 --> 00:51:00 But he knew something was wrong. He heard about the CTE program,
00:51:00 --> 00:51:05 and he went to the doctor said he wanted him to study his brain.
00:51:05 --> 00:51:10 Because back then, when this program first started up, they thought the doctor
00:51:10 --> 00:51:11 was just talking a bunch of stuff.
00:51:11 --> 00:51:15 And of course, the NFL wanted no parts of it because that was bad for business,
00:51:16 --> 00:51:20 them talking about concussions and CTE and so forth.
00:51:20 --> 00:51:25 And they tried to shut the guy up, but he managed to be able,
00:51:25 --> 00:51:31 he won his case to be able to practice, to do the studies of CTE and actually
00:51:31 --> 00:51:34 diagnosed quite a few football players with it.
00:51:36 --> 00:51:38 If this is the case with this young man, Mr.
00:51:38 --> 00:51:46 Tamora, and he knew there was a problem and he tried to get help,
00:51:46 --> 00:51:49 according to the note that he left,
00:51:50 --> 00:51:55 somebody, I don't know if he talked to anybody, but somewhere the ball was dropped. Okay.
00:51:56 --> 00:52:01 You know, it's a shame that he did what he did, but I'm sure that he might have
00:52:01 --> 00:52:05 said something to somebody because all these guys who have died from CTE,
00:52:06 --> 00:52:11 related type stuff, have all tried to reach out to somebody and say something
00:52:11 --> 00:52:13 was wrong with him, almost every last one of them.
00:52:15 --> 00:52:20 So I just thought it was interesting that that part of the story came out and he went to the NFL.
00:52:21 --> 00:52:25 So there was an NFL office in that building and he went there to make a point.
00:52:27 --> 00:52:30 And he blamed them so what's your
00:52:30 --> 00:52:34 thoughts on the whole thing you know they we
00:52:34 --> 00:52:36 have so many crazy people nowadays doing so many
00:52:36 --> 00:52:39 crazy things the thing that i think
00:52:39 --> 00:52:42 is the craziest is that he drove from
00:52:42 --> 00:52:46 las vegas yes like you
00:52:46 --> 00:52:49 know i mean it's not you know it'd make a little more sense
00:52:49 --> 00:52:52 if he did it in vegas maybe within 100
00:52:52 --> 00:52:55 miles but i mean i'm sure
00:52:55 --> 00:52:57 he either slept in his car got a hotel he probably
00:52:57 --> 00:53:02 stopped for gas about five six times probably stopped to eat use the bathroom
00:53:02 --> 00:53:09 five six seven times you know i i i don't know you would think a sane person
00:53:09 --> 00:53:17 through that long ride would start to kind of reconsider things you know after eight ten 15, 20 hours.
00:53:19 --> 00:53:20 But, yeah.
00:53:23 --> 00:53:27 The fact that they tracked, you know, they were able to track and see where he went.
00:53:28 --> 00:53:31 Now, that might have been after the fact, but he was still, he drove a long
00:53:31 --> 00:53:33 way to get to where he was. Right.
00:53:34 --> 00:53:38 He really did. So, it's really a sad story.
00:53:38 --> 00:53:44 I'm so sorry for the families of the people, someone's were gunned down.
00:53:45 --> 00:53:49 Police officer was also gunned down and even
00:53:49 --> 00:53:54 with everything that went down he took his own life so now it all depends on
00:53:54 --> 00:54:01 how he shot this off because they don't most people with the cte situation they
00:54:01 --> 00:54:08 never want to injure their head even though you know they want to,
00:54:09 --> 00:54:17 keep that intact so the studies can be done but if that was the case that he did have cte it's a shame,
00:54:18 --> 00:54:24 that he had it but to do everything that he did that's a it's really really
00:54:24 --> 00:54:28 shame it's really a shame i know when i heard the story last night man i was
00:54:28 --> 00:54:32 like wow that's something and we need to,
00:54:33 --> 00:54:36 I guess it's something that we need to pay attention to because we start our
00:54:36 --> 00:54:39 kids out so young. You got a son playing football.
00:54:40 --> 00:54:41 Yeah, used to.
00:54:43 --> 00:54:47 Former football player. Oh, he's not playing anymore. No.
