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Are We Too Sensitive or Finally Heard? '80s TV Shows & Black Phrases
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Dive into Black culture, pop culture, and the evolution of social norms with Bruce Anthony and Jay Aundrea in this episode of Unsolicited Perspectives! From the wild Dukes and Boots Festival to the TV shows from the '80s and '90s that would get canceled in a heartbeat today, we’re serving up spicy takes, hilarious stories, and real talk about what’s changed—and what still hits different.
Laugh through true stories from Old Town Alexandria to the Atlanta Motor Speedway, get the real scoop on “cancel culture,” and revisit the days when TV’s biggest hits might be cancelled for good reason. You’ll hear the evolution of Black language, the truth behind stereotypes, and what inclusivity looks like today. With a blend of humor, candid commentary, and pure authenticity, this episode is for anyone craving real talk—about culture, community, and the media that shapes us. #CancelCulture #80sTVRewatch #dukesandboots #80stv #blackculture #unsolicitedperspectives
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Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to Unsolicited Perspectives 🎙️🔥💥
00:46 Sibling Happy Hour: Spicy Takes & Drinks 🍹🌶️
01:16 Epic Festival Vibes: Boots & Dukes Edition 🤠🎵🎪
02:26 VIP Life: Festival Stories & Wild Moments 🎪🎭🔥
08:16 The Truth About Six-Pack Abs (Not What You Think!) 💪😅🤔
11:09 Old Town Drama: Fashion Fails & Hot Takes 👗🍑😳
16:34 80s TV Shows That Would Get CANCELLED Today! 📺❌😱
18:05 Exposed: The Most Problematic TV Shows Ever 🎬🚫💭
32:33 Comedy Makeover: Can Old Jokes Survive Today’s World? 😂🔄
33:09 Media Minefields: The Shocking Truth Behind Problematic Classics 🚨📺
35:47 Stereotypes Exposed: Where Did These Myths Even Start? 🕵️♂️🍗
37:31 Banned by 2025? TV Shows That Would Get Canceled Instantly 🚫📺
42:55 Black Culture 101: Phrases That Hit Different 🗣️💯🔥
46:57 Real Talk: Breaking Down Society's Barriers 🚧💪🌈
58:16 Wrapping Up: Final Thoughts & Future Moves 🎯💭✨
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Transcript
Introduction to 'Unsolicited Perspectives'
00:00:00
Speaker
Are we getting more sensitive are we just being more considerate? And things black people say, we gonna get into it. Let's get it.
00:00:19
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 podcasts, YouTube exclusive content, and our YouTube memberships.
00:00:38
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Rate, review, like, comment, share. Share with your friends, share with your family, hell, even share with enemies.
Sibling Happy Hour with Bruce and Andrea
00:00:46
Speaker
On today's episode, it's the Sibling Happy Hour.
00:00:50
Speaker
I'm here with my sis, J. Andrea. We're going to be dilly-dating a little bit. Then we're going to talking about TV shows from the 80s that might not fly today. And then more Black expressions. But that's enough of the intro.
00:01:02
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Let's get to the show.
00:01:10
Speaker
What up, sis? What up, brother? I can't call it. I can't call it. What's up with you? You had a fun and interesting weekend last weekend.
Dukes and Boots Festival Experience
00:01:19
Speaker
I did. So down here in Atlanta, we had the Dukes and Boots Festival.
00:01:25
Speaker
It was huge. It was at the ah Atlanta Motor Speedway. It was previously at like a horse farm ranch type of thing.
00:01:36
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But so many people wanted tickets that it ended up ballooning out and they needed to get more space. 40,000 people. Woo! people Yes.
00:01:48
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not This B-Way holds 70,000. So Dukes and Boots is an R&B festival and it's cowboy themed. So you come in there with your Daisy Dukes and your cowboy boots and ladies.
00:02:01
Speaker
but Dukes was duking. Listen, ah day Daisy Dukes was supposed to be shorts, not drones. a did y'all yeah But i I loved it. Like, people were out there and they were on theme, on brand.
00:02:18
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ah Butt cheeks was out. They was out. It was out and it was a time. A time was had. So it was incredibly hot. But I am fully in my older auntie era, like my where I have one of those tents, them 10 by 10 tents.
00:02:37
Speaker
So I have one of those. I got my lawn chair. I have my tent. I brought like three portable fans. we would If I could have brought a cooler,
00:02:49
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you I could have been out there all day. But but so yeah, so i i had I was fully set up. Everybody was like, yo, shout out to you for this tip. I was like, you know it. I wouldn't be able to sit down here on the side. You see how light-skinned I am?
00:03:01
Speaker
I would have caught fire. Yeah. No, it's hot out there in the streets. I wouldn't have even burned or gotten a tan. would have just started catching fire. People thought it was I was on some centers mess. Like people wouldn't know what to do.
00:03:16
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Like, so I was like, no, I have to have this cover, this tent. I had the lord you little bug netting, mosquito netting around it. My tent looked better than the VIP tents.
00:03:27
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Aside from the fact that I did not have bottle service.
Logistical Challenges of the Festival
00:03:30
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Mm-hmm. It looked better than the VI. If I had paid for that VIP tent, I would kind of been pissed. But I feel like they put on a great... You're going hear out a lot of stuff, a lot of people...
00:03:41
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We're pissed about it because it because it went from it was supposed to be like trail rides and like ATVs and all this stuff to like this big festival.
00:03:54
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um So it didn't have, you know, no horses. Oh, I saw one horse, but it was in the park. dont but What? That's not how that's supposed to go down.
00:04:06
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Right. I saw one horse. It was in the parking lot and it was not listening to the dude riding it. And so I was like, we need to get in the car because if this horse come over here, I'm going to hit it with one of these folding chairs. Oh, Lord.
00:04:19
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A horse is big. A horse is big and they'll pee on you. Yeah. And you don't, that's a lot of pee coming out. Like it's not like a little bit of pee. It's a horse pee. And a horse is gigantic. Yeah. So that's like a, you know, at at the end of football game, they dumped the Gatorade thing on the deck. That's what you're going to be dealing with. That's what you're going to dealing with. A horse pee on you.
00:04:42
Speaker
So just keep it cool. But yeah, Lloyd was there. Pleasure P came out and kind of sang some things. One of the dudes from 112, who I think was just there,
00:04:54
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And then they and they and they brought him on stage because it was like well after everything was over, like people were leaving and he just got up on stage. was Q from 112 and started singing. i was like, I think he was just in the audience and they saw him. They asked him sing only you. yeah it Pretty much all I heard was, what is this?
