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Breaking DEI Myths, Discrimination, & the Wild World of Placentas
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Get ready for a wild ride as Bruce Anthony and J. Andrea dive into Breaking DEI Myths, Discrimination, & the Wild World of Placentas! 🎙️ This unforgettable episode of Unsolicited Perspectives blends sharp social commentary, hilarious sibling banter, and thought-provoking insights into today’s hottest cultural topics.
We kick things off by talking about our upcoming 200th episode. We will be answering burning listener questions 🎉. Relive the hilarity of the now-iconic Kids Olympics story, guaranteed to leave you laughing out loud 😂.
The heart of this episode unpacks Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), breaking down myths 📚, addressing conservative backlash 😡, and exploring its connection to Christian values ✝️. Bruce and J. Andrea tackle the historical roots of discrimination 🕰️ and explain why diverse perspectives are essential in workplaces and beyond 🌍.
And just when you think it couldn’t get more intriguing, the siblings delve into the eyebrow-raising trend of placenta consumption 🤯. Is it a groundbreaking health practice or just plain bizarre?
Perfect for fans of cultural discussions, modern humor, and relatable sibling dynamics, this episode will make you laugh, think, and see the world in a new light. Don’t miss out—join the conversation today! #dei #diversityandinclusion #workplacediversity #placenta #unsolicitedperspectives
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Thank you for tuning into Unsolicited Perspectives with Bruce Anthony. Let's continue the conversation in the comments and remember, stay engaged, stay informed, and always keep an open mind. See you in the next episode!
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to Unsolicited Perspectives 🎙️🔥💥
00:36 Sibling Happy Hour Begins 🍹🌶️
01:03 Cheers to 200 Episodes and Your Burning Questions! 🎉
06:05 Hilarious Feedback: The Kids Olympics Saga Lives On 😂
19:38 DEI Demystified: What It Really Means 📚🧐
31:39 DEI Under Fire: The Conservative Backlash 😡🔥🚨
33:03 DEI’s Core: Respect, Opportunity, and Inclusion ❤️🔥💖
33:40 Christian Values and DEI: A Perfect Match? ✝️🙏
37:31 A History of Hurt: Discrimination in America 🕰️📜😔
38:53 Why Diverse Voices Matter: Perspectives That Change Everything 🌍🤝💪
49:54 Placenta-What?! The Latest Trend You Need to Know About 🤯😮🤔
01:01:24 Wrapping It Up: Gratitude, Laughs, and What’s Next 👋🤗
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Transcript
Introduction to Unsolicited Perspectives
00:00:10
Speaker
Welcome. First of all, welcome. This is Unsolicited Perspectives. I'm your host, Bruce Anthony, here to lead the conversation in important events and topics that are shaping today's society. Join the conversation and follow us wherever you get your audio podcasts. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for our video podcast and YouTube exclusive content. Rate, review, like, comment, share, share it with your friends, share it with your family. Hell, even share with your enemies.
Sibling Happy Hour with Jay Andrea
00:00:36
Speaker
On today's episode, it's the Sibling Happy Hour. I'm here with my sis, Jay Andrea. We're gonna be deli-daddling a little bit. Then we're talking about DEI. And then we're gonna be talking about placentas. But that's enough of the intro. Let's get to the show.
00:00:59
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What up, sis? What up, brother? I can't call it. I can't
Celebrating 200 Episodes
00:01:03
Speaker
call it. This is the last time that we will be meeting before our 200th episode. It's great. Like, I remember when we hit 100 and I was like, this is insane. And now that we've hit 200,
00:01:19
Speaker
I mean, what's past insane? know I even know. It's astounding. It's astounding. I'm very proud of us, though. I am proud of us, too, especially considering the fact that you didn't think that we was going to make it to episode 10. You bring that up every milestone we hit. Every every single milestone, you bring it up.
00:01:40
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that thing I thought we went. I didn't think so. Okay. I admit it. Ladies and gentlemen, I didn't think we were gonna make it. now Here we are.
00:01:52
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Look, because of your ADHD, we might have not
Inviting Listener Questions
00:01:55
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made it. But because of my meticulous obsession, right we're here. We've gotten some interesting feedback about what we should do for the 200th episode. And we did this for the 100th episode. But I know that we have so some new listeners, some new watchers that may not go back and watch so many episodes to go back. And you would really only do it if one year.
00:02:20
Speaker
You're right. Yes. ah shit man but right yeah um Yes. it And you would really only do it if one you're a huge, huge fan of ours to go back and bench him. We're not it's not like We're something that you can really truly binge like a television show. We'd be talking about some real stuff and you will get your feelings hurt and your heart broke dealing with us. You're going to take you on an emotional roller coaster. You're going to laugh. You might cry. You're going to be angry. It's going to be all those things and you can only take us a doses. Yeah.
00:02:56
Speaker
So it was brought to my attention, hey, why don't we answer listener and watcher questions?
Connecting via Instagram
00:03:02
Speaker
And we had some really, really dedicated listeners. I'm not going to point out who they are, but y'all know who you are, of who gave us a list of questions.
00:03:13
Speaker
I said, hey, maybe you guys could answer these questions. Now, some of them, we ain't gonna answer all of them because it was a lot. But yeah I also encourage the audience, hey, contact us through DM, through our Instagram. Don't try and DM me, DM us on TikTok because we don't be answering those. But on instagram on sta Instagram, you know, go on our website, you can email us directly and send us questions or suggestions or things that you want us to talk about it. And and if it's appropriate, we'll talk about it. Some questions. A lot of times y'all be asking real personal stuff. And I know we'd be personal here sometimes, but we don't be too personal. Like what kind of what what are some examples? I'm curious.
