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with Marcellus, and Jade is back,

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decided to pull up and join us.

3:33

You know, I had to, hey, it's

3:35

nice to be back, you know,

3:37

I had to take a mental

3:39

health rate. That's right, and protect

3:42

your peace. I had to, I said,

3:44

you know what, let me just go

3:46

ahead and, you know, pull the wall

3:48

over my eyes and. That's right.

3:51

There's nothing like, and I'm

3:53

like it. I'm sorry. We, one

3:55

thing we got down is

3:57

protecting peace. That's one

3:59

thing. I didn't have time to

4:01

lose my mind. I literally didn't

4:04

have time. I don't have no

4:06

time for it. I remember Hillary

4:08

Clinton said, I've always appreciated

4:10

that quote when they had,

4:13

when she went through everything, she

4:15

went through and they said, how

4:17

did you keep from losing your

4:19

mind? She said, I didn't have

4:21

time to lose my mind. I

4:23

literally didn't have time. I don't

4:25

have time. Yeah. That's me. I had

4:28

too much stuff. Yeah. Whoa, so many

4:30

moving pieces. I'm just great. Yeah,

4:32

do a lot of that work.

4:34

And a couple times I had

4:36

other things that were scheduled doing

4:38

straight shot. No chase. So I

4:40

was like, dang, I wanted to

4:42

come in and especially get an

4:44

all-time as update from our sellers.

4:46

What's going on? So I'm glad

4:48

to be back. Yeah, no, I'm glad you

4:51

back to you are flawless with being

4:53

available and doing the work

4:55

and doing all of that. And that's

4:57

why I think. you know we ship in and

4:59

get it done and as a fact of fact you

5:01

know this is a side note this is totally just

5:04

having casual conversation like we not recording

5:06

the podcast but y'all should be used

5:08

to it on the podcast and y'all

5:10

podcast y'all should just know y'all just

5:12

sitting in the living room with us

5:14

talking. I'm getting ready to straightenize the

5:17

case on something you know he just

5:19

I love straightening him every chance I

5:21

get he just made a post about you know black

5:23

journalism is dead and you know people need

5:25

black journal need to write their own stories

5:27

and just copy and paste and you know

5:29

I went there Jay and said where's

5:31

the funding you know because it's it real easy

5:33

to say you know I'm saying this because you

5:35

just said so many many many pieces you know

5:38

yeah moving parts and where's the funding

5:40

Isaac because it's easy to sit back

5:42

and say well y'osh we write in

5:44

your original stories black editorial departments we

5:46

don't have it like that to write every

5:49

single story. Who's going to do the investigation?

5:51

Who's going to do the reporting? Who's going

5:53

to do? So a lot of times we

5:55

have to get our sources. I'm the white

5:57

sources. So you don't know what you're talking about,

5:59

Isaac. Oh no, no, they just copied

6:01

and paid. And so I'm just

6:03

telling you, based upon the news,

6:06

actually working in a real newsroom,

6:08

and what the reality is, when

6:10

you are a black newsroom, we

6:12

just had a meeting today. Jay

6:14

was a part of, of actually

6:16

really trying to pull these stories

6:18

together, what can we afford to

6:20

write, from a funding standpoint, so

6:22

Isaac, everybody don't have $10 million,

6:24

whatever he say he raised it

6:26

on a monthly basis, allegedly. We

6:28

don't have that. So we're doing

6:31

the best that we can. So

6:33

I will be, I think when

6:35

I get done recording this, I

6:37

think I'm going to go live

6:39

and do a little bit of

6:41

straightening. Straightening. Right. We ain't got

6:43

eyes. We ain't got eyes. And

6:45

when his eyes are going, I

6:47

still ain't seen him on the

6:49

list for the town hall. Oh,

6:51

okay. He's in Atlanta. Sorry. That's

6:54

for me a million times to

6:56

come show up at fan base.

6:58

come show up and get my

7:00

399 to be an investor so

7:02

I'm looking for him at the

7:04

town hall so support is supposed

7:06

to be mutual so mutual exactly

7:08

at Isaac so we looking we're

7:10

looking for you I'd be telling

7:12

people in the car in the

7:14

comments why you ain't over on

7:17

fair about you now y'all go

7:19

over and tell Isaac when he

7:21

gonna get a ticket to the

7:23

town hall because we missed yeah

7:25

we ain't saying him at the

7:27

town hall I'll be at the

7:29

door that's gonna be at the

7:31

door Marcella's gonna be taking names

7:33

at that door. And you know,

7:35

Marcella's Katie, he's gonna take names

7:37

and the time of arrival. Right.

7:40

And don't say, no, I came

7:42

and seen seeing you. Don't, don't

7:44

try to tell her that lie.

7:46

That's right. That at the cliff,

7:48

who sent her, uh, a group

7:50

chat yesterday, saying something about, I

7:52

don't care what Marcel is saying

7:54

about you, Marcel is saying, I

7:56

don't get put out for lying,

7:58

I pick up before I say,

8:00

oh, Cliff, my show is don't

8:03

play games like that, don't keep

8:05

keeping myself batting a lie, and

8:07

who said this, and who said

8:09

what, uh, uh, uh. I got

8:11

out of the cliff, I'm like,

8:13

oh, you don't know, Marcel don't

8:15

really like playing like that, you

8:17

got to go find another joke,

8:19

don't get. to be blind on

8:21

people's name rather than we like

8:23

receipts and all of that. So,

8:26

you know, he was having too

8:28

much to drink that day. Yeah.

8:30

But welcome y'all to the show.

8:32

We're going to cover a couple

8:34

of, and you know, I've been

8:36

getting a lot more lately and

8:38

people in like them uploads don't

8:40

go up on time. I've been

8:42

getting people going on with the

8:44

upload. I ain't got the other

8:46

white. Okay, do you know? So

8:48

shout out to everybody. I guess

8:51

maybe after doing this for five

8:53

years, maybe somebody listening. You know,

8:55

it don't feel like that. At

8:57

least 300. We got least 300.

