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Get as much news as 27 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 2: you can use as we can possibly get in in 28 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 2: the short time that we have for you. 29 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: We have Tuesday and Thursday, you know, trying. 30 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 2: Our best to give you a double dose of news 31 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 2: every week. And so we are here today and we're 32 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:41,960 Speaker 2: gonna get straight to it. 33 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: So Jade is with me. 34 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 2: Now, we're gonna talk a little bit about pop culture. 35 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 2: We don't talk a lot about pop culture, but I 36 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 2: did want to kind of put this out here. I 37 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 2: always still bring stuff back to politics. So even if 38 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 2: it is, you know, pop culture topic, I still, you know, 39 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 2: always like to show you the political side of it. 40 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 2: And you guys, obviously remember when Will Smith slapped Chris 41 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 2: Rock at the Oscars. I did an entire podcast on it, 42 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 2: an episode on it. Make sure you go back and 43 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 2: listen to it. I flipped the narrative where I said, 44 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 2: black voters are getting the Chris Rock slapped out of them, 45 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 2: and it was a very good episode. Please go back 46 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 2: and watch, Go back and listen to it. Great thing 47 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 2: about podcasts, All of those episodes are sitting there. You 48 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 2: can go back, sort through it, check out what I 49 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 2: had to say, and here, Jade, here we are now. 50 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 2: You know, with the follow up, you know, people wanted 51 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 2: to know with this effect Will Smith's career, it's over 52 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,639 Speaker 2: for him, you know, no way that he's going to 53 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 2: be able to recover. 54 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: Well. 55 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 2: Bad Boys four came out this weekend and it is 56 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 2: a huge victory. 57 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: It said it was fifty. 58 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:48,399 Speaker 2: Six million in the US and one hundred and four globally. 59 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 2: So it turns out his talent was able to steal 60 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 2: get people just enjoy good entertainment. 61 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: You know. 62 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 2: I think they put aside whatever however they felt about 63 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 2: Chris Rock or whatever they felt about that particular situation, 64 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 2: and wanted to watch the continuation of a very popular 65 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,119 Speaker 2: movie series that has been out for a year over 66 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 2: twenty years actually, and wanted to see Bad Boys four. 67 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 2: So I have not seen it yet. My daughter went 68 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 2: to see it. I want her to be my date, 69 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 2: but she said she already had made plans, you know, 70 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 2: to go see what her friends up there. Kind of 71 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 2: bad about that, She said she wouldn't mind going to 72 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:24,079 Speaker 2: see it. 73 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: Again. 74 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 2: But I'm like Jada at that point, you know, I 75 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 2: kind of wanted to see with me, but you know, 76 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 2: here nor there. But she did see it. She said 77 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 2: it was very funny and that she enjoyed it. And 78 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 2: obviously I've seen nothing but you know, great reviews so 79 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 2: far on it. So you know what, what's your. 80 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: Thoughts on it? 81 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 2: On him doorsement? Well, you know, and let me let 82 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 2: me be clear. Bad Boys. The first Bad Boys came 83 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 2: out in nineteen ninety five. Nineteen ninety five, so this 84 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 2: has been a very long serie. You know, movie series 85 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 2: has went a long time, and it's so amazing to see, 86 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 2: you know, a whole different generation like Jada, who's sixteen, 87 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 2: garanby seventeen be now involved in this was something that 88 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 2: came out when I was in high school. So this 89 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 2: is just very interesting. But you have use have you 90 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 2: had a chance to see it yet? 91 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 3: I have not, but I definitely want to see it. 92 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 3: This one's called Bad Boys, Ride or Die, and I 93 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 3: watched all of the Bad Boys series and I actually 94 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 3: I'm going to go see it just because Will Smith 95 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:27,600 Speaker 3: is in it, and I'm really excited that he is 96 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 3: back acting. I was not mad at him for that slap. 97 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 3: I didn't think that it would end his career, or 98 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 3: that it should have ended his career, but it's really 99 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 3: it's good to see them, to