1 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: I'm a homegrow that knows a little bit about everything 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: and everybody. I don't know if you don't lie about that, right, 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:10,120 Speaker 1: Lauri can't even Hey, y'all, what's up. 4 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 2: It's Laura Rosa and this is the latest with Laura l. Rosa. 5 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: This is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment, news, 6 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: and all of the conversations that shake the room. 7 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 2: Baby. 8 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 1: Now today we are going to get into a conversation 9 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: that is shaking the room. The Internet, the comments, all 10 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: of the things. Kecky Palmer, our girl is sugarl Key 11 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:38,919 Speaker 1: Key Palmer. Kecky Palmer has just unveiled a new series 12 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 1: via her digital network called Key TV. And this network, 13 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: you know, works with a ton of black producers, directors, 14 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 1: writers to bring series and you know, just different pieces 15 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: of content and art to the world. This week, she 16 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: premiered a trailer for a series called Southern Fried Rice 17 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: from her Key TV network. And when I tell y'all, 18 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: it is getting drag I have seen. To be honest 19 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: with y'all, I wouldn't have even known that this series 20 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: dropped unless I saw all of the backlash about the 21 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: series itself. And granted I knew Keky Palmer had key TV. 22 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: I follow key TV on Instagram, but y'all know the 23 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,680 Speaker 1: algorithm don't be algorithming sometimes, so you might not see 24 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: every post and everything. 25 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 2: So I hadn't heard of this series. 26 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: I just knew she was, you know, doing stuff over 27 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: there in that space because I have a person, Because 28 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: I have a person that I know, a writer, a director, fire, 29 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: just creative, a black woman named Nikiah Stevens, and I 30 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: have known her and just in a work setting for 31 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: some years. I actually interviewed her back in like twenty twenty, 32 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one for a short series that I had. 33 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: It was during the pandemic, when you know, all the 34 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: corporates were letting black people have a voice. I had 35 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: a series, a digital series at TMZ called Piece of 36 00:01:57,840 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: the Pie, and it was pretty cool. I got a 37 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: chance to like go out and find different creatives, so directors, 38 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 1: casting directors, producers, executive producers, actors, musicians, painters, you know, whatever, 39 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: whoever I thought was like dope fire at the time 40 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 1: that had a story to tell or was telling stories 41 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: in a way that I thought was fire in a 42 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 1: way that I admired. I got the platform them, so 43 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: I did an interview with Nikia Stevens then, which is 44 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 1: when I knew of her. Was following her a bit, 45 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 1: but she came highly recommended through some friends when I 46 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: put out some casting fillers for that series and I 47 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: got a chance to have a conversation with her. After 48 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 1: I got a chance to have a conversation with her, 49 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: I was like, Oh, sis is dope, and I admired 50 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: the fact that everything she was doing, like she has 51 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: a production company called Damn Wright Originals. And I'm telling 52 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: you guys about Nikia Stevens because Nikiya Stevens is actually 53 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: the executive producer of this series Southern Fried Right. She 54 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: works with Kiki Palmer and the team over there at 55 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,799 Speaker 1: key TV. One of the things I admired was her company. 56 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: So she had a company called Damn Right Originals that 57 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: was doing so much in the digital storytelling space, and 58 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: that's always been a goal of mine. Ester Ray was 59 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: one of the people that I've always looked at as 60 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 1: like a north star and everything that she has done 61 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: via her YouTube channel, you know, an awkward black girl. 62 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: But also for those who don't know, Ester Ray used 63 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: to platform smaller series via her YouTube channel, Digital series 64 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:24,920 Speaker 1: and Nikia was doing that, and she was on a 65 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: ton of other things, and I was like, Okay, this 66 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: is dope, Like I'm here for met her then and 67 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: then she went on to begin working with Keiki Palmer, 68 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: which was also fired to see because I just knew. 69 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, Keky Palmer has the platform. Kiki Palmer 70 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: is the girl like you know in all of the 71 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: movie series the Studios Lover. That's a great place for 72 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: Niki to be at period. And black creatives don't get, 73 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: you know, the ample opportunities, especially not in a Hollywood 74 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: you know, movie making TV, show making series making space. 