8:59

In advance. And I'm all right

9:01

with it. Yeah. Jay, tell us

9:03

about this Marines and razor bump

9:05

story. This is a very important

9:07

story to Jay. Does she want

9:09

to bump up at the at

9:11

the top of the show. Yeah,

9:14

I want to bump this up,

9:16

pun intended to. No, okay, so

9:18

a lot of really fascinating news

9:20

stories. So today, I came across

9:22

this story that Black Enterprise put

9:24

out saying Black Marines with razor

9:26

bumps could be kicked out of

9:28

the military due to a new

9:30

policy. And the rules were implemented

9:32

after the defense secretary ordered a

9:34

review of military grooming standards. All

9:37

right, now, razor bumps are very

9:39

painful, they're visible, and they're embarrassing

9:41

enough, but could you imagine being

9:43

a U.S. Marine going through all

9:45

of that rigorous training, taking a

9:47

vow in the oath and putting

9:49

your life on the line, and

9:51

a new policy like this comes

9:53

across your desk. Yep, this new

9:55

policy that was introduced where Marines

9:57

suffering from pseudofaliculitis barbi or P.F.B.

10:00

for sure, that's the name of

10:02

the condition. A painful and scarring

10:04

tissue, excuse me, a painful

10:06

and scarring skin condition caused

10:08

by shaving could face dismissal

10:10

if the condition does not

10:12

improve within a specific time

10:14

frame. And that time frame

10:16

is actually 90 days according

10:18

to this new policy. So

10:21

here's the background on PB,

10:23

commonly known as razor bops,

10:25

is an inflammatory reaction of

10:27

the hair follicle primarily causing.

10:29

primarily caused by

10:31

shaving. And so this

10:34

condition disproportionately affects black

10:37

men potentially impacting their

10:39

presence in the Marines. Right. So

10:41

Marcellus, I know you stay on

10:44

to the barbershop, you stay fresh

10:46

and clean, it's always nice. You

10:48

know, you have a great skin

10:50

care regimen, your hair

10:52

care regimen. I'm just

10:54

wondering, like, do you suffer from

10:57

razor box? I think

10:59

that's a ridiculous policy.

11:01

I mean, they put their life on

11:03

the line, so I understand what's

11:06

the big deal about the race.

11:08

I was like, how is that

11:10

affecting them, don't put their life

11:12

on the line? It really got,

11:14

it ain't. Again, this is, we got

11:17

to find ways to get

11:19

Negroes out of everything at

11:21

this point. Yeah. As a veteran,

11:23

they are very particular on

11:26

grooming. You know, if people and I'm

11:28

a B and this is not me, this

11:30

and the brothers and unlike that. So there's

11:32

two things I want to look at one.

11:34

The overall, Negroes, y'all get out

11:37

because this is the issue that people just

11:39

have. It's not even like even

11:41

I know people that have a

11:43

serious problem with it from a

11:45

chemical standpoint, you know, not from

11:47

just in cleaning good or use

11:49

alcohol, you know, just some people

11:51

just really have it bad. So I want

11:53

to sit. sit the conspiracies out of part. I'm

11:55

going to deal with that in a minute because

11:57

I do believe it is a part of a larger

11:59

thing. But I do want to say

12:02

just from a veteran standpoint on

12:04

grooming, those types of things. I

12:06

don't, I know there was no

12:08

policy as far as acting on

12:11

the face of those types of

12:13

things, but your hair, your hair

12:15

being up, a clean shade for

12:17

men, all of that. And if

12:20

we're just being honest, I have

12:22

seen some people with real bad

12:24

razor bumps. And I don't know

12:26

if this is their way of

12:29

trying to get people to try

12:31

to do something about it. to

12:33

try to, because again, the real

12:35

bad ones can be a hygiene

12:38

issue, you know, not that had

12:40

bad hygiene, but you know, I

12:42

can see where it can be

12:44

a issue just because I know

12:47

how the military is about wanting

12:49

everything to be clean, everything to

12:51

be uniform, I don't mean clean

12:53

like sanitary, I just mean, you

12:56

know, clean neck, clean shade, clean

12:58

knit, you know, hat, appropriate looking,

13:00

you know. The Marine had the

13:03

best dress, you know, in your

13:05

best dress, all of that is

13:07

an issue, which is why, you

13:09

know, braids issue, hair on the

13:12

neck is the issue, all of

13:14

that, which tends to sometimes conflict

13:16

with black people, you know, and

13:18

what we might be allergic to,

13:21

or issue, you know, like the

13:23

razor bumps, hair, wearing our hair

13:25

braided, getting, you know, sweating, braids,

13:27

all of that. So all of

13:30

that conflicts. With what may be

13:32

an issue with black people now

13:34

with that said Because anything race-based

13:36

now Whether it's D. I which

13:39

again D. I need people to

13:41

understand that is an ideology. It

13:43

is not Just about contracts. It

13:45

is anything that considers diversity equity

13:48

and inclusion anything Whether it is

13:50

speaking of hair like the crown

13:52

act or when Jada was trying

13:54

out for cheerleader cheerleader and they

13:57

wanted all the girls to have

13:59

a high ponytail and they had

14:01

to push the issue to say

14:03

all black girls can't have a

14:06

high ponytail unless they have braids

14:08

or unless they get a

14:10

ponytail. They wanted the ponytail at

14:12

the very top of their head

14:14

like the white girls that wasn't

14:16

working for a lot of the

14:19

girls. If they got a sewing and

14:21

different things like the Crown

14:23

Act which is based in

14:25

a diversity inclusion, you know

14:27

equity meaning consider other diversities, look at

14:30

equity, how mistake we have in this. And that was

14:32

the whole thing that I went with Jay to school.

