WEBVTT - You Have a Fraud Alert 0:00:03.920 --> 0:00:07.720 What's up. Family, it's your girl to meet A D. 0:00:07.880 --> 0:00:11.440 Mallory and it's your boy my son in general, and 0:00:11.480 --> 0:00:15.400 we are your hosts of street politicians, the place in 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:19.600 politics meet. What's going on? Happy New Year, my son, 0:00:20.200 --> 0:00:24.720 Happy New Year is upon us. I'm feeling great. I've 0:00:24.760 --> 0:00:29.480 already spoke this best number one podcast into existence. We're 0:00:29.480 --> 0:00:32.000 gonna have so much money. We're gonna have so much wealth. 0:00:32.200 --> 0:00:35.279 We're gonna have so much success, so much justice. We're 0:00:35.280 --> 0:00:37.800 gonna get justice. We're gonna get everything we're looking for. 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:47.600 You know, we ended last year with significant um a 0:00:47.640 --> 0:00:53.640 criminal justice wins right that that's not wins for our community. Know, 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:57.600 you gotta because the trolls can't wait. What wins. Wins 0:00:57.640 --> 0:01:00.800 means they stop killing us. That's what we're fighting for. 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:06.160 We ultimately want um not to be killed. But when 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:09.040 we think about the steps that it will take to 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:13.320 get us to a place where people know, if I 0:01:13.440 --> 0:01:18.200 shoot harm, violate the civil rights, the human rights of 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:22.120 a black, brown or any other person, I'm going to 0:01:22.200 --> 0:01:25.679 have to face the system. And it's possible that a 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:29.560 jury and particularly juries with white women. We gotta, we've 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:32.760 gotta talk about it because the last few juries have 0:01:32.920 --> 0:01:37.280 been full of white women that not all white women, 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:41.160 but many white women have been dominating these juries. Have 0:01:41.440 --> 0:01:48.440 been finding police officers and other vigilantes, um responsible criminals, 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:53.600 responsible for the murder and the trauma and the violations 0:01:53.640 --> 0:01:57.200 that they've caused on young black men and black men 0:01:57.240 --> 0:02:01.000 in general. And I think that, um, you know, that's 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:05.400 a good sign for how we enter two. That we 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:09.680 continue to fight in the courts, but even outside of 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:12.799 the courts, there's a cultural fight that's ahead of us, 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:15.880 and I think we have a responsibility to stay on 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:19.720 the ground. In every one of the cases that we 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:24.360 have one, so to speak, there were movements that existed 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:28.840 on the ground. There were people involved, there were protests, 0:02:28.840 --> 0:02:33.359 there was awareness, there was communities speaking out parents that 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:37.799 work very closely with some of our stellar civil rights 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:41.000 attorneys so that they could go and and help to 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:45.359 inform um the district attorneys, right, because you know, it's 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:49.400 always important for us to make that separation. The district 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:52.400 attorneys have been fighting the cases, but they do at 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:57.560 times listen to the feedback of the family's civil attorneys 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:01.960 who are who are giving them strategy. These things are happening, 0:03:01.960 --> 0:03:05.040 and I think that to your point, We're gonna work 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:08.400 this year to ensure that we continue to get justice 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:11.720 in those places, while it's a small form of justice, 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:15.880 but that we also set the precedent, set the tone 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:20.680 across this country that if you kill, you harm, you brutalize, um, 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:25.040 you violate our rights, that you will be found guilty 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:28.880 of a crime and have to face actual jail time 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:32.639 for for you know, for your actions. You know it's right. 