75 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: It just doesn't happen because they ain't telling that many 76 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: of our stories. So I thought it was dope. So 77 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: fast forward, I start to see all this backlash online 78 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: about this show. And you guys know, I went to 79 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: a HBCU. I graduated from Delaware State University. So my algorithm, 80 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 1: especially in October, and that's why I'm like, yo, they 81 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: chose a hell of a month to drop a series 82 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: about an HBCU that was going to get dragged because 83 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: it's homecoming season. So if you not feeling black atty 84 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 1: black and black black, y'all in February. You do it 85 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 1: in October homecoming season, everybody's hitting up the homecomings. You 86 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: know what I mean, you and your prairie, all your gear, 87 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 1: repping your schools. 88 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 2: Remember you know why you got to keep your head 89 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 2: to the side. 90 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 1: Y'all know all the things super super black in October, 91 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: especially if you graduated from HBCU. So the series started 92 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: popping up on my feed because I started seeing people 93 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: on Instagram, on x and on threads pissed off and 94 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 1: having a conversation about Keiki Palmer saying that she's tone 95 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: deaf because of the series. I didn't really pay too 96 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 1: much attention to it at first, if I'm being honest 97 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 1: with y'all, only because ever since the you know, Kekey 98 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: Palmer's teasing that Jonathan Major's episode for her talk show 99 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: that she does it's Kekey Palmer and her podcast with 100 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: her mom and then pulling it down. I feel like 101 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: sometimes with Kekey Palmer, like she gets unfair criticism because 102 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 1: people look at her as perfect because she is the girl. 103 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 2: She's been you know. 104 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: Pedestaled and polished and not even like because it's something 105 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 1: that she wants, because if you meet her, she's just 106 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: out here living her life, doing her thing work and 107 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 1: getting her money and going home to her son. But 108 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 1: I think the world does that because she's always presented 109 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: so well, like she's such a great actress, such an 110 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: accomplished actress. You know, everything that she's ever done, we've 111 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:37,359 Speaker 1: always known her to do it so well. So the 112 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: minute Kekey Palmer does anything that is not so well 113 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 1: or approved, the world exposed. So I thought it was 114 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: just like one of those moments, like, Okay, a moment 115 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 1: is happening, it'll come, it'll go whatever. And then I 116 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: saw Kekey Palmer respond to it. I'm like, Okay, this 117 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 1: must be really big. So I did some digging found 118 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 1: out that Nikiah Stevens was a part of the project, 119 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 1: and I'm like, okay, let's have a conversation about this. 120 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: So the series Southern Fried Rice from KEYTV is a 121 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: series about a Korean American girl who is adopted by 122 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:11,119 Speaker 1: a Southern Black family. This girl decides that she wants 123 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: to go to an HBCU. You know, the premise of 124 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: this is that all of her life she's been accepted 125 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: by her small town and the people in her small town, 126 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: and now she goes to this HBCU. And I will 127 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 1: say the HBCU is a fictional HBCU, and that is 128 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: important because one thing black people don't play about is 129 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: who did the body spades? And if you renig the 130 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: HBCUs and then when you on campus, the Greek fraternities 131 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: and sororities like the oh and Edges and yeah in 132 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 1: Greez and your scalp, those are the things that. 133 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 2: We ain't compromising that. 134 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: So they made sure that the HBCU was fictional, which 135 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: is why it's important to have black creatives telling black stories, 136 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: because yeah, that's important. But so she goes to HBCU 137 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: and you know, while there, she's not as accepted, and 138 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: she's definitely not as accepted just because she has a 139 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: black family. So she you know, the story or the 140 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: series is all about watching her go through that. Let's 141 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: take a listen to the trailer. 142 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 3: All right, say geez, okay, I know I got some 143 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 3: explaining to do. Let's start with the elephant in the room. 144 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 2: Yes, I'm n Asian. 145 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 3: Yes my family is black, and yes I've always been 146 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 3: hard to miss. 147 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 4: This is Coco Cottage is once you make this, once 148 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 4: you arrest yourself in the opportunities here, I'm sure that 149 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 4: you will find w has so much. 150 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 2: Tougher I mean to her or not too he. 151 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 4: Lie, don't forget who you are, Coco, that girl Jackson. 