14:34

When they made that, I asked, when they, when did

14:36

y'all make that policy? Well, that policy has always

14:38

been in place. Well, who were y'all basing that

14:40

policy on? You could not have had a diverse

14:42

council or committee that made, that came up with

14:44

that idea, because if it was diverse, as far as

14:46

on that committee diverse, they would have taken

14:49

as consideration as consideration as consideration as

14:51

consideration as consideration, black girls, black girls,

14:53

black girls, black girls, black girls, black

14:56

girls, black girls, black girls, black girls. The

14:58

braids and beads and weaves and

15:00

all of that, you would have

15:02

taken natural hair into consideration. So

15:04

you did not, something that the

15:06

military has not done. So diversity

15:09

talks about that. Equity talks about,

15:11

okay, how much equity do we

15:13

have in this? If you're not

15:15

considering 25% of your cheerleaders may possibly

15:18

be black, then we don't have

15:20

equity. You're not considering

15:22

inclusion, making sure we're

15:24

included. So this conversation

15:26

of diversity equity

15:29

inclusion is directly

15:31

aligned with anything that

15:33

we are pushing for for

15:36

black liberation anything at

15:38

all. Whether that's reparations

15:41

when I hear people say

15:43

give us what you gave

15:45

them. Well guess what that

15:48

mean? Equity inclusion. The income

15:50

wealth gap ratio, my issue, my

15:52

credit score may be different to

15:54

yours based on the circumstances

15:56

of my life, diversity. So give some

15:58

of us a chance. Right. When you

16:01

talk about, that's another one, I'm

16:03

going to wait to see. Be

16:05

watching for that one. Y'all play

16:07

close attention. Remember to check the

16:09

box policy, that they just changed

16:11

that many city level where they

16:14

removed having to say if you

16:16

had a felony or not. Yes.

16:18

Wait to see that they, a

16:20

lot of those policies, they just

16:22

removed that in a lot of

16:25

cities where you don't have to,

16:27

Orlando was one, where you don't

16:29

have to say at least on

16:31

the application. The initial chance to

16:33

go in there and state your

16:35

case They don't ask about your

16:38

background That's called equity and inclusion

16:40

now eventually I believe you do

16:42

it does come up, but at

16:44

least give me a chance Right

16:46

Give me a chance to say

16:49

I've done this done that this

16:51

a lot of time they just

16:53

see it especially with AI scanning

16:55

through resumes and just kick you

16:57

out Yeah, so all of these

16:59

things guys is in the larger

17:02

conversation about diversity, equity, and inclusion.

17:04

So those who don't like it,

17:06

those who push it against, they're

17:08

very short-sided, and this is where

17:10

maybe having critical thinking skills maybe

17:13

having a degree will help, so

17:15

that you can have a larger,

17:17

long-term vision on how these things

17:19

are going to affect, especially our

17:21

most vulnerable in our society. The

17:23

Walmart Greaters. They get incentives for

17:26

doing that. They get incentives for

17:28

doing that. Y'all even notice. Did

17:30

y'all know that when y'all go

17:32

to see my Walmart Greas and

17:34

the wheelchairs and things like that?

17:37

If y'all notice that? Yeah. Yes.

17:39

Yep. That was the first thing

17:41

I told my friend who's in

17:43

a wheelchair. Go get a job

17:45

at Walmart. Is doing with that.

17:47

So first y'all say put y'all

17:50

seven about a bootstrap. Go get

17:52

a job. Do it do it

17:54

for yourself. Stop asking the government.

17:56

Okay, you don't took that away.

17:58

Yeah, what let's be honest what

18:01

other incentive will Walmart have to

18:03

hire somebody that's going to be limiting

18:05

limited on what they can do I don't

18:07

see any other incentive there's no other incentive

18:09

I'm going to want to hire the person

18:12

that can do a million things like you

18:14

Jay you do a million things yeah Marcellus

18:16

a million things I do a million things

18:18

I do a million things especially

18:20

right now people want to get the most

18:23

for less. So if I'm going to hire

18:25

somebody that I know can walk around

18:27

the store can't stop can't live can't

18:29

this can't this but he still need

18:31

to make a different make up

18:34

his difference on his rent yeah he

18:36

still need food you are telling

18:38

these people that they are nothing

18:40

that's exactly what it is this

18:42

is I'm telling you out of

18:44

control and I don't believe that

18:46

people actually are I don't think they

18:49

give a damn I really don't

18:51

think they give a day to want to

18:53

know Jay because we have gotten to

18:55

such a point of self preservation

18:59

and I'm going to only worry about

19:01

me and do for self. I'm not

19:03

doing for self. I'm doing for

19:05

community for me. I expect everybody,

19:08

you know, but for me, I'm

19:10

not just where self going to

19:12

be cool. I'm going to be cool. This

19:14

is about everybody else and

19:16

what could possibly happen to you.

19:18

You may not live the life you

19:21

think you think spud knew when he

19:23

walked out this house and he was

19:25

going to be paralyzed in a week.

19:27

Right. Down show wasn't the part of

19:29

the plan. So people got to

19:31

be careful about sitting back

19:33

talking about what somebody needs to

19:36

do and not doing what they should

19:38

do. Yes. All of that. Man, I'm

19:40

telling y'all better brace y'all

19:42

self. Because God ain't playing.

19:45

Y'all better brace y'all self. And

19:47

these people who are fine and

19:49

joy and people losing their job

19:52

and losing their business. Baby that

19:54

that's saying about the grave you prepared

19:56

for me prepared for yourself. That still

19:58

applies to you laugh at people's downfall.

20:00

Yeah. And you find a joy. You

20:03

think you've been dealing with hell now

20:05

that got you resentful? Better be real

20:07

careful. How you treating the least of

20:10

these y'all? That's why I just keep

20:12

pushing that mad. That's what's on me.

20:14

I know everybody else talking about all

20:17

that. And we're thin, we're stressed in

20:19

in the movement. No, people that actually

20:21

want to do the work. So I

20:23

get it. I don't expect people, you

20:26

know, to be on everything. You know,

20:28

like the target fast folks. They got

20:30

their jobs as a 2011 and then

20:33

she was like, oh, make sure Jay

20:35

to get my business. I just keep

20:37

getting drawn to the workers. On my

20:40

live the other day, I showed, I

20:42

went through, was looking at some old

20:44

on my Google voice and some old

20:47

Texas with my mother. And I was

20:49

telling her, hey, you should try Chesapeake

20:51

Energy. They got a job. It's in

20:54

2011. And then she was like, oh,

20:56

make sure Jay to get my business

20:58

card. You know, my mother always had

21:01

her businesses had her businesses. Always. Always.