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:35.480 You know, that's that's the always the goal. Like you said, 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:39.760 it's not justice and totality, you know, but there is 0:03:40.160 --> 0:03:42.680 periods and there are pieces of justice that we need 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:45.160 to add to the puzzle, you know, And a a lot 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:48.400 of people want to discredit the work that's being done 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:51.720 because they don't understand the full process, or because they 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:54.200 just want to have something to say. But you know, 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:56.840 being on the front lines in this movement and actually 0:03:56.920 --> 0:04:00.400 seeing what it takes to get even though small pieces 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:03.480 of justice, man, and just understanding what it's gonna take 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:06.600 for us to act actually get the level of justice 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:10.560 and equity that we deserve and you know, are entitled 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:13.240 to in this country. We understand the work, the work 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:15.200 that we're gonna need to do. We're not even gonna 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:17.760 see it in a lifetime, but we're just gonna contribute 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:21.160 to it and continue to fight. Man. So I want 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:23.240 to say thank you to everybody who has been a 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:27.239 part of it, those small grassroots organizations, those who made 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:31.240 phone calls, those who donated to organizations, those who sat 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:35.280 in front of these courthouses, those who family members who 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:38.480 despite all the trauma and pain they went through, they 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:40.800 got up every day and they fought on behalf of 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:44.520 their family members. And they still fight and he's still crying. 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:47.479 They still deal with the trauma even after the cases 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:51.120 are gone, after the cameras have disappeared, after everyone is 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:54.599 going off, after the verdict has been delivered. Even though 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:57.560 there's been guilty verdicts, there have been people who have 0:04:57.680 --> 0:05:00.320 lost loved ones. So you just want to say thank 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:03.600 you for all of the pain that you've endured so 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:07.799 that justice can be served, even the smallest, smallest minute way. 0:05:08.160 --> 0:05:10.599 And you know that we will continue to do out. 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:16.240 And I'm not sure that George Floyd's family, Dante right 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:21.960 uh Ahmad are very and even Julius Jones, which was 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:26.120 different because Julius Jones needs to be at home with 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:29.560 his family, but he was removed from death row and 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:33.840 his life was spared with hours left before his UM 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:37.359 for before they would have executed him. And that was 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:41.120 because of a grass Fools movement. And to your point, UM, 0:05:41.240 --> 0:05:45.479 Terence Crutcher, who was also killed by the police, his 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:50.119 sister Tiffany Crutcher was out there while holding her own pain, 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:53.520 she was out there as one of the leaders fighting 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:57.160 for Julius Jones life. And there are so many people 0:05:57.200 --> 0:06:00.920 who have gone from advocate who have on from UM 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:05.039 survivors if you will. You know, some of us say victims, 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:08.440 but they are they're really truly survivors and have turned 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:13.520 that into becoming warriors within this movement. And I'm not 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:17.000 sure that they would say it's my new I think 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:22.720 we have conditioned ourselves because we we understand the larger 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:26.120 context of the movement, right, and so since we know 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:31.560 that justice is so much bigger, we condition ourselves to 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:36.479 UM to minimize it so that we don't have to 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:39.080 fight with folks who want to say, oh, y'all didn't 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:42.279 do anything because he should have got fifty years, and 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:45.359 now you know you didn't do anything, because all of 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:48.440 them should be guilty. But it's not my new because 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:52.440 the work that went into standing with Wanda Cooper and 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:56.320 Lee Merrit and also the work that Shaun King did, um, 