152 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 3: For a lot of people, this is hard to understand, 153 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 3: but black culture is the only culture I know. 154 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: Okay, Now, this is set in a you know, present 155 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: day time, and the conversation that this is supposed to 156 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: spark are all things that happen in the college experience 157 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: from the creators of this series, from their perspective anyway, 158 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: So you know, it's going into the conversations about privilege, identity, DEI, ScDs, relationships, 159 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: you know, all the things. It's one of those series 160 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: from what it seems like, because again it's not out. 161 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: I just saw the trailer. 162 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 2: That's it. That's all we got. 163 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: But it seems like it's one of those series that 164 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: uses something that it's kind of shock value a little 165 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 1: bit to real you in to have very vulnerable and 166 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: real conversations about things that people are coming up against 167 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: every day on these HBCU campuses or honestly, I feel 168 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: like you even go through those conversations and those experiences 169 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: as graduates of HBCUs because once we graduate, we go 170 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: into the world that isn't you know, all things black 171 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: fried Chicken Wednesdays celebratory of the culture. A lot of 172 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: our workspaces are not you know, all black. We are 173 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 1: one a few, one of many. And it's kind of 174 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: like a culture shock, Like you're in this bubble of 175 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 1: a world for four years out of HBCU. In HBCU 176 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,559 Speaker 1: for those who don't know, stands for Historically Black College University. 177 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,679 Speaker 1: And it's a celebration of like you being you, and 178 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 1: you understanding and learning in real time through education and 179 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:11,079 Speaker 1: through life experience why the world needs you and why 180 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: being black is such a life changing thing and a 181 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: world changing thing like and the campus in the school 182 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: prepares you to go out into the world and just 183 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: spread that glitter all over and make your mark on 184 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 1: the world. 185 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 2: That's the slogan on my HBC youh schuld I call 186 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 2: delaus State University. 187 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: But yes, so these conversations are you know, supposed to 188 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 1: be sparked by these series, But baby, when I tell 189 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 1: you that is not any of the conversation that is 190 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: happening online around this right now. And seeing some of 191 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: the backlash on different outlets and seeing Keiky Palmer have 192 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: to respond and we're going to get to Kekey Palmer's response. 193 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 1: I then went and looked at, you know, directly, what 194 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 1: are people's direct response to this trailer. So I went 195 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:52,719 Speaker 1: to the comments on the key tv Instagram account and 196 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:54,959 Speaker 1: I'm gonna just read a few comments. So there's one 197 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: comment under here that says, in this current climate where 198 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 1: they're snatching funding and literally trying to erase our school, well, 199 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: question Mark, we have a responsibility to amplify our own 200 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: stories and perspectives now more than ever, and we're centering 201 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: that perspective on an Asian girl rocking bamboo earrings? 202 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,119 Speaker 2: Question Mark? Is this not a bit tone Deafkiki? 203 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: And then another comment says, even if she grew up 204 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: in black culture, why not further were her Asian culture? 205 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: It's another beautiful ethnic culture. If this were reversed, would 206 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: it hit the same Another person says, is there going 207 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: to be an episode where Asian people begin demanding the 208 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 1: destruction of affirmative action because there are too many black 209 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 1: people at Ivy League schools? And she defends them. Another 210 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,560 Speaker 1: comment says, I think this project seems dope. Regardless of 211 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: what people may say, it is not your job to 212 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: tell all the black stories. Hell, the people telling you 213 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 1: to tell them ain't even spreading the word. These stories 214 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: are important too. You have a lot of people growing 215 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: up outside of whatever culture they're originally from, constantly feeling 216 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:54,559 Speaker 1: judged and misunderstood, and people only ever try to make 217 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: sense of it from a mixed black and white person, 218 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 1: never seen from the point of view like this. 219 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 2: I can't wait to watch. 220 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: So comments are in shambles under the trailer, and this 221 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 1: has been going on for days. At this point, there's 222 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: you know, full on think pieces all over threads and 223 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,439 Speaker 1: x and in all the spaces. So Kiki Palmer herself 224 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:19,320 Speaker 1: had to get online and respond. 225 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:19,839 Speaker 2: I did see that. 226 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 1: Nikia Stevens, who again I told you guys, as an 227 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: executive producer and one of the creators behind this project. 