00:05:13
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You know, and I was like,
Body Image and Health Routines
00:05:15
Speaker
Q from 112. Okay. All right. He might have just been drunk and decided to get up on stage. Probably. There might have been that. It could have been that. Because when I tell you they had about quarter mile long row of just beer, wine, cocktail stands.
00:05:35
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Like it was, you could just, you was going to get you something to drink. at Boots and Dukes. At cost? At a cost. Actually, the prices weren't bad. I was actually really surprised the prices were not bad at all. So, yeah, I had a lot of fun.
00:05:51
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i know there were some people in Atlanta, you know, expecting something a little different. They got Cowboy Coachella and maybe they were expecting something different. so I get that. But I had a good time. I realized once that venue changed and they gave They were really good about keeping you up to date on what was going on. Like I realized, okay, this is going to be just a music festival at this point.
00:06:11
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So I had already like tempered my expectation. I wasn't finna get on no horse anyway. Yeah. It's nothing wrong with riding a horse. horses I've only done it one time and refused to do it again. but another horse in the parking lot was not listening to my man. But I'm upset it's one horse for 40,000 people. Right.
00:06:30
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And it wasn't even in the speedway. was in the parking lot at the end of the thing. So I was like, what? That was the brother that brought his horse. He brought his horse. He brought his horse. He brought his horse. He wasn't part of the situation, the plan, the event at all. He's like, I'm going to make some money because some people are going to want to ride the horse and they're going to pay me. Yeah. His boots and dutes.
00:06:50
Speaker
And that's what it should have been called is boots and dutes from the way you described it. And then you told, you said in the group chat, the sibling group chat, and I was like, take some pictures. And he was like, I can't be a creep.
00:07:00
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And I was like, I can't be a creep. it say I tried. I tried to like low key. I've never done that before. So I tried to like, oh, let me just pretend I'm on social media or something, but I'm really snapping pictures.
00:07:11
Speaker
Nah, I couldn't. you it was blurry because I'm trying to take the picture real fast. I couldn't do it. I was like, I can't do this. I'm not cut out to be a creep. I wish I was, though, because then I would had some good pictures. But I'm not cut out to be a creep.
00:07:25
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Well, I'm a creep. There's a... I'm not as creepy as some some people. I have a friend who has a cousin. And
Youth Fashion Trends
00:07:34
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his cousin be taking creep pictures of women at the gym.
00:07:39
Speaker
And sending it to him. And I'm like, bro, that's not cool at all. That's such violation. That is so weird. That's such a violation. Yeah. No. I was like, don't do that. I'm literally here just trying to work out. Right.
00:07:53
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whereas Whereas I feel like Dukes and Boots, they came to be seen in that. Y'all came out to be seen. Men had their chesticles out and their six-packs. Y'all came out to be seen. a it was a bunch of young brothers there because you got to be young to have a six-pack.
00:08:11
Speaker
Oh, I guess, yeah, I guess they were probably young. I mean, you don't have to be young to have a six pack. It's just really hard. The clients come up to me and they're like, can I get a six pack? I'm like, look, man, I'm to be real honest with you. It is extremely hard. I've had a six pack twice in my life.
00:08:26
Speaker
Yeah. In two separate time periods in my life. In high school and then a couple of years ago when I decided to just get super lean. That was it. That was it. And you know how hard it was to get super lean?
00:08:39
Speaker
So hard I don't never want to do it again. Yeah, I've always had a six-pack. It's just up under layers of... Yeah, I mean, everybody has a six-pack. I'm talking about when it's visible. Yeah, when it's visible to everybody. Oh, you're talking about a visible one. Yeah, I never had that.
00:08:54
Speaker
I mean, unless people want to do that drape thing where they make themselves a six-pack through liposuction, whatever it's called. I'm like, you know what? I don't even... I mean, it's... cool like you know like for like a men's health magazine or women's health magazine like for like an editorial like for a shoot but like I think six packs are kind of intimidating in real life because it's like no you work really really hard for that and I don't want you to expect that I put that same kind of energy into literally anything because I don't
00:09:28
Speaker
And so, i i you know, to get it and then to maintain it, like you put a lot of effort. Yeah, it's a lot. of It's a lot of effort.
00:09:39
Speaker
I put very little effort into most things. Yeah. So I don't want. I would rather not date anybody with a six pack.
00:09:49
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Oh, I can understand how that could be intimidating. One time my boy said to me, they was like, you know, girls don't care about all the muscles. And I was like, what are you talking about? Mind you, both of them in long term relationships. Right. And I was like, no, no, no, no.
00:10:05
Speaker
Maybe that's what your women say to you to make not feel bad that you a little portly. But I can assure you, as a dude that is outside, yeah women do like muscles. Yeah, but we do. We just don't like what comes with them. What comes with muscles is a person who puts a lot of effort in to getting in them, maintaining them. And I don't want you to be like, hey, don't you come to gym with me? No, because I'm just going to casually...
00:10:35
Speaker
walk on a treadmill, maybe the elliptical, maybe I'll do two minutes because that's all I can do on that stairmaster. I'm not going to put in the effort and you want to be there for hour and a half, two hours. I'm done after 35 minutes.
00:10:50
Speaker
So it's like, no, I don't want to. I get it. I get that. Yeah. Yeah. I get that. Well, it is what it is. But that the thing about the women with their butt cheeks hanging out, I'm Old Town, Alexandria, Alexandria, Virginia, ladies and gentlemen. This waterfront is right outside of D.C.
00:11:08
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It's a destination because tourists busts are always in Old Town, D.C. for some reason. But I'm in Old Town, D.C. because it's like my favorite little area. It's very uncle and auntie vibe down there right now. And I'm. yeah Actually, I'm not even in that age anymore. I found out I'm in OG age.
00:11:26
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Like I aged out of, aged out of onk status. and i'm Now now OG. Yeah. don't like that. still in the auntie status. I think it's 45. Yeah. That's when it is. oh Yeah. Yeah. I'm OG. I'm still auntie status for a little bit longer.
00:11:40
Speaker
But I was in old town and I was out. It was um for my birthday. Yeah. It was for my birthday. And I was walking inside the bar, so I was outside, and it's packed in the streets. Even on a Wednesday afternoon, is packed in the streets. And there was this young lady, probably in high school, maybe early college, was crossing the street.