see him and Martin 100 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 3: out there. The first one, like you said, Bad Boys, 101 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 3: came out in nineteen ninety five, then in two thousand 102 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 3: and three it was Bad Boys two, and then in 103 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 3: twenty twenty Bad Boys for Life. So here we are, 104 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 3: we're about to see a new one, twenty twenty four. 105 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 3: I'm really excited about it. I'll probably go see it 106 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 3: this week when I get some downtime, but I'm hearing 107 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 3: really great things. And they made their budget back in 108 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 3: opening weekend. Altogether, I think that it was one hundred 109 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 3: million dollar production budget, and so cumulatively, you know, within 110 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 3: the US and internationally they've made they've exceeded that. So 111 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 3: that's pretty good. 112 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, And that's always a plus. You always want to 113 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 2: be able to if you can make your budget back 114 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 2: the first weekend. After that, everything is gravy, so big, 115 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 2: big shut out to them and again, and Martin Lawrence 116 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 2: is such an icon, you know, and I know, you know, 117 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 2: people have been talking about his health and you know, 118 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 2: you can see there's something you know that has went on, 119 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 2: you know, with his speech, but that's not. 120 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 1: For everybody to know. 121 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 2: Like, everybody don't have to break down to you everything 122 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 2: that's going on, you know, in their life. It's clearly 123 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 2: maybe he's on medication. So you say, like he had 124 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 2: a stroke, you know, I don't know, but he has 125 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 2: squashed those rumors by saying he's fine. You know, that 126 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,840 Speaker 2: doesn't mean nothing ever happened. But we just got to 127 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 2: get out the mindset of thinking everybody got to break 128 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 2: everything down to us. But certainly, you know, wish him well. 129 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:58,720 Speaker 2: And again, Martin Lawrence has done so much for the 130 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 2: culture for the last third the years that he deserves 131 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 2: all of that success and sold as will both of them, 132 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 2: and they built a phenomenal empire with bad boys, and 133 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 2: so certainly glad to see that. And I know that's 134 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 2: a big sign of relief for him too, you know, 135 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 2: because to lose it all behind a mistake, he made 136 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 2: a mistake, you know, he apologized for it. It went 137 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 2: on and on and on and on and on. I 138 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 2: remember that in real time, you know, And I'm just 139 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 2: glad to see you know that kind of we've moved 140 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 2: on to the next phase. You showed everything doesn't last 141 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 2: for ever, so shout out to them. So we'll switch 142 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 2: and go to get a little bit of politics. This 143 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 2: is still a little bit of pop culture when we 144 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 2: talk about Diddy again. You know, I have a show 145 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 2: at Revolt. Shout out again to Revolt for those shares 146 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 2: that did he had have been given to the employees, 147 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:53,600 Speaker 2: so employees are now owners of Revolt. I was very 148 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 2: proud to see that happen. I've been working with the 149 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:01,159 Speaker 2: CEO behind the scenes for six months, six seven months 150 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 2: since this has been going on, and this has not 151 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 2: been easy. It really has not been easy. And that's 152 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,600 Speaker 2: not taking away anything from what did he did, which 153 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 2: was disgusting and casey and all of that. You know, 154 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 2: I'm not even speaking to that. I'm just saying how 155 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 2: a bunch of thousands of people were affected indirectly for 156 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 2: something that had nothing to do with them, and they 157 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 2: had to sort through that and figure it out. You know. 158 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 2: It's like you come in one day and your founder 159 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 2: is being accused of something terrible, and then how do 160 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 2: you navigate through that? And then when the video comes 161 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 2: out and shows yeah, it wasn't just an accusation, it 162 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 2: was really real, how do you, you know, navigate through that? 163 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: So Revolt has just really did. 164 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 2: I watched it up close, you know, with the meetings 165 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 2: they had with employees and you know, giving people, giving 166 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 2: people the opportunity to talk to say how they feel, 167 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 2: you know, to express themselves to A lot went on 168 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 2: behind the scenes. A lot went on behind the scenes. 