228 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 2: She did respond also. 229 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: But Kiki Palmer posted a video which is being picked 230 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 1: up by a lot of the news outlets. Let's take 231 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 1: a listen to what Keky Palmer had. 232 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,079 Speaker 5: To say that I don't wanna take up too much of 233 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 5: your time, but I wanted to chop it up real 234 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:39,199 Speaker 5: quick about this series called Southern fr Fried Rice that's 235 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:44,439 Speaker 5: premiering on key TV that is receiving some controversial feedback. Now, 236 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:47,319 Speaker 5: Southern Fried Rice was created by Nikia Stevens, and while 237 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 5: I can't speak to her inspiration for the show, I 238 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 5: can speak to her dedication as a creative. I mean, 239 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 5: Nikia has written, show, ran and produced four shows alongside 240 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 5: her Damn Right Originals team with key TV and KEGV 241 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 5: has proudly invested over a half a million dollars on 242 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 5: her creations. And I say that because it's not easy 243 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 5: to obtain that kind of investment. And KEYTV this is 244 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 5: the ethos of the company. It's a network not just 245 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 5: because it has stars and shows or has talent, but 246 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 5: because it's about the people who create the shows and 247 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 5: connecting them. Look, what you like is subjective, but the 248 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 5: support of black creatives is not. And it's a task 249 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 5: that KEYTV takes on with pride, because if you want 250 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 5: to be a creative, you have to be able to create, 251 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 5: and that takes money. And it's keytv's mission to find 252 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 5: the funds for you to be in practice, for you 253 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 5: to experience trial and error, and to take your projects 254 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 5: off the page and get more than one chance to 255 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 5: do it in action. So whether you like it all 256 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 5: or some or none, I say, give these creatives a 257 00:12:50,240 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 5: chance to grow as we continue to grow in supporting them. 258 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:03,959 Speaker 1: I'm now going to play for you, guys what Nikiah Stevens, 259 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 1: you know who Kiki Pomer was also just referencing, had 260 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 1: to say. Once the backlash started going, you know, really crazy, 261 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 1: let's say listen. 262 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 4: Hello, Hi, I wanted to come on here and first 263 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 4: and foremost say thank you so much for watching the 264 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:21,440 Speaker 4: Southern fried Rice trailer. I'm seeing the comments, I'm seeing 265 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 4: the support, I'm seeing the discourse, and as a storyteller, 266 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 4: I welcome it. I welcome conversation, I welcome curiosity. And 267 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 4: for those of you who've been following me and supporting 268 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 4: my journey, y'all know that Southern Fried Rice is ten 269 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 4: plus years in the making, and you know it was 270 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 4: inspired by my own HBCU experience and observations as a 271 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 4: student at Savana Say University, the first public HBCU in Georgia. 272 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 4: But no, I had friends at Savannah State University and 273 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 4: people in my orbit who were non black and had 274 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 4: to navigate a historically black space. 275 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:03,359 Speaker 1: And I saw. 276 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 4: How hard and challenging and fun and beautiful it was 277 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 4: for them to do so, and that sparked my curiosity 278 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 4: and honestly planted the seed for Southern fried Rice. And 279 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 4: obviously over the years it has been massaged into something 280 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 4: more deeper and nuanced, but that was ultimately the seed, 281 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 4: right And I think my ultimate goal was to spark 282 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 4: conversation around culture, around belonging, and around identity, and so 283 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 4: that's what I think I've done, and I'm very proud 284 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 4: of Southern fried Rice. Furthermore, I'm very proud of the 285 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 4: people behind Southern Fried Rice. Other than me, the people 286 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 4: I collaborated with, so a black woman director who also 287 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 4: attended an HBCU, three producers who also attended HBCUs, some 288 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 4: of our cast and crew also attended HBCU. So these 289 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 4: are people who love and protect black co culture and 290 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 4: hold it close to their hearts who were collaborating on 291 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 4: this project. And so yeah, I'm proud of it. And 292 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 4: I'm also first and foremost I already said first and foremost. 293 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 4: Second most, I have to say thank you to Kiki 294 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 4: and KETV for allowing me the opportunities, like this is 295 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 4: my fourth project with KTV, so. 296 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 2: We'll cut it there. 297 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 1: So I think one of the important things is Number One, 298 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 1: Nikia making it very clear that she attended at HBCU, 299 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 1: and several other creators on their projects also went to HBCUs. 300 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: And I know that a lot of Nikias work, not 301 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 1: even a lot like I would say, you know, and 302 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: this is me just going off of what I see 303 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: in Passing and I'm just like, you know, I'm scrolling, 304 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: liking and just you know, keeping it going. I'm not 305 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: like a die hard, you know, avid watcher of all 306 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: the Nikia's content, but Nikki Stevens and Dann Wright originals, 307 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: I would say at least ninety percent of their content 308 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 1: and things that they focus on are black centric or 309 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 1: black focused when it comes to storytelling and like why 310 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: they're telling a story and whose story they are actually telling. 