00:03:56
Speaker
I don't remember. it It was a lot of, so Bruce, what's your type? Who have you been with? How come you didn't call me back? And I'm like, yo, that's a real personal question. That don't have nothing to do with the show. OK, that's, yeah, that's y'all just trying to get your own little answers. No, no. Ask us actual questions that everybody would want to answer to, not just you.
00:04:20
Speaker
And the reason why I didn't call you back is because your breath stank. I didn't want to say it to your face, but it stank all to be there. So we're going to say it on a public podcast instead. Well, yeah, because I have to say it to him directly. I don't never have to run into him again. I got him blocked on Instagram anyway.
00:04:37
Speaker
There you go. Stank ass breath. No, it was foul. I was like, yo, did you brush your teeth this morning? It might have been a dead tooth or something in their digestive system or something. There's a lot of reasons for halitosis. Look,
Family Humor and Anecdotes
00:04:53
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if it was in her digestive system, she must ate bad liver and onions. no Or she just ate liver and onions.
00:05:01
Speaker
ah or or they Sorry for the people who like that. Like our mother. I can't. So country. So country. So give us ah your suggestions for the 200 episode. We'll be filming this time next week. 200. So you only got six days. so yeah actually Actually, from when this airs, you got three.
00:05:22
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so Yeah. Yeah. So get them in now. The fact is, if you got something, a burning question, go on and go ahead and type it in and and get it to us right now. Right. like Matter of fact, pause the episode.
00:05:39
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just Go ahead and pause. We'll wait. I'm not going to wait. Right. Go ahead and pause. Go ahead and pause. And go ahead and ask your question now. Just ask the question. So that's the 200th episode. We're really happy about it. Thank you guys for for rocking with us. And we'll probably get into some more sappy stuff on the next episode. But.
00:06:01
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For this episode,
Honesty Over Niceness
00:06:02
Speaker
I want to do a revisit to the last episode. Okay. This is what I mean by this. Your kid's Olympic story has gotten such, such feedback. Oh my people are dying laughing about this story.
00:06:19
Speaker
Now, they often, they often love your stories and the way that you speak and and do things. The audience loves you. If we did a Q rating on me versus you, I was going well, I was going way low. don't don't get shit Don't get your feelings hurt. If I do it. No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. It hurt my feelings. I know this is unsolicited perspectives with Bruce Anthony, but I know what a real star this shot is.
00:06:48
Speaker
up Look, I'm getting it. and we ah We are an ensemble. Yes. Please. We are an ensemble. It it only works with the both of us. oh Yes. But somebody's got to be the straight man. And I do that. you know And I think I do it quite well. But they just were like, the story is hilarious. And in my mind, I'm like, well, this is the first time I heard that story. But I know there is a million stories that you and our brother have of just y'all shenanigans.
00:07:18
Speaker
Yeah. um We were very interesting children. So yes, we ah we have we do have a lot of shenanigans. And I always had some sort of scheme. And we were not shy children. like it did it It did not bother me at all to go door to door in our neighborhood and ask people for money. like i that it just seemed like the next step, I have to raise capital in order to get this kid's Olympics off the ground. And so, yeah, there are there are plenty of stories with me and our younger brother engaging in shenanigans.
00:07:57
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Somebody also said that's such a 90s thing. like It is very much. That is such a going door to door, asking for it. to na you like You wouldn't do that now. Too many now murder criminal minds and crime shows just let you know that you're going to knock on the wrong door and it's going to be some Silence of the Lambs type situation.
00:08:15
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, everything about the story was very 90s. Like, the fact that, you know, Dan and Dave, I mean, I don't even know if you have to be our age or older to remember that, that whole campaign. Like, everything about that story was very, very 90s. The fact that children are knocking on strangers' doors and all that. It was very, very 90s. It was a safe era.
00:08:36
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And I think it was a Reebok. I think they were sponsored by Reebok. And truth be told, I haven't seen too many people rocking Reebok. I know Reebok is still out there. the She was still out there. It definitely is. I just haven't seen each. Because I remember the old Reebok classics, the all-whites.
00:08:52
Speaker
Yeah, and I'm soft, I'm soft Reeboks. Yes, like yes. they They used to be, people used to rock them, ah right? but But I don't really, I mean, I know the answer, AI relaunched his shoe like Jordan does over releases. And those were popular. But most people ain't so really rocking, at least to my knowledge, I don't see it. But I live in an area where everybody rocks new balance. I don't know why DC is such a new balance.
00:09:19
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it so It's always been very, very new balance. But you know what? I'm looking at, I'm on the Reebok website. Hey, I Let's Yeah. But actually, when you think about it, when's the last time you seen a shoe commercial? I mean, Nike still does shoe commercials. But like, oh, I know. I guess Adidas does, but it's just soccer.
00:09:49
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, but when's the last time I seen a commercial? So that's, and well, so I will not pay to get rid of the ads. So I'll be seeing commercials. Oh, okay. So I know the only, the only platform that honestly is truly pissing me off is prime because I pay a lot of money annually and they have added commercials and ads in and I'm just like, well, what am I paying you for?
00:10:19
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Well, Basel's got to get some more money, I guess. it Why? I don't know. I mean, the more money, more problems. I guess he got more problems. You know, he had to give half.
00:10:33
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know it was ah Yeah, that's true. Okay, all right. That makes sense. I spent $400 billion. He had $200 billion. And I guess it's not a lot that you can do ah when there's $200 billion missing. I mean, you can't just be building spaceships and flying in there. It's not outer space. It's not inner space. Inner space was a movie from the 80s. Right. Because I'm wondering, what is inner space?
00:11:02
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yes Well, the movie was a great movie, by the way. When they went in this dude's ear, they miniaturized them and shrunk them and went into this dude's ear. And it was going out through all the body. That was a crazy movie. I am looking at it. It stars Martin Short, 1987. I do not remember this film at all. It looks... That's because he was born in 1984. Yeah, it looks terrible. ah that but But I definitely want to watch it, so I'm going to see where I can watch it.