00:54:48 --> 00:54:54 Concentrating on swimming. Yeah. That's the scholarship, huh? Yeah. Short shot.
00:54:55 --> 00:55:00 It's on the short shot. Well, that's not bad. I mean, I ain't mad at him,
00:55:00 --> 00:55:02 you know, two years. How many years did he play?
00:55:03 --> 00:55:07 Two. Two years, two championships. Yeah.
00:55:09 --> 00:55:15 He's like Jordan more, you know, right now. Two years, two undefeated seasons,
00:55:16 --> 00:55:18 two state championships. Yeah, there you go.
00:55:19 --> 00:55:23 That's like Jordan-like, man. He can say that he's on par with Jordan right now.
00:55:25 --> 00:55:29 Yeah, he's 20-0. There you go.
00:55:30 --> 00:55:35 So, well, you know, Well, you know, that's the only thing.
00:55:35 --> 00:55:38 I mean, you know, when you're playing these sports nowadays,
00:55:38 --> 00:55:44 now one thing they have done since this whole CTE became prevalent is they have
00:55:44 --> 00:55:46 changed the way the helmets are made.
00:55:46 --> 00:55:51 They have a lot of padding, and they have, you know, the helmets have been designed
00:55:51 --> 00:55:56 to protect the head better than they used to be because before those old helmets,
00:55:56 --> 00:56:00 you put that helmet on, it was basically your head and the helmet.
00:56:01 --> 00:56:05 And now they got a lot of padding in there. to help with keeping the kid from
00:56:05 --> 00:56:09 sustaining those real heavy blows. So –.
00:56:11 --> 00:56:15 Sure we'll hear more about this story and like
00:56:15 --> 00:56:18 i said our condolences from news and trends to the
00:56:18 --> 00:56:20 families of the loved ones that were
00:56:20 --> 00:56:28 lost okay well that brings us to leonard's favorite part of the show which is
00:56:28 --> 00:56:33 dave's corner i don't know why he loves dave's corner so much because me neither
00:56:33 --> 00:56:40 me neither i don't get it but anyway i don't get it either he's always so happy to hear Dave's Corner.
00:56:41 --> 00:56:45 Since I put him through the ringer last week, I'm going to give him an easy one this week.
00:56:46 --> 00:56:50 I was listening to some earlier and they had the same subject.
00:56:50 --> 00:56:53 I thought I'd bring it to the radio. I mean, bring it to our podcast.
00:56:55 --> 00:57:01 I want you to list your five funniest movies of all time.
00:57:01 --> 00:57:06 What the backdrop to this was, we've got a couple of sequels coming out.
00:57:06 --> 00:57:09 Happy Gilmore is being released.
00:57:10 --> 00:57:14 Naked gun is being rebooted again i
00:57:14 --> 00:57:16 just like the naked gun movies are really good by the way
00:57:16 --> 00:57:19 they were you know there's also
00:57:19 --> 00:57:25 going to be another meet the parents coming out soon you know so there's three
00:57:25 --> 00:57:30 of them you know funny movies of all time right there but i want you to think
00:57:30 --> 00:57:36 about your top five funniest movies of all time and give me your list hold on are you
00:57:37 --> 00:57:39 about what I think are my top five.
00:57:39 --> 00:57:41 Your top five. Your top five.
00:57:41 --> 00:57:47 Because I know you have such a eclectic way of thinking. So if I said you have,
00:57:48 --> 00:57:52 Leonard, try to think of what is the top five movies of all time.
00:57:52 --> 00:57:56 You probably couldn't do that. So I'm giving you an opportunity to name your
00:57:56 --> 00:58:01 five movies of all time, top funny, your top five funniest movies of all time.
00:58:02 --> 00:58:06 Okay. You ready? I'm ready. Okay, go ahead.
00:58:07 --> 00:58:12 So I'm going to say Friday. Okay. Soul Plane.
00:58:13 --> 00:58:15 Yeah, there you go. You're going to say that.
00:58:19 --> 00:58:22 I'm going to get you sucker. Okay.
00:58:24 --> 00:58:29 And this is when it gets hard. You said, wait, hold on.
00:58:29 --> 00:58:33 You said, so plain, I'm going to get you sucker.