21:03

She's never not had her business unless

21:05

you always say I got 10 professions

21:07

and she had all 10 all business

21:10

cars. That just made her proud. She

21:12

still wanted a job. She still wanted

21:14

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21:17

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21:19

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Up with Hate. So,

24:07

yeah, we, South Righteousness sentiment is

24:09

really out of control. Yeah. Yeah. I

24:12

mean, I just went into a

24:14

charity and, you know, before they want

24:16

to help you out, you know,

24:18

they want to get all in your

24:20

business, right? So I remember him

24:22

telling me the guy, he was like,

24:24

you need to find a job

24:26

that's stable. And I said, have you

24:29

not been watching the news? Ain't

24:31

no job stable. You

24:33

ain't been watching the news.

24:35

Right. Exactly. Yeah. He

24:37

was like, you need to go to Costco. I

24:39

said, I don't apply to Costco 15 million

24:41

times. Right. And

24:44

even Costco just let some people go. Right.

24:46

Yeah. You got to keep watching. Right. That's

24:48

when I saw somebody on news the other

24:50

day. Y 'all don't be in a panic,

24:52

put your money into the market. Black women

24:54

saying that, what money? What

24:56

was she talking to? Honey, I guess they're

24:58

talking to a different group. That's why said,

25:00

I, we got to build all, I got

25:02

to build my own tribe because I don't

25:04

know. I ain't got no extra nothing. Y

25:06

'all, I got $25 in AT &T. And I'll

25:09

be watching it like a hawk. And I

25:11

ain't lying. I only did that on my

25:13

cash app. And it's probably been like a

25:15

couple of years because you don't care about

25:17

dollars in AT &T. And I'll be watching

25:19

it like a hawk. And I ain't lying.

25:21

I only did that on my cash app.

25:23

And it's probably been like a couple of

25:25

years because you don't care if you can

25:27

invest. I'm going to put this little $25

25:29

and see what it do. And every time

25:31

it go down, I'll be watching. See, that's

25:33

why I should have put that $25. I

25:35

ain't got it like that. Right. I don't

25:37

know what y 'all long, but my cat, hey,

25:41

when Corona hit, I didn't eat

25:43

for a year. Because I say that

25:45

I was able to survive. So

25:48

I just don't have, I can't afford

25:50

the risk of putting up the

25:52

nowhere Jade. I don't have that extra

25:54

supply like that. I just don't.

25:56

Yeah. And we were talking about jobs,

25:58

you know, I'm gonna bring it

26:00

back. to the Marines, that's a very prestigious,

26:03

very honorable and stable position.

26:05

And now so many black

26:07

men, for example, are being.

26:09

you know, threatened with possibly losing their

26:11

employment at the Marine. And that's

26:14

crazy, by the way. You know,

26:16

I'm saying I can from a

26:18

better, and I know how big

26:20

they are on looks and presenting

26:23

and all of that, but I

26:25

don't agree with this. I just

26:27

want to be. It's not like

26:29

they said, it's not like they

26:32

said, if you also have psoriasis,

26:34

right, a lot of white folks

26:36

get psoriasis, or whatever, like, those

26:39

types of things is something very

26:41

very specific that works. Yeah, they

26:43

want you Negroes out of everything.

26:45

Let's just say that. Let's go

26:47

to this other story because they

26:50

want you out these schools, 50

26:52

universities are on the federal investigation

26:54

for saying hey y'all was giving

26:56

away Negro scholarships, y'all was giving letting

26:59

people in based on a mission, y'all's

27:01

on all that, let's cut all that

27:03

out. Negro, they are ready to not

27:05

just take you down a notch, but

27:08

about five notches. Negroes don't win, got

27:10

our militaries too much. You win, got

27:12

access to too many of these schools.

27:14

We tried to price you out and

27:17

make it ridiculous, but your Negroes kept

27:19

on going to get loans. You kept

27:21

on figuring out a way to get

27:23

in. You made the pay, you forced

27:25

us to let you in based on

27:27

a viewer first time, because these are

27:29

all questions on your application. First time

27:31

college graduate. First time, are you the

27:33

first one to get a degree from your

27:36

school? Those are good points in your family.

27:38

Has anybody ever graduated from college? You know,

27:40

all those things to try to right to

27:42

try to balance the system that colleges were

27:45

looking at to say let's let some folks

27:47

in here who have had come from some

27:49

disadvantaged backgrounds and then let's let them in

27:51

here and give them scholarship because they don't

27:54

have it because if their parents just graduated

27:56

high school, contrary to popular belief, even though

27:58

everybody in the common say. You don't need

28:00

it, you can make it with

28:02

high school. Well, the reality of

28:04

it is, it's few and far

28:06

between jobs that's going to pay

28:08

you in the upper middle class

28:10

without some type of higher education.

28:13

That's just the bottom line. So

28:15

all of these things were on

28:17

college applications. I feel that one

28:19

last month for another school I'm

28:21

trying to go to. And I'll

28:23

tell y'all the truth. Race was

28:25

on there one week. I went

28:27

back the next week and it

28:29

says suppressed. Suppressed? Suppressed?

28:31

I mean on the application meaning

28:33

they taking it off the application.

28:36

Interesting. Yeah, not me being suppressed,

28:38

but they suppressed the data. Got

28:40

you. Yeah, it was showing black

28:42

before? Not no more. No more.

28:44

You, this application going in based

28:47

on merit with it, but our

28:49

race is a part of our

28:51

marriage. My, my, that's a part

28:53

of my story. That's a part

28:56

of who I am. That's a

28:58

part of if my GPA is

29:00

not as high as it should

29:02

be. Let's talk about why. Let's

29:05

talk about why. Yeah. Hmm. Let's

29:07

talk about all of the challenges

29:09

I was dealing with at that

29:11

time to maintain that GPA, to

29:13

maintain that. But that's a part

29:16

of my merit. This is why

29:18

we fought for these things, that

29:20

they say don't matter. You know,

29:22

civil rights and law, they say

29:25

don't matter, don't matter. You gonna

29:27

see a real time. Wait and

29:29

see what they got for you.

29:31

This is a thing, I mean,

29:33

this goes back into, this is

29:36

just a new iteration of the

29:38

black codes, which were restrictive laws

29:40

that were enacted in southern states

29:42

after the Civil War, and it

29:45

were specifically designed to limit the

29:47

freedom and economic opportunities of newly

29:49

free blacks, with the intention of

29:51

re-inslaving them. Things like vagrancy laws,

29:54

labor contracts, restrictions on property ownership

29:56

and movement. Right, the right to

29:58

travel. and those things like that.