00:11:33
Speaker
You could probably watch it on Prime. They got it. They got it on Prime and Apple TV. so They go right there in the space. Honestly, it's going to be on the Sci-Fi channel on February 4th at 8.55 AM. Look. And again on February 5th at 6 AM. So if you have Sci-Fi channel and you want to get up early on a Wednesday, you can watch in the space. You can watch in the space.
00:11:58
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and Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan. yeah wait Wait a minute, isn't Dennis Quaid like problematic right now? No, that's his brother Randy. Well, Randy always been a little different. Yeah.
00:12:10
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Speaking of family, and yeah speaking of family, yeah going back to the kids Olympic story, people were saying your sister is so funny when they tell the story. And I keep telling people in a hierarchy of funny in our family just to deal with the siblings. If y'all think my sister is funny, she got nothing on her brother.
00:12:29
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But you can't tease people like that because he will not come on the show, ladies and gentlemen. You're welcome. Don't ask. Don't ask. He won't do it. And so it's kind of hard to, like,
00:12:42
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say that, and then people are like, well, now we want to we have to hear from him. And it's like, you're not going to. Also, it's an expectation, right? yeah It's like, well, he's the funniest one out the bunch. And then to come on the show, like there's a certain type of energy that you have to bring to present yourself, to push out what emotion that you're trying to push out. And our brother is very deadpan and really situational. So if we put him on the spot,
00:13:11
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He might not be funny. I don't know too many people who are funny and just run us like be funny. yeah like i'm not no I'm not a comedian. I'm not a comedian. I'm not a comedic actor. I'm not in any of those things. I'm just I see stuff. And honestly, I'm not trying to be funny, you guys. I a lot of people laugh at the things I say, but I'm very serious when I don't really make jokes that often. So ah yeah I kind of want to put that out there a little bit, too. I don't make jokes that often, y'all. I don't know why y'all be laughing. I'm serious. so Look, I said something to somebody the other day, and it was absolutely
00:13:52
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just mean, just mean. And they broke out laughing because it was funny. yeah So I can't remember exactly what it was, but i somebody was telling me a story, and I've had a bunch of people recently tell me a bunch of stories that go nowhere. yeah I'm like, um what's the point? Where's the punch line? And i'm right i'm getting I'm at that age now where I am comfortable enough saying, wrap it up, speed it up. I'm starting to go bored.
00:14:18
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i'll do I'll do the simple, I'll roll my fingers and be like, wrap it up. i I'll do that, because sometimes you gotta... to You got to speed people along. Right. So a bunch of people have been telling me stories in which they've done actions or responded a certain way. And I was like, where'd they do that at? Like, why would you do that? That's kind of dumb. I know you were thinking that you would tell me and I would be on your side. But no, what you just did was idiotic. And I don't know. I can't compute what it is.
00:14:49
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your action and your response. So it was a string of people giving me these type of stories and me just being fed up. So this person was telling me a story. yeah And that first of all, the story was too long, and they weren't getting to the point. And I was like, Hey, man, wrap this up, get get quicker to the point, get quicker to the point. And so they got to the point and I was like, that was that was what you wanted to tell me, right? yeah The person was like, Yeah, that's what I wanted to tell you. And I was like, you know what,
00:15:14
Speaker
um I've had it with with people giving me dumb, dumb stories that lead with no point. Present company not excluded. Right. That's what I think. And they're like, oh, damn, that's not how you normally say it. You don't say present company excluded. I said, no, specifically not excluded. You just told me a dumb ass story. Very much inclusive of you.
00:15:38
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You just told me a dumb ass story that was a waste of my time. I felt like doing that was a not the happy Gilmore to Billy Madison thing where we he did the little speech when they did the little academic Special. Everybody knows that Billy Madison, where he had to go back to school, and he had to do this competition in the high school. And the guy was like, we are sitting here, dumber from from ever listening. Yes. That's what I want. I wanted to do that big monologue, but I can't even remember exactly the scene as I just tried to describe it just now. so I know the scene. I know the scene. So it's i i could I tell you exactly what the scene? No. But I do remember in response to whatever
00:16:22
Speaker
Billy said, the the guy there was like, we are all dumber for having listened to you just now. like So I definitely remember that. And that's how I felt. That's how I felt. I felt dumber. And I told the person, I was like, that was a dumb ass story. You and all the parties that were in the story are just dumb for the way that y'all responded. Everybody is being idiotic. And i don't ever tell me no story like that again. Matter of fact, timeout.
00:16:55
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And this is who I am now, I have to say. Y'all be thinking we're funny. We're actually very mean. Very mean. Yeah, we're really mean. We're very mean. Also, I don't know i don't know i don't know it what the takeaway is for that, but just letting of you know, we're not very nice. Yeah, we're not, I mean. that was Well, no, I've been called not nice. And that bothered you to no end.
00:17:21
Speaker
ah It didn't bother me. It was just the tell story the first time that somebody articulated what is in fact the truth. Like I'm not acknowledging, I'm not saying that it's not the truth. I'm acknowledging that it's the truth. I'm not a conventionally nice person.
00:17:40
Speaker
or even a friendly person, I'm kind. And that's, I think, more important. But am I gonna go out of my way? And ah now I'm probably not gonna do that. um But if you need me for something, or if, you know, if I got to be kind about something, I'll definitely do that. But nice, friendly, no, probably not. Well, okay. People would say that I'm nice. I would say I'm polite.
00:18:07
Speaker
in Yeah, that that's that's yeah, there's a difference between all of these things. Yeah. I'm polite. You know, I'm gonna speak to you. I'm gonna acknowledge you ah until you do something stupid or say something stupid. Now I'm at that big age. I'm also gonna tell you about it. Yeah, that that's just who I am now. Speaking of telling people for being stupid. Y'all If you're not realizing what's going on, we haven't talked politics in a while and I haven't wanted to, but this I had to speak on because the country is literally going backwards.