00:11:58
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And I'm like, no, that can't be what it is. It's literally her butt cheeks hanging out. And it wasn't like great butt cheeks. It's just butt cheeks. And then I'm like, yeah oh, this young... And I was talking to my friend, who's a middle school teacher, who's like, yeah, no.
00:12:12
Speaker
Kids have their butt cheeks out now. And you know what? No power to. You know, if you want to have your butt cheeks out, have your butt cheeks out. I clutched my pearls. I don't know. feel like there's an age where, okay, you got your butt cheeks out.
00:12:27
Speaker
And 14, 15 is not that age Like, I don't feel like that. agree with that. But that's the clothes that they're making for them. Like, that's literally the options that these young people have. Butt cheeks or no butt cheeks.
00:12:42
Speaker
Butt cheeks or no butt cheeks. Like, it's either you're wearing pants or your butt cheeks are out. And sometimes your butt cheeks out even in them pants. Like, I don't see it. Wait a minute. No. i No. don't see the ripped jeans. of long ass is that? Oh, okay. Ripped up No. The ripped up jeans and it'll be ripped on the butt and it'll be out full butt.
00:13:01
Speaker
Out in pants. And it's like, you might as well, you know. But once you hit an age where I'm like, Go ahead and have that butt cheek out. Go ahead and have that butt cheek out. I feel like it's adult age.
00:13:13
Speaker
That's the only time that I can say that it's okay. Because if I say, y'all mind if a 16-year-old girl have her butt cheeks out? No, that means I need to be locked away. But yes even 18 is, i'm clutching my pearl I'm clutching my pearls. I'm clutching my pearls a lot. But I'm also realizing that I'm just older.
00:13:30
Speaker
And I'm like, these young whippersnappers need to pull their pants up. Yes. Oh, my God. And pull their pants down. Both. most Both. Oddly enough.
00:13:41
Speaker
But yeah, a lot y'all need to pull y'all pants up. Guys, seriously. It's not... I know you still be pulling girls and the ladies, I wish y'all would stop doing this. But like...
00:13:53
Speaker
your full butt out. don't want to see your draw. I'm just trying to pick up some milk from the store and I got look at your underdraw. But you had it right. You had it right. You said they're pulling girls. They ain't pulling women.
00:14:06
Speaker
Right. So right they if they want to keep pulling the girls, take all the girls off the streets because I don't want the girls. I want the women. The women that had their butt cheeks out and in boots and dukes.
00:14:17
Speaker
I'll take them. But that's the but that that's the perfect time and place. Because you spell it's in the name. You're supposed to be in them Daisy Dukes. You're supposed to be in them. So this is a perfect time and place for you to have them butt cheeks out. And I encourage it.
00:14:34
Speaker
Speaking of getting older. and And things changing before our eyes. Are we getting more sensitive are are we becoming more considerate?
80s Shows and Modern Acceptance
00:14:46
Speaker
We're going talk about TV shows from the 80s. Oh, boy. And how they couldn't be made today. Not even. No. We're going to get into that next.
00:15:05
Speaker
Jay, you might remember a conversation that we had, i don't know, maybe a year ago, maybe a little less than year ago, of how one of our favorite television shows, Martin, has some problematic themes in it.
00:15:16
Speaker
They weren't... pre Well, they were probably problematic at the time, but we didn't think of them as being problematic at the time. but now They weren't. ah or I feel like they weren't problematic at the time. I feel like at the time...
00:15:29
Speaker
We were accepting more accepting of misogynists and, uh, and, homophobic behavior. Yes. Yes, we were. Um, because those groups were definitely way more marginalized than they are now.
00:15:45
Speaker
Mm-hmm.
00:15:48
Speaker
There's a whole ah host of reasons, but yeah it's not just television shows. It's movies, it's music. A friend of mine who loves Rush Hour, loves his favorite favorite movie in the whole wide world, yeah said that on one of the channels recently, it had a like little, ah what do you call it?
00:16:08
Speaker
warning, parental advisory before the movie. And it was just, hey, some of these themes were outdated. We understand that they are not respectful of the time. Just remember this movie was made in the 90s. We don't condone this. yeah You see it on a lot of Disney movies.
00:16:27
Speaker
relax Plus, they either cut some things out, like there's a pretty racist scene in Fantasia, but they either had to cut things out or they put a warning on it. like um I know...
00:16:43
Speaker
What movie is that? ah Where it's got, I think it's Lady and the Tramp. It has two Siamese cats and they sing a song, We Are Siamese, If You Please. And it's very, very racist.
00:16:56
Speaker
um So they put a warning on the, so it's a lot of a lot of stuff now where they they have to put those warnings on there. And ah some people are up in arms about it.
00:17:06
Speaker
Ladies and gentlemen, I don't use this word. But the the friend that was watching Rush Hour said Oriental. And I was like, nope, we don't.
00:17:17
Speaker
I heard somebody say that too. And I was like, nope, we don't use that anymore. What? And they were really flabbergasted. Like, what mean? Really? Like, why? We always use that word. Yeah, it's really freaking offensive. It is? Yeah. Yeah.
00:17:31
Speaker
Yeah, it is. um There's a lot of people who think the the Washington professional football team, the former name. Don't get me started being here in Washington, D.C., that former name. Even some black folks was like, you know, some of them said it's not racist. Yes, it's a it's a group in every category that think certain words aren't bad.
00:17:50
Speaker
But when you talk to the majority, we you understand that that word is bad. So this segment is about television shows in the eighty s There was this article written, 12 TV shows from the 80s that wouldn't stand
Cultural Shifts in 80s TV
00:18:06
Speaker
a chance today. I forgot to say where the article was from and who wrote the article.
00:18:12
Speaker
And it might've been a blog, but I'm not gonna go over 12 television shows, but basically, What the article was saying is that because of cultural shifts, advances in storytelling and changes in social values, means that some classic shows wouldn't be greenlit by today's television networks. Now, could some shows... Now, I'm seeing it on MSN.com. That's exactly where... By Lori C. Yep, okay. What was it again? Go ahead and give them their credit.
00:18:43
Speaker
Lori C. It just has her last initial, so I don't know what the C stands for, but she is the one who wrote the story. Okay, so what is what are some of the reasons why these shows might be outdated? Outdated social attitudes.
00:18:56
Speaker
Shows often include a humor or plot lines rooted in sexism, racism, homophobia, or regressive gender roles. Elements now recognized as unacceptable or tone deaf by modern artists.