311 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 2: I mean, she's not new to this. It's what I'm conveying. 312 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 1: But I wouldn't even call it a mistake because I 313 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: think are is subjective and I think we also have 314 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: not even watched the full series to really be able 315 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: to critique it and call it some of the things 316 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 1: that it's being called being. It's being called tone deaf, 317 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: it's being called disrespectful, it's being called invasive, Like you know, 318 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: we're allowing people to just come in. People are having 319 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: conversations about why don't we learn to gate keep what 320 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: it's ours. I think that you know, And I would 321 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: say this even if I didn't know Nikiya Stevens and 322 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: didn't know the work of Dan Right Originals, only because 323 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 1: now I feel like, you know, being in a space 324 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: that I'm in, I can understand how you can put 325 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 1: something into the world and your intention and the actual 326 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 1: messaging and your intention can be one thing, but it 327 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: can hit a completely different way, and and people just 328 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: you know, don't give it the chance because of that 329 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: first initial hit and then your intention and and other 330 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 1: things are you just don't get the fair shot for 331 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: it to be conveyed. So I'm gonna watch the full 332 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: series and I'll come back here and do a full 333 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: breakdown of the full series and another you know, follow 334 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 1: up you know episode and review on it once I do. 335 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: But I will say though, just off of you know, 336 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 1: the trailer, the premise and all the background information that 337 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: I've collected, I do understand why people are upset. I'm 338 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: not a person that's gonna ever call for somebody not 339 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: to be able to tell a certain story, not to 340 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: be able to do a certain thing. I haven't seen 341 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 1: a full series, so I'm not gonna write it off, 342 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: especially because, like Kiki Palmer said, I know how hard 343 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:31,159 Speaker 1: it is just to be able to do what Ni 344 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 1: Kid is doing, and she does it very well. 345 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 2: But I do understand the upset. I want to share 346 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 2: a personal story. 347 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 1: When I came into Delaware State University, my college picks 348 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,119 Speaker 1: and the schools that I applied to, I think I 349 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 1: applied to maybe two or three HBCUs. I didn't really 350 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,440 Speaker 1: know much about HBCUs. I only knew of Delaware State 351 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: because I had a mentor who is also a Delta, 352 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 1: which is a Greek sorority, a part of the Divine 353 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 1: Nine on HBCU campuses, was a graduate of the school. 354 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: My goal was to get into like a big city school, 355 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: so I wanted to go to like an NYU or 356 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:00,640 Speaker 1: USC or something like that. 357 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 2: Temple. 358 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 1: Anything that was going to put me in a position 359 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:05,399 Speaker 1: where I could like act and model and do the 360 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: things that I'm doing now didn't happen. Ended up at 361 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: Delaware State University. And I remember the first thing, literally, 362 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: like the first thing that I was told when I 363 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: decided to go to Dell State was you know, you 364 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 1: want to model and you want to work in entertainment. 365 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: It's going to be so hard for you to be 366 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: able to do that because number one, you're going to. 367 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 2: Be in Dover. You're going to be in the middle 368 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 2: of nowhere. 369 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: Nobody supports HBCUs and HBCU students, nor those conversations around 370 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: the school. People don't even think that those schools are legit. 371 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: People are going to look at your degree and not 372 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: think it's legit. You're not going to be able to 373 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 1: do things you want to do on a high level. 374 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: It's going to be hard. That was the narrative that 375 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 1: was given to me when I headed to my HBCU. 376 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 1: I got there and hit campus and I was like, 377 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 1: I don't care about none of that. This school makes 378 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 1: me feel good, Like this school makes me understand my 379 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 1: place in the world because I see all these people 380 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:54,639 Speaker 1: that look like me, that have the balance between like 381 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:56,439 Speaker 1: I can have a good time, I can achieve, I 382 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: can do all these things. But at the same time, 383 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:00,920 Speaker 1: I'm going somewhere and like I'm going to disrupt when 384 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: I get there. It was just, I don't know, It's 385 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:04,640 Speaker 1: a feeling that I can't really explain anybody who's went 386 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 1: to an HBCU. You understand exactly what I'm saying. But 387 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:10,880 Speaker 1: it's a very sacred and a very like, my experience 388 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: is not another HBCU students experience. But I think we 389 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 1: can all we all can understand. I think this is 390 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: why as alumni we go so hard for our schools. 