169 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 2: So I again I'm glad to see that they were 170 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 2: able to come to some type of closure. I guess 171 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 2: on that chapter in moving Forward Revolt. Don't know what 172 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 2: the future of Hoole for Revolt, but I certainly certainly 173 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 2: do support them. But you know, there was another documentary 174 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 2: that came out this weekend on Hulu. I watched the 175 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 2: first one by TMZ and I watched this one, and 176 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 2: pretty much the same information, you know, repeated over and 177 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 2: over and just kind of documenting plus legacy prior to 178 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 2: this and what was really lost because a lot has 179 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:33,079 Speaker 2: been lost, and so I just think there'll be more documentaries, 180 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 2: more movies. This is far from over. We still don't 181 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 2: know what the Feds have found or their charges. But 182 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 2: what I do know about the FEZZ is they normally 183 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 2: don't come to your house simultaneously. 184 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: They don't have something, right, Yeah, they have convictionary, ma'am. 185 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:54,079 Speaker 1: They do. Yeah, so I don't know. Now. 186 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 2: Andrew Gilliam, former running for governor, he went against the 187 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 2: fees and actually won. That was very different. But yes, 188 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 2: typically they win. Typically when they come, they ready. So 189 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 2: we'll just continue to keep it eye on that. And 190 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 2: you know, again, it's just an unfortunate thing all the 191 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 2: way around. Unfortunate watching that what he did, knowing that 192 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:15,959 Speaker 2: this whole thing, you know, the whole time, somebody said 193 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 2: the whole time, I thought it was sugar all along, 194 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 2: you know, it was puffed. 195 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 1: So this is just unfortunate. It's just sickening, you know, 196 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: watching this folk. 197 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 3: And it's interesting, Yeah, you just brought our ship Knight's name. 198 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 3: We were, he said. He was even shocked at his 199 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 3: own reaction behind this, you know, he said, he doesn't 200 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 3: want to see anyone going down either way. It's just 201 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 3: not a good look for the culture. It's it's just 202 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 3: it's just it's just bad. But yeah, folks were looking 203 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,680 Speaker 3: at it not a particular way for decades and now 204 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 3: we see this happening. But what I also see that 205 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 3: it's very unfortunate, is that Howard University they're returning money 206 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 3: that that huff or that did he gave to Howard University. Yes, 207 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,040 Speaker 3: they took away his honorary degree. I don't really you 208 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 3: have a problem with that. But these children out here, 209 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 3: these kids, they need that money. And I'm gonna tell you, 210 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 3: Howard can use all the money it could get, all 211 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:09,679 Speaker 3: of around HBCUs can use all the money they can get. 212 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 2: And so I don't think they should have turned it 213 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:14,079 Speaker 2: back for sure. Let's kind of unpack that though a 214 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 2: little bit, because I want to make sure because I 215 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,680 Speaker 2: don't know if the wording. You know, but he made 216 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 2: a pledge to give some money in twenty twenty three 217 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 2: that he has not given. So they're saying, okay, keep that. 218 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 2: But the million that they said they're returning back, they 219 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 2: said that was in twenty sixteen. 220 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: Well, let me held on. Let's read it says Howard is. 221 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 2: Ending a gift agreement with Combs from twenty sixteen and 222 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 2: dissolving his name scholarship program. It will return one million 223 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 2: dollars that he get to the school and canceling the agreement. 224 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 2: I don't know when that million dollars was given, if 225 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 2: it was given in twenty sixteen or when it was, 226 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 2: But if it was, I just highly doubt they're returning 227 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 2: all of that. 228 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 1: I want to feel. 229 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 2: I want to say that a lot of that has 230 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 2: been spent and this might be a little bit of CAP. 231 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 2: I would hope they're not lying, but I just can't 232 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 2: see them just saying, you know what, here, go take 233 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 2: your million dollars back. 234 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 1: I think. 