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:59.240 you know for Ahmad r Very and the protests that 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:02.640 we went out for and the people like you said, uh, 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:06.640 queen your NaSTA ha in Atlanta, Gerald Griggs, the local 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:10.200 in Double A CP there um in in uh in 0:07:10.320 --> 0:07:15.120 that part of Georgia. They worked hard. We supported them, um, 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:19.440 but we were actually living in in Kentucky fighting for 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:23.560 Brianna Taylor and we still took our time to support 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:26.800 and stand with Wanda Cooper and the family of Ahmad 0:07:26.880 --> 0:07:29.720 are Very. So you had that movement happened, and that 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:34.000 kept attention on them every single day. Then you turned 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:36.720 around and you look at um, you know what was 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:40.800 done even when Dante right, Yeah, totally you know. And 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:44.560 by the way, Dante right situation moved fast from the 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:47.720 day that he was killed until there was a conviction. 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:52.760 It was very clear in the state of Minnesota that 0:07:52.880 --> 0:07:56.760 people were not going to sit back and allow them 0:07:56.840 --> 0:08:00.280 to slip back with justice because there was all ready 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:03.760 a conviction on George Floyd. And I think, um, what 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:08.160 some folks may not understand, they may not be aware 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:14.400 of how much work went into electing Keith Ellison, who 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:18.480 is the the the attorney general. They're in Minnesota. I 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:21.760 don't think people understand how much work and what the 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:25.320 battle was to get him elected so that he can 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:29.520 fight for real and true justice in that state. There 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:32.080 is so much more work to be done, but it's 0:08:32.120 --> 0:08:35.199 not minew when you think about Brianna Taylor. Yeah, the 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:40.000 trying to get actual convictions and to get people arrested 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:43.680 in charge, it's an uphill battle. We hope that the 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:49.080 Feds will come in and file federal charges against the officers, 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:52.640 particularly the four officers, but even more folks than that 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:57.280 were involved in murdering Brianna Taylor. But yet those officers 0:08:57.400 --> 0:09:00.679 have been removed from the force, and that for us, 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:03.360 while it is not the indoor be all, it is 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:07.120 significant that they have been disgraced and sent home from 0:09:07.160 --> 0:09:10.280 their jobs. Now we have to fight to make sure 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:14.800 that we get actual legislation put in place that monitors 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:17.400 them so that they cannot just go get another job 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:20.280 in a different city, um and and and permit the 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:23.720 same crimes. So to your point, there is a lot 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:27.560 of work to be done. There's an incredible amount of 0:09:27.559 --> 0:09:32.320 work to be done. But I refuse not to appreciate 0:09:32.679 --> 0:09:36.679 all the people who have worked to do what has 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:40.320 happened within the year of one that we hope to 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:48.360 keep into You're right, you know, I apologize, you know, apologize. 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:51.800 It's not because it's not just out work, right, it's 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:54.720 other people who are out there working, and as I 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:57.760 applaud them, you know, I don't want to minimize, you know, 0:09:57.960 --> 0:10:02.200 the losses of people who actually were invested in this work, 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:07.040 because a lot of people lost sleep, they gained trauma, 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:10.360 they lost money, they lost family, they lost so many 0:10:10.440 --> 0:10:14.840 different things in this fight for justice. So it's beneath 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:18.680 me to even try to minimize what people lost in this. 