30:00

And then also we know about

30:02

Jim Crow and Jim Crow laws

30:05

with the system of racial segregation

30:07

that enforced separation of black and

30:09

white people in the United States

30:11

from the 1880s until the 1960s.

30:14

We are unfortunately going back into

30:16

that system. We're looking at what's

30:18

happening with education, who's getting funding,

30:20

who's getting access, who isn't getting

30:23

access, and how many black people

30:25

will suffer. And particularly our most

30:27

vulnerable, which means the poor, the

30:29

under educated, the anybody saying you

30:31

don't, you can read a million

30:34

books, you can be smart as

30:36

hell. But we're talking about America's

30:38

a hierarchy. They require some boxes

30:40

to be checked. The boxes were

30:43

set up to keep you out

30:45

the box. Yes, the boxes were

30:47

set up, I got a girlfriend

30:49

on the job, smart as a

30:52

whip, she knows everybody in the

30:54

department, but she doesn't have a

30:56

degree. She cannot promote to that

30:58

job because it says you have

31:00

to have a degree, don't give

31:03

a damn what is in, it

31:05

just got to be a degree.

31:07

It's set up to keep her

31:09

out of that supervisor position, no

31:12

matter how good she is, you

31:14

have to have it. So they,

31:16

they are setting up a system

31:18

to make sure. That

31:21

the boxes that we check just

31:23

like I tell people they say,

31:25

you don't just need no degree

31:28

You need experience. Hold on. Why

31:30

y'all think people with degrees don't

31:32

have experience? You can have both.

31:35

I'm trying to check all the

31:37

boxes certification licenses trade Education who

31:39

you know grind hustle you need

31:42

it all And even with it

31:44

all you you you still they

31:46

still find a way to keep

31:49

you out So the

31:51

black middle class That's keeping as

31:53

a community a flow a community.

31:55

I'm not talking about just individuals

31:57

a few folks who maybe doing

32:00

well and all that. I'm talking

32:02

to the black middle class that

32:04

has kept the black community afloat

32:06

because there's not enough outliers you

32:08

know that can help. The community,

32:11

the middle class as a whole,

32:13

the median income, like we just

32:15

used Maryland, for example, PG County,

32:17

80,000 to 100,000, these are the

32:20

ones that are buying the homes,

32:22

these are the ones that are

32:24

investing back, that's paying the tax,

32:26

these are the ones that's paying

32:29

the tax, these are the ones

32:31

that's giving, you know, they got

32:33

the extra money to give to

32:35

the non-profits, that's been somewhat of

32:38

a safety net. for almost vulnerable

32:40

citizens. If that fails, if that

32:42

one cousin that everybody knows can

32:44

depend on because you know she

32:46

got that good job, well you

32:49

know such and such work at

32:51

the bank, well you know such

32:53

and such, I'm that cousin in

32:55

my family. I'm that one. Three

32:58

weeks ago, I literally got a

33:00

request from four different people. One

33:02

was 200. One was three, one

33:04

was 600, one was 2,000. You

33:07

can spare it, if you can

33:09

spare it, if you can spare

33:11

it, if you can spare it.

33:13

That's a real story, like they

33:15

say in the hood, on my

33:18

mom. Yeah. So if I break,

33:20

what happens to them? And so

33:22

forth, and so that's how you

33:24

have to look at it. And

33:27

I know it's very easy to

33:29

sit back and say, well, they

33:31

just need to figure it out.

33:33

and how people are going to

33:36

be suffering as a result of

33:38

that. Those little, those dollars matter.

33:40

You can count on if I

33:42

get a couple hundred over here,

33:45

fifty dollars over here, the hundred

33:47

over there, I break, would I

33:49

circulate to y'all don't count and

33:51

so forth and so on. This

33:53

is a real trickle down effect

33:56

guys. Yes. So we can sit

33:58

up. here and act like it

34:00

ain't no big deal if you want

34:02

to. But this shit is real as hell

34:04

y'all and y'all gotta pay attention and you

34:07

have to understand that we need I'm gonna

34:09

say this every time this is all all

34:11

this year guys all these podcasts gonna be

34:13

centered on this like bringing it back to

34:15

what you need to be doing bringing it

34:17

back to reminding you we need each other

34:20

and I'm not talking about in your family

34:22

you better sit out and doing assessment in

34:24

your family. Who owns what

34:26

who can stay with who who can ship in who

34:28

can do what who can like this? This is the

34:30

time and if it ain't if you don't have the

34:33

family because I don't have a big

34:35

family all my family passed the majority my

34:37

family passed away You better build a tribe.

34:39

That's what I'm doing. This is about

34:41

tri-building. This ain't about Who

34:43

Cuzin, who ain't blood and all

34:46

that? No, Marcellus. Hey, I

34:48

know I can count on myself.

34:50

Do X, Y, Z. Can

34:52

we go get this? I know

34:54

I count on myself. Can

34:56

I put my resource together? My

34:59

talent, Jay talent, Marcellus talent,

35:01

whoever, the share, whatever talent.

35:03

Let's package this up. Let's

35:06

sell it to a client. And

35:08

the good news is, we're still

35:10

gonna be okay. I don't doubt that

35:12

at all. Black people are resilient.

35:15

Yes, we are. But if you, but you

35:17

better be positioning yourself. It's

35:19

not just about praying. I'm

35:21

just going to pray about it. No,

35:23

pray about it, prophesies, speak that thing

35:26

in the truth. Make sure I remember

35:28

to say that because that's my, my

35:30

new thing may say that at the

35:32

town hall. Pray about it, prophesize about

35:35

it, but also position. must

35:37

be in position. You must be

35:40

in the room. Plus, to get

35:42

the information, to know

35:44

what you need to know, to

35:46

find out who do I need to

35:48

meet. And I can't help

35:51

everybody. So ask somebody else

35:53

in the room. Don't just

35:55

come to me. I'm telling

35:57

you, you didn't know. I'm

36:00

giving. everything I had to get.

36:02

So guys, we appreciate you tapping in.

