Speaker 1: Hi, Um, I don't really know what to say. My
Speaker 1: name is Wheezy. I host Horrible Decisions with my co
Speaker 1: host Mandy, and all I know is that I have
Speaker 1: a large platform and I'm just going to talk and
Speaker 1: share and tell you that I love you. I honestly,
Speaker 1: I didn't really know what to do because I felt like, Okay,
Speaker 1: it's a show about sex. Nobody gives a fuck about
Speaker 1: me talking about anything that's going on in the world.
Speaker 1: But it's irresponsible of me to not say anything on
Speaker 1: this audio feed just because we talk about sex. Horrible
Speaker 1: Decisions was a show that when I came to Mandy,
Speaker 1: although it started on the principle of two corporate women
Speaker 1: talking about sex, I was like, we're gonna we gotta
Speaker 1: do everybody. We gotta take those white dollars too. I
Speaker 1: want to not say nigas so much so we don't
Speaker 1: put ourselves in a box. But like three episodes in,
Speaker 1: it was clear that this show was made by black
Speaker 1: girls for black people. And I say people of color
Speaker 1: because I've seen that it's really broadened and affected a
Speaker 1: lot of brown people. Latina's whoever, right, But today what's
Speaker 1: on my mind is not necessarily it's the it's the
Speaker 1: white listener who I really love because this show is black, Slee,
Speaker 1: and I love y'all because I know that there are
Speaker 1: other podcasts that are probably more relatable to you. Um,
Speaker 1: I mean ship. I have a girl who tweeted me
Speaker 1: the other day and said that her coworkers just couldn't
Speaker 1: get into it because it feels black. That's how Black
Speaker 1: Horrible Decisions is. So to the white people that listen
Speaker 1: to this show, I'm sure you consider yourself woken up, right,
Speaker 1: And I thank y'all and I funk with you all
Speaker 1: for being a part of this or have. But it's
Speaker 1: now time to use that white ass privilege today to
Speaker 1: have an uncomfortable conversation. Just do it, because we need
Speaker 1: you now more than ever. We click on the TV
Speaker 1: and they want to make black people look like animals. Bro,
Speaker 1: every black person in their eyes has the same agenda
Speaker 1: and they've already heard it. And so now we need
Speaker 1: that other person to speak up that is sitting in
Speaker 1: that room, speak up for us, because we are clearly unheard.
Speaker 1: Like they know killing is bad, but let's start like
Speaker 1: let's retweet it, but like, oh yeah, he died, but
Speaker 1: come on, you guys, stop it now, it's getting too violent.
Speaker 1: Spark a conversation so uncomfortable today that we would be
Speaker 1: proud of you. If you're scared to talk because you
Speaker 1: think someone will throw in the looting or the violence
Speaker 1: of the arson in your face, you need to remind
Speaker 1: them that this country started on looting, and that black
Speaker 1: people are not fucking up their community by destroying a
Speaker 1: target a massive corporation that already is displacing mom and
Speaker 1: pop shops, which Republicans should love hearing about because they
Speaker 1: are the face of entrepreneurship and keeping all of your
Speaker 1: tax money. Right. All I'm saying is I'm not choosing aside.
Speaker 1: I'm just saying remind them that this is bigger than
Speaker 1: broken glass. If George Floyd didn't die in front of
Speaker 1: our face with a knee on his neck for seven minutes,
Speaker 1: we wouldn't have broken glass in the streets. We are
Speaker 1: almost programmed to demonize loud black people, angry black people.
Speaker 1: But just do your due diligence in teaching someone to
Speaker 1: know and understand why have empathy for a situation that
Speaker 1: you will never have. Educate yourself on people that we celebrate. Right,
Speaker 1: You see people talk about Malcolm X all the time.
Speaker 1: Why educate yourself on those things? And I also am
Speaker 1: confused myself on what to do, like I don't know
Speaker 1: what I'm supposed to do or how do I help? Right? Like?
Speaker 1: How much? What? What do I donate? Is that? Did
Speaker 1: I do my job by donating? Is that what I did?