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:21.520 But I do want us to understand that there's so 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:23.880 much to go. We still have a lot to fight for. 0:10:24.040 --> 0:10:27.040 But those victories that we did get, they weren't they're 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:31.200 not minute, they're definitely major victories, you know, So continue 0:10:31.240 --> 0:10:34.319 to fight with that and knowing that you have gained 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:36.560 victories and we still got a lot to do. And 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:44.400 so that brings me to my thought of the day. Now. 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:48.600 You know, I've been really on vacation. I literally have 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:53.079 done absolutely nothing, and for you and other people who 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:58.640 called me. I've been sitting in a dark room relaxing 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:04.200 for the entire holiday, with the exception of moving around 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:06.040 a little bit here and there. Number One, I ain't 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:09.160 trying to get the COVID. Number two, I just needed 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:11.360 a break and I really needed to get focused. So, 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:14.000 you know, TV was a thing, like I was watching shows. 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:18.319 First of all, we start the holiday with Insecure going 0:11:18.360 --> 0:11:21.440 off the air, so they their last show. I haven't 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:25.560 even watched it because I'm like heartbroken, and I know 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:27.880 a little bit about what happened, because social media is 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:31.160 such a spoiler, like they just tell you everything, but 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:35.040 you know that's gone. Then the other day I was 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:38.600 watching TV. I was really excited about Blackish, and I 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:42.520 learned that it was their last episode as well. I'm 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:45.320 just trying to figure out, what in the heck is happening? 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:49.000 Is it the ratings? Are we not watching the shows? 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:52.679 You know? What is? What is the issue? Is it advertising? 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:56.680 What are we going to do to keep content on 0:11:56.800 --> 0:12:00.320 TV that helps to show us in in not just 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:03.760 a positive light, but in our true form. I have 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:07.720 no issue with fifty cents and his uh, you know, 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:12.280 his portfolio, because we all like a little crime and 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:19.360 hustless TV everything every if you say entertainment whatever, right, 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:22.640 we all we all like that. By the way, it's 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:25.800 every other culture has the same, so we're not gonna 0:12:25.800 --> 0:12:28.280 see him act like you. The white folks are not 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:31.080 killing each other and shooting up and everything on TV. 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:37.720 The Asian community there and everybody has entertainment. To your point, 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:44.400 that's um criminal through a criminal Lennits. Lets me say 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:50.920 it's like that, but the fundamentals of their every day 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:55.520 for their children is not just focusing on power and 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:59.400 BMF and things like that. They also have grays and 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:03.120 that they have I don't know you name the shows 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:05.439 right they I don't even know them, but I know 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:08.200 that they have a bunch of shows that shows sort 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:12.280 of a myriad, if you will, of images to their 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:15.120 young people. You turn on the TV for us and 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:19.680 we're losing everything. And Blackish was such an important show 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:23.439 since we had the Cosby Show, then you have Blackish. 0:13:23.720 --> 0:13:26.120 I don't know, maybe there was something in between, but 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:30.240 to lose Blackish, I mean, I'm gonna literally call both 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:34.800 Tracy Ellis and Anthony Anderson and ask why is it 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:37.080 that they were ready to move on with their careers 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:40.440 like I just don't get it. I'm really trying to 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:44.360 understand how we keep content that is for your children 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:47.079 and my niece and other kids that are growing up. 