36:04

We are, I am saying, sold out

36:06

with the town hall because we're literally

36:08

five tickets away. But still, if the,

36:10

try to get the tickets if you

36:13

can. I know I can fit in

36:15

another 30 people or so. but I'll

36:17

try to be real mindful because if

36:19

you purchase a ticket you're guaranteed entry

36:21

and you know bankhead is small they

36:23

did say we can use the patio

36:25

but you know maybe rain and some

36:27

may be going on that day it's

36:30

just an organizing tip just you know

36:32

for y'all don't know if they tell

36:34

you all the capacity is 150 you

36:36

know always shave some of that off

36:38

you know don't try to be greedy

36:40

and do it up to capacity you

36:42

know you always want to give room

36:44

in case the space is not but

36:47

you know not comfortable comfortable for folks

36:49

right And then also want to give

36:51

room for people to show up, as

36:53

you know, we like to do on

36:55

day off. Oh, wait, Tess, I know

36:57

that you were saying that Atlanta is

36:59

infamous for these lists. They love it.

37:01

And Marcel is going to love it.

37:04

He's going to love looking on the

37:06

list, you know, it's all about the

37:08

list. But... people can pay at the

37:10

door but I just I sold guaranteed

37:12

tickets because one we want to make

37:14

sure we had a crowd that could

37:16

patronize the restaurant want to make sure

37:18

they're opening up just for us so

37:20

it's important to me to know okay

37:23

we're going to least have a hundred

37:25

people you know in the room that's

37:27

going to hopefully get a drink I'm

37:29

getting the first shot for them but

37:31

you know hopefully get a drink get

37:33

some of the food that they're going

37:35

to have prepared small appetizer menu for

37:37

purchase nothing you know ridiculously expensive expensive

37:40

anything like that anything like that enjoy

37:42

the comedy, you know, things like that.

37:44

So I did leave room for others

37:46

to show up, but it's still so.

37:48

out as far as guaranteed admission. And

37:50

so that's an organizing tip guys that

37:52

we'll get more into when we start

37:54

our virtual training because directly after this

37:57

we're going all virtual. I would love

37:59

to do a in-person thing, but it

38:01

really does take a lot of work.

38:03

And y'all take a lot of work.

38:05

And y'all know, I don't like feeling

38:07

people got to be in the room.

38:09

So I hustle hard, you know, to

38:11

give people to the room. And she

38:14

doesn't figure it. Because I love when

38:16

people know we did this on our

38:18

own. You know, when I would go

38:20

live every day and tell people, can

38:22

you share it? Can't share whether you

38:24

live in Atlanta or not? Yeah, baby,

38:26

we did this. Yeah. My so-called celebrity

38:28

friends didn't share it at all, except

38:30

the exception of Killamike and his wife

38:33

obviously. But everybody else, y'all saw it

38:35

and y'all didn't share it. And I

38:37

want to thank you for it. I

38:39

really do want to thank you for

38:41

it. Yeah, we know where everybody stands

38:43

at. And more importantly, we know us,

38:45

the people, we know where we stand

38:47

at, which means we really can do

38:50

it without y'all, for real. My campaign

38:52

in 2012 was called Do Before I

38:54

Say in 2012. So I love it.

38:56

I love people knowing it. Yeah, I

38:58

appreciate y'all not sharing it. And acting

39:00

like y'all didn't see it. I really,

39:02

really do. No big media. I was

39:04

going to go on the breakfast club.

39:07

But I was like, well, no point,

39:09

you know, you know, you know, you

39:11

know, going over there just to go

39:13

on over there just to do it

39:15

just to do it just to do

39:17

it just to do it just to

39:19

do it, just to do it, just

39:21

to do it. So I didn't want

39:23

to go over and talk to me

39:26

and people about no one location So

39:28

I am going to go back and

39:30

talk about the virtual But after this

39:32

we're doing virtual, you know virtual only

39:34

Because then it's not a matter of

39:36

because people say oh test, you know,

39:38

you can have it over here for

39:40

free It's not about for free if

39:43

we do in person we want to

39:45

patronize a restaurant, you know, we want

39:47

to have entertainment want to put money

39:49

in a couple different people's pocket an

39:51

ecosystem You know that people can actually

39:53

benefit from it's not about just showing

39:55

up. You know this that's not what

39:57

it's about so The next after this

40:00

I will be rolling out of course

40:02

after we get the highlight video because

40:04

you know I love receiving So yeah,

40:06

they got to see the highlight video.

40:08

After we get the highlight video, we'll

40:10

start rolling out the virtual. Remember guys

40:12

I told before I wasn't going to

40:14

do virtual but I am going to

40:17

do virtual now we're in a different

40:19

time than three years ago like people

40:21

really need to know these bunker down

40:23

strategies they need help they need help

40:25

with job transition tips they need help

40:27

with resonatives interview tips how to start

40:29

a business how to market beyond just

40:31

the running for office you know I

40:33

love doing that but this I'm doing

40:36

this very different this time around. like

40:38

this is bunker down one on one

40:40

and not just me you know bringing

40:42

in other folks other experts as well

40:44

you know they can speak to certain

40:46

topics people got to pay something jade

40:48

it can't be completely free we got

40:50

we are running a business contrary to

40:53

popularly but by doing it virtual I

40:55

don't have to charge I know nothing

40:57

would be over $50 for two hours

40:59

nothing at also about $25 an hour

41:01

I think that's more than fair. And

41:03

I can do it with just a

41:05

few people. I don't have to have

41:07

thousands of people, you know, just got

41:10

enough to cover the time and what

41:12

we have to pay for the service

41:14

and, you know, whatever guess we have,

41:16

we're good to go. So I'm going

41:18

to start doing that and I'm excited

41:20

about that. And I think there's a,

41:22

it's a market for it and this

41:24

is not a praying upon people who

41:27

like a lot of these podcasts are.