Understanding DEI: A Deep Dive
00:18:45
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Yes. I don't know anything about this because I'm going to be honest with you guys. I checked out after the election. I mean, obviously I researched for the show, but like
00:18:57
Speaker
Every time Washington Post or New York Times pops into my email inbox and I see the headline, I just delete because it's madness. And this is another bit of madness that we have to talk about. Yeah, we're going to talk about DEI and we're going to get into that next.
00:19:26
Speaker
So many people don't even understand what DEI is. So let me explain to you what DEI is. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, DEI, an organizational framework aimed at promoting the fair treatment and full participation of all individuals, particularly those from historically marginalized groups.
00:19:50
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The primary intention of the EI initiative is to counteract systematic discrimination, ensuring that organizations cultivate a work environment that respects and includes diverse perspectives and backgrounds.
00:20:06
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This encompasses various practices, including targeted recruiting recruitment efforts, resource groups for underrepresented minorities, and training programs designed to mitigate unconscious bias. Now, just from that definition, can you explain to me, Jay, how that could ever be considered a bad thing?
00:20:31
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Sure. So if you are of the social political majority and you are used to having your ideas, your decisions,
00:20:45
Speaker
decisions your contributions, being the only valid contributions, and now people are saying, no, no, wait. Places like you know your workplace actually benefit from having people from diverse backgrounds, it actually increases innovation and engagement and decision making and stuff like that. So like let's actually bring more people in. Well, when you see life as a zero sum game, you meet you think that that means that pushes you out, right? And so you don't want anything to come into play that could make you feel
00:21:32
Speaker
what you truly are, which is mediocre. And so I've said that before, right? We've had this conversation before. A lot of people that are against DEI, they could be for various reasons, but there are some people who just don't want to compete. Because in that competition, they realize, oh, I thought I was something, but I'm not, right? But right but there are some ah misconceptions about DEI, and you brought up some of them. Let's expand upon that.
00:22:01
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One of the misconceptions is DEI benefits only specific groups. This leads to some to argue that the DEI programs create reverse discrimination. Critics claim d i DEI initiatives unfairly prior to prioritize race, gender, or sexual orientation over merit. All of these misconceptions overlooks the fundamental goal of DEI, which is to foster an inclusive culture which everyone has equal opportunity to succeed.
00:22:32
Speaker
i.e. here's an ah here's an analogy. And I've given it before. There's a gym down the street. All the people that work out know about the gym. There's a whole neighborhood that's right across the street that doesn't know about the gym. Inclusive is that gym reaching out to the neighborhood and saying, hey, we have this gym that's available to all of you guys. That's right here that you might not have known about it.
00:22:57
Speaker
Yeah. That's, that's DEI. And a lot of people who are thinking about is race or gender based or sexual orientation, and it is unfairly prioritizing them. Guess what? All of these programs unfairly pushed them out. They weren't included. All this program is doing DEI is saying, Hey, look,
00:23:20
Speaker
For those people who didn't know, there are these jobs that are available over here. Well, I don't i don't know about those jobs. Okay, well, here's some information about the job. Oh, okay. Well, I'm not really qualified for this job. Okay, that's okay that you're not qualified. Maybe one day you will be. Here are some programs where you can get training if you have interest in this field. Oh, that's great. right that's That's all it is. Once again, Jay, how is this a bad thing?
00:23:47
Speaker
Because by by reaching out to diverse populations, right what are you doing? You're expanding the talent pool. Now, in and ideally, what it's doing is is giving you access to not just diverse populations, but top talent that you may have overlooked because maybe they didn't go to an Ivy League school or or you know any any number of things. Maybe they didn't know that your company even existed.
00:24:28
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So by going out and doing these you know outreach efforts and everything, you're increasing the talent pool. When you increase the talent pool, People who did not need to be talented before.
00:24:46
Speaker
That's right. Now they have competition. Yep. And now they have real competition. And the way that they sort of, you know, discourage that is by saying, oh, no, no, no, you're just looking at race, gender, and and sexual orientation. You're not looking at merit. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:25:08
Speaker
I am widening the talent pool so that I can find top talent because what I think ultimately people are realizing is, you know, without DEI, the current talent pool we have is just not that great. i mean We need to expand in order to find top talent. And that means we have to start looking at populations that we previously overlooked for whatever reason, usually discrimination.
00:25:38
Speaker
So that's one misconception, right? That it all unfairly prioritizes race, gender, and sexuality. And there are people that are just like, it's reverse racism. Everybody's against me. We're not saying specifically who these people are, white people. And not all white people, but the white people that don't believe in DEI, right? yeah um These are the people that had this misconception. There's a whole other side.
00:26:03
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of misconception with the DEI. DEI programs are unnecessary. They are people that believe that the DEI programs are unnecessary in contemporary society. Skeptics argue systematic inequality has been largely addressed, negating the need for focused efforts in diversity and inclusion.
00:26:24
Speaker
If experts emphasize that while progress has been made, disparity still exists, however, and not only hiring practice practices, but pay equity and representation at various corporate levels. So you have people out here, one misconception is everybody done made it, right? Black folks done made it.
00:26:42
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Latina folks done made it, women done made it, they good. They see a few people that got some Lexuses and got a nice crib and made it unfurished and It's like, oh, that that means the whole community is good. now No, that's not how this country works. now That's not what's happening here. And the clear examples are, hmm.
00:27:05
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still exist, disparities in hiring practices, pay equity, and represents representation at the various corporate levels. A lot of these CEOs, CFOs, vice presidents at these corporate levels, they'd be real cut and paste of the same type of characteristics. They don't be real diverse. So to say that we have made it, now we haven't made it.