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:50.160 I mean, we got to continue to create it. Man, 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:53.080 we have lean away. If we have so many different 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:58.160 black producers and you know that understand the need, you know, 0:13:58.600 --> 0:14:02.240 maybe maybe I think what happens it becomes hard to 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:05.440 create content right after a certain amount of seasons, or 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:08.840 maybe the ratings. I don't know. I can't really imagine 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:11.160 that black Is not have a good ratings, but TV 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:14.480 in itself, the ratings for TV and itself has been 0:14:14.480 --> 0:14:17.160 going low. But I do believe that black Ish was 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:20.760 definitely something that was needed in our community. Was something 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:23.080 that you look to. You know, it showed us in 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:26.000 a very positive light. It showed us in so many 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:34.080 different real life situations that happened in black homes, whether 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:37.000 it's just black homes that come from wealth or just poor. 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:40.800 It was just those same understandings of just black culture 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:44.320 that they talked about was something that really happened in 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:46.880 most homes that people can identify with right and it 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:49.240 then it gave you something to reach for, to have 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:52.000 a mother and father that was that successful right to 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:54.600 be a mother and father that was that successful. So 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:58.200 it was so it represented so many different things for 0:14:58.280 --> 0:15:01.920 our culture. And I just I hope that we have 0:15:02.280 --> 0:15:06.720 the next production right in the host like in the pipeline, 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:10.120 and now I think we have grown Ish and which 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:12.720 i'm Yara Shahidi is. I think she's one of the 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:16.040 executive producers and she's also on the show. We have 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:19.800 to support these folks like we have to. I know, 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:23.080 we think people are watching, they must have good ratings, 0:15:23.120 --> 0:15:26.720 but actually they don't. They don't have the type of 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:32.640 ratings that's necessary to generate consistent advertising dollars. And that's 0:15:32.680 --> 0:15:35.960 the problem. You have to actually have millions of people 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:39.600 watching your show in order to make sure that you 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:42.560 can get those ad dollars, or you get pushed to 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:45.920 some cable networks, and then when you're on those networks, 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:49.200 not everyone can see it because not everyone has cable. 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:53.200 So it's like a tricky, tricky thing of trying to 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:56.320 figure out how do we keep content out there that's 0:15:56.400 --> 0:15:59.080 forward facing for our young people to be able to 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:02.200 your point, it's not that not even just young right, 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:06.640 even young adults. Right, Let's just let's we got kids, 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:09.840 and we need shows like Blackish, Grownish and other things 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:12.440 for them. But I'm just thinking of when you talk 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:16.520 about Insecure. This is for a young adult. You have 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:20.600 a situation where Issa, when the show originally comes on, 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:23.840 she has no job. She hustling trying to figure it out. 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:26.840 It gives you a depiction of what it's like when 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:29.920 people are like, you know, sleeping with this person and 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:32.120 you fall in love and then you get your heart broke, 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:34.560 how you get out of it, what your girlfriends can 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:38.000 do to support you, how your girlfriends can tear you down, 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:43.120 the different types of personalities, people who are um, you know, 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:46.280 they are what do you call a plus size? Other 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:49.600 people like It's so many different things that when you're 0:16:49.640 --> 0:16:52.760 sitting