235 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 2: I don't know, especially if it was twenty sixteen, that 236 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 2: money done been ate up by now, and I know 237 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 2: they're not gonna take it back from those students. I 238 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:11,599 Speaker 2: know they're not gonna say, hey, you don't have a 239 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 2: scholarship no more. So I'm kind of j thinking that's 240 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 2: a little bit of cap. Now they may be saying, hey, 241 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:20,079 Speaker 2: twenty twenty three, don't give us anything moving forward, But 242 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 2: not really sure. If I'm believing and we gave you 243 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 2: a million dollars back, I don't know. 244 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 3: Listen, I know that Puffy got this, he got this 245 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 3: honorary degree back in twenty fourteen. A gift was made, 246 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 3: like you said in twenty sixteen. I do believe that 247 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 3: they're giving that money back. 248 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 1: You think, I think it's kind of cap. 249 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 3: I think it should be cap. I know the children 250 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 3: need this school needs it. The admin, they definitely need it. 251 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 3: But Howard they have been selling off a lot of 252 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 3: their property. Because I live literally walking distance from Howard University, 253 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:51,959 Speaker 3: so a lot of old dorms, a lot of the 254 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 3: different things that were part of campus are no longer 255 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 3: a part of campus. They don't have a Black Bank 256 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 3: on campus, but they do have a Chase Bank on campus, 257 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 3: and they have you know, like they're looking for new 258 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 3: partnerships and new agreements and things like that, and so 259 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:10,080 Speaker 3: they may see giving back a million dollars from Puffy, 260 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 3: someone who has been maligned or who has maligned himself, 261 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 3: that could honestly lead to more supporters and more money 262 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 3: later on coming to them in different ways if they 263 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 3: take this this political stance so strongly against Puff. So 264 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 3: I hope it's cap But knowing Howard University and how 265 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 3: they've been moving, definitely in my opinion an opinion of 266 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 3: many of the neighbors around here, you know see them 267 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:37,839 Speaker 3: being very very friendly with many corporations and also to 268 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 3: gentrification as well. Like a lot of the kids at 269 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 3: Howard don't have dorms. You know, we saw them camping 270 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,079 Speaker 3: out on campus. What was that last school year or 271 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 3: the school year before now because. 272 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: You're totally discouraged my doctors. She wanted to go to Howard. 273 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: She saw that. You're like, oh no, that's okay, go. 274 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 3: Ahead, yees no. So I was just saying like, maybe 275 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 3: maybe they are giving it back, and maybe they have 276 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 3: a plan to replace that money and to get more millions. 277 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 3: But all I do know is that they need all 278 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 3: the millions that they can get. 279 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. 280 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 2: The interesting perspective, I don't know sending it back is 281 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 2: all of a sudden some company gonna say, oh, because 282 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 2: you sent it back, we want to be against puff 283 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 2: with you. I don't know if that's gonna make somebody 284 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 2: spend more money, but I do hear your position of 285 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 2: taking a political position of saying, you know, we are 286 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:19,319 Speaker 2: against this. 287 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: I can see that. I don't know if that. 288 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 2: Will encourage somebody to want to write a check, but 289 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 2: it's certainly h you know, can make sure their brand 290 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 2: is you know, consistent, you know, with. 291 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 1: Being on track. I guess for the things you know 292 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: that they believe in. And again, guys, again, that's why 293 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 1: I get your real PhD. 294 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:40,199 Speaker 2: Because these honorary PhDs, we see they ain't worth the 295 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 2: paper they written on because they could take it back 296 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 2: at any time. Cann aboy, take it back your real 297 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 2: bachelor's master's PhD, Juris doctor, and so once again showing 298 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 2: that that's really not a degree if they can just 299 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 2: take it back. And then we say, haven't heard an update. 