00:27:29
Speaker
and and And it's not just important in business. right It's important in education. It's important in health care. We see we still see disparities in like health care disparities, for instance. right we're still We're still seeing a higher mortality rate for ah for mother for black mothers right during while giving birth.
00:27:55
Speaker
Well, if we support DEI initiatives in healthcare, care for example, then we're reducing those disparities because you have now a workforce who that that can identify with their patient population. You've got black doctors that understand black patients.
00:28:19
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and understand that even though they still teach this in some medical schools, our skin is not thicker and we don't have a lower pain tolerance. We just don't trust healthcare care professionals. So we're not going to tell you we're in pain. We're not going to tell you and things that things are okay. We just don't trust y'all. And why don't we trust y'all? Because we're not seeing ourselves represented among the healthcare care workforce. It's the same with education.
00:28:46
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you still see disparities in in education, um funding to schools in in urban and rural areas, things like that. and there There are so many studies out that show that talk about the importance of having not just black educators, but black male educators.
00:29:08
Speaker
These disparities in a myriad of systems, I would say all of our systems, still exist. Just because you have some people doing good, doesn't mean that everybody's doing good. And let's talk about the most vulnerable in our population. Let's talk about trans folks.
00:29:34
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And are we still seeing, yes is the answer, disparities in their treatment in the corporate world, in healthcare, care in education, in ah housing. we're still seeing So if if the most vulnerable among us are still facing these inequities, we're not done.
00:29:58
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We're not done. there i don't i don't Honestly, I don't foresee us ever reaching a destination. I feel like equity is is constantly evolving in its definition, and we're going to have to constantly keep working to make sure that everybody has a buy-in to society.
Challenges in DEI
00:30:21
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So what are some of the reasons behind the attacks on DEI? Well, there of course, if y'all haven't been paying attention, there's been some political changes, and increased polarization and public discourse have been spurned some backlash against DEI. So basically, certain politicians have run on the fact that they are taking the way from you.
00:30:46
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That's what they've run on. And they are saying it's all DEI or woke. Once again, half of them can't even give you a definition of DEI. And I know damn sure that they can't give you the definition of woke.
00:30:58
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There's also been corporate responses to the backlashes against DEI from political people, right? So these companies have started scaling back DEI commitments due to fear of legal repercussions and a hostile political environment. Customer-based sentiments against DEI initiatives perceived as misaligned with personal beliefs. Think about Bud Light and the backlash they got for the LGBTQ plus marketing.
00:31:26
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Corporations have become cautious to avoid similar pitfalls to these type of situations, which have led to conservative groups leading in complete campaigns to get rid of DEI, which the president just did as he signed no more DEI programs in the government.
00:31:43
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Right. So conservative groups, Project 2025, me and my sister told you about that. Y'all didn't want to hear about it, but we told you about that. They are enacting everything. And so when I said ah at the top, hey, the country is going backwards. All the progress we made to be inclusive and to give everybody a fair shot has is being erased.
00:32:07
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Yeah, because let's be honest, they don't want everyone to have a fair shot. Because if everyone has a fair shot, then you have to do the work of keeping up with the competition. And when you have historically and in modernity, not done the work,
00:32:30
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enslavement, then having to now do the work seems like an imposition and you'd rather not include anybody else. You'd rather just keep the status quo. So let's just be real. What is DEI? I'm gonna put it in real simple terms from you. DEI is really about respect, opportunity, and treating people right.
00:33:00
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That's what it's about. So for all those people who are conservative Christians, who have said the DEI wasn't a good program because everything should be based on merit. One, you don't really believe that because as me and my sisters repeatedly said, if you open up competition, you find out that you're mediocre. So you don't really want that, okay? But if you're truly a Christian,
00:33:29
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And you truly believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ. Now, I'm not going to get up here and start preaching, but I'm just talking to conservative Christians, because I see a lot in that community. And you truly believe in the teachings of Jesus. Treating folks right is like top of the list, right? Being fair is like having compassion and empathy is like at the top of the list, right? Yeah. i feel like One of Jesus' main things was inclusion. Yeah. Like bringing people, especially ah people from vulnerable populations, especially people who are ostracized and or pushed into the margins of the community, bringing them all to the table. Yeah, he was a fan of the hoes. Mm. Mm.
00:34:27
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But in anyway. yeah but I don't I don't get what that all is about. I just wouldn't have phrased it that way. I'm like the way I phrased it.
00:34:43
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Well, he was a fan at all. Let's just be real. Yeah. Prostitute right by side. Supposedly. Supposedly. Because again, the representation of women in the Bible is highly suspect. But at any rate, you know, what is diversity, equity and inclusion? It's diversity, equity and inclusion. It's not that difficult.
00:35:14
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It's not that difficult, you guys. If you don't want your workplace, your school, your hospitals, wherever to be diverse, to offer equity to everyone and to make people feel included, I don't know what to tell you, but it doesn't make you that great of a person.
00:35:46
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There is a flip side to this. Hear me out on this. Oh boy. Hear me out. so Equal Opportunity Act is an act in hiring, I believe, for employers. It's that you can't be denied a job based on the very things that DEI is talking about, right? right right but Your race, your religion, all that type of stuff. DEI effectively gets rid of that, right? Because now you don't have to be diverse, equitable, and inclusive.