there watching these shows. I remember when I used 0:16:52.800 --> 0:16:55.920 to watch A Different World, the cosby showing other things 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:58.680 I saw like, okay, I could do that and take 0:16:58.680 --> 0:17:00.400 a little bit of this. I like the little bit 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:02.840 of wey, I like a little bit of uh, you 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:06.120 know this person that like what in the hell we 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:09.160 we like? You said, there has to be a consistent 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:13.200 pipeline because while we love Tyler Perry, while we love 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:17.520 fifty cent and and all of these shows, that's not 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:21.760 exactly what we're talking about. Those things are entertainment, but 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:26.520 though just a regular family and or people who are 0:17:26.640 --> 0:17:29.840 existing every day working through life, and they're not so 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:34.800 much stereotypical. We need that. We need that. So that's 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:38.520 my thought of the day. Bring it back. It's definitely 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:42.120 a good thought. Man. We need your producers, black producers 0:17:42.160 --> 0:17:44.720 get out there and make us these shows that show 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:47.560 us in the highlight and give us that energy, to 0:17:47.600 --> 0:17:50.360 give us that will to to you know, to aspire 0:17:50.400 --> 0:17:52.480 to be more. We're looking forward to that, man, make 0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:54.520 sure you'll do it. So usually at this time we 0:17:54.560 --> 0:17:57.200 would have our resident brand expert Latoria bound with our 0:17:57.240 --> 0:18:00.040 small business of the week, but we're not gonna do 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:03.840 that this week. But next week we're gonna look back 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:07.040 at all of the small business that we've showcased throughout 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:09.960 the last year and we're gonna add a couple more. 0:18:10.560 --> 0:18:13.320 We definitely need you to tune in and make sure 0:18:13.359 --> 0:18:15.399 that you give us your small business. Make sure that 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:18.680 you are a small business, to have a real business. 0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:21.000 Make sure you're a real business, because we want to 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:22.919 showcase you want to be able to give you an 0:18:22.920 --> 0:18:28.600 opportunity to promote your services or your product on our platform. 0:18:31.320 --> 0:18:35.000 So the term know your status has generally been used 0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:38.840 to talk about your status for your health, to talk 0:18:38.880 --> 0:18:41.679 about whether or not you know if your HIV positive 0:18:41.840 --> 0:18:45.359 or carrying some other type of disease. And of course, 0:18:45.440 --> 0:18:48.680 now that we're in the time of covid um, knowing 0:18:48.760 --> 0:18:51.280 your status has a lot to do with being tested 0:18:51.359 --> 0:18:54.520 to see whether you're positive or not. But knowing your 0:18:54.560 --> 0:18:57.520 status means a lot of things, and it should for us, 0:18:57.600 --> 0:19:02.240 particularly black folks in this world and specifically in America, 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:06.280 it should mean knowing what's happening with our credit, UM, 0:19:06.400 --> 0:19:09.760 checking our records, and knowing what's happening with our name, 0:19:09.880 --> 0:19:13.159 our social security numbers. And oftentimes we don't like to 0:19:13.240 --> 0:19:16.200 see things that are not right in front of our faces. 0:19:16.440 --> 0:19:18.760 We don't want to deal with it, we don't want 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:21.040 the stress, and we certainly don't want to have to 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:23.800 do the work of repairing the credit that we may 0:19:23.880 --> 0:19:27.639 have ruined from when we were younger. Um. But you know, 0:19:27.800 --> 0:19:31.080 fraud is a thing, and we're actually doing a show here. 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:34.440 We are the first week coming back from the holidays, 0:19:34.440 --> 0:19:37.679 where so many people have spent money. Um, maybe you 0:19:37.720 --> 0:19:40.359 haven't checked your bank account. Maybe you haven't checked your 0:19:40.359 --> 0:19:44.160 credit card statement. But fraud was a real thing going 0:19:44.200 --> 0:19:46.800 into the holidays and it still is. And so we're 0:19:46.840 --> 0:19:51.640 talking with some folks today who are real professional experts 0:19:51.680 --> 0:19:55.320 on how to address your credit and also how to 0:19:55.560 --> 0:19:59.199 be to ensure that you are not a victim of fraud. 0:19:59.800 --> 0:20:03.639 I first guest is Swanna King. She is a credit 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:08.000 repair expert, the author of a book call Swipe, a 0:20:08.280 --> 0:20:12.560 motivational speaker, and she was just featured on the v 0:20:12.800 --> 0:20:16.440 H one series My True Crime Story. Um, she's also 0:20:16.520 --> 0:20:19.679 a friend to street politicians. And we're happy to have 0:20:19.840 --> 0:20:21.959 you with us today, Chiwana, and you gotta put us 0:20:21.960 --> 0:20:24.879 on and tell us what we don't know. Thank you 0:20:25.040 --> 0:20:27.600 so much for having me. I'm so excited to be here. 