300 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 2: Halfway on Mayor Adams, he said he may revolt the 301 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 2: key to the city, so we haven't heard an update 302 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 2: on that. 303 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 1: As well, so we'll see. 304 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 2: Well, let's shift to I want to say something quickly 305 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 2: about Project twenty twenty five. It's been trending this week 306 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 2: and I do want to and I mentioned it on 307 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 2: our last show. I do want to have a show 308 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 2: that's dedicated to that Jay where we just kind of 309 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 2: really go through that. That's a lot of information and 310 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 2: I don't want to do just a fly over show 311 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 2: on it, but I do want people to stay tapped in. 312 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 2: Let's look into that, let's talk about it. I find 313 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 2: the even the issues on police reformed very disturbing, but 314 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 2: it was trending this week as trending on balla Alert, 315 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 2: and Barolls had made some comments saying, you know, Trump 316 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 2: didn't endorse this, what are y'all talking about? She must 317 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 2: understand politics works this is about everybody that is under Trump, 318 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 2: that supports Trump their agenda. So we'll have more conversation 319 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 2: with that. I made a post balla alert, you know, 320 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 2: I got was talking them in the inbox, and you know, 321 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 2: I know a lot of folks were chiming in commentary, 322 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 2: and I just wasn't interested in getting into a comment debate. 323 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 2: You know, I really want a real debate on this. 324 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 2: So you've seen me as Timberland several times on the record, like, 325 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 2: do a versus do a political versus like that? If 326 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 2: we can if we can have five million people log 327 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 2: in to watch, you know, Gucci versus Jeezy, let's do 328 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 2: a political one. Let's do it for the culture. That's 329 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 2: for the culture. Let's have five over here, five over there, 330 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 2: and let's have the reason why I keep saying versus 331 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 2: because I wanted live, unedited, no commercial breaks, no producers, 332 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 2: just raw a live format. So I'm down and don't 333 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 2: put it out there. Several times I don't like the 334 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 2: comment going back and forth. I said this, said that 335 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 2: let's get it in, bring your best five and bring 336 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 2: my best five. I think it's a hell of an 337 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 2: idea and I think we'll do great numbers. I don't 338 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 2: have the platform for it. It takes a platform, you know, 339 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 2: like what they build a versus to bring in you know, 340 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 2: all the things that we would need, you know, to 341 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 2: make that happen. 342 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: But I'm down for it, and I think this is 343 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: the right time. Will it probably happened? No, it's not. 344 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 1: But I did put that out there. So shut out 345 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: to ball Alert for sharing that. 346 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, listen, because baller Alert shared that on Instagram, people 347 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 3: all of a sudden, I just didn't know where it 348 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 3: came from. People on Twitter, Black Twitter, they were talking 349 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 3: about Project twenty five. Have y'all read Project twenty twenty five, 350 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, and people were shocked by it. And 351 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 3: these are sort of people who I saw, you know, 352 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 3: who have been supporting Trump. I think I would say 353 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 3: probably blindly supporting Trump, but they're actually starting to read 354 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 3: about Project twenty twenty five and they really really see 355 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 3: it as problematic. So, you know, I know that blogs 356 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 3: they play their respective roles, but we definitely do need 357 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 3: black media. We need folks in different parts of black 358 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 3: society to really get this information out there to people, 359 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 3: because a lot of folks are just shocked and they 360 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 3: couldn't believe what they were reading, so they look forward 361 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 3: to us doing or look forward to your commentary task, 362 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:06,639 Speaker 3: because you are a teacher, like teaching people exactly what 363 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 3: you know how politics works, and how these different agendas 364 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 3: work together, and these policies of coincide. 365 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: And it's today I'm saying. 366 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 2: You know, they put twenty one million dollars, twenty one 367 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 2: million dollars in a pack to recruit and train leaders 368 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 2: to take on this agenda. And that's the part that 369 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 2: people are not missing. Where's our twenty one men that 370 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 2: we can't get twenty one thousand to say here, go 371 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,440 Speaker 2: to one thousand will push the line, why don't y'all 372 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 2: go train and recruit and get people in place. It's 373 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 2: really sad, it really really is. You know, I was 374 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 2: talking to some attorneys today. I said, even if this 375 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 2: is not a Democrat or Republican thing, you guys should 376 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 2: be investing in. And the importance of people knowing about 377 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 2: vot voting for circuit judges. You know, we can all 378 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 2: keep talking about Joe Biden, Trump, we can take that 379 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:57,119 Speaker 2: out of there. Just circuit judges alone. Your ass is 380 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:59,200 Speaker 2: gonna have to go stand before somebody about a ticket 381 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 2: at some point, you know, if it's a ticket, a 382 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 2: speeding ticket, a child support or whatever it is, whatever. 