00:19:09
Speaker
ah Audiences, some audiences, because some people in the manosphere are like, that's good stuff. Yeah, we're not talking to you insensitive bastards. What we're talking to are people who are emotionally intelligent and involved and want to recognize that, hey, when you say certain words or you have certain actions, it's offensive to other people. That doesn't mean that other people are being sensitive.
00:19:35
Speaker
It just means that those people now have a larger voice and can openly tell you, hey, this is an issue. Some black people in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and even 80s in the South might not have said, hey, this is offensive. Why? Because they can be killed for it.
00:19:54
Speaker
Right. it didn't mean that they didn't find it offensive. It just meant that they could be killed for speaking up, not just Black people, but other marginalized groups. So, yes yes, problematic premises also might be the reason why these TV shows are outdated.
00:20:10
Speaker
Many stories revolved around ideas viewed as inappropriate today, including racial and gender stereotypes, ah objectification and insensitive comedic devices.
00:20:21
Speaker
And then just insensitive representation, stereotypical depictions of women, minorities, people in the LGBTQ plus community. I'll say this. You thought from the nineties forward 90s back 90s back so 90s 70s 60s that every gay man was extremely flamboyant that every gay woman was basically acting like a man and if you know anybody in the lgbtq plus community that are gay men and women there are a lot of them lot of them that don't hold true to those stereotypes some do some absolutely do but that is not the majority
00:21:04
Speaker
Right. It's the broad characterization or caricatures of what it means to be LGBT, what it means to be Black, what it means to be Latin, what it means to be Asian. is these It's these... This is the same reason we don't say Oriental, right? Because it's just a broad brush for all Asian people.
00:21:26
Speaker
Well, they are they are not... It's you can't just... sweep a broad brush across an entire group of people. A lot of the portrayals were perpetuating really harmful stereotypes.
00:21:42
Speaker
And the the thing that sucks about stereotypes is stereotypes are based in truth, right? They don't come from nowhere. But to to put it upon a group and say, this is how everybody in that group acts, that's when it becomes harmful.
Inclusivity and Stereotypes
00:21:56
Speaker
And the reason why these television shows wouldn't last day, it's not because people are more sensitive. It's because we're more involved. We're more inclusive. And we're listening to other people's voices.
00:22:06
Speaker
With all that being said, some of these shows was really funny. ah Yeah, a majority of them. A majority of them. You know, recently I was watching Married with Children, which I believe is like first on the list. It's the very first thing on the list. It's the very, very. And so back in the day, people don't notice if they are not millennials, ah grew up in the 80s and 90s. But we had, when Fox first started, it was literally called...
00:22:38
Speaker
Trash TV or something like that. Like it was called, there was some name we had for shows like Married with Children. And yeah, I was watching it and I was like, i mean, this is hilarious.
00:22:52
Speaker
But this is really, really bad. headed Like really, really black bad. The objectification of women on that show. It's horrible. The objectification of one of the main kelly characters, Kelly Bundy.
00:23:09
Speaker
It was a yeah stereotypical dumb blonde. They made her dumb. Gorgeous, yeah but dumb. yeah And over-sexualized. But any woman that came into that shoe store could catch a stray from Al Bundy. Like, could just get it go way get all the smoke. It didn't matter what type of woman. If she was really hot or if she wasn't, according to him, like, the the treatment his treatment was completely biased on the ah based on the attractiveness of whatever woman he was encountering. It was bad.
00:23:43
Speaker
But I was laughing my ass off. Like, I can't even lie about that. I gotta be honest, but it was bad. um So one of the reasons why the rampant sexism, the reason why I probably wouldn't be made today, crude humor humor that targets women and minorities.
00:23:59
Speaker
I don't remember it really targeting minorities, but I'm sure it did. It did. It definitely did. Okay. It did, but not black minorities.
00:24:11
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And it targeted everybody else. ah The reason being is because there was a Black writer on the show. the One of the main writers was a Black writer on the show. Oh, married with children? Yep. of Al's best friends was in in the group yeah No Ma'am.
00:24:27
Speaker
Yes. No Ma'am was a Black dude. So I don't remember them being, in other words, racist towards Black people. But when you say minorities, you include women, you include people from the LGBTQ plus community um and other races, probably, yes, they were probably really...
00:24:47
Speaker
offensive ah then yeah at the time that I thought was funny and probably might still think it's funny, but not appropriate. and And when we say these television shows couldn't be made today, it's not true.
00:24:59
Speaker
They can be if they're done right, because it's always sunny in Philadelphia. does a lot of these themes, but it's tongue in cheek where you know what they're doing and it comes off as not a fit.
00:25:12
Speaker
You know how some people can say things. You they're ridiculous. Right. You know how I often get away. i'm not I'm not trying to put myself up there as some whatever, but I often get away with a lot of things that I say and do.
00:25:25
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because of my personality, like Bruce just being crazy. Kind of like that SNL sketch where the boss is always like, getting ready to get fired for for a comments that he made, but there is Clarence, that the front and desk person, saying crazy stuff.
00:25:42
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When you're always kind of that personality, you get a pass, but that that pass isn't given to everybody. I think, um so I think two things are a play. First, intent, right? Like it's always sunny.
00:25:59
Speaker
You know they're ridiculous and you know rarely is there ever malicious intent for the things that they do. They literally are just ignorant. Like they're literally just ignorant, but it doesn't feel willful. They just are ignorant. um And then also attractiveness.
00:26:18
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Right. more Or that also plays it. So you could be like you can say, sorry, I'm giving a heteronormative example, but you could be a woman walking down the street and get hit on by two different men. Right. One's attractive. One isn't.
00:26:34
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your reception yeah could be a little different. And the reason, and they they kind of played into that with that SNL skit, right? So the boss was making really not even that sexually suggestive of comments, but you made the stat the female staff really really uncomfortable. Then you got Clarence, this sweet old man who is making explicitly suggestive comments, but because he because of his presentation, right? Because of who he is aesthetically,
00:27:03
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You're not you' not ah fe as offended because it's just ah it's just all it's just a crazy old man. That's just Clarence. yeah you know so So that plays, there's a psychology to it and a nuance to it also of like who it is you get offended by.
00:27:21
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I tell you what I would be really offended by if they made this show now, a different strokes. Yes. Because of the racial implications and the whole white savior narrative. Like, we've had enough of the white savior narrative.
00:27:35
Speaker
Now, the story... Because it's... The story is good. Because it's untrue. Wait, what? what The white savior? Okay. Yes. Now you've got, you've got the ah magical Negro, right?