00:36:19
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which means now that if you own a company and you'd like who'd you vote for because you can ask that question potentially legally there's some gray area here but potentially an employee could say who would you vote for and if you said i voted for trump uh go ahead and get out of my office they've opened the door to segregating themselves and eliminating opportunities for themselves. Now, it just so happens that a lot of these corporations and the richest people in the world are bending their knee to this hatred. But we've seen throughout history that eventually things like this in the long run lose, right? This is a losing proposition because anytime that you push out hate, eventually the people that are rocking with you
00:37:08
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they're actually gonna feel that hate too. Because when you've eliminated all the people that you actually hate, you gotta turn the hate to somebody else. Let me give you a point throughout our history. At one point,
00:37:20
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White people really hated black people, so much as they enslaved us, but also they really hated Irish people, Italian people, anybody that wasn't what they considered American, even though they all came from these countries. So eventually these groups that were also included in hating black people found out, oh, we're getting hated as well. Those people are starting to find out, hey, wait a minute, I thought Trump was a fan of the Jewish people, but he is really bringing in all of these people, especially with Elon Musk doing a basically Nazi salute that are not fans of Jewish people. there i I know Jewish people that voted for him twice.
00:38:06
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yeah but didn't vote for them the third time because they finally saw what I was trying to tell them 12 years ago. And now they're even, they're sickened. They're sending me stuff and I was like, yeah. Oh, Elon Musk is a Nazi sympathizer. You just, you just now realizing that? Like I told you this about a year or two ago.
00:38:23
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No, ah but I can see it because I've seen the hatred before. I know that aura of hatred. I see it coming from miles away. so and That is a good example of why DEI is important. Because if you have a bunch of people who don't have um that kind of perspective, right they're all living in this bubble.
00:38:53
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where they miss that perspective because you you and I have to have a certain perspective being black. We have to understand whiteness at a certain and a certain depth right in order to just operate in this country. I have to have a certain knowledge as a woman because I have to understand men and masculinity to operate safely in this country. So your DEI opens up the door to diverse perspectives. What that does is give you more information.
00:39:34
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which helps you make better decisions, helps you be more innovative, more creative. this your You gave a perfect illustration of why DEI is so important. Because that person would have remained in that bubble and possibly voted for him a third time had not they had the perspective of someone who sits in a different seat of knowledge.
00:40:03
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That's the reason why you're on the show. Because I said all that real dumb, and she smartened it up. You see what I'm saying? I give up, Hollywood. And she slammed Duncan. See, that's the reason why my sister's on the show. You see, how to be successful in life is that you have smarter people around you than yourself to help you end your weak points. I'm not well spoken. My sister is. She'll use words like impugn. Still don't know how to spell it. But that's what she does.
00:40:30
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Sound it out. m punn hooked on phonics did not work for me so but e No, but it's true. And even though we are black people, um, I know we in our winter white phase right now. We experience that every single day. And people are always like, well, you're talking about first. Well, you're talking about first. I don't see color. First of all, you're lying to yourself. A person told me that it's fairly close to me. It was like, I don't see color. I was like, well, you're lying to yourself because absolutely you see color. And also, we never asked you for that. Yes.
00:41:05
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We never asked you for that. I am black. It's OK to see me, but my color is not the problem. that Exactly. It is the response to my color that's the problem. There you go. I have no problem with being black. Black's not an issue. I'm black and extremely proud. I would not want to be anything else in the world. I love being black.
00:41:26
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I don't mind that you see. I know what you're trying to say. You're trying to say that color doesn't inform your decisions on how to treat people. That is a lie.
00:41:41
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You know, when people say something, and all right, I'm about to go real left with this analogy, but follow me here. OK. I've been going real left on this episode already. I've been throwing Jesus on in the brush. But he know I'm just playing. He gave me this as a humor. He know I'm just playing. All right. You know how people say something? Yeah.
00:41:59
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And they, they throw out that warning and like, Hey, I'm not going to do this, but they end up doing it case in point. Maybe you have somebody come over to visit you and they say, Hey, just to let you know, I'm not going to sleep with you. Now you didn't bring up sleeping with them at all, right? They just brought that up, which means that.
00:42:20
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you probably realize it's on their mind, not on your mind. And guess what? They end up sleeping with you. And so it's just like you trying to say, you trying to convince yourself. That's all you're trying to do by saying something like that. And so when you say, well, I don't see color, you're just trying to convince yourself you want to be a good person. yeah Not to say that, you know, if you go to somebody's house to sleep with them, you're not a good person. That's not that was analogy just saying I was just using that example.
00:42:45
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ah but But people want to be a good person. They want to see themselves as a good person. Nobody wants to see themselves as a villain. Not really. So yes, you're going to lie to yourself. You're lying to yourself. You believe that you don't see color. Because I see color. Yeah. You can't help but have it inform your the decisions that you make in the way that you treat people because I mean that's just how our society is set up certain people are villainized and certain people are held as a standard and We have all internalized that to some degree right and so we're constantly
00:43:29
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if you are woke constantly checking yourself, not just calling other people in, but calling yourself in. It's a constant work in progress, but don't don't act like I don't... That's a very definitive thing to say for it to just not be true. oh Also, because I know somebody's going to say it, I know impugn is not a word.
00:43:53
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I don't know if you meant imbune or impunity, but I know somebody is going to ask. You said impugn. When did I say that? You said that I use words like impugn and I was like, oh I don't even know what that is. Oh, okay. Well, whatever words you use, I got it wrong.
00:44:18
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Neither here nor there. I just knew it would come up. I knew somebody was going to say something about it. But yeah, of the the the whole issue. Not everybody is us. Not everybody has the point out flaws.
00:44:32
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That's true. Well, you know the person who is currently occupying the Oval Office um did sign an executive order getting rid of the Equal Employment Act, I believe.
00:44:49
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Maybe I'm making that up. A lot of these executive vote winners, though, that he signed in have already been like, as soon as he signs them, there's a lawsuit. Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah, for sure. um Yeah, he he tried he tried by executive order to revoke the Equal Employment Opportunity Act. Because again, this whole issue with DEI, everything is very simple. They don't want you to expand the talent pool.
00:45:18
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period. They do not want the talent pool expanded. They want to be the only ones considered. They want to be the only ones considered because you don't want to have to put in the work to compete fairly and honestly.