383 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 1: It is property like this. 384 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:10,120 Speaker 2: These seats are critical and they have organized Conservatives organized 385 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 2: on every single level. And even if you're a black conservative, 386 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 2: you need to be aware of what is happening. And 387 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 2: it's just sad unless I corect me if I'm wrong. 388 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:22,160 Speaker 2: But I've sent this after several big dogs that should 389 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:24,159 Speaker 2: know that. I've said, is there a pack, is somebody 390 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 2: investing in this? Or are we just depending on ball 391 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 2: Alert to share it just because or Charlemagne shared it 392 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:31,680 Speaker 2: today or several influences share that. Maybe they had some 393 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 2: meeting about sharing today. 394 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: I don't know. 395 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 2: I wasn't in the meeting because I've been talking about it, 396 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:37,440 Speaker 2: but today there was seen to be an influx of 397 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 2: conversation about it. But that's not enough, Jade. It's not 398 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 2: enough to just have a poster to and one conversation 399 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 2: about it and a bunch of misinformation in the comments 400 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 2: and no real organizing strategy behind it. 401 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 3: Absolutely, and shout out to a video I saw by 402 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,159 Speaker 3: representative of Leanna Pressley, she did speak for on Project 403 00:18:56,240 --> 00:19:01,399 Speaker 3: twenty twenty five in a congressional hearing and that clip 404 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 3: is now going viral. So I look to see people 405 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 3: learn more and taking interest in politics. But we really 406 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,159 Speaker 3: get to have to be clear and have all the 407 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 3: information available before we decide to back a candidate or 408 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 3: a particular party. That's all I'm saying. 409 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:19,880 Speaker 2: And again, you don't have to like either party these 410 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 2: the pro twenty five is talking about across the board 411 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 2: for even non partisan thing. Again, judges, so need to 412 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 2: pay very close attention to that. But we'll unpack it more. 413 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 2: We'll get into it more, dedicated whole show to it. 414 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,640 Speaker 2: But what else you got, Jade? 415 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, speaking of judges, there's a story that came out. 416 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,160 Speaker 3: It's been trending as well, but this is really really important. 417 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 3: A US and Pills Corps blocked the grant program that 418 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:48,640 Speaker 3: was specifically for black women owned businesses and a lot 419 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 3: of black women in business are talking about this and 420 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 3: so this came out of Atlanta, and this is just 421 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 3: one of those in case you missed it stories. The 422 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 3: Fearless Fund, which is a venture capital fund supporting black 423 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,920 Speaker 3: women's own businesses, cannot resume making grants due to a 424 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 3: divided US Appills Court ruling. So the Atlanta based Eleventh 425 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 3: US Circuit Court of Appeals found that a discrimination lawsuit 426 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 3: against the program was likely to succeed, reversing a previous decision, 427 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 3: and the lawsuit, which was brought up by conservative activists 428 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 3: Edward Blum's group, alleged that the Fearless Fund violated a 429 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 3: nineteenth century federal law barring racial bias and private contracts tests. 430 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: And so the program. 431 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 3: Targeted by the lawsuit awards twenty thousand dollars in grants 432 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 3: and resources to black women own small businesses to aid 433 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 3: their growth. 434 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 1: That's great. 435 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's really unfortunate that the Fearless Fund cannot continue 436 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 3: to service Black women's own businesses. And we know that 437 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 3: black women own businesses, you know, really need the money. 438 00:20:55,119 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 3: They oftentimes struggled to get off the ground. See something here. 439 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: I said that's great, but I don't mean that. I 440 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: meant that's terrible. 