00:27:50
Speaker
That feels a lot based in reality, right? Because a lot of how we navigate the world feels based. A lot of how we navigate the world is,
00:28:00
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is also playing into the sensitivity of whiteness, right? And helping them along, right? But this reverse thing of like, dangerous minds or freedom writers where this white teacher comes in and- and Well, there are- Educates the kids about- There are true stories, because Sandler,
00:28:19
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and I'm Chandler yeah from ah Friends played a teacher from Yo Neck of the Woods is based on a true story. So it does happen. That guy just a good teacher. He's not a white savior. He works in a predominantly black school. He's just a great teacher. He's a great educator and he cares about his students. He went into the hood. He went places I wouldn't go.
00:28:41
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and That's a bad job. He's just teaching the kids. That's all it is. He's just teaching the kids. But with different strokes. Me you disagree. There are some times where there are white saviors in history and it's been proven. ok But the idea that there is a lot of white saviors out there that need to be getting...
00:29:00
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All this media coverage and television shows and movies is ridiculous, especially when you find out the blind side was a whole bunch of lies and they was manipulating. But you forget about it because Sandra Bullock played the hell out of that role and you just wanted to be true. You just wanted to But different strokes. Different strokes. Your housekeeper, your maid.
00:29:25
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dies and you decide to adopt her two sons out the ghetto of Harlem and bring them to the Upper East Side of Manhattan. What you talking about, Willis? Right. He got to say what you talking about.
00:29:37
Speaker
You know what I'm saying? Like, what? What? That don't even make no sense. All right, another TV show, Dukes of Howard. do see your um ah Dukes of Hazzard. Okay? yeah i get Yeah. Now, I really liked John Snyder when he was Superman's daddy in Smallville. Then I found out that he's MAGA right now, so I can't even like him.
00:29:56
Speaker
But did not like him when he was on the Dukes Hazzard, mainly because... Confederate flag. You can't do nothing mainstream right now with no Confederate flag.
00:30:06
Speaker
Not with them being the heroes. They could be the villains. Exactly. Now, we did get Daisy Duke out of that. And I ain't mad about that. But you know what? Speaking of Daisy Dukes, she had no cheeks.
00:30:18
Speaker
Even for 1970s and 80s, she ain't had no cheeks. I don't know. She ain't had no cheeks. Honestly. and I honestly don't remember it I watched it solely just to see her and them Daisy Dukes. And I'd like, there ain't no cheeks. yes so They were pretty short shorts. I'm looking at a picture of them now. I'm saying she ain't had no cheeks.
00:30:42
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That's what I'm saying. I don't ever think she really did she turn around ever? Yeah, no, no, they showed it and she had no cheeks. This whole pictures of it. She ain't had no sheets, no cheeks.
00:30:53
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Yeah. ah But just the whole Confederate thing, you know. Yeah. And people came. People talk fondly upon that show. White people, because I don't i't know too many black. but But, you know, there's some black people that drape themselves in the Confederate flag. So whatever. Right.
00:31:07
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Yeah. al But I don't even want to talk about that because that could be a TV show that is made today. It's very time-cheek. You could dont yeah do it like it's always sunny in Philadelphia.
00:31:18
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What you could not do is Three's Company because here was a guy pretending to be gay just so that he could live in an apartment with two women and that they could get a decreased version of rent. And yes, that is extremely problematic because they played on, they made homophobic jokes, jokes on gender, sexualities, sexual jokes.
00:31:38
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would. Yeah. it it Okay. Let me rephrase it. It wouldn't fly the way it was made. Now there's a way to make it now. Yeah. You can definitely. Listen, in today's economy, and today me There are definitely a bunch of threes companies all over this country. Like, you kidding me? Like, no, we got to live together. Like, we all got to pitch in on this rent. It's couples that broke up that still had to live together.
00:32:05
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Still together. It you just, it sometimes you're in the same bedroom because you only got a one bedroom. So that, you just got to live with that. If we broke I got to sit on the couch. No, threes company can definitely be a thing today. Absolutely. Change, though. It it has to be changed.
00:32:21
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Yeah. The show in its in and its incarnation in the 80s could not be made today. It was too problematic. but There is a way that you can make three companies today that it could be funny. That's the reason why I completely disagree with Jerry Seinfeld when he was like, no, you can't make comedy shows today. And the one of the head writers and lead actors from Always Sunny said,
00:32:44
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ah Yeah, you can, because Jerry was like, you can't do problematic stuff, you get canceled. Which I don't even understand how that's possible, because his former writing part partner, Larry David, did Curb, and it has problematic themes all through every episode, but it's hilarious. That's literally the premise of the show, right is that Larry, it's problematic. So you can do problematic stuff, but yeah, like you said, there has to be some...
00:33:12
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discernment in the way that you do that that that form of comedy. Happy Days you probably couldn't do because I don't know if there's too many Black folks on Happy Days except when they wanted to do a racial Happy Days show where the dude was being denied food at the lunch counter and the Fonz was like, hey, and snapped his fingers and he got food.
00:33:32
Speaker
But then the Fonz was, you know, he was problematic because he would be considered an F-boy in today's society. Well, also he's like this weird caricature, like this weird, like ah Italian caricature also that I probably wouldn't fly today.
00:33:53
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Well, here's the thing. I don't think, you know, black rep, the history of black representation in the media has always been bad.
Stereotypical Portrayal of Italians
00:34:02
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Another group that has a strong claim to being really poorly represented in the media are Italians.
00:34:10
Speaker
And I say this to my Italian friends all the time. I was like, the only time they all are portrayed on television are Mafia or Jersey Shore. And they're like, no, that's not true. I'm like, okay, let's go down the line. When has there ever been something like a proud Italian movie? A lot a lot of Italians say, well, The Godfather. I was like, it's a movie about a mafia family, but it's about Italian heritage. it I mean, definitely, right?
00:34:35
Speaker
But not one person in it is this noble, moral person. So, yes, Italian people get represented and the Fonz is a prime example of how, why does he have to be the character character? Why does he have to be the dude from Greece?
00:34:54
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Right. You know what I'm saying? like I mean, part of it is that person did exist, right? Yes. There was the greaser, right? All stereotypes yeah are based in some truth.
00:35:08
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I don't know about all, but... Give me a stereotype that isn't based in... get what ah you... You want me to have it off the top my head? you can't think of it off the top of your head, then it ain't one.
00:35:18
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That's the point i'm trying to say. you got i i would say... so Like, for instance, Black people loving chicken, right? Well, I just proved in the last episode how I wouldn't give up Amazon or Popeye's chicken, so... No, no. I'm telling fried chicken is delicious.