00:45:40
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It's very, very simple. This is not going to return us to a time of meritocracy. There was never in this country, ever a meritocracy. Ever. There never, ever was people, the founding of this nation, the people who founded this nation. Okay? There was never, ever any meritocracy.
00:46:10
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They were the richest land-owning people, men, white men. like It is not a meritocracy. This country was not built on that. Stop lying.
00:46:26
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And we're seeing the effects, right? So affirmative action was struck down. And now you're seeing a decrease in Asian enrollment in some universities like Yale, for example.
00:46:40
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Well, yeah, yeah, that'll do it. That'll do it. Because this country, again, it's not a meritocracy. It never was. You don't see color in this country as a meritocracy. Stop lying.
00:46:59
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Stop lying to all of us. We're not dumb. And you want to know why we're not dumb? Because we sit in a different seat of knowledge from you so we can see what's going on. in a way that you can't or either that you want admit to yourself or that you know, and and you're standing on business on it. That you don't want this. it You don't want to expand the talent pool. You don't want every everyone to be on equal footing. You don't want equity in this country.
00:47:33
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Period. Lion ass. Stayin' on business, stayin' on it. Right? Am I trippin'? Like, stayin' on business. If you wanna be real, be like, hey, look, I'm not tryin' to put up the numbers I gotta put up in order to be competitive in whatever industry when normally, you know, the hiring manager would just look at me, and if my resume was acceptable enough, I got the job.
00:48:10
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If my name was the right kind of name, if it was pronounceable, I got admission, right? If my skin was a certain color and I'm cisgender, then I have better health outcomes. I can live in this neighborhood.
00:48:37
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And that's the truth.
00:48:40
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That's the truth, Ruth. I almost said Ruth. I almost said, but I was like, I'm trying to be like serious. I'm like, I'm not going to say that's the truth, Ruth, but I almost did. i i'm yeah I'm kind of glad you did. All right. If y'all don't get that, watch do the right thing. Actually you'll learn something, but we're going to talk about placentas for some reason.
Cultural Trends: Eating Placentas
00:49:03
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We're going to talk about that next.
00:49:14
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Placenta-phagy. I cannot. Me neither. Toy spelling has sparked considerable interest in laughter with the recent revelation regarding placenta-consumption. yeah I said that right. yeah Placenta-consumption. During an episode of her podcast, Miss Spelling,
00:49:35
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Spelling shared that she was kept multiple placentas stored in her freezer, specifically mentioning two that belong to her children. Although she's unsure which placenta belongs to which child, she clarified that keeping placentas is a common practice often linked to benefits about good luck or health benefits, though she jokingly admitted her laziness is sending them off for processing into pills. I'm going to expand on this, but I just She says a common practice, and obviously there is a term for it. We say at the top, and it's becoming popular among a new mothers, but that's because of celebrity endorsements. So is it common practice, or is it just common practice in her small circle? It is it is common in nature, but is it
00:50:29
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common in human culture. It happens. I even thought about it personally. I'm still on the fence. I would definitely have it encapsulated if like I wouldn't eat it. like like I wouldn't just like eat it. um Yeah.
00:50:51
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um
00:50:55
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Yeah, I thought about it. I'm gonna be honest, I did. I did think about it. I don't know that there's enough like research on the actual benefits, which is why I'm like, I don't really think about, I don't really think so. I am gonna keep the cord blood though, because that has, um oh gosh, what is that? um
00:51:24
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Uh, it's like, oh my gosh, I can't think of it right now, but there's a reason to keep the cord blood. Um, but yeah, it's, uh, okay.
00:51:38
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Well, this is the thing that tripped me out as I was reading up on this. She said, once again in her podcast, Miss Spelling, which, okay, that's clever. It is clever. that is me and She told the story that her and her ex-husband actually cooked and ate one of her placentas.
00:51:55
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She described the experience by saying that... Stem cells. That's what I meant. Stem cells. ah She described the experience that, you know, she's it's kind of tasty if you season it well, which by the way... but and I'm just going to go on the fact that it's probably not seasoned well.
00:52:14
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ah Tori Spelling looks really bland to me as a person, so I'm going to just assume she don't know how to season. Now, if she was from the South, even though she looked bland, and I'm not talking about just her skin tone, because I know Plitini,
00:52:30
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The little TikTok cook TV. She looked bland, but her food is not bland. Right. So you never don't judge a book by its cover. You never know. Tori Spelling could throw down in the kitchen. We don't know. I'm going to assume that she can't. And I'm going to assume that she especially can't season no place placenta well enough to put it on the table and have me eat it like her and her ex-husband did.
00:52:54
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Now, I'm also, in the words of my best friend, a chicken finger eating bitch. but yes But also that sounds gross. But she you know she runs by this childhood lesson that that she learned when she was a child, obviously, that to try everything once. And I don't believe in that lesson, to try everything once. Because you're going to try some poop.
00:53:21
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Great. I'm not going to eat no poop. I'm not. That's ridiculous to me. Back bottom gristle lumps? No. What is that? Remember? You remember the ladies man? Yes. yeah yeah Ladies and gentlemen, Ladies Man is a movie starring, I don't remember who it was starring. He was on SNL. ah Tim. Tim.
00:53:44
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Oh gosh. Ladies and gentlemen, struggling today. I don't know. My sister got a lot of stuff going on. yeah that I've been forgetful lately. I don't know what to do. Tim Meadows. That's right. Yes. The Ladies Man starred Tim Meadows, which is hilarious. Hilary Bex from Fresh Prince is also in that movie as well. Here in Parsons. Here in Parsons. Funny, funny movie. Yes. So me and her, me and my sister just referencing that.