441 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:10,120 Speaker 3: But yeah, in twenty twenty two, businesses owned by black 442 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 3: women received less than one percent of the two hundred 443 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:16,919 Speaker 3: and eighty eight billion dollars deployed by the eventual capital 444 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 3: deployed by adventure capital firms, according to the Fearless Mine. 445 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 3: So they started the Fearless Mine because all this money, 446 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 3: right was not you know, black women were missing out 447 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 3: on this money. And so it's just really really unfortunate. 448 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 3: And this is why judges, you know, supporters of appointed 449 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 3: to the bench is really really important. 450 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 2: So and this is your people keep saying voting don't matter, 451 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 2: none of this matters, and it don't matter. Yeah, it 452 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:50,360 Speaker 2: actually does, It actually does. It's not just about a president, 453 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 2: it is everything under that. Everything is governed by politics, 454 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:56,879 Speaker 2: Everything is governed by something elected. 455 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: You are not going to escape the system. There's a system. 456 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: We have a system in place day and you have 457 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 1: to operate within that system. That's it, right, that's it. 458 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 3: So back in January, the Fearless going to argue that 459 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 3: it had a constitutional right to express its belief in 460 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 3: the economic significance of black women through charity. So we 461 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,360 Speaker 3: have all of these things happening at the same time. 462 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 3: Right affirmative action is being attacked, diversity, equity and inclusion 463 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 3: is being attacked, what they call critical race theory, like 464 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 3: all of these things that you know, the programs that 465 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:35,400 Speaker 3: have been put in place historically to support black folks 466 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 3: in particular are now under attacked. So I hope that 467 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 3: this decision gets versed. It would be a shame if 468 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 3: this sets a precedent for other courts to start to 469 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 3: rule in the same way against monetary programs that benefit 470 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 3: black business owners or just black people in general. Is 471 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:58,919 Speaker 3: any general And. 472 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,400 Speaker 2: Again going back to Product twenty twenty five, it talks 473 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 2: a lot about those diversity programs that everybody say we 474 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,680 Speaker 2: don't need and don't benefit us people that clearly have 475 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 2: not read. 476 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:09,640 Speaker 1: I do know that it benefits of other groups as well. 477 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 1: I'm not slow. I get it. 478 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 2: I know a benefits white women, I know benefits of 479 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,119 Speaker 2: the minorities. But people who are doing that talking are 480 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 2: people who are not in business, who actually are trying 481 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:21,399 Speaker 2: to get these grants to employ people that are just 482 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 2: people talking on Twitter and so as somebody that actually 483 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:28,679 Speaker 2: runs a business and actually ran a business and got 484 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 2: credit for it through a government program. I started my 485 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,120 Speaker 2: business on my own, my staff and firm, but later 486 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,880 Speaker 2: on we did get certified as a black owned business. 487 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 2: And so it does encourage people to do business and 488 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 2: putting three hundred people at work to work that I 489 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 2: decided if they got hired, regardless of their background, regardless 490 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 2: if they've been in jail or not, regardless if they 491 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:50,879 Speaker 2: had a feeling, and regardless if they had whatever, there 492 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,920 Speaker 2: was a lot of power to give to one woman, 493 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,360 Speaker 2: one black woman that was able to keep people off 494 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 2: the streets and out of recidivism and going back to jail. 495 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 2: And so those programs that people are in their mouth 496 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 2: about it that they never ran, ain't signed no front 497 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 2: or no check, but have only benefit themselves. Literally don't 498 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,160 Speaker 2: know what they're talking about. Literally don't know what they're 499 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 2: talking about, because without those programs, they they worked with me, 500 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 2: but they were still incentivized to keep a partnership because 501 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:19,399 Speaker 2: of saying, hey, we have partnered with you know, a 502 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,959 Speaker 2: black owned minority or minority on black owned and veteran 503 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 2: owned business. So that does make a difference, and women 504 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,880 Speaker 2: owned business. All those things make a difference. So people 505 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 2: don't know what they're talking about. Do I still get 506 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:31,120 Speaker 