00:58:34 --> 00:58:39 And what was the first one? Friday. Friday. And this is where it gets hard?
00:58:40 --> 00:58:41 Okay. All right. Go ahead.
00:58:42 --> 00:58:48 Okay. So I'm going to say, and it's kind of hard because this is one of my favorite comedians.
00:58:49 --> 00:58:57 But i'm gonna say duplex and ben stiller yeah ben what you know one of ben stillers.
00:58:59 --> 00:59:07 And then i'm trying to think of what i chose to watch over and over and you
00:59:07 --> 00:59:10 know i mean like like that's what i consider funny is okay like let me watch
00:59:10 --> 00:59:12 it again let me watch it again let
00:59:12 --> 00:59:14 watch it again and i
00:59:14 --> 00:59:19 i don't know that that last one may be well there's a couple of movies that
00:59:19 --> 00:59:24 you have talked about many times in the past that you have not even like what
00:59:24 --> 00:59:30 like what name name them out white tix oh yeah that was good okay yeah yeah
00:59:30 --> 00:59:33 yeah what else what else you got from date huh.
00:59:35 --> 00:59:39 Who? Oh, no. Nah. I mean...
00:59:40 --> 00:59:45 You thought that movie was funny, though. Yeah, I mean, I thought it was funny,
00:59:45 --> 00:59:50 but it wasn't no nutcracker, if you can say.
00:59:51 --> 00:59:54 Okay, but White Chicks, I know you did like. Yeah, yeah.
00:59:54 --> 00:59:59 White Chicks was funny. And if I see that on TV, I will watch that.
00:59:59 --> 01:00:07 But you don't think... No, no, no, no. I mean, I welcome it in my top five.
01:00:07 --> 01:00:14 What about you, Dave? You said I got a real big movie.
01:00:14 --> 01:00:19 I'm glad you didn't say it because you're going to hear it on my list. Okay. All right, Dave.
01:00:20 --> 01:00:28 What are your five? What to you are the five funniest movies of all time?
01:00:28 --> 01:00:34 Well, we did have one. that's on your list. I'm glad I get you stuck there.
01:00:34 --> 01:00:39 I'm not. That movie was hysterical. And it still holds up.
01:00:39 --> 01:00:42 Even to the day, it still holds up. That was a great movie.
01:00:43 --> 01:00:47 Some great sights in it, too. But anyway, so that's one.
01:00:48 --> 01:00:55 The Jerk with Steve Martin. I love The Jerk. I thought that was hilariously funny.
01:00:55 --> 01:00:57 And it's funny because some of these movies, you couldn't even...
01:00:57 --> 01:01:01 Some of these movies you couldn't even put out there today, you know,
01:01:01 --> 01:01:07 because The Jerk was one of the movies that probably wouldn't do well today, you know what I mean?
01:01:08 --> 01:01:15 40-year-old version. Okay. I thought that was a hysterical picture. Yeah, it really was.
01:01:16 --> 01:01:21 My Guilty Pleasure, since you named a couple of yours, this is the dumbest movie
01:01:21 --> 01:01:25 ever put together, but it made you laugh.
01:01:25 --> 01:01:30 And especially if you were a person that probably drank or was high as a kite
01:01:30 --> 01:01:33 watching this movie, you probably would have said to yourself,
01:01:34 --> 01:01:35 you probably wouldn't have been able to stop laughing.
01:01:36 --> 01:01:38 Poodie Tang. Okay.
01:01:39 --> 01:01:43 Did you like Poodie Tang? Yes, it was funny, but, you know, it was funny.
01:01:44 --> 01:01:48 Funny and corny. You know, it's one of them. But that's what made it so funny
01:01:48 --> 01:01:50 because it was the corniest movie ever. I agree.
01:01:50 --> 01:01:53 That's what made it funny. and you and it's funny
01:01:53 --> 01:01:56 because you really haven't seen that guy since then you know what i
01:01:56 --> 01:01:59 mean in fact who was what day where'd
01:01:59 --> 01:02:03 he go to like i know that's what i'm saying it was like i don't even know his
01:02:03 --> 01:02:09 name there was an article that he they interviewed him once and they said he
01:02:09 --> 01:02:16 got so typecast as that part as foodie can't foodie tank he couldn't get another role.