00:54:09
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Y'all have to watch the movie to understand that. but and But anyway, not everything is to be eaten. But they did say that there has been a little bit of research, that there is some you know slight scientific evidence to support the benefits, even though this is limited. um i ah I have seen no scientific studies. OK.
00:54:33
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will it but That's because people that are promoting it are saying, but right there is a lot of experts and medical experts that are warning against this, where they remain skeptical. yeah And the CDC is also like, look, eating a placenta, I don't know about that, citing concerns over potential for contamination and lack of umbilical evidence support and claims of health benefits. So, you know, I mean, yeah, you can eat that stuff if you want to, but and that won't necessarily meaning this is going to be good for you. And ah there could be a placebo effect, right? People could be thinking, oh, I eat this. And this makes me feel so much better. No, you're thinking it's making you feel better. So when you eat it, you feel better. It's called a placebo effect. yeah Please, ladies and gentlemen, just we learned placebo effect in what in biology class or something like that. yeah yeah If y'all don't know what that is, I'm not going to explain it to you.
00:55:24
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So like people believe that eating the present placenta has you know health benefits. It can prevent postpartum depression and things like that. Again, I'm on the fence about it because I haven't seen it any and you know scientific studies like proving these benefits, but like yeah, I think you might be right. It could be a little bit of placebo effect. like People are like, oh, I ate my placenta, so I feel great. like Do you feel great because you ate it or you feel great because you think it did something for you? so like I don't know. but Alcohol is supposed to be a depressant, but every time I drink it, I feel good.
00:56:05
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Right. So it's like, who knows? I don't know. Who knows? But yeah, i'm so i'm still on I'm on the fence about that. But I i i think that it's common in and certain cultures. I know I think I've read that it it's an ingredient in a lot of traditional Chinese medicine, things like that. um
00:56:29
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I'm never gone. I'm not going to judge nobody. I thought about it myself, but I got to see some more some more evidence. well ah You're being a good person about it, and you say you're not going to ever judge I'm going to judge them, and I'm going to judge you as well, because this seems like as nasty as hell to me. And um yes, granted, granted, I'm literally eating chicken fingers and french fries and potato chips. That's all I want in my life. I don't like to expand my palate, but this seems super expansive and gross and disgusting. ah Well, I mean, eating something that comes from your own body is
00:57:07
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I yeah get that. You know, we we ain't got to do everything animals do. um yeah Animals do it, you know, is like it's a food source for them and it's to prevent, you know, predation. Right. You don't want this hunk of flesh attracting predators when you just gave birth. Right. So you get rid of it. So we got a we got to do everything they do.
00:57:36
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We don't have to... I know a lot of people are like, oh, this is how this plant-based diet is how certain animals eat and da, da, da. Okay, but again, we're different. ah We're also animals, I get that, but we're different. Our physiology is different. you know ah So I would say, hey, ah look into it a little bit more.
00:58:01
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yeah Look, I would say this, animals do. Animals have stronger stomachs than us. Animals would eat anything. Y'all can barely, y'all eat a piece of chicken that isn't cooked just right. You got the stomach bars. I had to take a piece of aluminum foil away from Roscoe. He was gonna eat aluminum foil. Roscoe, will you eat anything? Yeah, so I mean, you gotta, you gotta, you know, hey, we can't do everything they do.
00:58:29
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you know I mean, we're supposed to be a little bit more civilized. It seems like this whole show has been about how much we're regressing as a society as whole in the human race. Yeah, uh, yeah. I thought we were going to be getting smaller and smarter. We're regressing.
00:58:47
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See, the more
Reflecting on Societal Regression
00:58:48
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knowledge you have, the more you realize your own insignificance. And when that happens, people are like, well, now I'm going to put my fingers in my ears and my head in the sand because I don't like to feel that I'm just one person among billions of people. And um I might not matter as much as I thought I did.
00:59:15
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That's real. Yeah. That's really the real deal, Holyfield. And now know how I feel. Yeah. OK. You already said hoes. I don't know why you won't say it again. Do we have a number count on hoe? No, I just don't want to i don't want to be like demonetized by YouTube by putting lyrics, and then they were like, oh, you're copyright infringement, and all that type of stuff. Got you, got you, yeah. That's a whole thing. It's a fine line to walk.
00:59:41
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Yeah, on that note, I could tell that we're running out of steam. yeah And we still got some other stuff to film. This is another thing that y'all don't get, ladies and gentlemen, somebody said to detour to go back to the 200 episode coming out next week. Somebody was like, and y'all should make the show longer.
00:59:58
Speaker
Thank you. No. And I'll tell you why. No, my sister has one day. And in that day, a specific timeframe that we could film in that timeframe, we are filming the main show, The Sibling Happier. We are filming the after hours uncensored. And we're filming YouTube exclusives. It takes two hours if she's on time. She ain't on time. Although I was in time today. I am extremely busy today. yeah So I'm like, no, it's going. and Okay, so no, we are not going to make this show longer. Plus, this is infringing on my Sunday Funday. I ain't had Sunday Funday. That's not true. I just pack it, which means that I'm really struggling on Monday, so we're not going to do that. But, Jay, what do you want to lead the people with today? Oh, I feel like I said
01:00:47
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went to eat today. It's funny, because I thought, of because I'm so ah busy right now with school and everything, I thought I was going to follow this episode in, but you picked some good topics, and you got me going. So you know hey, just stop lying to yourself about your positions on things. like if you If you believe something, like just be 10 toes down on it. If you were racist, just be that, and let us operate with you accordingly. like That's how it is. like Don't lie in people's face so that they don't treat you differently. If you know that us knowing that you're a racist will have us treat you differently and maybe you should rethink being a racist. I don't know, but ah but just be 10 toes down or whatever you whatever you believe in 2025 because we gotta fight ahead of us. And on that note, ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank you for listening. I want to thank you for watching. And until next time, as always, ahala.
01:01:46
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