Speaker 1: I do enough? And so I guess, Like I said before,
Speaker 1: the show is by black girls for black people and
Speaker 1: has obviously become brought into bigger things. But I'm going
Speaker 1: to donate if we even have that this week. If
Speaker 1: we don't, it will be next week or whatever. But
Speaker 1: I'm going to donate my portion of the show's add
Speaker 1: dollars to UH the Minnesota Freedom Fund. And I just
Speaker 1: wanted to share where I've been figuring out how to
Speaker 1: donate my money. UM, I follow Grassroots Law. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: spell it for you on Instagram. They've really been helpful
Speaker 1: grass r o o T s Law UM organization's pro
Speaker 1: black and they post some credible links on who to
Speaker 1: donate from four excuse me UM and how to help. Also,
Speaker 1: like if you are confused on how to help and
Speaker 1: you don't want to spend money or not that you
Speaker 1: don't can't afford or whatever. Um m hmm. Black Lives Matter.
Speaker 1: You can get involved with the local chapter there on
Speaker 1: their website. They have a full list. UM, you can volunteer,
Speaker 1: You could be loud. Being loud is great and it's
Speaker 1: what we need. I think the great thing that we
Speaker 1: can try to pull from this is there's a possibility
Speaker 1: for to feel loved and to show love and remind
Speaker 1: people that you love them. Telling black men and theman
Speaker 1: that you love them, UM, telling them you're here for them.
Speaker 1: I mean, and this is, you know, something we should
Speaker 1: already be doing. But I also want to talk to
Speaker 1: the people that are protesting and that are angry. And
Speaker 1: you can like this or not. UM, I know some
Speaker 1: of you really don't agree with writing, and it's fine,
Speaker 1: but I'm not gonna not try to at least have
Speaker 1: my people do it appropriately. So I just pulled some
Speaker 1: tips from friends on the best advice. Making sure that
Speaker 1: you do leave bodega's and mom and pop shops alone,
Speaker 1: and wearing a mask and gloves at all times. UM,
Speaker 1: having a fallback location to meet up with people if
Speaker 1: the right gets broken up. UM. Just making sure you're
Speaker 1: you're safe. We need you alive. Yo, I'm scared. I don't,
Speaker 1: I don't know. I will tell you guys this, I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't tell you this to make you sad. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, I I know the show is fun and
Speaker 1: my role in the show is to be funny. And
Speaker 1: if you don't laugh, I'm sorry. I guess you're not
Speaker 1: laughing now either, But I want it also reminds you
Speaker 1: that logging off is the form of self care and
Speaker 1: it's okay. I've been feeling guilty actually about like logging off,
Speaker 1: which is crazy. Um. If we need to feel better insecure,
Speaker 1: comes on tonight. They're not paying me to say that.
Speaker 1: It's just the only black cast thing I know that
Speaker 1: we could do to support and not think and just
Speaker 1: get our minds taken off of what's going on for
Speaker 1: a second, because it's okay. UM trying the calm app.
Speaker 1: I think that ship is fifteen dollars, but I'm sure
Speaker 1: there's free guided meditation, and if you've never meditated before,
Speaker 1: I'm not telling you that we're going to really meditate
Speaker 1: you right now. But I think we should just have
Speaker 1: thirty seconds of silence for peace, for ourselves and for
Speaker 1: our brothers and sisters that we lost. I think we
Speaker 1: should just sit in peace for a second altogether. There.
Speaker 1: If you're driving, don't close your eyes, but if you can,
Speaker 1: just close your eyes really quick, really quick with me,
Speaker 1: let's just be still cool. I love you very much
Speaker 1: and I'm really glad that we have each other. I'm
Speaker 1: glad that I even have a large enough platform to
Speaker 1: post this and it matters in some way. Um, and
Speaker 1: I hope you do something today to make you feel happy.
Speaker 1: I really do, whether that be protesting or looking at
Speaker 1: dumbass memes on Twitter. I don't know, dude, I don't know,
Speaker 1: but we've got to figure it out. Let's keep ourselves saying.
Speaker 1: We've been in the house, locked up for way too
Speaker 1: fucking long, some of us sexless, God forbid. We gotta
Speaker 1: deal with this. Just laugh a little today, do it
Speaker 1: for me because I don't really feel it at me
Speaker 1: right now. But I love you and I am looking
Speaker 1: forward to making you smile Tomorrow. We have an episode
Speaker 1: with Poor Minds. They're really sweet girls are fun girls.
Speaker 1: You will like this episode and many will be on it.
Speaker 1: I just I'm alone and I'm outside and I was
Speaker 1: thinking of you, you talking to you. I was thinking
Speaker 1: of you and um yeah, Love and Light baby,