01:02:17 --> 01:02:20 Not get another role even though remember chris rock was he was
01:02:20 --> 01:02:23 on that was a character that started on
01:02:23 --> 01:02:28 the chris rock show on hbo and even
01:02:28 --> 01:02:34 though chris rock was the big guy heading that project he could not get out
01:02:34 --> 01:02:39 of that typecast typecasting as pootie tang and that's why he kind of disappeared
01:02:39 --> 01:02:45 well i think he was doing some directing behind the scenes but he couldn't You know,
01:02:45 --> 01:02:48 I think he might have did one or two more projects, but nothing as big as Pootie Tang.
01:02:49 --> 01:02:53 Well, they should have hit it up with the Pootie Tang, too.
01:02:54 --> 01:03:00 Three. There you go. There you go. You know, put it on Tubi and all them other channels.
01:03:01 --> 01:03:02 Somebody will watch it.
01:03:02 --> 01:03:05 Yeah. Yeah. How about that? How about that?
01:03:06 --> 01:03:10 All right. And the big movie that you didn't say, and you better not say that
01:03:10 --> 01:03:13 you didn't think it was funny. Coming to America.
01:03:14 --> 01:03:20 Oh yeah i mean that was good oh my god the way you said that it means that it was just okay,
01:03:20 --> 01:03:24 no i mean it it definitely could
01:03:24 --> 01:03:28 have been on my top five okay i was gonna say how could that movie not be on
01:03:28 --> 01:03:34 your top five that movie was a game changer it really was and the fact that
01:03:34 --> 01:03:40 they it took what 40 years before they made a sequel to it because nobody they
01:03:40 --> 01:03:43 they figured that they just couldn't do any better than that. You know?
01:03:45 --> 01:03:48 So, but that's my top five. And just a quick comment.
01:03:48 --> 01:03:51 I actually thought the sequel was pretty funny. You know, I mean...
01:03:51 --> 01:03:53 It was pretty funny, but unfortunately...
01:03:54 --> 01:03:59 First movie came out first. Yeah, I understand. That's the only thing with sequels.
01:03:59 --> 01:04:06 You've got to be either equal or better than the first one. And it's hard to do that with sequels.
01:04:08 --> 01:04:12 But they did a decent job with it. They did a decent job. They stuck to the
01:04:12 --> 01:04:13 formula. Let's put it that way.
01:04:15 --> 01:04:18 But those are my top five of all time.
01:04:19 --> 01:04:22 And I could have put a couple other ones in there, but those are the ones that
01:04:22 --> 01:04:27 anytime they're on TV, it's kind of hard for me to go buy them, you know?
01:04:28 --> 01:04:34 Okay. So what's your guys' top five? Do you agree with my list or agree with
01:04:34 --> 01:04:37 the ones that Leonard listed? Now, I love Fridays.
01:04:37 --> 01:04:40 Don't get me wrong. Fridays probably would have been on my list.
01:04:40 --> 01:04:41 I could have bumped something off.
01:04:41 --> 01:04:48 I was trying to be kind to all races there. Let's put it that way.
01:04:51 --> 01:04:59 But I think both lists are pretty good and waiting to see what you guys have to say alright,
01:05:00 --> 01:05:06 that brings us to the end of our show we want to thank you guys for taking the
01:05:06 --> 01:05:08 time to hang out with us again on this Tuesday,
01:05:09 --> 01:05:15 and we look forward to talking with you again next Tuesday Leonard do you want
01:05:15 --> 01:05:21 to add anything before we sign off you know Dave As usual, I hope everyone has a great weekend.
01:05:22 --> 01:05:24 Stay out the heat. Use it moderately.
01:05:25 --> 01:05:31 And welcome in this August. Yeah, about that. Yeah, a couple days away. A couple days away.
01:05:32 --> 01:05:35 All right, guys. Have a good night. Like I said, thank you for tuning in.
01:05:45 --> 01:05:50 Tune in next week, ladies and gentlemen, for another edition of News and Trends
01:05:50 --> 01:05:52 with your hosts, Dave and Lynn.
01:05:54 --> 01:06:13 Music.