00:35:36
Speaker
Yeah. And I'm telling you that, and I believe that wholeheartedly. Right. But is it that Black people love fried chicken, or is it that was what was available them?
00:35:50
Speaker
Right? We weren't eating steaks back in the day. like yeah You're right. You're right about that. We were there we weren't we weren eating lobster. is Right? Like, for meat, you had tripe or chitlins. Right? like you had chick Why do we season our food so heavily?
00:36:09
Speaker
Well, we season our food so heavily because historically we didn't get... the freshest cuts of meat. Right. why Why do you typically see Black people who haven't been introduced to better ways of cooking meat order their food well done?
00:36:25
Speaker
Because we would get piss poor meat and have to make sure that it was cooked thoroughly so that we wouldn't get sick. Yeah. Like, so, so you got to think about what's the origin of that stereotype. Is it really that people are like this or was there some sort of like inequity involved? Right.
00:36:48
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So that's what I would say. Like, not that stereotypes are based in truth. They are based in you know, circumstances that may have existed, but not necessarily that they're based in truth.
00:37:02
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But, but some of them are true. Some of them are true. Yeah, yeah, okay. All right, last show. There's more, but this is the last one I want to talk about that would not be made today in its carnation that it was made in the 80s is Baywatch.
Baywatch's Themes and Objectification
00:37:18
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Mm-hmm. Now... Probably because i mean because of the objectification of women and it didn't have no plot. like dead stories it was never There was never a meaning to the story.
00:37:30
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But if you just want to watch something with scantily clad women, just watch a Glowrilla video. That's all you need. Glow gonna have some booties on there. yeah yeah And it's gonna be better than what you saw on Baywatch.
00:37:44
Speaker
Right. But, you know, say them she pam hederson Pam Anderson was it. She was holding it down. She was it. And so, you know, watching her run down a beach in slow motion.
00:37:56
Speaker
But that wasn't even my show. I didn't even really watch Baywatch. You know what my show was? Her second show. VIP. And it wasn't because of Pam Lamson. thought she was going to talk was she on Melrose Place or am I making that up? She might have. And I don't think she was. I think we're getting her confused with Heather Locklear. getting her confused.
00:38:11
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That's who I'm getting her confused with. Heather Locklear. It was VIP was my show. it's The second show at the Baywatch. And it wasn't even because of her. It was because of Natalie Ritano.
00:38:24
Speaker
She was fine. She was in the Hey Poppy video with Jay-Z. in the heyopy video with jay z Mm-hmm. Okay. That's again, that's a deep cut and I don't remember that video. Yes, you do. Remember when he was on the plane, Pamela Anderson was on the plane with him?
00:38:41
Speaker
No. Go back. Ladies and gentlemen, pause and go watch the Hey Poppy video. On the plane with Jay-Z is Pamela Anderson and Natalie Ritano.
00:38:53
Speaker
And if you see her, you know why. You know why. Natalie Ritano was my boo. But yeah, so these shows, the shows that we listed, the way they were presented in the 80s would not fly today.
Creativity in Comedy
00:39:08
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It's not because we're more sensitive. It's because we are more respectful yes of others. But there is still a way to make that type of comedy today possible.
00:39:20
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yeah Because it is being made. It is being made. They do. Yeah. Always Sunny has proven that. You can do it. And the cartoons. Cartoons yeahoons get away with it because they're cartoons.
00:39:32
Speaker
yeah But Family Guy gets away with a lot of... and ah Guys, Family Guy is horrible. South Park. South Park is horrible.
00:39:42
Speaker
South Park. Good Lord. Like, it's... It's horrible, you know? So, um but it's funny. So, you know, you... You watch it. the the Basically what we're trying to say is if you want to be offensive, just be creative about it.
00:39:58
Speaker
Yeah, just be creative. Like nobody is saying these jokes aren't funny. The jokes are funny. Be creative. Don't be lazy and just rely on stereotypes and things like that to be
Visibility of Marginalized Groups
00:40:10
Speaker
funny. Actually, like be funny and be creative and people will laugh at it. Like people have no problem laughing at racy things.
00:40:17
Speaker
We love it. This is America. We love racy things. Are you kidding? We're human beings. So yeah, it can be funny. People prove every day that it can be funny.
00:40:32
Speaker
You're just not funny. Like if that's, if you keep getting booed and people walking out your shows and killing you online and stuff, you know, like it's cause you not funny. If you were funny, nobody would have any problem, but you not funny and you need to come up with another line of work. But no, we're not more sensitive.
00:40:52
Speaker
Marginalized people have more visibility and we're getting to hear from them directly. And when you do that, like Martin Luther King recognized this. That's why his revolution was televised.
00:41:05
Speaker
When you make people see you and they realize, oh, you're also a human being just like me. their values change. So that's that's all it is, that they more more marginalized people are getting more visibility and we're seeing them for who they are and recognizing that our past behavior was trash.
00:41:34
Speaker
Okay, Jay, this I'm actually going to give them their credit for because I actually have it in my notes here. This was Things We Say. It's from a blog, Five-Fifths Culture.
00:41:46
Speaker
the It didn't say who was written from, but it was a blog. And I guess if I had searched the blog, I would have found the author of the blog. But Five-Fifths Culture, Things We Say, Google search it, it'll all pop up. And it's a Black person talking about things that Black people say.
Contemporary Black Expressions
00:42:02
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And I was like, oh, these are different. These are newer than some of the phrases that we've used in the past, which have been around for decades. These are, well, these have been around for decades too, but longer decades. These are newer decades.
00:42:17
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I just keep forgetting that we are now closer to 2050 than we are to 2000, as far as the years are concerned. But these are more 2000s. They started in the 2000s and after.
00:42:29
Speaker
The first one. Whose man's is this? Not whose man is this. Whose now man's is this? These are words you you don't yeah these are words that you do not want to hear if you're out at a function enjoying yourself. As soon as this phrase is said, you immediately stop what you're doing and head over to see what happened.
00:42:49
Speaker
And on your way over, praying that the person in question is not a friend or acquaintance of yours. Why? Because whose man is this is only said when somebody did something so wild and outlandish, the rest of the party needs to know where this person came from and who brought them because it's time for them to go.
00:43:09
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you definitely don't want it to be said about you. You definitely don't want to say something and then somebody point, yo, whose man's is this? Because you're like, oh, I done messed up.