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:31.560 Thank you my son, thank you everyone. UM, I'm excited 0:20:31.960 --> 0:20:35.840 this episode is. It means a lot to me because, um, 0:20:35.840 --> 0:20:39.800 you know my background where I came from. Um, financial freedom, 0:20:39.880 --> 0:20:42.520 like financial literacy we did not know about, you know, 0:20:42.600 --> 0:20:45.760 growing up, I did not know anything about financial literacy 0:20:45.800 --> 0:20:49.399 at all. You know, I only knew what was around me, 0:20:49.640 --> 0:20:52.440 you know, so growing up, uh, you know, me going 0:20:52.560 --> 0:20:55.920 to prison, me being inconclrated was for identity that for 0:20:56.200 --> 0:21:00.320 credit card for it, you know, and that's where it stopped. Like, oh, 0:21:00.400 --> 0:21:02.320 that's all I knew was going into the store using 0:21:02.320 --> 0:21:04.880 somebody else's credit card, but I did not know how 0:21:04.920 --> 0:21:09.280 it affected that person and the people cards I was using. 0:21:10.520 --> 0:21:12.800 I was just using it. They weren't. They didn't even notice. 0:21:12.840 --> 0:21:15.320 They didn't realize that I was using their card, you 0:21:15.359 --> 0:21:18.080 know what I mean. So it's like, now that I 0:21:18.240 --> 0:21:21.879 know better, I'm like, Wow, it's a lot of people 0:21:21.960 --> 0:21:26.200 out here who really don't check their credit, who don't 0:21:26.240 --> 0:21:30.280 even utilize their credit, who don't really know anything about credit. 0:21:30.440 --> 0:21:33.720 And now that I do credit card, credit credit repair, 0:21:34.119 --> 0:21:36.639 it's like I s been to a lot of people 0:21:36.640 --> 0:21:39.600 and I try to, you know, educate them on how 0:21:39.640 --> 0:21:42.840 important credit is, you know, what you can do with 0:21:42.880 --> 0:21:47.440 your credit. But if you don't know growing up, it's 0:21:47.520 --> 0:21:55.480 hard how you doing so, you know, just being formally incarcerated, 0:21:55.600 --> 0:21:59.040 you know, as well and understanding what was how would 0:21:59.040 --> 0:22:03.080 you introduce to credit, like to credit cards? Like what 0:22:03.359 --> 0:22:05.080 was the process? You know a lot of people don't 0:22:05.119 --> 0:22:07.520 know it, so we gotta give them a little education 0:22:07.560 --> 0:22:10.200 so they can understand, like what's you look out for? 0:22:10.800 --> 0:22:13.280 You know? How you pay attention to see if these 0:22:13.320 --> 0:22:17.800 things are happening to you. So okay, so how I 0:22:17.960 --> 0:22:21.080 was introduced and I'm gonna bring it from before into now. 0:22:21.440 --> 0:22:23.320 So do you know right now, like when you get 0:22:23.359 --> 0:22:27.800 those alerts that say your passport has been compromised on 0:22:28.000 --> 0:22:31.960 the dark web or um change your passport immediately because 0:22:32.000 --> 0:22:36.560 it has been um the detected in certain websites. That's 0:22:36.560 --> 0:22:41.480 a real thing. Like it's real because before you know, 0:22:41.600 --> 0:22:46.000 prior to mind conservation, I was basically paying a hacker 0:22:46.400 --> 0:22:50.560 to happen to the bank systems or happen to uh, 0:22:50.720 --> 0:22:54.160 let's just say American Expressed, and they will basically get 0:22:54.240 --> 0:23:00.040 your account password, email password, and they were trying to 0:23:00.160 --> 0:23:04.480 pay for that information. And now like I even get 0:23:04.520 --> 0:23:07.719 it on my email, it's like change your passport because 0:23:07.760 --> 0:23:10.720 that means that your email and your passport is out there. 0:23:10.960 --> 0:23:13.919 So now it's compromised. So now the hackers can go 0:23:14.040 --> 0:23:17.560 in and actually take that information and sell it on 0:23:17.600 --> 0:23:20.520 the dark web. And that's where I came. And prior 0:23:20.640 --> 0:23:23.440 I was going in on a dark web and purchasing 0:23:23.480 --> 0:23:26.240 that information. And then now I'm able to go into 0:23:26.240 --> 0:23:30.720 the store and use that person's identity. Now, but were 0:23:30.800 --> 0:23:34.080 you making because I I know a guy who went 0:23:34.119 --> 0:23:37.840 to jail for actually making the credit card with the 0:23:37.960 --> 0:23:41.359 numbers on it and the strip, and at some point 0:23:41.680 --> 0:23:44.399 it got to the point that they were actually able 0:23:44.440 --> 0:23:46.960 to make the credit card work. It started out where 0:23:47.320 --> 0:23:50.480 they used the credit card and it wasn't live. It 0:23:50.560 --> 0:23:53.600 just had the numbers on it and looked real. But 0:23:53.680 --> 0:23:55.679 then they got it to the point where the card 0:23:55.840 --> 0:23:59.040 was actually working with the swipe in the store is 0:23:59.440 --> 0:24:03.560 where that's yeah. So basically, yeah, the same exact thing. 0:24:03.640 --> 0:24:07.240 So basically I will contact a hacker. A hacker will 0:24:07.280 --> 0:24:10.680 sell me information. It's called the track. The track has 0:24:11.000 --> 0:24:15.280 your six team digit card number, your exploration day, your name, 0:24:15.359 --> 0:24:17.879 all of your information. It's like it's like an it's 0:24:17.920 --> 0:24:21.160 like encoded into like these codes. So what I would 0:24:21.160 --> 0:24:24.360 do is there's a machine that you have, you connected 0:24:24.359 --> 0:24:28.080 to your computer, and you basically transferred that information to 0:24:28.200 --> 0:24:30.800 the credit card. You have to edit. Any card that 0:24:30.840 --> 0:24:33.320