41:29

This is about really providing real solutions

41:31

and I'm not seeing a lot of

41:33

that. I'm hearing a lot of what

41:35

we need to do in five and

41:37

ten years, but these 300,000 people, it's

41:39

about to lay it off. They need

41:41

to know how do I rewrite my

41:43

resume right now? You know what I

41:46

mean? How do I sell my transferable

41:48

skills that I had wrote on the

41:50

resume one way? How do I put

41:52

it this way? You know, how do

41:54

I, how do I hustle? You know,

41:56

so that's what I'm going to be

41:58

doing. Please tap in for that. But

42:00

again, we're not pushing. I'm not, it's

42:03

not a volume thing. It's a whoever

42:05

needs it. We got enough people in

42:07

the room that host the classroom virtually.

42:09

then we're good to go. So I'm

42:11

excited about it guys. Thank you so

42:13

much for joining us. Thank you, Marcellus.

42:15

Thank you, Jay. Don't keep hustling. That

42:17

sounds like a good idea. Y'all, the

42:20

virtual? Yeah. Sounds great. I want a

42:22

man. And so I won't hear no

42:24

a man. Mark's saying that he won't

42:26

show up. Okay. And we might do

42:28

another in person one, but it just

42:30

can't be as often as I as

42:32

I thought. Because it's just a lot

42:34

like I hustle every day, you know

42:36

what I mean? It's a lot to

42:39

get them tickets So I'm excited about

42:41

it guys the weather Getting back pretty

42:43

and all that in Atlanta. So we're

42:45

gonna be good to go So I

42:47

write y'all make sure y'all tap me

42:49

in the straight shot. No chase every

42:51

week. Please as 10 people beg them

42:53

start off with begging them. They don't

42:56

do it tell them you're not gonna

42:58

be their friend no more we need

43:00

He wouldn't lose your friends because I

43:02

damn sure lost him and I don't

43:04

give a damn. That's what we have

43:06

with you. We need you to follow

43:08

so we can keep the numbers up.

43:10

Shout out the Black Effect Podcast Network,

43:13

one billion strings, one billion. Congratulations. Yes,

43:15

at all our creators combined. They said

43:17

what they want to say about Charlotte

43:19

Maine, but he got to figure it

43:21

out. You know, somebody that one of

43:23

his biggest critics that also started a

43:25

podcast network, we heard from them since.

43:27

But they talked about how Charlemagne did

43:30

it. Oh, he did it with our

43:32

heart, he did it. Yeah, our heart's

43:34

the largest audio platform in the country.

43:36

He was able to get them to

43:38

carve out a space, a piece of

43:40

the pie for black creators. And I

43:42

think last time I checked about 20

43:44

of us and combined. All of us

43:46

can buy and have reached a billion

43:49

and so they take that and now

43:51

they can go market that to the

43:53

advertisers and we know what that does

43:55

It allows room for podcast like me.

43:57

I'm the only one on there that's

43:59

all Tamika, my son, they have one, they

44:01

do politics, obviously community, but we are the

44:03

only two. Everything else is entertainment. I'm sure

44:05

others, you know, tap in the politics because,

44:08

you know, it's just a thing to do

44:10

now. But this is the only show that,

44:12

with the exception, Tamika, that's all politics. If

44:14

we just had to do this show, just

44:16

all politics by ourselves, without black

44:18

effect, without our heart, we wouldn't

44:20

be in business. That plain is

44:22

simple. It's not enough people interested

44:24

in interest interested in it. So because... Right, they scared.

44:27

I mean, they, they, it's just a lot for a lot of people, Ted.

44:29

It's a lot. So, shout out to Charlemagne for having the vision, because

44:31

without that, we wouldn't have a piece of it. Same thing

44:33

with revolt. They center themselves on entertainment, but at least they

44:35

carved out a little bit for the news. Oh, we shouldn't have

44:37

to take the crumbs. That's how it is, guys. Until y' y' y' y'z a lot

44:39

for a lot for a lot for a lot for a lot for a lot for

44:41

a lot for a lot for a lot for a lot for a lot for a

44:43

lot for a lot for a lot for a lot for a lot for a lot for

44:45

a lot for a lot for a lot for a lot for a

44:47

lot for a lot for a lot for a lot for

44:49

a lot for a lot for a lot for a lot

44:51

for a lot for a lot for a lot for a

44:53

lot for a lot for a lot for a lot for

44:55

a lot for Until people want to know this information besides

44:57

Jade and Marcellus, this is what it's going to be. I

44:59

got a feeling though y'all going to be circling in

45:01

the background next year though. I got a

45:04

feeling. Yeah, I got a feeling. People gonna

45:06

want to hear this about next year. So

45:08

don't worry about it. We're going to still

45:10

be right here like we was the last

45:12

five years straight every week dropping

45:14

an episode because people are hungry

45:16

for the information. And by next

45:19

year, it's going to be clear.

45:21

who been on bullshit, who ain't

45:23

being consistent, who's just throwing red

45:25

meat without real solutions, and your

45:27

homegirl gonna be right here, consistent,

45:29

greater to give you the information.

45:31

So we look forward to seeing

45:33

you now and also next year

45:35

guys. So please make sure you

45:38

subscribe. Ask ten friends, please subscribe.

45:40

I've been hustling hard with

45:42

this podcast. I did black

45:44

information news this week. I did 96.1

45:46

in Atlanta. I'm everywhere in Atlanta, like

45:49

all the invite, you know, just really

45:51

trying to be outside and have a

45:53

good time, I ain't gonna lie about that.

45:55

But number two, really, you know, trying to

45:57

put both my black companies and my.

46:00

black job, you know, my black

46:02

partners put that way, just saying I'm

46:04

contracted with revolt and with black effect

46:06

and I appreciate my partners and I

46:08

know that I'm overworked and underpaid and

46:11

not what I could get at MS

46:13

NBC, but I choose us first and

46:15

will, always will. So I believe this

46:17

work is important. So. We do need

46:20

y'all help though. We need y'all to

46:22

help supporting the town halls, supporting the

46:24

virtual, supporting, I'm all trying to build

46:26

a company. I want, I want Jay,

46:29

Marcel is full time, but I can't

46:31

just prophesize that. We got to make

46:33

it real. They meet, they need income.

46:36

So, you got to get the business

46:38

going. And I believe that it will

46:40

be done. I do. So, all right,

46:42

y'all y'all y' y'all have a good

46:45

week. Thank y'all tap in next week.