391 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 1: That's sacred. I want to protect just keeping certain things 392 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,399 Speaker 1: in that experience and that connection that you're able to 393 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: make with yourself and make with the fact that like 394 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: you're black and you're needed in this world that the 395 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 1: school gives you. You want to protect that feeling. So 396 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: I'm at my HBCU, I'm doing, you know, all the things, 397 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:37,120 Speaker 1: having a great time. My senior year comes and we 398 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:40,159 Speaker 1: slowly start seeing more white people on campus, and we 399 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: used to make jokes about it, like we used to 400 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 1: be like, oh, every white person we saw on campus, 401 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: we used to be like, oh, they got to be 402 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 1: on their questioning team. And then I remember I graduated. 403 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 1: I graduated in twenty fourteen from Delaware State University and 404 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 1: came back to school. Now the following year twenty fifteen. 405 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,440 Speaker 1: Dale State at that time was bringing in about four 406 00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 1: thousand new students per year and only eleven percent of 407 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: the were white or non black, not a big percentage, 408 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 1: but it is a different type of life experience and 409 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 1: feeling when you are the majority not the minority. So 410 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: you got to still experience that. A few years past, 411 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 1: and I remember it was a big thing that Delawares 412 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:18,159 Speaker 1: University had this like big huge influx of non black 413 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 1: student enrollment, and there was a big discourse online about 414 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:26,160 Speaker 1: it amongst students, amongst alumni because there was this feeling 415 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 1: of like, Okay, this is supposed to be ours, like 416 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,639 Speaker 1: this is supposed to be even everything down to like 417 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: the music, the dances, the way that we talked to 418 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 1: each other, the way that the teachers loved on us 419 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 1: and spoke to us, and you know it just the 420 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 1: community of it all that is such a big thing 421 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 1: on HBCU campus. And I think the minute that you 422 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: think about, you know, bringing non black people into that 423 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 1: space to matriculate through that school, you get the sense 424 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,159 Speaker 1: of the feeling that that goes away. Now again, I 425 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: wasn't there when this happened on my campus, so I 426 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: don't know what the feeling and if the feeling changed, 427 00:20:58,880 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 1: but I can tell. 428 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 2: You how I felt watching it. 429 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: I felt bad for the students that were on campus 430 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: and having to come behind me. And the reason why 431 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 1: is because I do think that there is a conversation 432 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 1: that we never ever have as black people because we 433 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: normally have to just shut up, put our head down, 434 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 1: and do the work because we are the minority and 435 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 1: not the majority. Your world and your life are just 436 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 1: different when you are surrounded by your people. The way 437 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: you talk, the way you hold your head, the way 438 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 1: you dress, the way you glow, everything is different. The 439 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: minute you bring people from outside of that, and no 440 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,640 Speaker 1: matter where they've grown up, the type of family they've 441 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,160 Speaker 1: come from, how much slang they know, how much hip 442 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,119 Speaker 1: hop they know, anything, it's just different. You have to 443 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 1: pull your pants up and look and walk and talk 444 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: and posture yourself a different way being on an HBCU campus. 445 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 1: The beauty of that you learn that right, You learn 446 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 1: how to navigate in the world and protect yourself and 447 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 1: keep yourself alive. But it's a reprieve, it's a breath 448 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,880 Speaker 1: of fresh air. It is a comfort space because you 449 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 1: don't have to do it every day in your day 450 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 1: to day like you do in the world, because the 451 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 1: world is looking at you and putting you behind the 452 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 1: eight ball all the time. That doesn't happen on your 453 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: HBCU campus, But instantly, when you begin to see others 454 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: that don't look like you in this space, you do it. 455 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: It's just a natural thing that we do. We call 456 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:12,120 Speaker 1: it duality or our ability to code switch. But if 457 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 1: you think about how instantly you do that and how 458 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 1: you've been raised all of your life, if you're a 459 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: black person listening to this, to do that, it's exhausting 460 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: after a while. It is very exhausting after a while. 