00:43:21
Speaker
I done messed up. I done said something and I done messed up. And if I don't go, I might get my ass kicked. So I let's roll. Yeah. You definitely do not want to hear that question out of function for sure.
00:43:37
Speaker
I've said it in white spaces because, you know, me, I I'm at that age now where I do not care. I don't code switch anymore. I do still code switch a little bit, but it's code switching for older people, not necessarily between races and cultures. Yeah.
00:43:53
Speaker
Right. This code switching for older people out of respect. I know they say respect your elders. Not all elders need to be respected, but that was the way I was raised out of respect. But I did this at a, at a function when I was in ah a majority of white space and somebody says something funky.
00:44:10
Speaker
i don't remember exactly what they said, but they said something funky. And I was like, yo, whose mans is this? And then everybody looked at me crazy. Like what? What do you mean? I was like, yeah, he just, this is a crazy ish. This dude just said it.
00:44:22
Speaker
yeah This is crazy. And they were like, huh? And I was like, I forgot where I was. Never mind. but I can't point this out to everybody. They're not going to see where I'm coming from on this one. But who yeah this go?
00:44:36
Speaker
Hey, you don't have to be black to use this phrase. You can use the phrase anywhere. Matter of fact, if you're not black and you use this phrase in a black space, they're going to immediately know what you're talking about.
00:44:46
Speaker
And you might get A little notch on your belt. You're not going to get invited the barbecue just because you said, whose man's is this? Right. But they go play but they go we know what you're talking We you know what you're talking about. And we're like, whose man's is this?
00:45:01
Speaker
Whose man's is this? This is an expression that I use at least once a week when everybody asks me, how you doing?
Metaphor of Resilience
00:45:11
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Just trying to make a dollar out of 15 cents.
00:45:14
Speaker
Yeah. A dime and a nickel. Just trying make a way out of nowhere. What does that mean? It has several different undertones. Historically, Black people have been underpaid for the similar jobs, just like women have yeah been.
00:45:30
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So we're realistically working harder at the same job, making less, trying to make a dollar out of 15 cents. We're trying. Also, it just means working hard.
00:45:41
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Right? Yeah. You could just be like, look, I'm just out here trying to turn this 15 cents to a dollar. Black folks is always trying to flip their money somehow, some way. Trying take this five, make it a 10, 10 to 20, 20 to 40, 40 to 80 till I get that C note.
00:45:59
Speaker
that's That's all that means. But I use this expression all the time. It's also a throwaway line. Just like i ain't been doing about nothing but being about my work. Yeah. And it doesn't even have to, honestly, it doesn't even have to be about work.
00:46:13
Speaker
It's just, it's just, I'm trying to make a way out of no way. Right. That's it. Yep. ah It is acknowledging that I live under a state of constant inequity, but I'm still going to make a way out of no way.
00:46:27
Speaker
That is what it is That's what it And this expression doesn't have to solely apply to black people. Just black people use it predominantly. This can ab apply yeah apply to any marginalized group. And and oh, by the way, poor white people, I'm allowing you to join general in our marginalized groups because you are also marginalized.
00:46:45
Speaker
I think you really need to understand that when you're poor and white. Yeah, you you're not doing too well. ah I'm not. Yeah. i'm very I'm very stingy with the tickets to the invites to the cookout. like um I didn't say there was an invite to the cookout. I said that it could be included in the marginalized group. Just because you're in a marginalized group don't mean you get invited to the cookout.
00:47:06
Speaker
No, I think you have to have some acknowledgement that you are in a marginalized group. Oh, they they definitely recognize the fact that they marginalized. They just don't feel like they should be marginalized.
00:47:18
Speaker
Right. and um Well, none of us feel like we should be marginalized. Like, nobody is like, yes, I'm marginalized and that is appropriate for who I am. That's not the right words. What I mean by that is they feel like, hmm, what am I trying to say?
00:47:35
Speaker
This is a detour and I don't want to go down this detour, but what I'm trying to say is that's what that wasn't what they were expecting out of life at all. They were expecting more.
00:47:48
Speaker
And because they don't have more, they're like, I'm marginalized too. I'm broke too. Yeah, they, so, and I'm not going to characterize all yeah low income white people. generalizing.
00:48:02
Speaker
um But from the the fringe of that group, right, they feel entitled to a certain kind of life. And they don't have it.
00:48:15
Speaker
And instead of looking inward to reflect on why they don't have it, they point the finger at everyone else. yeah So the reason why I don't include you in a marginalized, as a marginalized group is because in within that community is because you are not self-reflective enough to recognize a lot of it is, yeah, systemic, but some of it is you too, because you're still white in America.
00:48:49
Speaker
Okay. like Right? Like, I'm not blaming- But I'm gonna say it's fringe. It's fringe. I don't think it's a majority. Yeah, I said i said a fringe of this like subset of people, the fringe on it.
00:49:03
Speaker
And y'all know who we talking about. Yeah. Who we talking about. We talking about the MAGA voters. That's what we're talking about. ones on Medicaid, the ones on Medicaid, but don't feel like other people should have Medicaid. The ones on The ones who have Obamacare. Yes. and Like them. Yes.
00:49:20
Speaker
All right. We we losing and track. And this ain't going to be we attacking poor people episode, poor white people episode, which were the Bundys. They were poor and white and we love them.
00:49:31
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Were they? Because he had a three bedroom home in the suburbs. It was a three bedroom home outside of Chicago.
00:49:43
Speaker
Jay, he was a woman's shoe salesman and Peg ain't have no job. they Exactly. He was able to have a stay at home wife.
00:49:55
Speaker
no In a home. i didn get but talked about They never talked about not being able to pay their bills. They were trash. But I don't think that they were poor. They didn't have... I mean, he didn't drive luxury. They were trash as in their the they the way they carried themselves.
00:50:13
Speaker
Yes. They were horrible human beings. Yes, absolutely were. Anyway, lose the track. We're talking about black expressions. yes And I haven't used this one ever.
00:50:24
Speaker
It's typically, I've only heard it from black women, but let me call you back when I get in this house and get settled. Yeah, you're not getting that call back. You're not getting that call back.
00:50:35
Speaker
I'll be like, all right, let me ah let me go let me go ahead and call you back. Let me go ahead and um get the house, get settled. I'll get you call back. I ain't calling you back. ain't gonna call you back. That's me. That's a polite way of getting off the phone.
00:50:48
Speaker
Because I'm not calling you back. If you hear me say, all right, like that's just letting you know the next thing I say is a polite way for me to get off the phone. We do that as a family because everybody we talk to and the family, they do it. I just talked to yes yeah some extended family members recently and they did the same thing.