46:47

Peace. Peace. Peace. If you like what

46:49

you heard on Straight Shot No Chaser,

46:51

please subscribe and drop a five-star review

46:54

and tell a friend Straight Shot No

46:56

Chaser is a production of the Black

46:58

Effect podcast network and I heart radio.

47:01

I'm Tesla Figaro and I'd like to

47:03

thank our producer, editor, Dwayne Crawford, and

47:05

our executive producer, Charlemagne the God, for

47:07

more po- They need to know how

47:10

do I rewrite my resume right now?

47:12

You know, how do I- How do

47:14

I hustle? You know, so that's what

47:16

I'm going to be doing. Y'all stay

47:19

in prayer for that. Straight shop family.

47:21

Please tap in for that. But again,

47:23

we're not pushing. I'm not, it's not

47:25

a volume thing. It's a whoever needs

47:28

it. We got enough people in the

47:30

room that host the classroom virtually, then

47:32

we're good to go. So I'm excited

47:35

about it, guys. Thank you, man. And

47:37

so. I won't hear no a man.

47:39

It's my cousin. My lady won't show

47:41

up. Okay. And we might do another.

47:44

in person one, but it just can't

47:46

be as often as I thought. Right.

47:48

Because it's just a lot, like I

47:50

hustle every day, you know what I

47:53

mean? It's a lot to get them

47:55

tickers, so I'm excited about it guys.

47:57

The weather, getting back pretty and all

47:59

that in Atlanta, so we're gonna be

48:02

good to go. So I write y'all

48:04

make sure y' y'all tap in a

48:06

straight shot, no chase every week. Please

48:09

ask 10 people, 10 people, beg them.

48:11

Start off with begging them and they

48:13

don't do it tell them you're not

48:15

going to be their friend or more.

48:18

We need them with the Marcellus. Right,

48:20

right, right, right. Who are all around

48:22

else? You wouldn't lose your friends because

48:24

I damn sure lost them and I

48:27

don't give them. That's what we have

48:29

with you. We need you to follow

48:31

so we can keep the numbers up.

48:33

Shout out the Black Effect Podcast Network.

48:36

One billion strings. Yes, at all our

48:38

creators combined. They said they want to

48:40

say about Charlemagne, but he got to

48:43

figure it out. You know, somebody that

48:45

one of his biggest critics that also

48:47

started a podcast network, we heard from

48:49

him since. But they talked about how

48:52

Charlemagne did it. Oh, he did it

48:54

with our heart. He did it with

48:56

our heart. He did it. Yeah, our

48:58

heart's the largest audio platform in the

49:01

country. He was able to get them

49:03

to carve out a space, a piece

49:05

of the pie for black creators. 20

49:08

of us and can bind all of

49:10

us can buy and have reached a

49:12

billion and so they take that and

49:14

now they can go market that to

49:17

the advertisers and we know what that

49:19

does it allows room for podcast like

49:21

me I'm the only one on there

49:23

that's all politics Tamika Masan they have

49:26

one they do politics obviously community but

49:28

we are the only two everything else

49:30

is entertainment now you I'm sure others

49:32

you know, tap into politics because, you

49:35

know, it's just a thing to do

49:37

now. But this is the only show

49:39

that with, with the exception to me,

49:42

that's all politics. If we just had

49:44

to do this show, just all politics

49:46

by ourselves, without black effect, without our

49:48

heart, we wouldn't be in business. That

49:51

plain is simple. It's not enough people.

49:53

in it. So because... So because... Right,

49:55

they scared, I mean, they, they, it's

49:57

just a lot for a lot of

50:00

people, Tess. It's a lot. So, shout

50:02

out to Charlemagne for having the vision,

50:04

because without that, we wouldn't have a

50:06

piece of the same thing revoked. They

50:09

centered themselves on entertainment, but at least

50:11

they carved out a little bit for

50:13

the news. Oh, we shouldn't have to

50:16

take the crumbs. That's how it is,

50:18

guys, until y' y'all get a lot

50:20

for a lot for a lot of

50:22

people. Until people want to know this

50:25

information besides Jade and Marcellus, this is

50:27

what it's going to be. I got

50:29

a feeling though y'all going to be

50:31

circling in the background next year though.

50:34

I got a feeling. Yeah, I got

50:36

a feeling. People going to want to

50:38

hear this about next year. So don't

50:40

worry about it. We're going to still

50:43

be right here like who's the last

50:45

five years straight every week dropping an

50:47

episode because people are hungry for the

50:50

information. And by next year, it's going

50:52

to be clear who've been feeding bullshit.

50:54

who been on bullshit, who ain't being

50:56

consistent, who's just throwing red meat without

50:59

real solutions, and your homegirl gonna be

51:01

right here, consistent, greater to give you

51:03

the information. So we look forward to

51:05

seeing you now and also next year

51:08

guys. So please make sure you subscribe.

51:10

Ask ten friends, please subscribe. I've been

51:12

hustling hard with this podcast. I did

51:14

black information news this week. I did

51:17

96.1 in Atlanta. I'm everywhere in Atlanta,

51:19

like all the invite, you know, just

51:21

really trying to be outside, have a

51:24

good time, I ain't gonna lie about

51:26

that. But number two, really, you know,

51:28

trying to put both my black companies

51:30

and my black job, you know, my

51:33

black partners put that way, just saying

51:35

I'm contracted with revolt and with black

51:37

effect, and I appreciate my partners. And

51:39

I know that I'm overworked and underpaid

51:42

and not what I could get at

51:44

MS NBC, but I choose us first.

51:46

and will, always will. So the leader's

51:49

work is important. So we do need

51:51

y'all help though. We need y'all to

51:53

help supporting the town. all

51:55

supporting the virtual, supporting,

51:58

I'm all trying

52:00

to build a company.

52:02

I want, I

52:04

want Jade, Marcella's full

52:07

time, but I can't just

52:09

prophesize that. We gotta make it real. They

52:11

need income, so

52:14

gotta get the business going. And

52:16

I believe that it will be done, I do. So,

52:20

all right, y 'all, y 'all have a good week.

52:22

Thank y 'all, tap in next week, peace. Peace.

52:25

If you like what you heard on

52:27

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52:29

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52:32

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52:34

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52:36

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52:38

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52:40

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