2: access to the capital like everybody else? 507 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 3: Know? 508 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: Do they still get privileged? Do that white woman get 509 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,119 Speaker 1: a better opportunity at those contracts than me? 510 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:39,120 Speaker 2: Absolutely? Yes, two things can be true at the same time. 511 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 2: But the little bit that we do have, we certainly 512 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:43,959 Speaker 2: can't just shit that away. And so when I hear 513 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 2: people talking about that, they just literally don't know what 514 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 2: they're talking about, so hardhead, make a soft ass, and 515 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 2: I think people gonna really get an understanding if Trump 516 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 2: get elected again. Again it's saying about Trump, this is 517 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 2: about conservatives taking over on every level and what's going 518 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,640 Speaker 2: to happen with the Supreme Court and everything. And it's 519 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 2: going to take a very long time. Fifty sixty years 520 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 2: is what they're projecting for things to turn back around. 521 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 1: It really is. 522 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 3: So things are changing quickly. Test and you know, again 523 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 3: with this case, I want to point out that the 524 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 3: Eleventh Circuit panel, which was led by a Circuit judge 525 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:21,479 Speaker 3: Kevin Newsome, he concluded that the Fearless Funds program did 526 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,680 Speaker 3: not qualify for speech protections under the First Amendment of 527 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 3: the US Constitution. So now you know, there are all 528 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 3: these questions about what qualifies the speech, what doesn't qualify speech, 529 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 3: and if I so called minority based programs have a 530 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,920 Speaker 3: future in America anymore, especially if we go back to 531 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 3: the administration that Trump was leading, because they're very very 532 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,880 Speaker 3: clear in terms of what their agenda is. And one 533 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 3: thing about Republicans they do they don't really make empty promises. 534 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:53,359 Speaker 3: If they say they're gonna do something they kind of 535 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 3: do it. 536 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:55,200 Speaker 1: That's exactly what they do. 537 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 2: Ye behind it and people behind it and everything else. 538 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 2: So hey, all I can tell people to start buckling down, 539 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 2: get you two or three different hustles, you know, start 540 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:10,159 Speaker 2: saving your money, to start consolidating or something. You know. 541 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,920 Speaker 2: I'm not saying on no scare tech. I'm just telling 542 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 2: you what's real, you know, And a lot of times 543 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,639 Speaker 2: people just got to see it in real time, you know. 544 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 2: Or we can just keep being entertained by shit on 545 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 2: Instagram and keep laughing at comedy skits and think that 546 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 2: it's a game. 547 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: So we'll just see. 548 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 2: But guys, thank you so much for listening. Make sure 549 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 2: you tap in again on Thursday. We are covering these stories. 550 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 1: We got a few more things we want to get 551 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 1: out to you this week. 552 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:34,639 Speaker 2: We're trying to stay on top of everything as we 553 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 2: possibly can and get as much as we possibly can 554 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 2: in for our thirty minute show. I want to think 555 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 2: Jade again. Shout out to Michelle Wiler. You've heard her 556 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 2: on a few of these shows. 557 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: Again. 558 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:48,440 Speaker 2: She is running for House representatives in Kansas City, So 559 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 2: congratulations to her, and we'll have her on and interview 560 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 2: her on why she's running and Jade to probably do 561 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 2: the interview because you know what, me and Michelle do, 562 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 2: we gonna play the whole time. I want to be 563 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 2: able to have a professional interview without big playing all 564 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,359 Speaker 2: the way through. So we'll have Jay do that interview 565 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,360 Speaker 2: with Michelle and drop that for you, just on why 566 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 2: she's running and why you know it's important to her 567 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:14,679 Speaker 2: and so we'll get that out to you guys here. 568 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 2: So so again, guys, makes you subscribe to the podcast, 569 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 2: invite a friend, and we will see you back on 570 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 2: Thursday on Straight Shot No Chaser. 571 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: Peace. 572 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 2: If you like what you heard on Straight Shot No Chaser, 573 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:29,920 Speaker 2: please subscribe and drop a five star review and tell 574 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 2: a friend. 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