Justifying Actions with 'God knows my heart'
00:51:08
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And I was like, oh, OK, no, this is just yeah this is just how we do things. right.
00:51:11
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Another black expression. God knows my heart. Yeah. Yeah. Look, God knows my heart is cold for, yes, I know my actions are wrong, but God knows that deep down inside, i want to do good.
00:51:26
Speaker
Just way, way deep. Once someone says, God knows my heart, just know they already made up their mind that they are A, currently sinning, B, about to sin, C, premeditating a future sin, D, justifying a past sin, or E, all of the above.
00:51:47
Speaker
Yeah. Yes, I'm shy, Steve, but I'm a good person. God knows my heart. No, don't go to church, but God knows my heart. Yeah, I'm out here selling drugs in the community, but God knows my heart. I'm selling drugs in the community.
00:52:02
Speaker
Yes, my intentions are not bad. But my actions aren't that great. ah God knows my heart. So ladies and gentlemen, and when you out there sinning,
00:52:16
Speaker
Because I do it every day. I try not to do it every day, but it just so happens that I, well, did I do? I probably committed a couple of sins today. Anyway, when you're out there sinning, you're around some black folks, just say, God knows my heart.
00:52:31
Speaker
And they're going to know exactly what the hell you mean by that. Yes. Another black expression and the final one. No, no, no, no. Not the final one.
00:52:42
Speaker
ah I know my car. Yes. You don't need to tell me nothing because I know my car. Jonna, your check engine your light is on. It's cool. We're going to make it.
00:52:57
Speaker
But check engine light is on. I know my car. Your gas light is on. Gas light is on. I know my car. I still got another 30 miles. Your car sounded a little funky. Before it get real bad. Your car sounded a little You don't need to tell me nothing about my car.
00:53:14
Speaker
I already know. I know my car and we gonna get there. You worried, we not gonna get there. I wouldn't have picked you up if I didn't think we was gonna get there. Don't listen.
00:53:24
Speaker
Do you know how many times but
00:53:29
Speaker
I've had people get in my car or maybe I let a friend borrow a car or something like that. And I have to preface, hey, you gonna see some lights on the dash.
00:53:38
Speaker
Ignore them. You all right. You gonna get where you gotta go. I've said that more than once. I think... More than once. I know my can apply to any now.
00:53:49
Speaker
Any person, place, or a thing. I know my restaurant. We gonna be all right. Yeah. um I know my... I know my dog. Your dog bite? Look, not me.
00:54:05
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I know my dog.
00:54:08
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All right. Another Black expression.
Expressions for Boundaries and Warnings
00:54:10
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going run through these last two real quick. See, this right here is is what we're not fitting to do or yeah you got the wrong one. yeah That is a warning.
00:54:20
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It's not a threat. It's a warning. There's a difference between a threat and a warning. A threat is something implied. A warning is telling you what's going to happen if these events happen. This is a warning. Yes.
00:54:31
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Yes. some It's a line in the sand. Yes. It's us saying, okay, you done got out of pocket. So now I'm going to let you know this is the line of sand. You cross it, then we're going to problem.
00:54:44
Speaker
But you got the wrong one on the right day. so So figure it out. Because what we're not going to do is keep talking crazy like we're doing.
00:54:56
Speaker
Okay? Figure it out. Shut it down. That's what that is. I see this so much on ah little TikTok or Instagram reels when Black women are getting ready or after they have busted somebody's butt or fought or something. It's always a warner. it's ah People don't understand. They don't heed the warning.
00:55:20
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I'm not the You don't heed the warning. We're not fitting go back and forth. I done told you. Like, these are all warnings. I'm not the one the two. These are all warnings. You need to understand, you need to take a step back, recalibrate. Yeah.
00:55:35
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And if want to engage in a continued conversation, you need to lower your tone, talk humbly, and maybe you can get yourself out of this ass whooping that's about to come your way. Watch your mouth where you talk to me. Watch your mouth when you talk to me. Play where it's safe.
00:55:50
Speaker
Because it's not safe over here. Okay? Like Saweetie says, I'm in first place, but baby still, I'm not the one. Okay? All right. And this last one is one of my favorites.
Affirming Truthfulness with 'You ain't never lied'
00:56:06
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You Ain't Never Lied. I say that all the time. Me too. And knowing that we say it to people that that we know have lied, but in that moment, yeah they tell him that they telling the truth right there. They speaking facts right in that moment.
00:56:21
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You are preaching today. I said this to her. Because you ain't never lied. If anything, you you telling the truth today. nice i ah Once again, I was in white space, not code switching.
00:56:36
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yes And I said this. i was like, man, you ain't never lied. And he was like, yeah, I have. And I was like, oh, I forgot where I was again. Yeah. I was like, no, I'm just saying what you're saying right now is the truth.
00:56:49
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It's the truth. it's not It's not just the truth. It's the absolute truth. I strongly agree with what you just said. don't even have to actually be the truth.
00:57:00
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They could actually be lying. But still, you ain't never lied in that moment because I agree with whatever you just said. Yeah, because it don't have to be about anything. Oh, you know, because what could happen? I whooped ass. Well, you ain't never lied.
00:57:15
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Now, chances are probably wouldn't no have gotten into a fight. Right. But it doesn't matter. The sentiment, I agree with that. You ain't never lied. You ain't never lied in there whole life. All you did was set tell all you all told the truth because you telling it today.
00:57:32
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In this moment, right here, right In this moment, you telling the gods, God know your heart. you a j That's the truth. You know what? You ain't never lied. Jake, before we let these people go, what do you want to tell the people out there?
00:57:49
Speaker
We need more cowboy-themed R&B festivals so we can get more Dukes out there. I don't think there's enough Dukes out there. I think there's plenty of dupes out there. I just think they need to be a little older when they're wearing these dupes.
00:58:03
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Yeah. Oh, yes. Clothing companies, please let these kids feel comfortable in what they wear. don you If you only give them these options, then they only have this to wear. But that doesn't mean that they're comfortable in what they're wearing.
00:58:20
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give them Give them options so that if they want to wear something, A little smaller, they can. But if they want a cover-up, they can do that also.
00:58:31
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It's about choice. Give them the choice. freedom freedom over You ain't never lie. On that note, I want to thank you for listening.
Podcast Conclusion and Engagement
00:58:40
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I want to thank you for watching.
00:58:42
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