461 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 1: And it was great to be in a space where 462 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 1: I never had to feel that exhaustion. So I felt 463 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,959 Speaker 1: bad for a lot of the students after me because 464 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 1: I'm like that feeling of never having to feel that exhaustion. 465 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:35,360 Speaker 1: Even though they're going to be the majority versus the minority, 466 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: it's just going to be different. 467 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 2: So I get people's upset. I also get the upset because. 468 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 1: Then I'm one of the people that believe that we 469 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 1: don't get keep like I think certain things should be 470 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:48,160 Speaker 1: kept for us. And it's okay, Like I don't necessarily 471 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: want to hear about, you know, a non black person's 472 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: experience at an HBCU because to me, being at a 473 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 1: HBCU and being the black person who had to accept 474 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,159 Speaker 1: the non black person, it's always like, well, why are 475 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 1: you here, what are you here for? 476 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 2: And why can't this just be ours? 477 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:07,879 Speaker 1: This has all of the makeup of everything that is 478 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: going to piss somebody off. And I actually hope that 479 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 1: every single person that has had something to say about 480 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 1: this series, both positive and negative, take the time to 481 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 1: watch it, because I think it's only fair. If you're 482 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,679 Speaker 1: going to critique something, you need to know exactly what 483 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 1: you're critiquing and why. And we don't know that to 484 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:25,440 Speaker 1: the full extent yet. We don't know kind of how 485 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 1: this story maps out. 486 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:27,199 Speaker 2: Don't know. 487 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:30,120 Speaker 1: Nikia is super like personally, but I know her work 488 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,199 Speaker 1: and I can speak to her work enough to know 489 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,719 Speaker 1: that nothing about what she has ever done and never 490 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 1: put out into the world was harming of us or 491 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,120 Speaker 1: for us and for our stories ever that I've seen. 492 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 1: I want to give her, you know, the benefit of 493 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: the doubt and watch it, get some full context on it, 494 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 1: and then I'll be back and have a conversation with 495 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 1: you guys. You know about what I think, and I'm 496 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 1: open to having a Kiya and Key Key Palmer come 497 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 1: on the podcast and have the conversation. I think that 498 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 1: would be a dope episode as well, but I think 499 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: we got to give us some time. But I do 500 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: think though that this should be a lesson to all 501 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 1: creatives because what I right, I hope that when I 502 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: go watch this series, when you're gonna take a chance 503 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:06,919 Speaker 1: like that and there's a shock factor like seeing a 504 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 1: non black person at a coveted black space like an HBCU, 505 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: you gotta really really really know what you're doing, not 506 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: even know what you're doing, because the kid knows what 507 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: she's doing, but you gotta really really really make sure 508 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 1: as much as you can because things are always miscontrued, 509 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 1: but as much as you can. You gotta make sure 510 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 1: that your art is laying as close to your intention 511 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 1: as it can be, and you're doing everything you can 512 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 1: to make sure you getting all your points acrossing you 513 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 1: know what I mean? Dotcha, I cross your t's if 514 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 1: you are the creator, because this is very sensitive to people. 515 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 1: For some people, hbc USED is the only space they've 516 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 1: ever experienced that was okay for them to be them, 517 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: and then they went on into a world that was 518 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: like YO, put your head down, I'm humble you real quick, 519 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 1: so it's very sensitive to us. 520 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 2: You know what I mean? 521 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,720 Speaker 1: So I get it again. Wanna watch the series. It's 522 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:53,239 Speaker 1: via key TV. It is called Southern Front Rice and 523 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:55,879 Speaker 1: I'll be back with an update once I watch. This 524 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 1: is the Latest with Laura La Rosa. At the end 525 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 1: of the day, y'all could be anywhere with anybody having 526 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:02,399 Speaker 1: a conversation about these topics, but y'all choose to be 527 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 1: right here within me, lowriders. I appreciate you guys every 528 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:07,879 Speaker 1: single time, in every single episode. 529 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 2: I'm Laura l Rosa. This is the Latest, and I 530 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 2: will catch you guys in my next episode. Oh and 531 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 2: please take it to the streets and the tweet you 532 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 2: call the truths be. 533 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 1: Outside, we Outside, We outside outside, tweet every other page 534 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 1: at me, Laura Lo Rosa, l O R E N 535 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: l O R O s A everywhere. I want to 536 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: hear your thoughts on this. I want to hear your thoughts. 537 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,120 Speaker 1: Let's talk about it. I'll be back